The Year in Media: 7 Cliff-Hangers as We Close Out 2023

Musk’s Boswell • Trump’s Rant • VF’s Most Read [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( The Year in Media: 7 Cliff-Hangers as We Close Out 2023 Good morning from the Hive newsroom! As the year comes to a close, Joe Pompeo [looks ahead]( at the looming questions facing media giants like CNN, Fox, and The Washington Post, as well as whether Shari Redstone will sell Paramount or if Jeff Zucker will take control of The Telegraph. Oh, and are presidential debates dead? Elsewhere, Charlotte Klein [writes]( on Richard Stengel’s discussion with Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, while Eric Lutz [finds]( Republicans not wanting to answer for Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rant. Plus, Matthew Lynch [runs through]( Vanity Fair’s most read stories of 2023—enjoy! [The Year in Media: 7 Cliff-Hangers as We Close Out 2023]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [What will the New Year bring for CNN, Fox, The Washington Post, Paramount, The Telegraph, and more?]( [Read more button](   [Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk Is a Genius When It Comes to Engineering, Not Human Emotion]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [The storied biographer sat down with Richard Stengel at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York to discuss his time with one of the most divisive people for his latest book, Elon Musk.]( [Read more button](   [Republicans Don’t Want to Answer for Trump’s Racist Anti-Immigrant Rant]( By [Eric Lutz]( [Trump’s defenders suggest he was merely talking about policy when he said immigrants were “poisoning the blood of the country.” But there was nothing ambiguous about his remarks.]( [Read more button](   [The Most Read Vanity Fair Stories of 2023]( By [Matthew Lynch]( [Real Housewives and Lost, the Murdochs, Brad and Angelina, Gisele, a grifting rabbi, and more of the stories that most captivated readers this year.]( [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]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast