“If you hear something and it matters to you, come ask me and I'll tell you what I know," Nick Bilton told 60 Minutes staff. “Otherwise I'd like this place to be talked about for what we put on television." New from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Bilton’s Leak Battle

The new “60 Minutes” executive producer welcomed staff back from their July vacations with a weekend memo in which he delivered a stern message about leaks, a missive that naturally leaked to Status.

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New “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton welcomed staff back from their July vacations with a weekend memo in which he delivered a stern message about leaks, a missive that naturally leaked to us. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Bilton’s Leak Battle

The new “60 Minutes” executive producer welcomed staff back from their July vacations with a weekend memo in which he delivered a stern message about leaks, a missive that naturally leaked to Status.

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Scoop: New "60 Minutes" boss Nick Bilton sent a memo to staff about leaks, which naturally leaked to @status.news. Details here: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Bilton’s Leak Battle

The new “60 Minutes” executive producer welcomed staff back from their July vacations with a weekend memo in which he delivered a stern message about leaks, a missive that naturally leaked to Status.

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Days before his abrupt exit from The WaPo, Adam O’Neal was privately boasting that he had pushed the Opinion section further to the right—raising new questions about what really drove his departure. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/adam-oneal...

The Post's Opinion Parting

Days before his abrupt exit from The WaPo, Adam O’Neal was privately boasting that he had pushed the Opinion section further to the right—raising new questions about what really drove his departure.

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New: Adam O'Neal's abrupt departure from the Washington Post's Opinion section blindsided even some senior leaders In recent weeks, he'd been privately touting the progress of his overhaul, giving little indication he was preparing to exit www.status.news/p/adam-oneal...

The Post's Opinion Parting

Days before his abrupt exit from The WaPo, Adam O’Neal was privately boasting that he had pushed the Opinion section further to the right—raising new questions about what really drove his departure.

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New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday

Inside HuffPost’s tense post-layoff town hall on Wednesday, shaken staffers demanded answers about the cuts and questioned Byron Allen’s vision for the BuzzFeed-owned newsroom, we have learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/buzzfeed-h...

Byron's HuffPost Hatchet

Inside HuffPost’s tense post-layoff town hall on Wednesday, shaken staffers demanded answers about the cuts and questioned Byron Allen’s vision for the BuzzFeed-owned newsroom, Status has learned.

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Scoop: HuffPost staff grilled leadership in a tense all-hands Wednesday, as Byron Allen has yet to address employees about layoffs that eliminated more than 1/3 of BuzzFeed’s workforce "Morale and trust for many folks is in hell," one staffer told me www.status.news/p/buzzfeed-h...

Byron's HuffPost Hatchet

Inside HuffPost’s tense post-layoff town hall on Wednesday, shaken staffers demanded answers about the cuts and questioned Byron Allen’s vision for the BuzzFeed-owned newsroom, Status has learned.

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Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are racing to rebuild 60 Minutes, conducting dozens of screen tests and working to fill out the roster after the departure of four correspondents New from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

The Race to Rebuild ‘60 Minutes’

With the fall season fast approaching, Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are racing to rebuild the newsmagazine, holding screen tests featuring mock Ghislaine Maxwell interviews and hunting for new senior le...

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Is Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal suddenly in trouble? In a Status roundtable, eight antitrust experts assess the mounting costs, legal risks, and ultimate prospects of the halted blockbuster merger. The story in @status.news www.status.news/p/paramount-...

Parsing Paramount's Pause

In a Status roundtable, eight antitrust experts assess the mounting costs, legal risks, and ultimate prospects of Paramount's blockbuster Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

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Following Paramount’s agreement to pause its merger with Warner Bros., I asked 8 antitrust experts to weigh in on how this saga will end Not sure it got me any closer to an answer but the responses are worth a read www.status.news/p/paramount-...

Parsing Paramount's Pause

In a Status roundtable, eight antitrust experts assess the mounting costs, legal risks, and ultimate prospects of Paramount's blockbuster Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

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“This is the largest gathering of people with Trump derangement syndrome” Trump said during the WHCD re-do last night, where he demeaned journalists publicly as they celebrated the First Amendment New from @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/the-white-...

The White House Correspondents’ Disgrace

The WHCA sought to reconvene its annual dinner in celebration of press freedom. Instead, it handed Donald Trump a platform to attack the very journalists the organization exists to represent.

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Scoop: Cecilia Vega broke her silence on Thursday and detailed how the Bari Weiss-led CBS News management tried to meddle in her stories, according to an audio recording of her remarks that I obtained. Full story in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cecilia-ve...

Vega Breaks Her Silence

The fired “60 Minutes” correspondent revealed stunning new details about how CBS News management tried to meddle in her reporting, according to an audio recording obtained by Status.

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Scoop: Byron Allen has begun his first round of layoffs since acquiring the BuzzFeed properties, with HuffPost staffers being notified of 15 editorial cuts Thursday

NEW: Inside the cuts at ESPN where management scrambled to deliver the news to talent and staffers alike as reports leaked out, leaving stunned employees questioning the network's direction. Details from @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news www.status.news/p/espn-layof...

The cuts this week at ESPN exposed mounting tensions inside its Bristol headquarters, we have learned, with network management scrambling to notify talent and staffers of their fate as the news leaked. Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/espn-layof...

ESPN's Messy Roster Shakeup

The cuts at the Disney-owned network exposed mounting tensions inside its Bristol headquarters, Status has learned, with network management scrambling to notify talent and staffers of their fate as ne...

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Inside this week’s ESPN layoffs Ryan Clark's leaked exit threw Tuesday's planned cuts into chaos, with executives scrambling to notify employees before they found out from media reports www.status.news/p/espn-layof...

