Andrew Murfett

Nov 14, 2024 | linkedin.com | Andrew Murfett

It was the definition of a back-handed compliment. When Jimmy Kimmel sat down with Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw this year during Super Bowl week in Las Vegas to record an episode of the duo’s podcast The Town, he was typically cutting. “The atmosphere here is electric,” Kimmel joked sardonically. He turned to the audience gathered at the recording.

Mar 6, 2024 | linkedin.com | Andrew Murfett

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Jan 24, 2024 | linkedin.com | Andrew Murfett

“I felt profound resentment and sadness at the callous mismanagement of an American institution,” he says of the news that most of SI’s writers and editors had received layoff notices amid an ongoing ownership dispute related to the brand’s licensing fees. “The people who were entrusted with SI and its history immediately revealed themselves to be the kind of untrustworthy, private-equity buffoons that have driven journalism as an industry into the ground.

Jan 3, 2024 | linkedin.com | Andrew Murfett

Oliver Darcy’s sweeping CNN newsletter Reliable Sources lands with a thud in the inboxes of media insiders in the know four times a week. Darcy has been the sole face of the publication since the 2022 departure of his former co-pilot Brian Stelter, who launched the newsletter more than a decade ago. His time in the chair has coincided with a deeply tumultuous period for his employer — and, subsequently, some awkward moments with colleagues and superiors.

Dec 11, 2023 | linkedin.com | Andrew Murfett

What’s next for the band that’s done it all? The answer for U2, a relic of an era when the designation of ‘Biggest Rock Band in the World’ still meant something, was to go to Las Vegas. Yet the relentlessly ambitious Irishmen were determined not to traverse the stereotypical late-career path of a traditional Sin City residency.