“Everyone’s for Sale”

C.I.A Leaks • Trump’s Attorney Takes on Stormy • Epstein & the Elites [View this email in your browser]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( “Everyone’s for Sale” Good morning! It was another blockbuster day for Hive journalism, dear reader: T.A. Frank presented the [liberal case for Russia skepticism]( William D. Cohan [reported]( on the latest shocking twist in the Redstone saga; and Chris Smith got the [inside dish]( on Michael Bloomberg’s plan to buy the presidency. But who wants to talk about yesterday’s news, anyway? Today, we lead with Joe Pompeo’s terrifying reportage on the state of the digital-media universe, where Vice, Vox, and BuzzFeed are beginning to experience an old-media hangover. T.A. Frank returns from a short rest with an urgent polemic on the conspiracy to protect Jeffrey Epstein. And Abigail Tracy queries the Deep State on the C.I.A. leak that has rattled Trump’s White House. We hope that you’re enjoying what you’re reading. Have a great day! [man in a checked shirt frowning]( [“Everyone’s for Sale”: A Generation of Digital-Media Darlings Prepares for a Frigid Winter]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [Vice, Vox, and Buzzfeed, among other companies that once heralded the dawn of a new media age, are now grappling with decidedly old-media problems.]( [Jeffrey Epstein and the Decline of the American Experiment]( By [T.A. Frank]( [Epstein’s enablers weren’t a handful of Palm Beach rogues. Instead, the higher up the chain you went, the more sympathetic to Epstein the players seem to become. How did our smart set get this bad?]( [“Somebody Wanted This Out”: A C.I.A. Leak Sends a Message to Trump]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [Trump backed the C.I.A. into a corner by casting doubt on its assessment of Mohammed bin Salman’s responsibility for the Khashoggi murder. Then someone fought back by sharing information.]( [Dow Plunges 800 Points as Trump Puppets Insist Nothing Is F--ked]( By [Bess Levin]( [Experts: expect an economic slowdown. Team Trump: it’s all good!]( [Trump’s Pit-Bull Attorney Wants to Make Stormy Pay]( By [Tina Nguyen]( [Charles Harder, who represented Hulk Hogan in Bollea v. Gawker, is seeking almost $800,000 in restitution—half to pay his nearly $390,000 legal bill, and half as a warning to those who would dare sue the president.]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, [vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com]( to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2018. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.