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New York magazine is reviewing the past work of contract writer Ross Barkan after his story on Ben Shapiro appeared to copy a WaPo piece published days earlier (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/17/nx-s1-5824503/new-york-magazine-review-ross-barka…

Inside Ben Shapiro's MAGA meltdown (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/05/09/ben-shapiro-daily-wire-maga-media/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzc4Mjk5MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc5NjgxNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzgyOTkyMDAsImp0aSI6ImUwYjNmMTZiLTFkMGUtNDc2Zi1iZGE3LWI1N2M3ZDE5OGVkYiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjYvMDUvMDkvYmVuLXNoYXBpcm8tZGFpbHktd2lyZS1tYWdhLW1lZGlhLyJ9.zjocnStRJMkdkDcnZW8bsXKTF5bwTEGI4_75mCY9CfI
http://www.memeorandum.com/260509/p41#a260509p41

How The Daily Wire's relevance to the right may have irrevocably collapsed, as it faces intense competition, falling traffic, layoffs, and ideological battles (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Inside Ben Shapiro’s MAGA meltdown
The Daily Wire was once ascendant in right-wing media. Now, the “anti-woke” company faces contentious layoffs, ideological battles and dwindling relevance online.

The Biggest Lie About China Just Fell Apart In Public (Ben Shapiro/The Daily Wire)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-biggest-lie-about-china-just-fell-apart-in-public
http://www.memeorandum.com/260515/p48#a260515p48

I'm not glad about the antisemitic shift of the Republican party, although I must say it's been quite funny seeing Ben Shapiro endorse bigotry against everyone, only to act surprised now that they're also bigoted against jews.

The Daily Wire undergoes layoffs, and a spokesperson says cuts were mostly in Nashville; the EIC says cuts were nowhere near 50% of staff, as some rumors stated (Jacob Bryant/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/ben-sha…

Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire Hit With Layoffs Across a 'Number of Teams,' Largely From Nashville HQ
A company spokesperson says the Daily Wire restructure comes as the company builds out its Northeast and D.C. teams.

The fall of Ben Shapiro (Vox)
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/490219/ben-shapiro-daily-wire-israel-antisemitism-maga-charlie-kirk
http://www.memeorandum.com/260601/p95#a260601p95

A Q&A with Mike Richards, the Daily Wire's new CEO following the abrupt departure of Caleb Robinson, on the Daily Wire's continued entertainment push and more (Seth Abramovitch/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/b…

The “Canceled” Man in Charge: Mike Richards Takes the Wheel at The Daily Wire
Four years after a scandal ended his 'Jeopardy!' career, the former game show wunderkind has rebuilt himself inside the conservative media company — and is now its CEO. In his first interview since the promotion, he talks layoffs, Ben Shapiro's numbers, Jonathan Majors' action-hero rebirth ... and why the exile economy has become a business model.

The Daily Wire sells its Jeremy's Razors and Jeremy's Chocolates consumer brands to Boreing Media, a new company led by ex-Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/08/2026/the-daily…

The Daily Wire sells Jeremy’s Razors to media company’s former CEO
The sale represents the further uncoupling of Jeremy Boreing and the conservative media company he co-founded with Ben Shapiro.

Documents: The Daily Wire, founded by conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro in 2015, seeks to raise at least $100M in a round that would value the company at $750M (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/23/2026/daily-wire…

Exclusive: Daily Wire, under pressure, seeks strategic investors, targets IPO
The Daily Wire is in talks to take on at least $100 million in investment, with an eye on an initial public offering in a few years’ time.