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Confider #79: The Messenger’s Mess, the Trump Book Spree, and Newsmax’s Faceplant<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p><em>Welcome to this week’s edition of <a href="https://elink.thedailybeast.com/click/32673732.21670/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZGFpbHliZWFzdC5jb20vZnJhbmNoaXNlL2NvbmZpZGVyP3ZpYT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnNvdXJjZT1zb3VyY2VtYXRlcmlhbCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsQT02MTc0YTJlNjYwZWI5NDhmNTFjZDViY2YyYWFhM2UzNyZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsQj03NjM5NTQzZDQzNjIzMjZiMzBhYTZlYjU0MWQ0Yjc4OTE4MmJlZTRmOTk3MWM5ZWE1Zjg5ZjE5MTEwZGFiZDg2/500739748f88e31ae715d889Bfccc023a">Confider</a>, the media newsletter that pulls back the curtain to reveal what’s really going on inside the world’s most powerful navel-gazing industry. Subscribe <a href="https://elink.thedailybeast.com/click/32673732.21670/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZGFpbHliZWFzdC5jb20vbmV3c2xldHRlcnM_bmV3c2xldHRlcj1jb25maWRlciZ2aWE9bmV3c2xldHRlciZzb3VyY2U9c291cmNlbWF0ZXJpYWwmdXNlcl9lbWFpbEE9NjE3NGEyZTY2MGViOTQ4ZjUxY2Q1YmNmMmFhYTNlMzcmdXNlcl9lbWFpbEI9NzYzOTU0M2Q0MzYyMzI2YjMwYWE2ZWI1NDFkNGI3ODkxODJiZWU0Zjk5NzFjOWVhNWY4OWYxOTExMGRhYmQ4Ng/500739748f88e31ae715d889B11a296dc">here</a> and send your questions, tips, and complaints <a href="mailto:confider@thedailybeast.com">here</a>.</em></p> <p><strong>EXCLUSIVE —</strong> <strong>MESSENGER MESS: </strong>The honeymoon is well and truly over at The Messenger where, just four months <a href="https://elink.thedailybeast.com/click/32673732.21670/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZGFpbHliZWFzdC5jb20vZm9ybWVyLXBlb3BsZS1tYWdhemluZS1ib3NzLWRhbi13YWtlZm9yZC1zZXQtdG8tcnVuLW5ldy13YXBvLWRhaWx5LW1haWwtaHlicmlkP3ZpYT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnNvdXJjZT1zb3VyY2VtYXRlcmlhbCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsQT02MTc0YTJlNjYwZWI5NDhmNTFjZDViY2YyYWFhM2UzNyZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsQj03NjM5NTQzZDQzNjIzMjZiMzBhYTZlYjU0MWQ0Yjc4OTE4MmJlZTRmOTk3MWM5ZWE1Zjg5ZjE5MTEwZGFiZDg2/500739748f88e31ae715d889Bf885d33f">since launching</a>, two key business executives have quit and others are looking to leave, Confider has learned. <strong><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/execs-flee-the-messenger-mess-and-its-mad-dog-boss">Read the full Confider story here</a></strong>.</p> <p><strong>EXCLUSIVE — TRUMP BOOK SPREE:</strong> The Trump book industry has come roaring back, as there are now four major projects in the works from prominent journalists, Confider has exclusively learned. <strong><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/four-major-new-books-show-the-trump-book-biz-never-went-out-of-style">Read the full Confider story here</a></strong>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/confider-79-the-messengers-mess-the-trump-book-spree-and-newsmaxs-faceplant">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty

Welcome to this week’s edition of Confider, the media newsletter that pulls back the curtain to reveal what’s really going on inside the world’s most powerful navel-gazing industry. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.

EXCLUSIVE — MESSENGER MESS: The honeymoon is well and truly over at The Messenger where, just four months since launching, two key business executives have quit and others are looking to leave, Confider has learned. Read the full Confider story here.

EXCLUSIVE — TRUMP BOOK SPREE: The Trump book industry has come roaring back, as there are now four major projects in the works from prominent journalists, Confider has exclusively learned. Read the full Confider story here.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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