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“Is That Breaker’s Snapper Over There?” Chairman of News Corp and Executive Chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, Lachlan Murdoch, and his wife Sarah Murdoch take a long walk at Sun Valley to reminisce about that time they first met Breaker staking out Rupert Murdoch’s 95th birthday. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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In tonight’s edition, we bring you part two of our annual Sun Valley special photo report. Scroll down to see which power players attended the event together – there are a number of surprising pairings that you’ll see in Breaker tonight.
Plus, we dive into a major case of mistaken identity at the Daily Mail, we have a scooplet on the latest venture by former New York Magazine editor Adam Moss and former Washington Post opinion editor David Shipley, and The New York Times issued quite the correction after readers’ confusion (and outrage) at inclusions in “The 39-ish Most Stylish People of 2026, So Far.”
Finally, it’s Thursday, which means Journo (and Comms) Jobs is back. Tonight we have gigs at The San Francisco Standard, The Wall Street Journal, Clinique, NBC News, The New York Times, and The Hill.
Mentioned tonight: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Bari Weiss, Josh Kushner, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Karlie Kloss, Diane von Fürstenberg, Jonathan Haidt, Gayle King, Nellie Bowles, Lachlan Murdoch, Sarah Murdoch, Robert Kraft, Bill Gates, Anderson Cooper, Tim Cook, John Ternus, Eddy Cue, Barry Diller, Robert Thomson, Ping Wang, Alex Norstrom, Judith Wolst, Adam Silver, Ynon Kreiz, Reid Hoffman, Evan Spiegel, Miranda Kerr, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Philipp Schindler, Reed Hastings, Steve Swartz, Bret Baier, Amy Baier, Erin Burnett, Charlie Rose, Bobby Kotick, Mark Zuckerberg, Dina Powell McCormick, Peter Thiel, Matt Danzeisen, Kobi Shaw, Adam Moss, David Shipley, David Kuhn, Patrick Radden Keefe, Stephen Colbert, Adam Friedland, Mark Thompson, Chris Licht, David Ellison, Joe Flint, Dan Rayfield, Ben Touati, Jeremy Barr, Justin Baragona, Paul Farhi, Keith Olbermann, Honus Wagner, Daniella Zalcman, Joe Kahn, Ellen Pollock, Deborah Solomon, Pui-Wing Tam, Peter Kafka, Joel Stein, Count Binface, and more.
Times Change
(Exclusive.) Back in March, we reported that New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock had looked to tamp down the rumor mill that she was retiring. “I am not retiring right now, but I’m not going to die at my desk,” Pollock told Breaker at the time.
But we have now learned that Pollock, who has presided over The Times’ biz day coverage for coming up on a decade, is …
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Moguls – They Are Just Like Us!
As we mentioned on Tuesday, the Breaker bean counter denied our trip to Idaho to stake out Sun Valley, so instead, from the Breaker bureau, we’ve been keeping tabs on the moguls who scored an invite to this year's billionaire summer camp thanks to the work of Getty snapper Kevin Dietsch, who is at the Sun Valley Resort.
Here’s part two of our annual Sun Valley family photo album:
Buff Bezos: Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and wife, Lauren Sanchez, dress to impress at Sun Valley. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Weiss Guys Finish Last: With everything going great at CBS News, editor-in-chief Bari Weiss definitely can afford to spend a week palling around Sun Valley. Her beefy bodyguards are no doubt not too far away. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
O Brother, where art thou? Josh Kushner leads a search party for his brother, Jared, that includes his wife, model Karlie Kloss, and fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Meeting Of The Minds: Social Psychologist and Professor at NYU Stern School of Business Jonathan Haidt tells CBS Mornings Gayle King and The Free Press’ Nellie Bowles about wokeness and DEI. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Keeping Up With The Kushners: Founder and CEO of Affinity Partners Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are blissfully unaware that his brother, sister-in-law, and DVF are looking for them to play UNO! together. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Kraftwerk: Kraft Group CEO and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft heads to the Sun Valley cocktail hour to enjoy a Piña Colada. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Footing The Bill: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates enjoys the Sun Valley Golf Cart Experience. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Coop, There She Is: CNN anchor (and former “60 Minutes” correspondent) Anderson Cooper takes cover behind a car after he spots his potential future boss Bari Weiss. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Too Many Cooks: CEO of Apple Tim Cook, Senior Vice President of Services at Apple Eddy Cue, and Incoming CEO of Apple John Ternus bemoan how expensive it is to buy Apple products now. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Let's Have a Kiki: Barry Diller, chairman of IAC and Expedia Group, models wife and fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg's upcoming Fall collection of “mogul robes.” (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Additional pics of Robert Thomson, Alex Norstrom, Adam Silver, Ynon Kreiz, Reid Hoffman, Evan Spiegel, Miranda Kerr, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Philipp Schindler, Reed Hastings, Steve Swartz, Bret Baier, Erin Burnett, Charlie Rose, and Bobby Kotick below…
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