Dylan Byers
@DylanByers
Founding Partner and Senior Correspondent at Puck. Author of In The Room and host of The Grill Room. Reach me at [email protected].
scoop: @jyarow and @Colarusso42 are leaving CNBC as part of an editorial shakeup ahead of the Comcast/Versant spin. David Cho, most recently the top editor of Barron's, is joining as editor-in-chief, according to a staff memo.
Per a note to staff today shared with me, the Washington Post is restructuring some of its newsroom, creating a new "Futures" team "focused on the forces shaping life in the 21st century." A pretty notable and smart way of rethinking some beats/topics imo...
News: On tonight’s Daily Show, guest is LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who announces that he is taking the newspaper public, per source in studio.
Fortune CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, who has been in the role since April, announced a 10% staff cut today, blaming AI, declining web traffic and the growing popularity of audio and video
Remember when Trump said his settlement deal with Paramount was actually worth 2x as much as it was announced for? Well, this morning Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Skydance CEO David Ellison asking whether there is a "secret side deal." washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
NEW @PuckNews: Skydance C.E.O. David Ellison and his legal counsel met this week with F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr and his deputies to discuss Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Paramount, which finally appears set for approval… puck.news/colberts-cance…
BREAKING via Bloomberg A federal judge in Manhattan has dismissed a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against journalist Bob Woodward and a publishing house over the release of interview recordings from his first term in office.
Trump sues Wall Street Journal for libel over Epstein letter axios.com/2025/07/18/wal…
NEWS: David Rhodes, the former CBS News head and Sky executive, is in talks to take over CBS News if the Skydance acquisition of Paramount closes. He would operate the network alongside Bari Weiss, pending a deal to acquire The Free Press, @MattBelloni reports.
Trump vs. Murdoch is a plot twist
BREAKING President Trump says he is going to sue The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Rupert Murdoch for the Jeffrey Epstein story they just published. The president says that Murdoch promised to “take care of it,” but Murdoch has a history of not interfering in the WSJ’s…
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CBS to Cancel 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Citing 'Financial Decision' variety.com/2025/tv/news/c…
NEW @PuckNews: There’s Something About Bari puck.news/will-skydance-…
Exclusive: @Meta names longtime exec Connor Hayes as its head of Threads — Instagram head Adam Mosseri has led the app since it launched in 2023 More on @axios axios.com/2025/07/17/met…
Substack had been telling investors it was doing $45 million in recurring revenue… a $1.1 billion valuation is a crazy multiple…
scoop: Substack has raised $100 million, pushing its valuation to $1.1 billion. The founders are warming to advertising and plan to experiment with bundles. With @jtes
On one level, David Ellison’s pursuit of The Free Press feels like a passion play… but there is also a strategic rationale…. Would Bari be wise to take David’s money? Duh.
NEW @PuckNews: There’s Something About Bari puck.news/will-skydance-…
I know that place…
Revisiting the Grill Room to talk Condé past and present with @grynbaum nymag.com/intelligencer/…