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I’ll take the Humble Pie: US President Donald Trump, alongside Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and News Corp Founder Rupert Murdoch, speaks to the press after signing an executive order to create a US sovereign wealth fund, at the White House on February 3, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)
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In tonight’s edition, Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump have a complicated relationship dating back decades, but surely there’s nothing that can't be solved over a hot meal? Tonight we reveal the guest list at yet another secret dinner between the president and News Corp's top brass. This time, the conversation had a specific agenda regarding Trump's relationship with The Wall Street Journal.
Plus, we have the latest from the New York Times bargaining negotiations, which look almost certain to drag into 2027, Spy magazine turns 40, and we have a scene report from the premiere of the must-see (so, says Breaker) Nathan Fielder/Elizabeth Holmes doc “You Can See Everything.”
Finally, Journo Jobs is back with gigs at CNBC, TED, CNN, Teneo, The New York Times, Business Insider, FGS Global, News Corp UK and Fox News.
Mentioned tonight: Rebekah Brooks, Lachlan Murdoch, Robert Thomson, Suzanne Scott, Keith Poole, Emma Tucker, Paul Gigot, Bari Weiss, David Ellison, Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, Ari Melber, Graydon Carter, Kurt Andersen, Roger Lynch, David Cho, A.G. Sulzberger, Joanna Stern, Keach Hagey, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Nicholas Carlson, Antoine Gara, Hamish McKenzie, Jon Kelly, Katty Kay, Steven Levy, Dylan Abruscato, Amy Odell, Jason Del Rey, Brian Sozzi, Vinita Nair, Joe Palazzolo, Khadeeja Safdar, Jessica Tarlov, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Joe Flint, Maxi Tani, Charlotte Klein, Jess Testa, Reggie Ugwu, Austin Tedesco, Molly Bloom, Paul Hudson, Charlotte Tobitt, Gavin Newsom, Hannah Fry, Dakota Smith, Jake Kanter, Deborah Turness, Will Sommer, Ben Shapiro, Chris Hansen, Susie Banikarim, Katie Robertson, Tom Dotan, Shannon Bream, Stephen A. Smith, Ainsley Earhardt, Bill Hemmer, Dana Perino, Harris Faulkner, Martha MacCallum, Lawrence Jones, Emily Compagno, and more
Fox and Friends with Benefits
(Exclusive.) Donald Trump has spent a lot of time and energy over the last two weeks shutting the likes of CNN, MS NOW and Politico out of the White House.
But on Tuesday night at 1600 Penn, there was one media organization he was happy to break bread with.
Breaker has learned Trump had dinner in the residence with News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch, News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, News UK CEO Rebekah Brooks, New York Post Editor-in-Chief Keith “Keefy” Poole, Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker, Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
While gatherings between Trump and Murdoch’s top editors and columnists are not uncommon, this meeting had a more defined objective, resembling a “kumbaya conclave,” people familiar with the situation tell Breaker.
“The purpose of the meeting was to …
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Some of the world's best media contributors, commentators and entrepreneurs will come together in New York City next month for the 2026 Haymaker Media Summit.
CNBC’s David Cho, New Things Joanna Stern, The Wall Street Journal’s Keach Hagey, Dynamo’s Nicholas Carlson, The Financial Times’ Antoine Gara, Substack's Hamish McKenzie, Puck’s Jon Kelly, the BBC’s Katty Kay, Wired’s Steven Levy, TBPN’s Dylan Abruscato, and Breaker will all be speaking at the event on November 16th. Tickets are now available.
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