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PIPs, Power Plays & The Grim Reaper: Inside the WSJ's Turmoil
In this episode of Breaker, Lachlan Cartwright and Ravi Somaiya peel back the curtain on a dramatic shake-up inside The Wall Street Journal under editor Emma Tucker. From soaring PIP rates and internal lawsuits to newsroom paranoia and “The Grim Reaper,” it’s corporate chaos with a journalistic twist.
We also reveal the unlikely financial backer behind Mark Halperin’s comeback, explore Carlos Watson’s last-minute sentence commutation, and dive into the curious case of PR fixer Juda Engelmayer—now repping Harvey Weinstein.
Plus:
– Why Mar-a-Lago is blasting “YMCA” on repeat
– The Daily Mail’s mysterious “Irish Spy”
– New York’s outdoor dining crackdown
– A juicy scoop involving the Royal Family and a self-nominated award
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In this episode of Breaker, Lachlan Cartwright and Ravi Somaiya peel back the curtain on a dramatic shake-up inside The Wall Street Journal under editor Emma Tucker. From soaring PIP rates and internal lawsuits to newsroom paranoia and “The Grim Reaper,” it’s corporate chaos with a journalistic twist.
We also reveal the unlikely financial backer behind Mark Halperin’s comeback, explore Carlos Watson’s last-minute sentence commutation, and dive into the curious case of PR fixer Juda Engelmayer—now repping Harvey Weinstein.
Plus:
– Why Mar-a-Lago is blasting “YMCA” on repeat
– The Daily Mail’s mysterious “Irish Spy”
– New York’s outdoor dining crackdown
– A juicy scoop involving the Royal Family and a self-nominated award
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