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How to Build a Profitable Media Company in 3 years, with Semafor’s Justin Smith

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Inside Bari Weiss’s Rise: LA, Sun Valley, and the Mogul Network

How, exactly, did Bari Weiss become the head of CBS News? We know that David Ellison, who bought Paramount last year, hired her — and bought The Free Press, the publication she started a few years earlier. But how did she get on Ellison’s radar? And why are so many media moguls, ...  Show more

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