Dylan Byers

Los Angeles

Founding Partner and Senior Correspondent at Puck

Founding Partner and Senior Correspondent at Puck. Author of In The Room and host of The Grill Room. Reach me at [email protected].

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Why Larry Ellison Is Meeting With Trump at the White House- Puck

2 days ago | puck.news | Dylan Byers

In recent weeks, I’m told, Larry Ellison has had multiple private meetings with President Trump—including one as recently as last weekend in the Oval Office, where the two men spent a great deal of time discussing the Iran-Israel War, among other topics. The centibillionaire Oracle chairman and longtime master of the universe is also a fervent supporter of Israel. Needless to say, the topic was rather timely.
‘Heartbreaking’: Ex-CNN Hosts Fear the Worst For Embattled Network

4 days ago | mediaite.com | Dylan Byers

Veteran cable news anchors Alisyn Camerota and Dave Briggs sat down with Puck media reporter Dylan Byers for a wide-ranging interview about the “existential challenge” facing CNN — at which all three have worked — and what the future holds for the embattled network.
How Much Money Can Journalists Actually Make on Substack?

1 week ago | puck.news | Dylan Byers

Earlier this year, on the occasion of the publication of Graydon Carter’s much-celebrated codex vitae, When the Going Was Good, one of his former staff writers, Bryan Burrough, published his own, less rose-tinted reminiscence of Vanity Fair’s halcyon days in the pages of The Yale Review.
Is Substack’s New Funding Round Actually a Down Round?

1 week ago | puck.news | Dylan Byers

Last week, after ABC News effectively fired veteran correspondent Terry Moran over his late-night fit of pique against President Trump and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller—“It wasn’t a drunk tweet,” he told the Times, unsolicited—the longtime broadcaster followed a familiar routine: He announced that he would be joining Substack.
Will The Washington Post Ever Right the Ship?

2 weeks ago | puck.news | Dylan Byers

On Thursday, Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray stood before his journalists and tried to offer a rallying cry for the paper—which, as I’ve endlessly documented, has been enduring one of the bleaker chapters in its long and storied history: annual revenue losses in the hundred millions, subscriber flight, talent defections, an identity crisis, a divisive C.E.O., and an absent owner, etcetera.
‘Significant Layoffs’; Puck Says CNN After Parent Company Spinoff Could Be TOAST

2 weeks ago | newsbusters.org | Dylan Byers |Curtis Houck

On Monday, Warner Bros. Discovery made it official that they would be splitting in two with one including their movie and TV production studios, the comic book behemoth DC Studios, HBO, and HBO Max. The other? It’s likely to be far less profitable as it’ll consist of its TV channels, such as Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV, TBS, TLC, TNT, and, most notably here, CNN. In essence, similar to what Comcast did in November.
William Blair Initiates Coinbase at Outperform as Company Hires David Plouffe to Expand Political Advisory Amid Crypto Renaissance

2 weeks ago | deepnewz.com | Dylan Byers

Daily market recaps with key events, stock movements, and global influences9 posts • GPT (4.1 mini)Published Jun 12, 2025, 02:55 PMWilliam Blair has initiated coverage of Coinbase Global Inc. (ticker: COIN) with an Outperform rating, highlighting the company as a premier investment vehicle for growth investors aiming to capitalize on the evolving cryptocurrency market amid regulatory changes and increasing adoption.
What Zaslav’s WBD Split Means for CNN

2 weeks ago | puck.news | Dylan Byers

On Monday, minutes after David Zaslav announced his long-awaited and well-telegraphed plan to split Warner Bros. Discovery into two companies—an allegedly growth-hungry streaming and studios business that he will run, and a debt-saddled, Versant-style cable channel spinco-shitco that he’s handing off to his C.F.O., Gunnar Wiedenfels—I received a deluge of text messages from addled employees at CNN, the asset that has arguably suffered the most during Zaz’s three-year leveraged buyout experiment.
Senator Tom Cotton Urges Troop Deployment in Los Angeles in WSJ Opinion, Supported by Mike Pompeo

2 weeks ago | deepnewz.com | Dylan Byers

Daily market recaps with key events, stock movements, and global influences18 posts • GPT (4.1 mini)Published Jun 10, 2025, 08:42 PMSenator Tom Cotton has renewed his call for the deployment of U.S. troops to support law enforcement amid unrest in Los Angeles. In an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal, Cotton argued that when local police are unable to maintain order, the federal government has a responsibility to intervene with military force.
Everyone Is Mad at Karine Jean-Pierre

3 weeks ago | puck.news | Dylan Byers

On Wednesday, former Biden White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, whom many recall fecklessly defending the president in the wake of his CNN debate nightmare, announced that she was defecting from the Democratic Party she had served for the entirety of her career. The announcement was conveniently timed to the release of her forthcoming memoir, Independent.