Staffers are seeking clarity about long-term strategy, with the paper set to lose $100 million this year, offering buyouts, and hiring a new CEO—all while the newsroom gears up for a consequential election. Owner Jeff Bezos, says one employee, “took his eye off the ball.”

Everyone from Rupert Murdoch to Mathias Döpfner to Lord Rothermere is eyeing the historic broadsheet, which is on the block for the first time in two decades. Can Britain's crown jewel of conservative media go global?

As pressure mounts in the AI wars, heavy-hitting authors are headed to court over what one observer describes as “mass theft” of their work. But when it comes to ChatGPT and its ilk, copyright law isn’t so cut-and-dried.

As he kicks off a new season from the TNT studio, the Great One gabs with Vanity Fair about getting encouragement from Charles Barkley, comparisons to Lionel Messi, and working alongside Spittin‘ Chiclets cohost Paul Bissonnette.

Sources say father and son discussed the move as a way to avoid a messy transfer of power, not unlike the scenario that played out on Succession’s final season. As one notes, “Truth is stranger than fiction.”

The ambitions of the Free Press, her indie media outfit, were on full display at a debate about the sexual revolution.

When I caught up with the Super Bowl champ last spring, fresh off his stint hosting SNL, I saw a football star approaching next-level celebrity status. Who knew he’d rocket into the stratosphere.

The veteran reporter reflects on researching his own newsroom’s sagas and scandals, finding Abe Rosenthal’s diary, and how The New York Times has survived and thrived in the digital age.

The 92-year-old’s abrupt announcement is fueling speculation about his health—which Murdoch says is “robust”—a yet-unknown scandal, or whether another 2020-election lawsuit could’ve have triggered the move. “This takes him out of the line of fire,” says one media executive.

The paper is rolling out enhanced bios as “part of our larger mission to be more transparent,” says the Times’ Edmund Lee, and “as generative AI begins to creep into the media landscape."

The 92-year-old media mogul will take on an emeritus role as Lachlan Murdoch becomes sole chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp.

In a wide-ranging interview on the eve of publication of his new book, the author talks about his methods, predictions, and the criticism that his reporting is not to be trusted. (Plus, Tucker Carlson and Roger Ailes.) “At a certain level of power, it’s a leaky sieve,” he says, “and I’m there to catch the water.”

In a new podcast, Changpeng Zhao tells the coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale about his tumultuous relationship with rival cryptofinance founder Sam Bankman-Fried—and his key contribution to the fall of FTX.

In a wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair, the storied biographer unpacks the varied “personalities and demons dancing around” in Musk’s head. Plus: Isaacson’s thoughts on the new CNN boss, Twitter’s turbulence, and the resilience of democracy heading into 2024.

Fox’s lead NFL analyst knows the legendary quarterback (and rookie broadcaster) is coming for his job next year, but he’s prepared to make the most of the upcoming season. “We’re all competitive,” Olsen says.

CNN employees, craving stability after the turbulent Chris Licht era, are encouraged by their incoming CEO’s leadership of The New York Times and the BBC. (“He should have been the choice in the first place,” says one.) But daunting challenges await.

In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, the returning US Soccer coach opens up about his difficult break from the team, patching things up with young star Gio Reyna, and, as the World Cup comes to the States in 2026, advancing to a round “that no US team has ever gone to.”

The network’s mix of weighty reflection, analysis, and schadenfreude is drawing in major ratings, surpassing Fox News and CNN as the go-to network for coverage of Trump’s criminal charges.

Global chief brand officer Sean Walsh is exiting the UK tabloid juggernaut, the latest in a game of high-level musical chairs.

In an excerpt from his new book, The End of Reality, the author warns about the curses of AI and transhumanism, presenting the moral case against superintelligence.