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Is There A Runner-up Prize? NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn and Opinion Editor Katie Kingsbury attend The New York Times Celebrates 175 Years of Independent Reporting at Spring Studio on September 17, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for NYT)
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In tonight’s edition, after an exhaustive three-month search, The New York Times is set to name its new business editor stepping into the big shoes left behind by Ellen Pollock. Breaker has spoken to NYT insiders, and tonight we reveal who has been picked for the plum gig.
Also, a shock departure at The Wall Street Journal, a former top CNBC exec crosses to the dark side, and the White House Correspondents Association tells members about a not-ideal workaround after the print pooler is banned from travel.
Finally, with the new year just around the corner, if you're planning a job move in media or comms for 2027, there’s no time like the present. We have your head start with our hand-crafted picks for the best gigs going. Tonight we feature opportunities at: Politico, Cosmopolitan, FGS Global, Axios, National Geographic, Bloomberg, Semafor, The Wall Street Journal, The Moth, NBC, The Economist and The New York Times.
Mentioned tonight: Emma Tucker, Marcelo Prince, Liz Harris, Sarah Krouse, John Cook, Jacqui Heinrich, Joe Kahn, Ellen Pollock, Deborah Solomon, Dennis Berman, Katie Kingsbury, Kathryn Ruemmler, A.G. Sulzberger, Patrick Healy, Amy Chozick, Cory Weinberg, Grace Kay, Elon Musk, Jeffrey McCracken, Patience Higgins, , Bari Weiss, Neil Blair, Sam Siegel, Hugh Dougherty, Ellie Cannon, Ari Hoffman, Tom Teodorczuk, Dan Senor, Oliver Malcolm, Adam Cannon, Chris Stewart, Debbie Shields, Kareem Rahma, Conan O’Brien, Herschel Pandya, Andrew Deck, Emily Sundberg, Chris Best, Katie Razzall, Ros Atkins, Rhodri Talfan-Davies, Amy Griffin, Billy Bush, Jennifer Meyer, Tom Clare, Brendan Carr, John Hendel, James Daunt, Nathan Heller, T.M. Brown, Charlotte Tobitt, Jacob Soboroff, Kyle Paoletta, Erik Wemple, Kelcee Griffis, Scott Nover, Miriam Waldvogel, Marc Caputo, Mark Zuckerberg, Eli Tan, Theodore Schleifer, Margot Patrick, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Jeremy Barr, and more.
The Times Means Business
(Exclusive.) After a guessing game that lasted months, The New York Times has finally decided on its next Business Editor – and they didn’t have to look far…
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Deadpool
(Exclusive.) On Thursday, Jacqui Heinrich, Fox News' Senior White House Correspondent and President of the White House Correspondents Association, alerted members that the White House does not have a print pool reporter. The news came after a journalist from The Independent was blocked from covering President Donald Trump.
“They (the White House) are planning to…
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