Edmund Lee

The media entrepreneur Jessica Lessin chats with DealBook about the news landscape and her latest media bet.

Rupert Murdoch lost a bid to rewrite a family trust to give his son Lachlan control of his empire after he dies. But the nonagenarian media titan plans to appeal.

Trumponomics, inflation, artificial intelligence, the changing media landscape, and the Elon Musk effect — these were the big themes covered at the annual event.

Nearly three decades ago, a young reporter slept on the floor of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall for several nights to file an article for The Village Voice.

News Corp said that Emma Tucker, a longtime editor in London, would replace Matt Murray, who has led the news organization for four years.

“It’s hard to be a person of color at this company,” a staff member said. In response to an uprising, Anna Wintour and the chief executive, Roger Lynch, offered apologies.

The company still loses money, but its revenue rose 20 percent in the third quarter. Investors who want to own a piece can do so around Dec. 6.

The publishing giant will take control of Politico, Politico Europe and Politico’s tech news site, Protocol.

Robert Allbritton, the owner of Politico, is weighing a lucrative payday against maintaining full control over a widely read Washington news site.

The company has 222 million customers, with 67 million in the U.S., and expects to add 8.5 million subscribers in the December quarter.

The Booker Prize-winning author has reached a deal with the newsletter platform, where he plans to publish fiction and interact with readers.

In a real David-versus-Goliath fight, the giant won.

Comcast’s new streaming service has 20 million active accounts every month. Despite low ratings for the games, the company expects to make a profit on the Olympics.

The company expects to end the year with about 8.5 million. In its quarterly results, it reported holding nearly $1 billion in cash.

The digital media companies that once seemed to have a lock on the future are making plans to get bigger and pay back their investors.

Ms. Story had been entangled in a power struggle between the paper’s editor and its newly appointed publisher.

HBO and its streaming service, HBO Max, have attracted 67.5 million customers, and the company expects to reach 73 million by year end.

New data shows Netflix, long the king of streaming, is losing attention as subscribers shift to competitors like Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video.

The streaming giant behind “The Crown” and “The Irishman” now has more than 167 million subscribers around the world.

“If you want to come and try to cancel me, that’s OK,” says the artist, who made a fortune by taking stock for his murals at Facebook’s headquarters.