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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.

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

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.

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 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

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 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 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

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…

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.