Autopsy for The Messenger, Tom Brady to Fox, 2024 Media Rooting, and Farewell to Anthony Lane With The New York Times’ Benjamin Mullin and Puck’s Teddy Schleifer

The Press Box

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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On the Final Edition, Bryan is joined by two guests! First, Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times to discuss the shut down of The Messenger—a story he broke this week (1:32). Then he is joined by Puck’s own Teddy Schleifer and the latest in media, including the latest media apocalypse (17:51), Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift versus certain elements of the Right (29:41), how long Tom Brady will last calling games for Fox next year (40:28), and the current state of the Presidential election and whether or not reporters are rooting for Nikki Haley (47:12).Plus, Bryan has a few surprise questions for Teddy—and an editor's note. Host: Bryan Curtis Guests: Ben Mullin and Teddy Schleifer Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	Hello media consumers, welcome to Press Box. Final edition, Brian Curtis of the
0:41.1	Ringer here along with producer Brian Waters coming up on today's
0:44.9	pod pucks Teddy Schliefer is going to join us to talk about what tech billionaires
0:49.7	think of the media apocalypse whether political reporters are rooting for Nicky Haley.
0:55.0	Plus we'll welcome Tom Brady to sports TV and bid a farewell to the New Yorker
1:00.4	movie critic Anthony Lane. But first, yesterday we somehow watched yet another piece
1:07.4	of media carnage. The website The Messenger Shutdown and by shutdown I mean there's nothing to read on its home page anymore.
1:16.0	This was less than nine months after its founding
1:19.0	300 journalists are out of work.
1:22.0	Benjamin Mullen of the New York Times has done
1:24.2	tons of great reporting on the messenger. He is here today to help us do an autopsy.
1:29.9	Ben, welcome to the press box. Hey Brian, long time listener, first time caller.
1:35.0	Thanks for being here.
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