Writers Strike Coverage in 2007 Was the Nikki Finke Show. Twitter Has Changed the Game

More Media Mayhem • Phone-Flinging Trump • Durbin Says His Piece [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Writers Strike Coverage in 2007 Was the Nikki Finke Show. Twitter Has Changed the Game Good Saturday morning! With Hollywood at a complete standstill as thousands of WGA writers go on strike, Joe Pompeo [refreshes]( our memory of the WGA-AMPTP showdown from 2007, which was doggedly chronicled by Nikki Finke in the salad days of her breakout blog, Deadline. This week also saw big upheavals in journalism, [writes]( Jill Abramson, who diagnosed what led to the shake-ups at Vice and BuzzFeed, once digital media darlings that are now struggling to weather the industry’s storms. Zooming out to politics, Charlotte Klein broke a [big scoop]( this week about crass conduct of Donald Trump, who reportedly chucked a reporter’s phones after being asked tough questions. Speaking of the former president, Molly Jong-Fast [surveyed]( the cultural carnage of Trump’s presidency as the civil trial of his rape accuser, E. Jean Carroll, continues this week. Plus, Eric Lutz [queried]( Senator Dick Durbin on the importance of his Supreme Court ethics hearing Tuesday, which saw a frustrating no-show from Chief Justice John Roberts. Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you Monday. —Jon Skolnik, associate editor [Writers Strike Coverage in 2007 Was the Nikki Finke Show. Twitter Has Changed the Game]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [Finke’s Deadline was a one-stop shop for strike news during the last WGA-AMPTP showdown. Now, in a thoroughly altered Hollywood media landscape, who needs relentless leaks and furious blog comments when you can just tweet?]( [Read more button](   [Why BuzzFeed and Vice Couldn’t Make News Work]( By [Jill Abramson]( [The darling digital upstarts of the 2010s invested heavily in journalism, racking up scoops and awards, but unlike The New York Times, weren’t built to weather industry upheaval.]( [Read more button](   [“Get Him Out of Here”: Donald Trump Tossed NBC Reporter’s Phones During Tirade Aboard Campaign Plane]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [In a recording obtained by Vanity Fair, the former president lashed out at Vaughn Hillyard over his questions related to the Manhattan DA’s case, demonstrating that the ex-president’s hostile attitude toward the press remains unchanged going into 2024.]( [Read more button](   [E. Jean Carroll’s Quest for Justice and the Carnage of Donald Trump’s Misogyny]( By [Molly Jong-Fast]( [The 79-year-old writer’s rape case shows what happens to a country that elects a president who so openly embraces degrading women.]( [Read more button](   [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Electrical Device, Microphone, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, and Clothing]( [Dick Durbin Wants Supreme Court Ethics Reform—And John Roberts to Get Out of His Way]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The Senate Judiciary chairman, whose Tuesday hearing was snubbed by Roberts, thinks it’s high time that the chief justice answers for the scandalous conduct of his court. “When it comes to ethics, he’s citing the separation of powers’ authority,” Durbin tells Vanity Fair. “I think he’s just plain wrong.”]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [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](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast