Daily Beast to cover tech moguls as exotic species
- Mike Allen, author ofAxios AM
The Daily Beast's job posting shows Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos arriving at last week's White House State Dinner honoring Japan. Via X
The Daily Beast, under new leadership announced this week, is seeking a full-time reporter to cover Lauren Sánchez, fiancée of Jeff Bezos (posting above).
Why it matters: The Beast plans to cover tech moguls and their ecosystem, as part of the site's return to its roots as a "smart tabloid."
- The website also plans aggressive coverage of the royals, in an effort to show up ink-stained Brits.
Catch me up: Beast owner Barry Diller has granted a stake of just under 50% to two well-known media executives — Ben Sherwood, former Disney executive and ABC News president, and Joanna Coles, former chief content officer of Hearst Magazines — to turn around the money-losing property.
Between the lines: Sherwood and Coles plan to return to founding editor Tina Brown's vision at the Beast's launch in 2008 — hungry coverage that's fun, biting and mischievous.
What they're saying: "I've never seen anybody land on the radar of Americans as fast and as brilliantly as Lauren Sánchez," Coles told the New York Post.
- "What I love about her is that she's so clearly having so much fun, she is just enjoying herself and there's a time of deep seriousness in the world. It's wonderful to see someone who's having such an unapologetically good time. ... There is no detail too small that I am not fascinated by."
What's next: Look for the Beast to advertise soon for a senior Nicole Shanahan correspondent to cover the Bay Area lawyer and philanthropist, who's the 2024 running mate of RFK Jr.