{{Short description|American journalist}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} [[File:Dylan Byers at Cannes 2019.jpg|thumb|Byers at Cannes Lions in 2019]] '''Dylan Byers''' is an American [[journalist]]. He is a founding partner and senior correspondent at ''[[Puck (media company)|Puck]]'', where he writes a newsletter about media called ''In The Room''. He previously served as the senior media [[reporter]] at [[NBC News]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/dylan-byers-nbc-news-hollywood-silicon-valley-cnn-1202446592/|title=Dylan Byers Joins NBC News To Cover Hollywood, Silicon Valley|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|date=2018-08-16|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en-US}}</ref> where he authored the Byers Market newsletter and hosted the Byers Market podcast, and at ''[[CNN]]''. He has also worked at ''[[Politico]]'' and ''[[Adweek]]''.
==Early life and education== Byers was born to Margaret Carol Lewis and Judson Thomas Byers<ref name= symphony>{{cite web| url= http://encoreartsseattle.com/sites/default/files/programs/seattle-symphony-2014-may-encore-arts-seattle.pdf| website= Encore; EncoreArtsSeattle.com| publisher= Seattle Symphony| title= Seattle Symphony Special Events and Gala Sponsors/Donors |date= May 2014 |page= 34| access-date= November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |title=Judson Foster Byers |publisher=[[Midland Daily News]]|date=|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ourmidland/obituary.aspx?n=judson-foster-byers&pid=108164140 }}</ref> in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref name= married>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/fashion/weddings/cara-walsh-and-dylan-byers.html | title= Cara Walsh and Dylan Byers| date= October 19, 2014| work= The New York Times| page= ST18| access-date= November 8, 2016}}</ref> Both parents served as deputy mayor of Seattle, with a gap between them: Margaret first (1981–89), then Tom nine years later (1998–2002).<ref name= married /> Margaret was subsequently the director of a network of philanthropists in the Seattle area, and Judson is a founding partner of a [[public policy]] consulting firm.<ref name= married />
Byers attended [[Lakeside School (Seattle)|Lakeside School]] in Seattle, from which he graduated in 2004, and [[Bard College]] in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, from which he graduated in 2008.<ref name="Money CNN profile">{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/author/dylan-byers/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122133028/http://money.cnn.com/author/dylan-byers/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 22, 2015|title=Dylan Byers|website=CNN|access-date=November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name= married />
==Career== In 2006, Byers worked as a research assistant at ''[[The New Yorker]]'' and subsequently served as a personal research assistant to New Yorker writers [[Philip Gourevitch]], [[George Packer]], and [[Jane Kramer]].<ref name= "Money CNN profile" />
He began his journalism career as a media and tech reporter for ''[[Adweek]]''.<ref name= "Money CNN profile" /> He later moved to ''[[Politico]]'' and launched the "On Media" blog in November 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/ben-smith-dylan-byers-politico-media_n_1076220.html |title=Ben Smith, Dylan Byers Launch New Media Blog For Politico |work=The Huffington Post |date= November 4, 2011 |access-date=September 5, 2015 }}</ref> ''On Media'' became known as a "[[scoop (news)|scoop]] heavy blog" for media and political news.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.mediabistro.com/be-inspired/productivity/8-blogs-every-media-professional-follow/|title=8 Blogs Every Media Professional Should Follow|date=August 27, 2015|language=en-US|access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref> Byers created and grew the blog, and critics praised it as "[[workaholic]] media-politics coverage," specific to Byers' niche of the intersection between politics and media.<ref>{{Cite news| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/09/02/cnn-shops-again-at-politico-picking-up-media-reporter-dylan-byers/|title=CNN shops again at Politico, picking up media reporter Dylan Byers| last= Wemple| first= Erik| date= September 2, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en-US| issn= 0190-8286| access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref>
While at ''Politico'', Byers wrote "President Obama, off the record," an article providing readers a glimpse into an 'off the record' side of US President [[Barack Obama]]. For that story, he was a finalist in the 2014 [[Mirror Awards]] competition for Best Single Article in Digital Media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2014/04/2014-mirror-awards-finalists-announced-001978/|title=2014 Mirror Awards finalists announced|website= politico.com| first= Johana| last= Bhuiyan| date= April 1, 2014| access-date= November 8, 2016}}</ref>
In September 2015, fellow media reporter [[Brian Stelter]] announced that Byers was joining CNN.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.thewrap.com/dylan-byers-jumps-to-cnn-from-politico/|title=Dylan Byers Jumps to CNN From Politico| date= September 2, 2015 | website= TheWrap.com | first= Jordan| last= Burchette |language=en-US| access-date= November 8, 2016}}</ref> In his announcement, Stelter wrote, "Byers is a scoop machine ... When I've been offline for more than a few hours, the way I see what I've missed is by checking his [[Twitter]] feed."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cnn-nabs-politico-media-reporter-dylan-byers_us_55e6f751e4b0aec9f3552be1 |title= CNN Nabs Politico Media Reporter Dylan Byers| first= Gabriel | last= Arana | work= [[The Huffington Post]]|date= September 2, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref> At CNN, Byers launched the Pacific newsletter, which focused on the politics, culture and business of Silicon Valley and Hollywood.
