The Dispatch expands into DC analysis
The company is rolling out a new policy vertical for the Beltway set.
The company is rolling out a new policy vertical for the Beltway set.
Lazarus envisions Versant as a bridge between the past and future of media.
Comedy is all about speaking truth to power. That’s why, this weekend, you’ll find America’s hottest knee-slappers jet-setting to Saudi Arabia. The Riyadh Comedy Festival kicks off today in the nation’s capital with an absurdly heavy-hitting lineup: Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, Aziz Ansari, and Louis C.K., just to name a few. See, “woke” might have killed free speech in Brooklyn, but it appears to be alive and well in Saudi Arabia—a country whose “years-since-last-executing-a-journalist counter” never seems to reach the double digits.
"I think in a strange way, an uncomfortable conversation is one of the many things our film is about,” Edebiri said during a panel at the New York Film Festival.
Versant’s Mark Lazarus appears this week on Semafor’s Mixed Signals. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
In this exclusive interview, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges examines the authoritarian turn in U.S. politics in light of Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Pesky media businesses are liabilities for companies like Disney, whose fortunes lie in theme parks, cruises, and movie studios.
A group of shareholders, including the American Federation of Teachers, is asking for records related to the decision.