Matt Young
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/matt-young 11-08-2011 06:51:01
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NEW: Facing nearly half a billion in legal judgements, Trump just sold a jet worth an estimated $10 million to a GOP megadonor who maxed out to his 2020 campaign. Me w/Noah Kirsch The Daily Beast thedailybeast.com/trump-just-sol…
SCOOP: James Comer has blasted Hunter Biden for a failed Chinese business deal—but new records show Comer helped import Chinese hemp for a campaign donor’s company that was the “poster child” of his top policy initiative. And it turned out to be marijuana. thedailybeast.com/james-comer-he…
I have Tracy Connor to thank for so much. Truly one of the greatest, if not best, editors around.
Emily Shugerman has this innate ability to pull beautiful stories out of the most complicated and chaotic narratives. She’s poised, purposeful, & captures human emotion in a way that often moves me. An editor’s dream!
What an honor to work alongside Pilar Melendez and others at The Beast who have taught me so much. You will be missed.
sad to say that after two incredible years, this week will be my last The Daily Beast. simply put: it was a dream. that said, i am an entertainment critic looking for work! i specialize in voicey reviews, witty blogs, and analytical essays. reach me at [email protected]!
My last big yarn for The Daily Beast (🥲) and it is a doozy: A Texas company promised to protect the money of gestational surrogates and intended parents. Then the founder—and all the money—went missing thedailybeast.com/these-couples-…
It’s with great sadness and—frankly—some excitement I announce I’m among The Daily Beast staff taking a buyout. Thanks to Daily Beast Union, I’m paid through October. But I’m not content to sit on the bench that long. Officially in have gun, will travel mode starting tomorrow.
So many talented and accomplished journalists leaving The Daily Beast this week—any outlet would be lucky to snap up folks like Will Bredderman Shannon Vavra Brooke Leigh Howard Luis G. Rendon Emily Shugerman Justin Baragona Noah Kirsch Laura Bradley + many others
And here it is, my swan song at The Daily Beast: the secret agent who allegedly bribed Rep. Henry Cuellar on behalf of Azerbaijan’s government was also part of the despotic ex-Soviet state’s courtship of Oklahoma’s Governor Kevin Stitt—and U.S. foreign aid $$ paid for it. thedailybeast.com/how-the-us-pai…
I spoke to multiple White House reporters who say the WH press team's lack of transparency on Biden's health has ruined its credibility. “It doesn’t come across as credible to say that there hasn’t been a change” in his sharpness, Peter Baker told me. thedailybeast.com/white-house-re…