James Murdoch buys up half of Vox Media, grabbing New York and podcasts, but leaving The Verge and SB Nation (opens in new tab)

This is May 2026 in digital media: Arguably the two most prominent digital media startups of the 2010s are both being sold — one to the former host of NBC reality show “Real People” (1979-84) and one to the primary inspiration for Kendall Roy (2018-23). On May 11, it was standup-comic-turned-media-mogul Byron Allen acquiring a...