Presenting The Hot List, the Year’s Best in Print, TV and Digital Content
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This was the year that Donald Trump dominated and demonized the media. That magazines built around news and analysis (New York, The New Yorker, Time) made the biggest impact, and [...]
How Risk-Taking Catapulted FX’s John Landgraf to TV Executive of the Year
He's spent 11 years overseeing FX, FXM and now FXX, but John Landgraf says he often feels more like a professional gambler than a TV exec. "FX doesn't make television," [...]
After Transforming Late Night, Samantha Bee Prepares for Her Greatest Challenge: Covering President Trump
Samantha Bee admits that she was "terrified" as 2016 began.
Megyn Kelly on the Leak That Sealed Roger Ailes’ Fate: ‘I Was Livid’
The week of Nov. 14 has been a blur. Megyn Kelly has sat for nine TV interviews in three days before doing this one. There were appearances on Dr. Oz [...]
These Were the Hottest TV Shows and Networks of 2016
Life met art in the 2016 TV Hot List. Veep, a political satire about a White House run, was declared Hottest Comedy, but was trumped by the real thing, which [...]
How Hearst’s Executives of the Year Are Building a Magazine Company for the Future
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If Hearst Magazines had a theme song, it might be the 1966 Motown classic "It Takes Two." Because if there's anything that can be credited for the 129-year-old publisher's enduring [...]