Breaker Birthday Bash
Breaker celebrated a milestone on Wednesday night with our first birthday bash co-hosted with our friends at Bilt. A who’s who of hacks and flacks, editors and execs packed into East Village cocktail lounge Sweet Linda to share a bevvy and some banter.
A hand-crafted cocktail list, including The My Golly Gosh, The Breaker Super Belter, and the You Beauty, kept guests hydrated, while the Breaker Priest was on hand to hear guests’ media confessions and dole out their penance.
We want to send a huge thank you to our subscribers and colleagues for supporting fearless independent journalism. You’ve kept Breaker alive for 12 months, and we’re just getting started!
Amongst those there: Mark Guiducci, Claire Howorth, Keith Poole, Carole Radziwill, Ankur Jain, Erika Hammond, Sean Walsh, Maureen McNally, Max Crespo, Peter Lattman, Sophia Efthimiatou, Bradley Singer, Olivia Metzger, Tom Keaney, Oli Coleman, Oliver Darcy, Max Tani, Erik Maza, Charlotte Klein, Jessica Testa, Katie Robertson, Harrison Vail, Vicky Ward, Nick Bell, Paul Choix, Pamela Paul, Patrick Lenihan, Rachel Keidan, Lis Smith, Lauren Starke, Lauren Townsend, Luke Carron, Matt Hotard, Mark Stenberg, Matt Negrin, Maria Comella, Meliisa Korn, Jamie Heller, Jeannie Kedas, Jeffrey Schneider, Jesse Rodriguez, Joe Marchese, Julia Black, Justin Rocket Silverman, Kim Last, David Jeans, Peter Kafka, Ed Lee, Gabriel Brotman, Hasan Hashmi, Hugo Lowell, Isabella Simonetti, Jack Walker, James Goldston, Brian Niemietz, Carl Swanson, Charlie Stadtlander, Chelsea Sells, Chris Balfe, Christa Robinson, Corbin Bolies, Danielle Rhodes Ha, Adam Aresty, Alexandra Bruell, Ali Zelenka, Alison Rudnick, Andrew Kirell, Anthony Dorsey, Ashok Sinha, Aude White, Sean McNulty, Rohan Goswami, Stu Loeser, Tatiana Siegel, Toby Wilkinson, Todd Courtney, Deniz Sonmez, Mikela Rodriguez, Frannie Vuilleman, Will Payne and more.
If You Break It: Breaker atones for his sins Wednesday night at our first birthday party in Partnership with Bilt. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Three Amigos: Sweet Linda’s Max Crespo, Bilt’s Sean Walsh, and Breaker. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Dancing Queen: New York Post Comms VP Alison Rudnick dances the night away at Sweet Linda. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Green with revenue: Soros Fund Management’s Gabriel Brotman. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Painting The Town Gray (Lady): New York Times’ Charlie Stadtlander. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Rolling The Calls: WME’s Hasan Hashmi and TKO’s Maura McGreevy take a minute out of the glamorous agent life to celebrate with Breaker. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
No Scoop For You: Longtime FOB (Friend Of Breaker) Tom Keaney. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Hotard’s Heroes: FOB (Friend of Breaker) Matt Hotard at Sweet Linda. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Vox and Friends: Vox’s Lauren Starke and Aude White at the Breaker birthday bash. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Byron Behaving Badly: FOB Byron Kaplan at Sweet Linda. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Three’s Company: Vanity Fair’s Julia Black, Gallery Books Paul Choix, and The Age and Sydney Morning Herald's Michael Koziol (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Status Check: Status’ Oliver Darcy at the Breaker Birthday Bash. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Where are the beefy bodyguards? CBS News’ Sophia Efthimiatou and CNBC’s Dan Mangan ask where Bari Weiss and her security detail are. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Max and Relax: Seamfor’s Maxi Tani holds court at the Breaker bash. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Booze Brother: CNN’s Andrew Kirell brings some old school NYC edge to the party. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Ward of Mouth: Investigative journalist and author Vicky Ward gives Breaker a hot tip. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Forgive Me Father: New York Magazine’s Erik Maza visits the Breaker priest as FOB Stuart Richardson looks on. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Have You Confessed Yet? New York Post Editor Keith “Keefy” Poole and Bilt’s Sean Walsh contemplate visiting The Breaker confessional. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Rat Pack: CULTURED Magazine’s Ian Malone, Gravity Strategic Partner’s Harrison Vail, and “Early Thirties” author Josh Duboff at the Breaker Birthday Bash at Sweet Linda. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Know Your ABC’s: Former colleagues Julie Townsend, Jeffrey Schneider, and James Goldston catch up on the good ‘ol days. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Season 16: Real Housewife Carole Radziwill; Sweet Linda Owner Max Crespo, and Breaker. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Only Fans: TKO’s Maura McGeevy, WME’s Bradley Singer, and TikTok’s Nathaniel Brown. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Confess: We had so many media sinners in the house, the Breaker Priest (Comedian Brittany Mignanelli) was on hand to give penance. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
101: 3 Arts Entertainment’s Olivia Metzger, and MS NOW’s Jesse Rodriguez (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
This Close To Beating Breaker To Murdoch’s Birthday: Fox’s Brian Nick with CNN’s Andrew Kirrell and Semafor’s Maxi Tani details the competitive pressure we had to the world exclusive photos of Rupert Murdoch’s 95th birthday. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Let's Do The Fucking News: CBS’ new comms boss, Jeremy Adler, and Heller’s Nate Evans ask why Bari Weiss’ beefy bodyguards weren’t at Breaker’s birthday party. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Having a Ball: The Wall Street Journal’s Sarah Ball puts up with Breaker’s banter. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Bilt This City: Bilt founder Ankur Jain enjoys a laugh. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
We Are Learning Nothing: Breaker’s Associate Producer, Kathryn Wilkens, and our Business Lead, Joseph Augustine, compare notes about their internship with Breaker. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Save Me From This Man: Breaker Copyeditor extraordinaire, Nick King, and Gabrielle Lyons celebrate one year of Breaker. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Feed Us: Feed Me’s Cami Fateh quizzed Breaker’s guests and us about the origins of the Breaker fedora. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Ride or Die: MS NOW’s Richard Hudock keeps an eye on Breaker.
Sly Fox: Fox News’ Porter Berry is out of the foxhole, but not out of uniform. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Confidenti@l: Former colleagues Marianne Garvey, Oli Coleman, and Brian Niemietz reunite. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
Another Summit? Semafor’s Rachel Keidan and ace reporter Rohan Goswami work the phones no doubt answering queries from Ben and Justin Smith. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)
If You Don’t Want It In Page Six – Call Breaker: New York Post Editor-in-Chief Keith “Keefy” Poole confesses that he religiously reads everyone's favorite media newsletter. (Credit: Victor G. Jeffreys II for Breaker Media)