Edmund Lee
@edmundlee.bsky.social
Sensibility is cheap. Reporting is expensive. http://edmundlee.substack.com elee@nytimes.com (DMs open) https://www.nytimes.com/by/edmund-lee
Trump visa policies weigh on Columbia journalism program as admissions pause - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump visa policies weigh on Columbia journalism program as admissions pause
The Trump administration's changing visa policies caused a sharp drop in international applications to Columbia University and contributed to the university pausing admissions to one of its journalis...
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Source: owners of Conde Nast only learned on Monday Roger Lynch was departing to run Mattel. Lynch, in turn, was an emergency appointment for Mattel, who just found out Ynon Kreiz was leaving for Paramount. and our thing continues to churn
A good reminder from Ed that not everyone will be able to afford a personal agent — even as the Internet is re-wired around them. @edmundlee.bsky.social #Muse
Anthropic says AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing - www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Waiting to see when/if the major news orgs cover the Cornell rape lawsuit, so far only @washingtonpost.com Here's the Cornell Sun: www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
Cornell, Chi Phi Sued by Victim of Alleged Gang Rape, Drugging in 2024
A former Cornell student filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that she was gang raped after being coerced into consuming drugs by several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in 2024.
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Trump defies judge’s ruling and continues to ban Politico, MS NOW, CNN from the White House … There’s no law enforcement mechanism for the judge’s ruling so when do we start calling this a Constitutional crisis? - www.reuters.com/business/med...
Politico, MS NOW, CNN denied access to White House despite judge's order
Politico, MS NOW and CNN reporters were barred from the White House, just hours after a judge deemed President Donald Trump's ban of the three news outlets likely unconstitutional and ordered their ...
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When TRUMP was asked (just now at the presser) why he's banning @cnn.com @politico.com @msnowreports.bsky.social he responded: “No reason. It’s really just cumulative stories over the past few years.” "You know how fake their reporting is. It's one-sided. It's never good"
COOKED Anthropic AI quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program www.reuters.com/world/anthro...
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program
At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab — or place for physical experiments — in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said.
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A shaky anonymous source; a jab about a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” lawyer; a flub that allowed a skeptical editor’s email to become public; an internal text exchange raising doubts about the story: I looked into how the NYT lost its first US libel case in >50 years. www.cjr.org/news/how-the...
How the New York Times lost a defamation trial.
An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom’s first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years.
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Texas Republican's racist post on Asian Americans at UT Austin sparks backlash www.reuters.com/world/us/tex...
Texas Republican's post on Asian Americans at UT Austin sparks accusations of racism
A Republican nominee for a Texas office drew bipartisan criticism after posting a photo from a University of Texas football game that critics called racist, portraying the Austin campus as dominated ...
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This is a smart, nuanced critique of @nytimes.com's coverage of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ... but I wish I knew who wrote it:
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · last mo.Who does the New York Times quote—and not quote—when it writes about Zohran Mamdani, Israel, and antisemitism? We crunched some numbers.
breaking: @puck.news is in advanced talks to get a significant investment from RedBird capital that would value the newsletter startup at $250 million, sources tell @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/med...
EXCLUSIVE: Puck in advanced talks for investment by RedBird Capital Partners at $250 million valuation
Puck is in advanced talks for an investment from RedBird Capital Partners, in a move which will help fund the growth of the newsletter startup, the company confirmed in a statement to Reuters.
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Mark Zuckerberg wanted to slash Meta staff by as much as 60% by using AI, according to documents sourced by @reuters.com www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded.
To make its workforce “AI native,” Meta explored slashing the size of many teams across the company by as much as 60% in two waves, internal documents show. Staff revolted - and hours before a big lay...
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I don't know who the author is -- it shows up as "I Fucking Love Australia" -- but NYT or Washpost Opinion could sub this person in for half their current stable of worn-out op-ed writers and their traffic would skyrocket. You really ought to read this, and you'll learn some terrific Aussie phrases
Deb Chachra@debcha.bsky.social · last mo.This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
I just rewatched The Warriors and even though it's considered a classic now at the time it was barely a step above B-movie exploitation. And when I say the cinematography is gorgeous, I am not joking. Blows 90% of today's big budget films out of the water.
Mathias Döpfner — the most acquisitive media executive at the moment — pens an editorial for @thespectator1828.bsky.social warning of the collapse of the West, the superior way of life: spectator.com/article/ther...
NYC rabbis to Mamdani: You need to be more sensitive in your rhetoric about Israel. Israel: gothamist.com/news/israeli...
Israeli billboard of Mamdani and ayatollah comes as NYC rabbis plead for cooler heads
The billboard isn’t helping local efforts to lower the temperature, said Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson.
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Microdramas might be the only thing that's growing in a shrinking Hollywood: * monthly audience of 66 million (2x yoy) * expected to generate $1.5 billion in 2026 revs * $2 billion in revs by next year www.reuters.com/business/med...
Microdramas boom in a shrinking Hollywood as studios chase a TikTok audience
When Craig Williams opened his production facility in downtown Los Angeles two years ago, he thought he would rent out the converted furniture warehouse for the occasional music video to sustain his f...
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Microdramas might be the only thing that's growing in a shrinking Hollywood: * monthly audience of 66 million (2x yoy) * expected to generate $1.5 billion in 2026 revs * $2 billion in revs by next year www.reuters.com/business/med...
Microdramas boom in a shrinking Hollywood as studios chase a TikTok audience
When Craig Williams opened his production facility in downtown Los Angeles two years ago, he thought he would rent out the converted furniture warehouse for the occasional music video to sustain his f...
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love this
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2mo ago“My first day on the job, I fucked up.” That’s the lede to this CJR account of my 4 months in Utah, where I worked as a junior editor. I wanted to see what’s changed since i left local journalism a few decades ago. A lot of things are different. But not everything. www.cjr.org/first_person...
The most important job at the most watched news outlet on the most consequential story: www.nytco.com/careers/job-...
Business Editor | The New York Times Company
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* Tariff Refunds Have Wiped Out Tariff Revenue Since May @taxfoundation.bsky.social @scottlincicome.bsky.social taxfoundation.org/blog/tariff-...
As disgraceful as you might think Paul Weiss is, it's much worse. A must read. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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"If a company encounters an issue with the federal government that comes to Trump’s attention, he will want to know how much money the company gave." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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