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Lachlan Cartwright was editor at large for The Daily Beast from July 2021 to January 2024. From May 2018 to July 2021 he was a senior reporter and covered stories at the nexus of power, crime, celebrity and justice. He created and helmed the must-read media newsletter Confider and was formerly an executive editor at American Media Inc. Prior to that he was a column editor and reporter at the New York Daily News and before that a reporter at the New York Post and a reporter and news editor at The Sun in London.

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RFK Jr.’s Lover Olivia Nuzzi is Trying To Silence Me Says Ex

‘True Motivations’

Ryan Lizza says he has “nothing to hide” in new court documents obtained by the Beast.

Lachlan Cartwright, Harry Lambert | Published Oct 28, 2024
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New WaPo Chief Angered His Ex-Staff During Hacking Crisis

Murdoch’s Long Shadow

Will Lewis was tasked with cleaning up News Corp’s hacking scandal in Britain—and ex-colleagues say he threw them to the wolves to protect the powerful.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Jan 27, 2024
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NYT Correspondent Nixes Eyebrow-Raising Climate Change Post

BRINGING THE HEAT

David Gelles touted remarks he made at a dinner in Davos about climate change—but some of his colleagues questioned whether he violated the newspaper’s ethics guidelines.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Jan 22, 2024
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Don Lemon Begins ‘X’-Rated Comeback in Musk Land

X MARKS THE SPOT

In this week’s edition of Confider, we reveal how the fired CNN star will return to your screens soon—just not the cable-news ones he’s used to.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Jan 08, 2024

The Messenger Is On Life Support With Weeks to Live: Sources

CODE BLUE

The digital media start-up’s Slack channel devolved into outright mutiny with staffers begging EIC Dan Wakeford for answers, to no avail.

Lachlan Cartwright, Justin Baragona | Published Jan 03, 2024
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Who’s Killing All These Stories About a Controversial Mogul?

CONFIDER

A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting him to “hacks-for-hire” controversy.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Dec 18, 2023
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The Messenger’s Mess Might’ve Just Gotten Even Messier

CONFIDER

Amid persistent fears of layoffs and financial woes, we’ve got some new dispatches from inside the highly hyped media startup.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Dec 11, 2023
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Ex-NYT Editor Wants to Revisit Scandal That Ended Him

CONFIDER

The Times has long wanted to move on from the 2020 scandal around Tom Cotton’s op-ed, but the editor who lost his job over it is apparently not ready to do so.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Dec 04, 2023
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How the Media Grinches Are About to Steal Christmas

’TIS THE SEASON

Several media giants, including The New Yorker and The Messenger, are poised to layoff staffers in droves this holiday season, Confider has learned.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Dec 04, 2023
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The Fiery Daily News Lawsuit Rocking NY City Hall

CONFIDER

The Daily News’ former City Hall reporter is suing the paper for gender discrimination, while a NY Times star’s efforts in the case has drawn all the chatter.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Nov 27, 2023

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