The Son King of Hollywood With help from his billionaire father, Larry, David Ellison is trying to become the biggest studio mogul in history.

For more on who Ellison is, how he got here, and what he wants, read our @vulture.com profile from January: www.vulture.com/article/larr...

One Nepo to Rule Them All David Ellison won the Hollywood crown. Now what?

Wrote about David Ellison's ascension for next week's
@nymag.com. He won the Hollywood crown. Now what? www.vulture.com/article/davi...

Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:

www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...

David Ellison, Eldest Boy Something like a Succession character trying to buy HBO.

I talked to @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social about his great David Ellison profile. Extremely happy with this headline. slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Learned from this Vulture feature that David Ellison tried acting. Here's a still from a 2006 interview in which he's misidentified as "David Ellis." www.vulture.com/article/larr...

The Son King of Hollywood With help from his billionaire father, Larry, David Ellison is trying to become the biggest studio mogul in history.

Read here: www.vulture.com/article/larr...

Wrote about the Ellisons attempted takeover of Hollywood for the new cover of @nymag.com

Hijacking the Kennedys Only one cousin is in a position of power — and his family can only watch helplessly as he destroys much that they stood for.

Wrote about all of the *other* Kennedys: nymag.com/intelligence...

Only one Kennedy is in a position of power — and his family can only watch helplessly as he destroys much that they stood for.

Read our latest cover story by @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social about the Kennedy family’s rift over RFK Jr. and Trump: nymag.com/intelligence...

There’s many good parts in this story, but this part killed me.

Kyoto Has Zero Zen A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

I went to Kyoto to figure out how to travel now that we live in the age of overtourism—too many people with too much money and too few places they all want to go.

nymag.com/intelligence...

So many great/horrific details in this dispatch from Kyoto by @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...

After Lorne The ringmaster of Saturday Night Live is 80 years old. What happens to the show, not to mention American comedy, when he retires?

SNL 50 is over. What's next for the show and for Lorne Michaels? My @nymag.com feature on the show's present and future:

www.vulture.com/article/snl-...

February 15, 2025

I think @choire.bsky.social has the best gig in media right now and one reason it's so good is that he will ask @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social about his interview spreadsheets, this is peak performance

link.nymag.com/view/5e304c7...

After Lorne The ringmaster of Saturday Night Live is 80 years old. What happens to the show, not to mention American comedy, when he retires?

SNL is 50, Lorne Michaels is 80, and I tried to talk to people in his universe to understand Lorne, his power and influence in the entertainment world—and what happens if and when he ever leaves the show he created:

www.vulture.com/article/snl-...

After Lorne The ringmaster of Saturday Night Live is 80 years old. What happens to the show, not to mention American comedy, when he retires?

special appreciation to @bridgetgillard.bsky.social and especially @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social, who spent the end of negotations wearily explaining that he did not have endless time because he was also trying to close this great lorne michaels piece - www.vulture.com/article/snl-...

A mock magazine cover that reads "New York Union: Media Workers Tell All!"

Remember in October when @nymag.com published its annual Power Issue with members of the “media elite?" Well, @nymagunion.bsky.social thought you might want to hear from media workers themselves.

Introducing our union Power Issue: MEDIA WORKERS TELL ALL!