Oliver Darcy

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Oliver Darcy
Born (1990-08-20) August 20, 1990 (age 34)
Employer CNN (2017–2024)
Website status.news

Oliver Darcy (born August 20, 1990 [1] [2] ) is an American journalist, author of the newsletter Status, and former senior media reporter at CNN.

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Career

Darcy was the politics editor at Business Insider and deputy managing editor at The Blaze . [3]

From 2017 to 2024, Darcy worked at CNN, beginning to write the network's Reliable Sources newsletter after Brian Stelter left the network in 2022. [4] [5] There, Darcy broke the news that a Tucker Carlson Tonight writer had a history of writing racist messages. [2] He also was a frequent guest on CNN's cable news channel. [6] Darcy announced in August 2024 that he would pursue an independent newsletter about the media industry, [2] with a source close to him saying Darcy declined to renew his contract with CNN. [7]

Subscriptions to Status cost $15 per month, or $150 per year. [4] [2] Within a month of launching Status, Darcy scooped a story about the relationship between journalist and friend Olivia Nuzzi and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., [8] which Business Insider called "a staggering story" and which placed Nuzzi on leave from her job at New York . [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Oliver Darcy, CNN senior media reporter". Politico . August 20, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Grynbaum, Michael M. (August 8, 2024). "CNN's Media Chronicler Strikes Out on His Own". The New York Times . Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Ted (August 8, 2024). "Oliver Darcy Leaves CNN To Launch Media Newsletter 'Status'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Korach, Natalie (August 8, 2024). "Oliver Darcy Departs CNN to Launch Independent Media Newsletter". The Wrap . Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (August 8, 2024). "Oliver Darcy, CNN's 'Reliable Sources' Critic, Exits". Variety . Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ Weprin, Alex (August 8, 2024). "Oliver Darcy Exits CNN, Will Launch New Media Newsletter". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ Bolies, Brian (August 8, 2024). "CNN Star Abruptly Quits Network to Launch Media Newsletter" . The Daily Beast . Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ Howard, Andrew (September 20, 2024). "NY Mag correspondent placed on leave for relationship with RFK Jr". Politico . Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ Kafka, Peter (September 20, 2024). "'I agonized over it': Behind the scenes with the reporter who uncovered the RFK Jr./Olivia Nuzzi story". Business Insider . Retrieved February 21, 2025.
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