ESPN's Messy Roster Shakeup

The cuts at the Disney-owned network exposed mounting tensions inside its Bristol headquarters, Status has learned, with network management scrambling to notify talent and staffers of their fate as ne...

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CNN’s Clarissa Ward only inked a one-year extension with the network this spring amid friction with execs and concerns over Bari Weiss potentially taking control of CNN @oliverdarcy.bsky.social scoops www.status.news/p/clarissa-w...

Clarissa Ward’s CNN Crossroads

The star foreign correspondent could not reach a long-term deal with CNN earlier this year amid friction with executives and concerns over Bari Weiss potentially taking editorial control of the networ...

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A revealing media-world detail out of Sun Valley: Bari Weiss accepted Mathias Döpfner's invitation to appear at Axel Springer's Peter Thiel ceremony this fall. The bigger story may be why Axel is honoring Thiel in the first place, as @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports www.status.news/p/peter-thie...

Döpfner and Bari’s Toast to Thiel

By awarding MAGA billionaire Peter Thiel its highest-profile honor, Axel Springer is providing one of the clearest signals yet of the publisher’s rightward evolution under Mathias Döpfner.

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By awarding MAGA billionaire Peter Thiel its highest-profile honor, Axel Springer is providing one of the clearest signals yet of the publisher’s rightward evolution under Mathias Döpfner. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/peter-thie...

Döpfner and Bari’s Toast to Thiel

By awarding MAGA billionaire Peter Thiel its highest-profile honor, Axel Springer is providing one of the clearest signals yet of the publisher’s rightward evolution under Mathias Döpfner.

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Inside Axel Springer (owner of POLITICO and Business Insider), staffers are *not happy* with the German publishing giant's decision to honor Peter Thiel. Much more via @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news: www.status.news/p/peter-thie...

Döpfner and Bari’s Toast to Thiel

By awarding MAGA billionaire Peter Thiel its highest-profile honor, Axel Springer is providing one of the clearest signals yet of the publisher’s rightward evolution under Mathias Döpfner.

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New: For the second year in a row, Axel Springer chief Mathias Döpfner approached Bari Weiss in Sun Valley with an offer This time, Weiss accepted, agreeing to attend the German publisher’s upcoming awards ceremony in Berlin, honoring none other than Peter Thiel www.status.news/p/peter-thie...

Döpfner and Bari’s Toast to Thiel

By awarding MAGA billionaire Peter Thiel its highest-profile honor, Axel Springer is providing one of the clearest signals yet of the publisher’s rightward evolution under Mathias Döpfner.

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Scoop: MS NOW marked its 30th anniversary with an all-staff town hall detailing its forthcoming subscription product and a private dinner convening generations of network leadership, including Andy Lack, Phil Griffin, Jeff Zucker, Rebecca Kutler, and more www.status.news/p/ms-now-30-...

MS NOW’s Pivotal Moment

At a swanky dinner in lower Manhattan, MS NOW united its past and present leaders to celebrate the network's 30-year anniversary, Status has learned. But as the network enters a new decade, its bigges...

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Behind the scenes, top New York Times executives have been in close contact with five reporters targeted by federal prosecutors, preparing the newsroom for a high-stakes fight over press freedom. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/new-york-t...

The Times’ Subpoena Showdown

Behind the scenes, Status has learned, top New York Times executives have been in close contact with five reporters targeted by federal prosecutors, preparing the newsroom for a high-stakes fight over...

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New: NYT brass have been in close contact with the reporters targeted by federal prosecutors, preparing for a major legal fight with the Trump admin "They have the full weight of The Times, and each of us, behind them," CEO Meredith Kopit Levien wrote www.status.news/p/new-york-t...

The Times’ Subpoena Showdown

Behind the scenes, Status has learned, top New York Times executives have been in close contact with five reporters targeted by federal prosecutors, preparing the newsroom for a high-stakes fight over...

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Three months after gunfire upended Washington's biggest media event, the White House Correspondents’ Association is bringing it back in a dramatically different form, Status has learned. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/whcd-corre...

The WHCD Do-Over Plan

Three months after gunfire upended Washington's biggest media event, the White House Correspondents’ Association is bringing it back in a dramatically different form, Status has learned.

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Scoop: The rescheduled WHCD, now confirmed for the Waldorf Astoria, is getting a dramatic security overhaul Status obtained a memo from Weijia Jiang outlining the new protocols for the scaled-down event Don’t worry, Oz Pearlman is still on the program www.status.news/p/whcd-corre...

The WHCD Do-Over Plan

Three months after gunfire upended Washington's biggest media event, the White House Correspondents’ Association is bringing it back in a dramatically different form, Status has learned.

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As Allen & Co.'s annual conference gets underway, Mathias Döpfner returns to Sun Valley with the Telegraph deal behind him Last year in Idaho, the Axel Springer chief offered Bari Weiss $120 million for the Free Press before losing out to David Ellison www.status.news/p/mathias-do...

Döpfner's $120 million swing at Bari Weiss // Döpfner's Sun Valley ambitions

As media moguls descend on Sun Valley, Status has learned that the Axel Springer chief had approached Bari Weiss with a nine-figure offer at the last billionaire retreat.

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Over a year after trying to buy InfoWars, The Onion hasn't given up despite legal setbacks I caught up with @bencollins.bsky.social on why it launched a parody anyway, what it's borrowing from the Alex Jones playbook, and plans for "total world domination" www.status.news/p/infowars-t...

Winning The InfoWars

The Onion chief Ben Collins spoke to Status about its InfoWars takeover, reaction from Alex Jones’ followers, and plans for “total world domination.”

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