How Axios Will Shake Out After $525 Million Sale to Cox

FBI Searches Mar-a-Lago • “Dark Brandon” • Ridiculously Thin MacBook Air [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( How Axios Will Shake Out After $525 Million Sale to Cox Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Cox Enterprises announced its acquisition of Axios on Monday for a reported $525 million. Joe Pompeo [talked]( to Axios CEO Jim VandeHei shortly after the announcement about the site’s local-news footprint, launching a high-end subscription business, and keeping its management team of Politico expats in place. Elsewhere, Nick Bilton [takes]( a deep dive into Apple’s M1 and M2 computer chips powering its ridiculously thin new MacBook Air. After the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday, Eric Lutz [finds]( Democrats raring for a victory lap, while Charlotte Klein [observes]( White House staffers co-opting the MAGA-inspired online meme “Dark Brandon” in celebration. Plus, Bess Levin [digs]( into last night’s explosive news of the FBI searching Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Thanks for reading! [“This Is a Company That Could Be Worth a Hell of a Lot More”: How Axios Will Shake Out After $525 Million Sale to Cox]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [Axios CEO Jim VandeHei talked to Vanity Fair about expanding the site’s local-news footprint—beyond its current two-dozen cities—launching a high-end subscription business, and keeping the management team (of Politico expats) in place. “I will never start or run another media company,” he says.]( [Read more button]( [The Technology Behind Apple’s Ridiculously Thin New Laptop Could Change Everything]( By [Nick Bilton]( [Apple’s core product line hasn’t changed much since the Obama administration. The new M1 and M2 chips, which power the recently unveiled MacBook Air, could breathe new life into the world’s most profitable company.]( [Read more button]( [“It’s a Turning Point”: Democrats Are Raring for a Victory Lap]( By [Eric Lutz]( [After months of struggles and setbacks, the Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, led by Chuck Schumer, is one of many recent legislative victories for Democrats. Now Joe Biden’s party waits to see if those wins will translate into votes in the midterms.]( [Read more button]( [The “Dark Brandon” Joe Biden Meme Has Made Its Way Into the White House]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [The administration is seizing on some positive headlines lately, co-opting a MAGA-inspired online meme to celebrate Sunday’s major legislative win, but media skepticism over the 79-year-old running in 2024 isn’t going away.]( [Read more button]( [Trump Is Soiling Himself Over Mar-a-Lago Getting “Raided” By FBI, and In Fairness, He Should Be]( By [Bess Levin]( [“They even broke into my safe!”]( [Read more button]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2022 Condé Nast