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Heir, apparently: Rupert Murdoch with his wife Anna and their son Lachlan at their home in New York, circa 1983. (Photo by Peter Carrette Archive/Getty Images)
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In tonight’s edition, Rupert Murdoch’s legacy has never been more hotly debated. With a new film “Ink” directed by Danny Boyle coming soon, the spotlight is again on the Murdochs. Tonight we have insight from three leading media insiders on the past and future of the Murdoch empire.
Also, we go deep inside the Fox hole to report on a bizarre story involving two Fox News identities and a family heirloom, and we have scene reports from Business Insider’s Long Play event, the New York Times’ science desk relaunch, and a book party for CULTURED Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Sarah Harrelson.
Finally, it’s Thursday, which means Journo and Comms jobs are back with gigs at NBC, NPR, CBS, Bloomberg, Vogue, The New York Times, Fox and Reuters.
Mentioned tonight: Jay Conti, David Boies, Emma Tucker, Barry Diller, Emily Sundberg, Dana Brown, Mark Guiducci, Harrison Vail, Julia Vitale, Matt Friend, Emmett McDermott, Joseph Bullmore, Fred Castleberry, Michael Moynihan, Kmele Foster, Matt Welch, Megan McArdle, Jessica Tarlov, Snigdha Poonam, Scott Nover, Hasan Piker, Scott Jennings, Dominic Patten, Allison Pearson, Tara Conlan, Ian Ward, Sara Fischer, Michael Savage, Gavin Millar, Cristina Silva, Andrew Morse, Peter Kafka, Katie Robertson, Karlie Kloss, Bari Weiss, Jeremy Barr, Joe Rogan, Ted Mann, Josh Barro, Jeremy Hansen, Carolyn Ryan, Bill Wasik, Carl Zimmer, Victoria Jaggard, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Hannah Miller, Jen Rubio, David Haskell, Nate Freeman, Vanessa Friedman, Griffin Dunne, Julianna Margulies, Lauren Santo Domingo, Molly Jong-Fast, Marisa Meltzer, Kristina O'Neill, Rachel Keidan, Kareem Rahma, Ian Malone, Yemisi Egbewole, Jacqui Heinrich, Brian Fitzpatrick, Bret Baier, Will Cain, Eliana Johnson, Jim Rutenberg, Lukas Degutis, Jonathan Mahler and more
Murdoch Legacy
On Wednesday night at a packed Spectator Club, Breaker was joined by Eliana Johnson, Editor-in-Chief at The Washington Free Beacon, and Jim Rutenberg, writer-at-large at The New York Times, to discuss all things Murdoch.
In a wide-ranging conversation moderated by Lukas Degutis, The Spectator's editorial manager in New York, we kicked off by touching on the legacy of Rupert Murdoch.
“I think he will be remembered as the last media mogul who really…
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The Fox Ear Affair
LinkedIn Bling: Yemisi Egbewole is seen wearing another pair of Heinrich’s earrings on her LinkedIn profile.
(Exclusive.) They say diamonds are a girl's best friend, but a bizarre situation that has played out at Fox News over the last year may prove that a simple pair of earrings can come between Fox and Friends.
Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich last summer invited regular Fox guest and then close friend Yemisi Egbewole to cat-sit at her apartment. Heinrich was scheduled to travel for work and then with her partner, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, according to people familiar with the situation.
Egbewole, who served as chief of staff for the Biden press office, is a regular guest on Fox. She has appeared on “Special Report with Bret Baier”, “The Will Cain Show,” and, not so ironically, “Fox and Friends”, in large part thanks to Heinrich, who helped introduce her to Fox execs, according to people with knowledge of the matter. She can also be seen popping up on CNN and MSNBC.
When Heinrich, who is also president of the White House Correspondent Association, returned from her travels, her friendship with Egbewole became strained and, a short time later, deteriorated, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
At issue? A pair of Heinrich’s grandmother's …
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