We are finally getting to the Twitter Files and Brittney Griner coverage this week. On top of those items, we’re checking in on ex-CNN President Jeff Zucker, updates from the NYT walkout and EOY media lists.

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49:14 Obsessions 

56:00 Reader Mail

58:13 Favorite Item of the Week

Show Notes: 

Axios: Exclusive: Bari Weiss reveals business plan for buzzy new media startup

WSJ: Jeff Zucker, Former CNN President, to Lead Sports-and-Media Investment Firm RedBird IMI

Mediaite: Mediaite’s Most Influential in News Media 2022 

Semafor: New York Times DC Reporters are skipping the walkout

NYT: With End of Griner’s Detention, a New Wave of WNBA Activism Begins 

WaPo: From Mexican cartel labs to U.S. streets, a deadly fentanyl pipeline

Puck News: The Obamas’ Hollywood Education

NYT: The 93 Most Stylish ‘People’ of 2022 

WSJ: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Crash

WSJ:  Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Were There for FTX’s Rise, and Now Its Fall

The Onion: Nation Forgives Harvey Weinstein After He Gets Really Good At Football 

Commentary:  How Disinformation Journalists Practice Disinformation