Natalie Korach
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Natalie Korach
@nataliekorach.bsky.social
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New: Mark Guiducci’s memo to VF staff today

“I’m writing to share that Olivia and I have agreed that it is in the magazine’s best interest for her not to continue as West Coast Editor after her contract expires at the end of the year.”

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Netflix-WBD: Apocalypse Not?
Anti-competitive concerns about the leading streamer acquiring the venerable studio are well founded, but it might be the least bad of several unattractive alternatives.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
The Olivia Nuzzi scandal has become a slow-burn crisis inside Vanity Fair, engulfing Condé Nast leadership and raising broader questions about the magazine’s future.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
Vanity Fair’s West Coast Woes
The Olivia Nuzzi scandal has become a slow-burn crisis inside Vanity Fair, engulfing Condé Nast leadership and raising broader questions about the magazine’s future.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Scoop: WaPo saw a 4% increase in subscription starts year to date

After a tough year the newsroom continues to churn out impressive scoops, including the latest Pete Hegseth boat strike bombshell, even after the national security team was booted from the Pentagon
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Scoop: While Olivia Nuzzi’s contract as Vanity Fair’s West Coast editor might be left to expire at the end of the month, she will still grace the masthead of the magazine’s February print edition, set to be buttoned up this week

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Vanity Fair’s West Coast Woes
The Olivia Nuzzi scandal has become a slow-burn crisis inside Vanity Fair, engulfing Condé Nast leadership and raising broader questions about the magazine’s future.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Happy Monday
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Scoop: After parting ways with Politico, Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine to launch "The Huddle," a morning streaming show and digital media venture intended to compete in the DC tip sheet space

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The 'Huddle' in Washington
Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine on a new venture, Status has learned, braving the crowded independent media space with a new political show.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine on a new venture, Status has learned, braving the crowded independent media space with a new political show.

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The 'Huddle' in Washington
Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine on a new venture, Status has learned, braving the crowded independent media space with a new political show.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
Here's what we told Fox News in response to this bad-faith attempt at undermining our journalism:

"The suggestion that Status would soften its coverage to appease an advertiser is categorically false and insulting. Status has never tailored its journalism for any sponsor, and we never will..."
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Media pros and top political reporters tell @nataliekorach.bsky.social how they navigate partisan politics and that crazy uncle at the thanksgiving dinner table in @status.news www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...
Thanksgiving Table Tactics
For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.

Read their advice in @status.news: www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...
Thanksgiving Table Tactics
For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.
www.status.news
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
On Thanksgiving eve, I chatted with 10 media professionals across the industry, including Kara Swisher, Mike Allen, and Robert Costa, to find out how they approach the politics conversation at the dinner table—or how they escape it

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Thanksgiving Table Tactics
For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Scoop: As questions swirl around Olivia Nuzzi, I’ve learned she’s been relatively absent in the day-to-day at Vanity Fair, as the magazine continues to weather the storm the controversial hire brought through 1 World Trade Center

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Condé’s Nuzzi Conundrum
Inside Condé Nast's media drama: Gabriel Nuzzi's revelations spark controversy, exposing internal tensions and unfolding newsroom dynamics with dramatic flair.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
Over at Vanity Fair, staffers have been left frustrated watching the latest Olivia Nuzzi revelation upend the carefully choreographed debut of the magazine's new era.

@nataliekorach.bsky.social has details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
Vanity Fair's Nuzzi Math
Condé staffers have been left “shocked” and frustrated, Status has learned, as they watch the latest Olivia Nuzzi revelation derail Vanity Fair’s meticulously planned new-era debut.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
Condé Nast staffers have been left “shocked” and frustrated, as they watch the latest Olivia Nuzzi revelation derail Vanity Fair’s meticulously planned new-era debut.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
Vanity Fair's Nuzzi Math
Condé staffers have been left “shocked” and frustrated, Status has learned, as they watch the latest Olivia Nuzzi revelation derail Vanity Fair’s meticulously planned new-era debut.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Inside another drama-filled week for Condé Nast, where some Vanity Fair staffers were left “shocked” by recent revelations about their new colleague Olivia Nuzzi, which have taken over the media discourse as the magazine kicks off a reinvention

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Vanity Fair's Nuzzi Math
Condé staffers have been left “shocked” and frustrated, Status has learned, as they watch the latest Olivia Nuzzi revelation derail Vanity Fair’s meticulously planned new-era debut.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
Ben Shapiro is spending a lot of $$$ trying to win the inaugural Best Podcast award at the Golden Globes.

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Shapiro's Golden Spending Spree
Ben Shapiro is mounting an aggressive Golden Globes campaign, buying billboard space in Times Square and within Jay Penske’s media empire in a bid to win the inaugural Best Podcast award.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
At the Los Angeles Times, an all-night marathon negotiation broke a three-year contract impasse between the guild and management—and signaled once again where red-pilled owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's priorities lie.

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The Troubled Truce in La La Land
How an all-night marathon broke a three-year contract impasse, and what it means in a pivotal stretch for the beleaguered LA Times
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November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
"Everyone was a zombie." @nataliekorach.bsky.social goes inside the marathon negotiation sessions between the LA Times Guild and management that finally broke a three-year impasse and resulted in a deal. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
The Troubled Truce in La La Land
How an all-night marathon broke a three-year contract impasse, and what it means in a pivotal stretch for the beleaguered LA Times
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November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The LAT came to a tentative contract agreement with the union following a grueling, nearly 24-hour bargaining session

As media hawks, including Murdoch, circle LA, the concessions made by the union are emblematic of industry challenges at large

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The Troubled Truce in La La Land
How an all-night marathon broke a three-year contract impasse, and what it means in a pivotal stretch for the beleaguered LA Times
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November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
Scoop: Staffers at the Los Angeles Times have averted a strike, with the guild striking a contract deal with management after a grueling negotiating process.

Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3WTZc2H
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
Some news: The LA Times newsroom has reached a tentative deal with management to avert a strike. Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/disney-ceo...
Disney’s Thorny Rose
For Bob Iger’s successor (or successors), Hollywood in transition and political pressures could take some of the bloom off filling his shoes, and make a case for co-chiefs.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
“How her relationship to Kennedy became public is not entirely clear.”

Uhh, what? Do we need to buy the @nytimes.com a @status.news subscription?
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reposted by Natalie Korach
The Murdochs are staking a claim to the West Coast, courting advertisers and setting up shop on the Fox studio lot for the launch of the California Post, Status has learned.

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Murdoch’s California Dream
The Murdochs are staking a claim to the West Coast, courting advertisers and setting up shop on the Fox studio lot for the launch of the California Post, Status has learned.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Scoop: Axios is launching a weekly 2028 election newsletter this Sunday anchored by Alex Thompson and Holly Otterbein, covering Dems attempt to retake the WH and move on from MAGA
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Murdoch’s California Dream
The Murdochs are staking a claim to the West Coast, courting advertisers and setting up shop on the Fox studio lot for the launch of the California Post, Status has learned.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM