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Birds of a Feather: Gerry Cardinale, Jon Kelly, and Dylan Byers discuss who is getting defenestrated if and when the Paramount/WBD deal closes at a Puck x MoffettNathanson's networking lunch at The Spiral on October 16, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
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In tonight’s edition, with the revelation that RedBird Capital is nearing a deal for Puck at a $250 million valuation, we look at the plan for the publication's future and examine the ramifications with RedBird’s other media investments.
Also, Axios poaches a tech guru from the Wall Street Journal, we reveal RadicalMedia’s cable news project that will feature Fox News, and we have insight into a Vox all-hands, the first to come following recent layoffs under new owner James Murdoch.
Plus, Breaker has packed a bag and booked an extra seat for our fedora, heading to Sydney to deliver the keynote address at the Mumbrella Publish Conference next week. Ahead of the event, Breaker was chuffed to be a guest on the latest Mumbrellacast pod talking about the road to independent journalism, our experience being a source for several well-known newsrooms and future plans for Breaker.
Finally, we have a bumper Thursday edition of Journo, Comms Jobs and Internships with opportunities at The New York Times, Wired, New York Focus, NBC Universal, The WNET Group, Hammer and Hope, the Washington Post, Fox News, ABC, the Guardian AU and Reuters.
Mentioned tonight: David Ellison, Gerry Cardinale, David Zaslav, Jon Kelly, Matt Belloni, William D. Cohan, Dylan Byers, Chris Wallace, Lauren Sherman, Risa Heller, Graydon Carter, Karlie Kloss, Josh Kushner, Jeff Horowitz, James Murdoch, Swati Sharma, Carolyn Ryan, Marc Lacey, Alice Brooker, Debra Kamin, Rebel Wilson, Amanda Ghost, Sean Duffy, Emilio Casalicchio, Noah Keate, David Dinsmore, A.J. Katz, David Kramer, Matt Donnelly, Frank Mahlberg, Reed Albergotti, Jem Bartholomew, Deborah Turness, Alex Cooper, Ashley Carman, Amol Rajan, Dominic Patten, Don Van Natta Jr., Jacob Feldman, Kabir Chibber, Liz Garbus, Isabella Soames, Gary Lineker, Dovid Efune, Ben Smith, Ari Hoffman, Ben Clerkin, Seth Lipsky, and more.
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