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The Media Mutiny: Inside Journalism's Wild New Celebrity Economy

From rooftop soirees in LA to understated offices in Taipei, individuals like Bari Weiss and Ben Thompson redefine the boundaries of media influence and celebrity status.

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Kara Cardinale
Sep 10, 2025
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It’s a Thursday night in Los Angeles and Bari Weiss is holding court at a rooftop party in West Hollywood. The cocktails are strong, the donors are stronger, and the Substack star turned mogul has that electric grin — the one that says, I told you so . Two years ago she was a resigned-by letter martyr of The New York Times . Now she’s running The Free P…

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