Oliver Darcy on Status, Bari Weiss, and Why Media Reporters Are Too Soft

Podcast: Channels with Peter Kafka · Vox Media Podcast Network

Opublikowano: 2026-08-05

Two years ago, Oliver Darcy left CNN and launched Status, a paid newsletter focused on the media business. The basic bet was that readers would pay for the scoops and insider reporting he had been producing at CNN. That bet appears to be working. Status now has four full-time employees, more than 130,000 people on its email list, and “many thousands” of paying subscribers. Darcy has also added advertising, a podcast and YouTube show, and an upcoming live conference. He says subscriptions alone support the newsroom—and that he wants to build a media company that can eventu...