🔥 As a free subscriber, YOU’RE MISSING OUT! Upgrade now to read all the scoops. You can use Apple Pay and have full access within seconds. Support fearless independent journalism today!
Is the Christmas tree on fire again? Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott poses with members of the FDNY at the new All-American Christmas Tree lighting outside News Corporation at Fox Square on December 9, 2021, in New York City. The original 50-foot tree displayed on FOX Square in Midtown Manhattan was allegedly set on fire by a man during the early morning hours of December 8. He was later arrested. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Welcome to the latest edition of Breaker. If this email has been forwarded, you can subscribe here and send your questions and complaints here. If you have a tip, contact the 24/7 Breaker Tip Hotline via text or Signal # 551 655 2343. Anonymity guaranteed!
In tonight’s edition, just a month before the midterms, Fox News appears to be steering away from favoring Donald Trump. So what's behind it? Tonight, a former Fox News executive takes us inside the thinking of their former colleagues, including CEO Suzanne Scott.
Also, a staff shake-up at the Financial Times includes a poach from The Wall Street Journal. CBS claims another ratings win for “60 Minutes,” and we have a scene report from the finalists’ soiree for the Baillie Gifford Prize.
Plus, Sharon Waxman has strapped on the boxing gloves for a Twitter takedown of yet another journalist. Still nursing the wounds from our run-in with “whackjob”, Breaker can sympathize with Matt Belloni, who recently felt her wrath online.
Finally, we have our comprehensive reading, watching, and listening list so you won’t miss a media beat.
Mentioned tonight: Rupert Murdoch, David Ellison, Bari Weiss, David Remnick, Jeffrey Goldberg, Carolyn Ryan, Lachlan Murdoch, James Murdoch, Kathryn Murdoch, Emma Tucker, Sharon Waxman, Matt Belloni, Gerry Cardinale, Mark Guiducci, Bryan Curtis, Brian Stelter, Michael Grynbaum, Michael Savage, Andrew Deck, Megan Carnegie, Andrew Murfett, Jim Rutenberg, Marcus W. Brauchli, Ynon Kreiz, Peter Kafka, Joe Flint, Ben Mullin, Tatiana Siegel, Pam Abdy, Mike De Luca, Lucas Shaw, Toby Mundy, Ian Buruma, Anand Gopal, Åsne Seierstad, Nicholas Boggs, Dwight Garner, Marlon James, Tim Duggan, Paul Whitlatch, Will Heyward, Jonathan Jao, Emily Cunningham, Dan Gerstle, Isabel Vincent, Dan Thomas, Murad Ahmed, Derek Bower, Mark Carney, Adam Samson, Peter Stiff, Kayleigh McEnany, Hugh Riminton, Marina Hyde, Jeff Horowitz, Aaron Sorkin, Sapna Maheshwari, John Koblin, Scott Nover, Aditya Soni, Edmund Lee, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Tucker Carlson, Hanaa’ Tameez, David Kamp, John Waters, Ethan Beck, Matthew Pressman, Benjamin Hall, David Folkenflik, Laurene Powell Jobs, Bobby Kotick, and more.
Support fearless independent journalism.
The rest of this newsletter is for paid subscribers.
⁘ Unlock full access to our twice-weekly newsletter and archive.
⁘ As credited in The New York Times, CNBC, Axios, The New York Post, CNN, Bloomberg, The Guardian, and more.