In his new book, Jim Vandehei writes that Mathias Döpfner and Henry Kravis approached him with a pitch to purchase Axios for $400 million and buy Politico. Axel would then install Vandehei as the head of a combined company without Politico founder Robert Allbritton’s approval.

Average male media consumer

NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner resigns, citing chief executive’s statement on his public critique of network and her past political posts.

His letter below

SCOOP: Former SNL cast member Rob Schneider delivered a comedy set so off-color and off-putting to a group of prominent Republicans late last year that the host, Senate Working Group, cut the performance short and later apologized to attendees. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

scoop — Ben Sherwood is CEO of The Daily Beast, effective immediately, and Joanna Coles is its chief content and creative officer. Story here:
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From the Semafor media newsletter: Internal projections showed The Intercept could run out of cash by later this year. The bleak outlook prompted Ryan Grim and jeremy scahill to propose an ownership change that would give them control of the Intercept semafor.com/article/04/14/…

.Jina Moore's first interview on the Guernica saga semafor.com/article/04/14/…

🟡 SCOOP: The Intercept is nearly out of money and facing a bitter civil war, with multiple feuding factions battling for power and two star journalists trying to take control, Max Tani reports.
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Definitely understand what this tweet is saying, for sure. Uma Thurman is in her Drake era and that’s tea, fam.

learning about the republican candidate for senate in maryland

The Intercept is set to announce a new interim EIC, former LA Times assistant managing editor Ben Muessig.

NEW: Fake video podcast ads have become a full-blown business. Brands are hiring actors -- who they find through Fiverr or Backstage -- to pretend like they're on a podcast where they're hyping up a product.

These actors are making up to $25K/month doing this UGC-style work

More cuts at the WSJ today. I'm told a substantial chunk of paper's video/YouTube team was laid off.

this is why i don't read. don't want to have this problem.

people can argue about whether a tx/ca alliance makes any sense. but the least believable part of this film is the fact that it follows a reuters reporter who doesn't appear to publish a single story over an entire week. the guy like wanders around when he should be filing!

In an email to staff, NPR acting Chief Content Officer Edith Chapin responds to Uri Berliner, saying she and NPR leadership 'strongly disagree with Uri’s assessment of the quality of our journalism and the integrity of our newsroom processes.'

Guy walking into the gym as the eclipse begins. Gotta respect that level of grind..

For last night's Semafor media newsletter, I wrote about how Soros Fund Management became a player in podcasting and radio, and which podcast company it might buy next

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