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Karpe Diem: Former Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp speaks onstage at the 2025 Literacy Partners Evening of Readings & Gala Dinner on June 09, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Randy Brooke/Getty Images)
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In tonight’s edition, publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster has had an executive-level regime change. Now, staffers are questioning the priorities of new CEO (and former Amazon exec) Greg Greeley, and how his “obsession” with A.I. could reshape the future of the legacy publisher.
Plus, an editorial shakeup at the Financial Times has seen the announcement of a new deputy editor. Editor Roula Khalaf is elevating a journalist from within, who had been courted by a competitor.
Also, former Washington Post publisher Sir Will Lewis was spotted on his way to the World Cup, and we have proof that he still has some small ties to his former employer.
Finally, we have a comprehensive reading, watching, and listening list so you don’t miss a media beat when you log off on summer weekends.
Mentioned tonight: Meredith Kopit Levien, Patrick Healy, Sam Dolnick, Jodi Kantor, Carolyn Ryan, Joe Kahn, Katie Kingsbury, Carl Swanson, Jacob Bernstein, Stella Bugbee, Jim Stewart, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Paul Goldberger, Erik Wemple, Alex Barker, Patrick Jenkins, Dan Colarusso, Charles Forelle, Bari Weiss, Marie Beaudette, Emma Tucker, Mathias Döpfner, Lisa Tobin, Michael Barbaro, Alex Levy, Jeremy Peters, Cesar Conde, Jonathan Karp, Greg Greeley, Roula Khalaf, Helen Thomas, Aidan McLaughlin, Andrew Zucker, Derek Blasberg, Lis Smith, Molly Jong-Fast, Emily Greenhouse, Erik Maza, Nate Evans, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Erik Bottcher, Will Lewis, Bill O’Reilly, Andrew Dalton, Amy Griffin, Michael Savage, Amanda Meade, Alex Wright, Alexandra Jacobs, Sarah Longwell, Jessica Toonkel, Patrick Coffee, Peter Walker, Kiran Stacey, Dominic Ponsford, Madeline Cash, Mikkel Rosengaard, Diego Sorbara, Matt Kaplan, Alex Cooper, Clara Molot, Lachlan Murdoch, Brian Steinberg, Jeremy Barr, Adam Friedland, Jennifer Welch, Katie Razzall, Jim Waterson, Laura Brown, Kristina O'Neill, Matt Friend, Ramin Beheshti, Ken Auletta, Graydon Carter, Rick Heitzmann, Kathryn Weinmann, Walter Hickey, Krishna Mahtani, Julie West, Noah Shachtman, Cassie Thornton, Blake Saunders, Joe Marchese, Brian Morrissey, Peter Kafka, Emily Cohn, Nicholas Carlson, John McDonald, Ankur Jain, Sean Walsh, Erika Hammond Jain, Maureen McNally, Martha Stewart, Susan Magrino-Dunning, Brian Kelly, Taylor Dunn, Erin Zimmerman, Liz Claman, Jen Zweben, Emily Andrews, Diane Brady, Lily Mae Lazarus, Sammi Cohen, Mosheh Oinounou, Alex Sall, Candace Kuo, Kevin Schatell, Jess Conner, Will Payne, Melanie Bromley, Sara Nathan, Carlos Greer, Amy Maas, Charlie Lankston, Charlotte Triggs, Gillian Telling, Matt Zimmerman, Sai De Silva, Jessel Taank, Pavit Randhawa, Emily Curl, Yvette Manessis Corporon, Connor Boyd, Chuck Schumer, Sam Joiner, Hannah Sarney, Flo Phillips, Matt Payton, Veronica Kan-Dapaah, Matt Vella, Madison Marriage, Cheryl Brumley, Colin Harrison, Eamon Dolan, and more.
Simon & Schuster's Next Chapter
(Exclusive.) Next week, Simon & Schuster is set to release one of their most highly anticipated books this year.
“Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump” by gun New York Times political reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan is expected to be a best-seller.
Behind the scenes at one of the biggest publishing houses in the U.S, a regime change has unsettled long-standing editors and execs, resulting in …
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FT Succession
The Financial Times has reshuffled its senior editorial ranks just as new Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner looks to take it on with his acquisition of the Telegraph.
FT Editor, Roula Khalaf, has announced News Editor Tom Braithwaite will replace current number two Patrick Jenkins as her deputy editor come September, according to a “mid-year editor’s note” obtained and reviewed by Breaker.
Braithwaite has been rewarded for his loyalty; last year, he rebuffed an overture from …
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