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‘NO TRUTH’
Amid declining ad revenue and other financial challenges, speculation swarmed this week over the Vanity Fair editor’s ouster. But the bosses were quick to affirm support for Jones.
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IN THE CROSSFIRE
A legal battle between a star money manager and secretive firm D.E. Shaw has now dragged investor Eric Schmidt and his personal life into the messy dispute.
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FIDDLING WHILE OZ BURNS
Rupert Murdoch’s younger son and his wife issued a rare public rebuke of the family’s media empire and its promotion of climate-change skeptics during Australia’s bushfire crisis.
WHO GOES WHERE?
Chuck Todd’s daily show could move to mornings, causing angst among the show’s staff. Other potential changes could alter weekends and, eventually, the network’s primetime roster.
TAKING A BREAK
“It has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstances relating to my former association with Jeffrey Epstein has become a major disruption,” he said.
HMM...
“This is one of the worst spin jobs from the palace we’ve seen,” a person with knowledge of the interview told The Daily Beast.
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‘YOU’RE FIRED, JOHN BOLTON, BUH-BYE…’
The president misses his reality-TV days and is thinking of what show he can create once he’s out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
The offer is widely seen as an effort to control damage from allegations in Ronan Farrow’s new book.
NO THANKS
Some women say they’re being strong-armed into taking a lousy deal.
‘NOAH NEEDS A SUMMER HOUSE’
The NBC News chief’s wife wrote a book with ‘Today’ show anchor Savannah Guthrie, who pushed the network to keep him on despite recent controversy.