Byers joined NBC News and MSNBC in September 2018, and launched the Byers Market newsletter, which focused on the intersection of technology, media and entertainment. He also launched the Byers Market podcast, which featured one-on-one interviews with tech and media executives like Facebook chief operating officer [[Sheryl Sandberg]], IAC chairman [[Barry Diller]] and Instagram head [[Adam Mosseri]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/08/16/cnn-media-correspondent-moving-to-nbc/|title=CNN media correspondent moving to NBC|last=Alexandra Steigrad|date=2018-08-16|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref>
Upon its launch in 2021, Puck [https://puck.news/the-story-of-puck/ announced]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-12 |title=This Is Us: The Story of Puck |url=https://puck.news/the-story-of-puck/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Puck |language=en-US}}</ref> it had hired Byers from NBC, noting that his "singular expertise on the Venn diagram of the tech-media-entertainment ecosystem has made him a must-subscribe talent for both the mogul class and the concentric circles of aspirants around them." At Puck, Byers has broken news about several executive appointments in media, including the hiring and firing of CNN C.E.O. Chris Licht, the hiring of his successor Mark Thompson, and the appointment of Washington Post C.E.O. and publisher William Lewis, among others.
==Controversy== In 2012, Byers drew scrutiny when he reported in ''Politico'' that US President Barack Obama's girlfriend in ''[[Dreams from My Father]]'' was a [[composite character]], which was already acknowledged by Obama in the book. ''Politico'' issued an extensive correction at the top of the original article.<ref>{{cite news |last=Byers |first=Dylan |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/05/obama-new-york-girlfriend-was-composite-122272 |title=Obama: 'New York girlfriend' was composite |work=Politico |date=May 2, 2012 |access-date=May 6, 2017 }}</ref>
In the aftermath of the [[Boston Marathon bombing|2013 Boston Marathon Bombing]], Byers amplified, via a tweet, a false conspiracy made by Redditors claiming that the second suspect was [[Suicide of Sunil Tripathi|Sunil Tripathi]], who in fact had died by suicide due to depression prior to the marathon.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=DylanByers|number=325140977725616128|title=RT @KallMeKG: BPD scanner has identified the names : Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi. #Boston #MIT}}</ref>
Byers was also criticized for "Turbulence at The Times," a critical profile about former ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' executive editor [[Jill Abramson]], which quoted many anonymous staffers who said she was difficult to work with. Several commentators labeled Byers's piece as sexist.<ref>{{cite news |last=Linabary |first=Jasmine |url= http://genderreport.com/2013/04/28/on-politico-and-the-criticism-of-jill-abramson/ |title=On Politico and the criticism of Jill Abramson |work=The Gender Report |date=April 28, 2013 |access-date=September 5, 2015 }}</ref> Abramson was let go from ''The New York Times'' the following year.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/why-jill-abramson-was-fired|title=Why Jill Abramson Was Fired|last=Auletta|first=Ken|authorlink= Ken Auletta| magazine=The New Yorker|date=2014-05-14|access-date=2019-02-07|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref>
In 2017, [[Sean Hannity]] and [[Juan Williams]] challenged portions of a Byers CNN report. Byers reported that three sources stated an on-air dispute between the two led to Hannity aiming a gun at Williams off air. Byers reported that it was just Hannity "showing off" but was disturbing to Williams and others present. Fox News investigated and "found that no one was put in any danger". Hannity later said the gun was not loaded and "Never pointed at anybody." Williams said the story was being sensationalized and that he did not feel he had been in harm's way.<ref>{{cite news |last=D'Zurilla |first=Christie |url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-march-sean-hannity-juan-williams-reject-1489763895-htmlstory.html |title=Sean Hannity, Juan Williams reject gun story as 'sensationalized'; CNN defends report |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=March 17, 2017 }}</ref>
On November 21, 2017, Byers posted a tweet on his account implying that the [[Weinstein effect|recent sexual harassment scandals in media and entertainment]] were draining those industries of talent. The tweet was later deleted.<ref>{{cite news |last=Byers |first=Dylan |url=http://www.thewrap.com/cnn-reporter-dlyan-byers-tweet-drain-talent-sexual-harassment/ |title=CNN Reporter Apologizes for 'Embarrassing' Tweet on 'Drain of Talent' After Harassment Scandals |work=The Wrap|date=November 22, 2017 |access-date=November 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Byers |first=Dylan |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/liberal-cnn-reporter-under-fire-after-tweeting-that-sex-allegations-are-draining-talent-from-media-entertainment |title=Liberal CNN reporter under fire after tweeting that sex allegations are draining talent from media, entertainment |work=Fox News|date=November 22, 2017 |access-date=November 22, 2017 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Byers is married to Cara Colleen Walsh, a freelance graphic designer who attended [[New York University]] and [[Harvard University]].<ref name= married />
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