Keach Hagey

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Keach Hagey
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Years active2003–present
EmployerThe Wall Street Journal
SpouseWesley Harris
Children3
Website keachhagey.com

Keach Hagey is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. [1]

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Early life and education

Hagey grew up in Evansville, Indiana. [2] She has a bachelor's and a master's in English literature from Stanford University. [1] [3]

Career

Hagey is a media reporter at The Wall Street Journal where she covers the intersection and interplay between tech companies like Facebook and Google on one side and the media on the other. [1] She has also covered OpenAI [4] as well as 21st Century Fox, Time Warner, and Viacom for the Journal. [1]

Hagey was part of a team at the Journal that won the George Polk Award and the Gerald Loeb Award. [1]

At the Journal, Hagey covered media owners and executives including Sumner Redstone, Shari Redstone, [5] Rupert Murdoch, [6] Arianna Huffington, Katie Couric, [7] Jeff Zucker, Jeff Bewkes, [8] Shane Smith [9] and Nancy Dubuc. [10] [3]

Prior to the Journal, she worked at Politico , [11] CBS News, [12] and The Village Voice . [1] [13] She interned for Wayne Barrett at The Village Voice. [14]

Hagey was interviewed by NPR's Audie Cornish about Les Moonves, the former chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation. [15]

She started her career with the Queens Chronicle . [16]

Books

Hagey is the author of The King of Content Sumner Redstone's Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire. [17] [18] Brian Lamb of C-SPAN interviewed Hagey about her book on Redstone. [14] Hagey was interviewed on the Recode Media podcast with Peter Kafka. [19]

Hagey is the author of The Optimist Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future. [20] James Ball reviewed the book for The Guardian . [21] Tim Wu reviewed the book in The New York Times . [22] Hagey spoke with Vanity Fair's then editor in chief Radhika Jones, then executive editor Claire Howorth, and then editor Michael Calderone about Altman's views, ambitions, and career. [23]

Personal life

Hagey is married to Wesley Harris. [16] She met Harris while interning at The Village Voice. [14] They have three children and live in Irvington, New York. [1] [24] [25]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Keach Hagey". wsj.com. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  2. ↑ Roe, Melissa (November 17, 2018). "Real News". evansvilleliving.com. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Keach Hagey". columbia.edu. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  4. ↑ Hagey, Keach; Jin, Berber (October 28, 2025). "OpenAI's Promise to Stay in California Helped Clear the Path for Its IPO" . wsj.com. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  5. ↑ Hagey, Keach (June 22, 2018). "Shari Redstone's Path to Power" . wsj.com. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  6. ↑ Toonkel, Jessica; Sharma, Amol; Frangos, Alex; Sayre, Katherine; Hagey, Keach (September 11, 2024). "The Family Rift Driving Rupert Murdoch to Redo His 'Irrevocable' Trust" . wsj.com. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  7. ↑ Hagey, Keach (April 26, 2015). "Yahoo, Katie Couric Tweak the Recipe" . wsj.com. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  8. ↑ Hagey, Keach (October 23, 2016). "Low-Key CEO Jeff Bewkes Reshaped Time Warner Before AT&T Sale" . wsj.com. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  9. ↑ Hagey, Keach (August 23, 2016). "Disney and Vice, a Storybook Romance" . wsj.com. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  10. ↑ Hagey, Keach (March 12, 2018). "A+E's Nancy Dubuc in Talks to Replace Shane Smith as Vice Media CEO" . wsj.com. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ Pompeo, Joe (March 19, 2012). "Keach Hagey leaves Politico for 'Wall Street Journal'". politico.com. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  12. ↑ Hagey, Keach (November 30, 2007). "No Thanks, Google, We'll Keep Our Own Data". cbsnews.com. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Keach Hagey". villagevoice.com. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 "Keach Hagey". C-SPAN.org. November 13, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  15. ↑ "What CEO Les Moonves' Departure Amid Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Means For CBS". npr.org. September 10, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  16. 1 2 Lippman, Daniel (April 6, 2017). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: WSJ media reporter Keach Hagey". politico.com. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  17. ↑ Hagey, Keach (June 26, 2018). The King of Content Sumner Redstone's Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire. HarperCollins. ISBN   9780062654113 . Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  18. ↑ Hagey, Keach (June 26, 2018). "The Moment the War for Sumner Redstone's Media Empire Really Began (Exclusive Book Excerpt)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  19. ↑ Johnson, Eric (June 29, 2018). "'The King of Content' author Keach Hagey talks with Peter Kafka about Sumner Redstone's crazy life". vox.com. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  20. ↑ Hagey, Keach (May 20, 2025). The Optimist Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN   978-1-324-07596-7 . Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  21. ↑ "The Optimist by Keach Hagey review – inside the mind of the man who brought us ChatGPT". theguardian.com. May 16, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Hey ChatGPT, Which One of These Is the Real Sam Altman?". nytimes.com. May 19, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  23. ↑ Skonlnik, Jon (April 30, 2025). "Sam's Club: Inside Altman's AI World, Featuring Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Peter Thiel". vanityfair.com. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  24. ↑ "Irvington Theater Hosts Book Launch and Conversation for Local Author Keach Hagey's New Book". riverjournalonline.com. May 7, 2025. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  25. ↑ "Cracking The Tight World of Artificial Intelligence". thehudsonindependent.com. May 15, 2025. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
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