There have been conflicting reports about whether Vox Media is ending its partnership with tech journalist Taylor Lorenz to distribute her podcast and YouTube show.
Semafor reported Monday that progressive media company Vox decided not to renew its short-term deal with Lorenz and her show, Power User, which was set to expire at the start of next year.
Steve Guest, a former spokesperson for Texas Senator Ted Cruz, said that Vox had fired Lorenz following her recent online comments that appeared to celebrate the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“Vox fires Taylor Lorenz. Apparently it was too much for Vox to have someone on their payroll that thinks, ‘Yes, ‘we’ want insurance executives dead,'” Guest posted on X, formerly Twitter.
The decision is said to have been made prior to Lorenz’s posts on Thompson, according to Semafor.
Lorenz denied the reports, writing on X that Power Useris her independent show and “not a Vox show; there’s …