Logan Roy Wouldn’t Look Back

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( OBITUARY [Logan Roy Wouldn’t Look Back]( On the rapacious life of Waystar Royco’s patriarch. Photo: Evening Standard/Getty Images Logan Roy — CEO, chairman, and founder of Waystar Royco, the glowing radioactive core of the American right-wing-media machine — left this earth as he lived it: at high speed, climate be damned, hurtling toward yet another scheme to make billions of dollars. His heart stopped as his jet raced to a meeting in Sweden, where he intended to conclude a deal with the tech mogul Lukas Mattson that would ensure the company’s future but also take it out of the Roy family’s hands. According to the family’s statement earlier today, he was pronounced dead upon the plane’s return to Teterboro Airport. Although his business faced the usual cable-news problems (aging audience, cord-cutting, an approach to news that is simultaneously elitist and dumbed down), Roy did not exit while caretaking a shrunken empire. [Charles Foster Kane ended up physically diminished]( in his latter days, tended by nurses; Roy, despite a stroke in the summer of 2018 that briefly incapacitated him and provoked what was widely described as a [shitshow at the fuck factory](, was up on his feet at a charity event within months, slowed but asserting control. Until today, he was fully in charge of ATN — one report had him visiting the newsroom yesterday afternoon, walking the floor looking like (as one employee put it) “Santa Claus if he was a hit man” — and his choice, in recent months, to throw the network’s backing tacitly behind Jeryd Mencken and his nationalist candidacy may yet make the difference in the upcoming presidential election. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Saturday Night Live: [Molly Shannon Is More Superstar Than Ever]( • Succession: [Heavily Fuckin’ Delayed]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [John Early: Now More Than Ever Is on Its Way Now More Than Ever John Early with a J has a comedy special with a C.]( By Jason P. Frank [Brian Cox Is Happy You Know That About Logan Roy Now “I’ve never been able to keep secrets.”]( [Succession Did It in Episode Three “Connor’s Wedding” is a triumph of anticlimax.]( [Emma Roberts and Kim Kardashian to Slay American Horror Story 12 ‘Delicate’ is apparently a “feminist update to Rosemary’s Baby.”]( By Wolfgang Ruth [What’s the Deal With Connor’s Mom? Breaking off a slice of loony cake.]( By Rebecca Alter [Succession’s Echoing Crescendo Through its evocations of the past, “Connor’s Wedding” suggests the Roy children have been subconsciously practicing for this world-exploding moment.]( By Roxana Hadadi [How Much Are Napoleon and Josephine’s Letters Worth? The only wedding gift fit for a Roy.]( By Christopher Bonanos [Feist Is in Her Full-Circle Era The singer reflects on her new album, writing lyrics to her future self, and why she ditched the Arcade Fire tour.]( By Emma Madden [Succession Power Rankings: My Big Fat Bleak Wedding Death, undefeated, rises to the top, and it’s a 14-way tie for last place.]( By Emily St. James [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 8-Down, Six Letters: Any Zootopia character. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty, Alamy A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-vulture?email={EMAIL}&hash=39357a76f6d08b16239fd2ffa65e9c6f¶m=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved