Over the past several months, The New York Times has watched a string of its video and podcast stars walk out the door—from former “Hard Fork” hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose to Hollywood reporter Kyle Buchanan to conservative columnist Ross Douthat, who joined the Bari Weiss-overhauled “60 Minutes.”
The departures have been an irritant for The Times leadership, which has been vocal about its ambition to become a video powerhouse. Instead of headlines about that push, however, the paper has been inundated with stories about who’s leaving. Behind the scenes, The Times has been working to change that narrative, though it’s unclear whether those efforts will succeed.
To that effect, Status has learned that the effort includes an attempt to lure back…
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