

Feeding The Media Machine
Are You a Canceled Celeb in Need of Great PR? Dial 1-900-Mitchell Jackson
The former Vice staffer has built out a boutique business catering to the internet’s most notorious figures. “You’ll never starve in America if you’re shameless,” he tells VF.
Name Game
Donald Trump’s Commanders Rant Looks Like a Distraction From Epstein
On Truth Social, the president demands the team go back to its racist Redskins name, or risk losing a new stadium. Can he actually claw it back?
In Conversation
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Are Riding the “Rocket Ship” of the Female Sports Media Ecosystem
Ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game, VF caught up with the couple to discuss their A Touch More live podcast business and the mixed emotions of being former athletes during a surge of interest of women’s sports
Moguls in the Mountains
David Zaslav Got a Superman Send-Off at Sun Valley
Plus, private-jet spotting at the airport and Anderson Cooper turning heads—including DVF’s.
Climb Every Mountain
Sun Valley’s Media Lockdown Is Forcing Reporters to Go Gonzo
Security is tighter than ever at the Allen & Company summit—“literally the dumbest thing in the world,” says Fox’s Charlie Gasparino—but journalists still manage to eke out scoops on mogul meetups and Ivanka Trump’s coffee runs. If they don’t get kicked out first.
WNBA
Veteran Sportswriter Thinks the WNBA Failed to Grasp the Caitlin Clark Revolution
In a new book, Christine Brennan answers her critics and argues that league management could have prevented some of the backlash Clark has faced.
Politics
Zohran Mamdani Has Wall Street Bros Shaking in their Fleece Vests
Rich New Yorkers are so desperate to defeat the Democratic primary winner that they're actually considering throwing their support to scandal-plagued mayor Eric Adams.
Street Wise
“Bullish for Tech”: Wall Street’s Most Tireless Optimist Isn’t Rattled by Trump, Musk, or Conflict in Iran
As Trump bombs Iran and Musk melts down, Dan Ives says the future looks bright—for tech stocks, anyway.
Play By Play
“It’s Not Just Winning. It’s the Celebrity”: Inside the Los Angeles Lakers’ Record-Setting Sale
ESPN reporter Ramona Shelburne talks to VF about what led to Dodgers owner Mark Walter’s eye-popping $10 billion purchase of the storied NBA team and how there’s “connective tissue between the two franchises.”
Business
Elon Musk Keeps Stiffing People. She Keeps Suing Him
Shannon Liss-Riordan is one of the country’s most renowned labor lawyers. Lately, she’s also developed a specialty in “billionaire justice.”
Media
Terry Moran Is Latest in the TV News–to–Substack Pipeline
CNN host turned Substacker Jim Acosta says “the water is warm” as the MeidasTouch guys float a job offer to the former ABC News correspondent. Chris Cillizza, another CNN vet, says there’s “never been a better time to be on your own.”
Business
Wall Street Fears We’re “One Tweet Away From Complete Crazy Town”
President Trump’s TACO tariff shocks have traders bracing for more economic chaos.
Media
Charles Gasparino, Pugnacious Fox Business Reporter, Wants to “Invite the Conflict”
The veteran correspondent weighs in on Elon Musk’s “recklessness,” Shari Redstone’s “melting ice cube of a company,” and MAGA-world “fissures.” Plus, why his approach to covering Donald Trump isn’t premised on the belief that he’s a “bad guy.”
Business
“We’ve Been Sold a Story That Isn’t Remotely True”: How Private-Equity Billionaires Killed the American Dream
In her new book, Bad Company, journalist Megan Greenwell shows how the secretive industry has insinuated itself into average Americans’ lives.
Sports
Mike Tyson “Should Be Dead Many Times Over”: Why the World Hasn’t Knocked Out the Champ
In his new book, Baddest Man, sportswriter Mark Kriegel charts the boxing phenom’s path from hardscrabble Brooklyn streets to the heights of 1980s glitz and glamour, where everyone from HBO execs to Donald Trump wanted a piece of the action.
Media
Veteran Sportswriter Pablo Torre Says the Bill Belichick–Jordon Hudson Saga Is More Shakespeare Than TMZ
The tabloid drama ensnaring the NFL’s greatest coach, according to Torre, a popular podcaster and newly minted Morning Joe regular, “is fundamentally a story about power.”
SKIMMING THE DEPTHS
How TheSkimm, Once Deemed “the Ivanka Trump of Newsletters,” Grew Into a Must-Read for Political Leaders on the Left—and Right
Fresh off an acquisition by Ziff Davis, cofounders Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin told Vanity Fair about their goal to arm their more than 5 million readers with facts in a turbulent time.
it’s all in the name
“Some Weird Elon Musk Shit”: Inside LA’s Young, Testosterone-Fueled Sperm Race
Eric Zhu, the 17-year-old who drew hundreds to the first-of-its-kind event, claims American men are experiencing an “absolutely insane” fertility crisis. He’s raising awareness with a billionaire-backed company that’s turned sperm into sport.
MADE IN TRUMP'S AMERICA
Donald Trump Jr. Helped Fund a MAGA Marketplace. Liberals Are Using It as a Tool—and a Warning
The e-tail site PublicSquare touts itself as an alternative to Amazon for Trump lovers, moving toward building a so-called parallel economy. A close look at the business reveals a working model of a red-pilled economic fantasy.
Business
The Dark History of How China Captured Apple
In his new book, Apple in China, Patrick McGee examines how Tim Cook unwittingly led Apple right into the heart of Trump’s trade war.