Tuesdays with Rupert (October 2008)
Since buying The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch has talked freely with Michael Wolff about his business, his family, and the future. It’s an unparalleled look at the 77-year-old mogul, transformed by his marriage to Wendi Deng, yet utterly, unapologetically himself.
It’s the Adultery, Stupid (June 2008)
The private follies of middle-aged male politicians are treated as weakness, perversion, corruption—anything but the real issue: human desire.
The War on the Times (May 2008)
The Sulzberger family would never let go of The New York Times. Or would it?
The Best of Enemies (April 2008)
Can cable-television pioneer John Malone wrest part of IAC/InterActiveCorp away from his former protégé, the charismatic Barry Diller?
The Plot Sickens (March 2008)
Behind the grim conflicts of the writers’ strike is a grimmer reality: reality shows and YouTube are killing the Hollywood story.
Generals, Gadgets, and Guerrillas (December 2007)
The age of the media gadget is here. But when consumers have the power to get content anywhere, anytime, for free, even Apple’s Steve Jobs should be worried.
Is This the End of News? (October 2007)
Even a guy burned by one failed Internet start-up can’t resist the idea that this latest technology—like Linotype, TV, and cable before it—could remake the news. So here goes Newser.com.
Murdoch’s Private Game (September 2007)
The man who terrorized a generation of journalists may be the last mogul standing who truly loves print.
Crazy for Rudy (June 2007)
Many New York political pros believe Rudy Giuliani is, quite literally, nuts. Could Giuliani’s lunatic behavior be the ultimate campaign asset?
Serious Money (May 2007)
Everyone who’s anyone is getting into the private-equity bubble, but there are signs the bubble is about to burst, and smart money may be trying to turn mania into cash.
Caught in the Spin Cycle (April 2007)
Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s perjury trial exposed the White House P.R. machine—and the first hint of a split between his boss, Dick Cheney, and President Bush.
The Trouble with Judith (March 2007)
Judith Regan’s tabloid sensibility and outrageous behavior made her a star in the Murdoch empire. So why was she fired?
Billionaires and Broadsheets (February 2007)
Maybe none of the billionaires lining up to buy a newspaper know what they would be getting into. But they may be the only future the industry has.
Survivor: The White House Edition (December 2006)
As with Vietnam, so with Iraq: in the last act of a failed war the backstage action is about saving reputations, not lives. Which is where Henry Kissinger, the master survivor, comes in.
Slurs and Arrows (November 2006)
Mel Gibson’s meltdown, Günter Grass’s past, Joe Lieberman’s primary loss: given Israel’s controversial influence in Washington and invasion of Lebanon, people might be a little too eager to cry anti-Semitism.
Pox Americana (October 2006)
Brand America, which ruled the global marketplace with its vision of cool capitalism, has been discontinued, and the world is recoiling from a new image that makes the U.S. as much a danger to its friends as it is to its enemies.
Panic on 43rd Street (September 2006)
Even as the Times builds a soaring $850 million headquarters, its newsroom, its leadership, and its business are in a crisis of confidence.
Rumsfeld and the Generals (July 2006)
How did Donald Rumsfeld manhandle the Pentagon into a war it didn’t want?
Words Fail Him (May 2006)
Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s mangled sentences, flat-footed evasions, and genial befuddlement have made him the butt of a thousand blogs and an increasingly savage press corps. Is he a victim, a pawn, or a P.R. disaster?
iPod, Therefore I Am (April 2006)
After 30 years as an outsider, Apple founder Steve Jobs is the white-hot center of mass-market media. How did he turn the tables?
Is Time Warner Necessary? (March 2006)
Corporate raider Carl Icahn has exposed Time Warner’s fundamental weakness: there’s no logical reason for its existence.
