Mr. O’Neal, a correspondent for The Economist, will be in charge of championing “personal liberties and free markets,” the section’s new direction laid out by Jeff Bezos.
Category: News and News Media
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Warner Bros. Discovery to Split Into Two Companies
The film and television giant will turn its cable networks, including CNN and TNT, into one company and its streaming and studios business into another.
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Shari Redstone Says She Has Thyroid Cancer
Ms. Redstone was diagnosed this spring while trying to close the sale of her family’s media empire to Skydance, a Hollywood studio backed by Larry Ellison.
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Philippe Labro Dies at 88; Restless Chronicler of the French Condition
As an author (often blurring the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction), a film director, a lyricist and a host of TV and radio shows, he sought to capture his epoch.
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‘Modern Love’ Podcast: First Love Mixtape: Side B (Encore)
The songs that taught you about love.
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The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers
A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.
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Did that Clint Eastwood Interview Happen? Yes, Kind of.
Eastwood, 95, accused a small Austrian publication of running a “phony” Q. and A. with him. It turns out the quotes were aggregated from previous interviews.
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Could You Make a Podcast With Your Ex-Husband?
The CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour is no stranger to conflict zones. Now, in a new podcast, she mulls crises with James Rubin, whom she divorced in 2018.
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The Times and Amazon Announce A.I. Licensing Deal
In 2023, The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. Now its editorial content will appear across Amazon platforms.
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Tom Robbins, Versatile Muckraker for The Village Voice, Dies at 76
He exposed corrupt officials and greedy landlords, and his reporting on prison violence was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.