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Charlotte Klein
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I cover media for New York Magazine
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I wrote about Puck’s acquisition of Air Mail:

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Bon Voyage, Air Mail
Graydon Carter’s post–Vanity Fair project is now a part of Puck. What happened?
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November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Talked to reporters about what it was like covering the mayoralty of Eric Adams, from stakeouts to indictments to fish

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Why Reporters May Miss Eric Adams
“He’s one of the oddest people in politics that I’ve ever covered.”
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October 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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I wrote about the unlikely rise of Cultured magazine: nymag.com/intelligence...
An Art Magazine? In This Economy?
The sudden, unlikely rise of Cultured.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Wrote about this seismic moment in the media biz and beyond

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Je Suis Jimmy
In media, even at the highest of perches, there’s a new sense of vulnerability.
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September 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Wrote about the state of cultural criticism, and the difficult decisions media outlets have been forced to make around it:

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Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism?
The grim calculations involved in publishing traditional written reviews.
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September 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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A Food52 executive stole hundreds of thousands of dollars for luxury clothing and travel. And she put it all on Instagram!

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The Food52 Executive Who Used the Company Credit Card for Everything
Shannon Muldoon, 38, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer for clothes and travel.
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August 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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More chaos at the Washington Post, as several newsroom leaders take buyouts and the new Opinion editor seems determined to clean house

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Things Are Somehow Getting Worse for the Washington Post
A raft of buyouts and multiple ongoing shake-ups have left staff despondent and unsure about the future.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Revisiting the Grill Room to talk Condé past and present

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The Once and Future Condé Nast
A new book about the magazine conglomerate’s glorious past puts its current predicaments in a fresh light.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble:

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Inside the Media’s Traffic Apocalypse
The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The Atlantic — which added ~100,000 new subscribers in the single week after breaking the Signal story — has been on a very expensive hiring spree:

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Are You a $300,000 Writer?
Inside The Atlantic’s extremely expensive hiring spree.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Nine years ago, when James Bennett took over NYT Opinion, it had around 60 staffers.

Now, under Kathleen Kingsbury, it has almost 200.

Via @charlottetklein.bsky.social

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The Opinion That Ate the Paper
Under Kathleen Kingsbury, the Times’ “Opinion” section has doubled in size. What kind of publication is she building?
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May 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Under Katie Kingsbury, the New York Times Opinion section has doubled in size — nearly 200 people, bigger than many American newspapers and magazines. What kind of publication is she building? nymag.com/intelligence...
The Opinion That Ate the Paper
Under Kathleen Kingsbury, the Times’ “Opinion” section has doubled in size. What kind of publication is she building?
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May 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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The Smiths want to unseat Davos and they also want to be a global news organization. A look at Semafor’s newsletter-and-events proposition three years since its founding:

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What Is Semafor?
The Smiths’ newsletter-and-events business is both a modern media mash-up and a throwback to a pre-Trump era.
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April 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Radhika Jones leaves Vanity Fair after seven years, as successor speculation swirls

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Amidst Deepening Malaise, Radhika Jones Leaves Vanity Fair
“I have to imagine that there were more than enough financial reasons to warrant her leaving,” one Condé staffer said.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The Guardian US is using Trump to get readers to donate and it’s working…for now.

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The Newspaper Flourishing Without a Paywall
How the Guardian US is using Trump to get readers to cough up a donation.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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What started as a newsletter service has since evolved into the go-to, one-stop shop for media start-ups and established stars alike.

This week’s column on Substack:

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The New Substack Universe
What started as a newsletter service has since evolved into an all-purpose go-to platform for media start-ups and established stars alike.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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MSNBC is basically building a news operation from scratch. Will it work?

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MSNBC’s Post–Joy Reid, Post-NBC Future Is Kind of Bright?
The liberal network is leaning into its forthcoming split from NBC News, seeking to hire more than 100 journalists.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Kathy Baird, chief communications officer at the Washington Post, is resigning, per email she sent to staff just now
March 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A fight between the Associated Press and the White House has revealed deep fissures among Washington journalists. Checking in with the DC press corps:
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How Trump Is Dividing and Conquering the White House Press Corps
A spat with the Associated Press has revealed deep fissures among Washington journalists.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Washington Post CEO Will Lewis publicly supported Bezos's decision to remake the ideology of the opinion section. But privately, he pushed back, warning Bezos it would have consequences for the health of the paper:
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The Washington Post’s Strategy Is to Do Whatever Jeff Bezos Wants
The venerable paper has officially become the Amazon CEO’s plaything.
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February 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Inside the campaign to expose “collusion” between journalists and government officials:

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The Media Is Now Part of Trump’s War Against the Deep State
Inside the campaign to expose “collusion” between journalists and government officials.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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An invitation to a Lorne Michaels book event turned into an amazing reply-all disaster, featuring boomer journalists, Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, and Aaron Sorkin:

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The Lorne Michaels Book Event Thread Is the Reply-All Disaster We Need
Susan Morrison’s invitation quickly went haywire, thanks to some boomer journalists and Tina Fey.
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February 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Inside the search for the next co-host of The Daily, one of the plummiest jobs at the New York Times:
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Who Wants to Co-Host The Daily?
Inside the auditions for one of the plummiest jobs at the New York Times.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The Bulwark is amassing between 700 to 1,000 new paid subscribers about every day or two. A look at the anti-Trump media operation’s expansion and success:

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Resistance Media Lives!
The explosive success of The Bulwark.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Can a foreigner be your unofficial guide to official Washington? My column on Politico’s unconventional choice for the new Playbook:

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Can a Brit Become the Face of Politico?
You don’t know Jack Blanchard.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM