Stopping the Presses

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

The Washington Post's new publisher tells the staff the truth—they stink, the product stinks, it's lost half its audience and $77 million in the past year, and there will be massive change. A watershed moment moment 40 years in the making? Eli Lake joins us to discuss, and we play his weekly AI song to boot. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:09.0	Expect the worst.
0:11.0	Some bring champagne, some die of hers.
0:15.0	No way of knowing, which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best expect the worst. Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Friday
0:28.8	June 7th 2024. I'm John Pothoahad Horst, the editor of Commentary magazine.
0:35.0	Just letting you know that we're recording this on Thursday night.
0:39.0	So as usual, I am warning you that we might have some confusion as to what day we're talking about as we proceed.
0:47.8	What I have no confusion about is that you should go to commentary.org slash Roast to get your information on our November 17th roast, our 14th annual fundraising
0:59.0	event in New York City, our rostee, Natan Sharasty, the Taun Chiranski, the greatest living here of the Jewish people.
1:07.7	And you may ask, how do you roast the greatest living here of the Jewish people?
1:11.4	And the only way you're going to find out because the event is off the record.
1:15.0	We don't film it, we don't release it, we don't anybody see it who isn't in the room.
1:19.0	The only way you're going to find out is to come.
1:21.3	Commentary.org. Orrost.
1:24.0	Present with us at that occasion will be Executive Editor A Greenwald.
1:28.0	Hi Abe.
1:29.0	Hi Abe.
1:30.0	Hi, John.
1:31.0	Senior editor Seth Mandel.
1:32.0	Hi Seth. Hi Seth,
1:33.0	Hi, John.
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