Inside the Hive

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CNN's Shakeup and the Media's Identity Crisis Jun 09, 2023

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The ousting of the CNN CEO Chris Licht on the heels of a damning magazine profile is just the latest symptom of an old order’s waning adroitness across legacy media, digital media, and social media. This week on Inside the Hive, Delia Cai and Hive staff writer Charlotte Klein discuss the prescient Licht profile and what it reveals about media’s larger state of crisis—one where Tucker Carlson has turned to Twitter, once promising players like BuzzFeed News and VICE have failed, and everything just kind of feels like the depressing Succession finale.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Threat to Fox News Jun 01, 2023

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On this week’s episode, Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman and NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik about how Rupert Murdoch’s empire is covering the early stages of the 2024 Republican race—and whether Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis will emerge as the Fox News favorite. Plus, the trio of Murdochologists assess threats to the 92-year-old patriarch's power coming from Elon Musk and elsewhere.

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HBO’s Succession Is Ending. The Murdoch Family Drama Plays On. May 25, 2023

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As the Succession finale nears, host Brian Stelter catches up withVanity Fair executive editor Claire Howorth about the stunning plot twists in the fictional drama—and within the real-life media dynasty. And when it comes to politics, do powerful TV networks or the president—whether Jeryd Mencken or Donald Trump—really run the show?

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Fox News Is Losing Its Grip on the Base May 18, 2023

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On this week’s episode, host Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair staff writer Caleb Ecarma and Bulwark political columnist Amanda Carpenter about the expanding right-wing media ecosystem, from Newsmax to The Daily Wire, “The War Room” to “InfoWars.” (Not to mention Tucker Carlson taking his talents to Twitter.) Can Fox News stave off the insurgents and keep its audience glued to the channel?

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Tucker and Twitter and Trump, Oh My! May 11, 2023

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On this episode, host Brian Stelter checks in with Vanity Fair senior media correspondent Joe Pompeo and Washington Post national enterprise reporter Sarah Ellison about Tucker Carlson’s Twitter gamble before diving into Donald Trump and Fox News’s dysfunctional relationship, and whether the Murdochs’ network will be in his corner in 2024.

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The Tucker Carlson Implosion Continues May 04, 2023

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On this week’s episode, host Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair’s Charlotte Klein and New York Times Magazine contributor Jason Zengerle, who is writing a book about Tucker Carlson, about the latest revelations surrounding the now-former Fox News star, and whether a newly surfaced text is really a smoking gun.

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Inside The Hive: Fox vs. Tucker Carlson Apr 27, 2023

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On this week’s episode, host Brian Stelter talks to Gabriel Sherman and Bess Levin about the bombshell Fox dropped before the Dominion dust had even settled: the ouster of prime-time star Tucker Carlson. The Vanity Fair writers discuss what it means for the company, the viewers, and the host who seemed to have no boundaries.

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Fox on Trial: Fox News Won’t Apologize—Or Change Apr 20, 2023

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Dominion won an eye-popping $787.5 million settlement this week, but Fox also notched a major victory in keeping the Murdochs, its top executives, and stars like Tucker Carlson off the witness stand. On the latest episode of Inside the Hive, host Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair special correspondent Molly Jong-Fast and Hive editor Michael Calderone about the fallout from the payout, the future of the network, and how the public is losing out in the trial's abrupt end.

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Fox on Trial: Rupert Murdoch’s Date With Destiny Apr 13, 2023

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Will the 92-year-old media mogul be able to steer his empire through an incoming legal maelstrom? On the latest episode of Inside the Hive, Brian Stelter and Gabriel Sherman, who have been following Murdochland for decades, spill the tea on what Monday’s trial could mean for the dynasty—and democracy at large.

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The Winners and Losers in Trump’s Stormy-Weather Week Apr 07, 2023

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New York may have seemed sedate during his arraignment, but elsewhere in Trump’s America, the MAGA faithful are as committed as ever.

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