David Ellison tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his New York Times essay in brutal comments to us, pointing to the Paramount chief's disastrous record at CBS News. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

The Ellison Credibility Crisis

The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at C...

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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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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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Weeks after Fox News and top right-wing media figures blamed Democrats for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the Justice Department admitted the narrative didn't hold water. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/reflecting...

MAGA’s Leaky Narrative

Weeks after Fox News and top right-wing media figures blamed Democrats for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the Justice Department admitted the narrative didn't hold water.

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Anthony Fauci’s return to Capitol Hill offered right-wing media something it desperately needed: a familiar bogeyman and welcome distraction from Donald Trump’s political troubles. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anthony-fa...

MAGA Media’s Fauci Fever

Anthony Fauci’s return to Capitol Hill offered right-wing media something it desperately needed: a familiar bogeyman and welcome distraction from Donald Trump’s political troubles.

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Dr. Fauci’s congressional hearings cause Oliver to reflect on the current state of the country. Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/ubXs6xcDlBo?... Or listen via a podcast app: www.status.news/power-lines

The Wall Street Journal is still feeling the aftershocks of last year’s overhaul of its San Francisco bureau, we have learned, while tension mounts between top editor Emma Tucker and her boss Robert Thomson. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/wall-stree...

The WSJ’s Tech Tremors

The newspaper is still feeling the aftershocks of last year’s overhaul of its San Francisco bureau, Status has learned, while tension mounts between top editor Emma Tucker and her boss Robert Thomson.

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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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CBS News’ decision to appoint conservative opinion columnist Ross Douthat as a “60 Minutes” correspondent sparked consternation inside the network, we have learned, while also drawing sharp criticism from industry veterans. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Bari's New '60' Slate

CBS News’ decision to appoint a conservative opinion columnist as a “60 Minutes” correspondent sparked consternation inside the network, Status has learned, while also drawing sharp criticism from ind...

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With the fall season fast approaching, Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are racing to rebuild "60 Minutes," holding screen tests featuring mock Ghislaine Maxwell interviews and hunting for new senior leaders, we have learned. Details in @status.news: 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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The White House Correspondents' Association 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. The story in @status.news 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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After years of attacking Ukraine, Laura Loomer traveled to Kyiv, interviewed Zelenskyy, and emerged with a very different message, offering a glimpse into Ukraine's growing effort to reach Trump's media ecosystem. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/laura-loom...

Loomer’s Kyiv Curveball

After years of attacking Ukraine, Laura Loomer traveled to Kyiv, interviewed Zelenskyy, and emerged with a very different message, offering a glimpse into Ukraine's growing effort to reach Trump's med...

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Fired “60 Minutes” correspondent Cecilia Vega revealed stunning new details about how CBS News management tried to meddle in her reporting, according to an audio recording we obtained. Details 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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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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Star correspondent Clarissa Ward 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 network, we have learned. Details in @status.news: 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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The Bari Weiss-led network privately indicated it would snub Donald Trump’s primetime address last week, we have learned, only to reverse course at the last minute and air the speech. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-d...

CBS’ Eleventh-Hour Call

The Bari Weiss-led network privately indicated it would snub Donald Trump’s primetime address last week, Status has learned, only to reverse course at the last minute and air the speech.

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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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A federal judge granted The NYT a temporary reprieve from Trump administration subpoenas targeting three of its reporters, we have learned, setting up a high-stakes hearing next week over confidential sources. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/new-york-t...

The Times’ Source Standoff

A federal judge granted The NYT a temporary reprieve from Trump administration subpoenas targeting three of its reporters, Status has learned, setting up a high-stakes hearing next week over confident...

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Donald Trump wanted a national conversation about election fraud. Fox News aired the speech, then spent the next morning talking about anything but. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/fox-news-d...

Fox’s Speech Snub

Donald Trump wanted a national conversation about election fraud. Fox News aired the speech, then spent the next morning talking about anything but.

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We’re stepping out of your inbox and onto the stage for a one-day event convening the biggest names in media for candid conversations about the state of the industry. Details here: www.status.news/p/status-new...

The Inaugural Status Summit

We’re stepping out of your inbox and onto the stage for a one-day event convening the biggest names in media for candid conv

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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 biggest tests may still lie ahead. Details in @status.news: 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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Would divesting CNN save the Paramount-WBD merger? Hear Attorney General Rob Bonta's answers to that and much more on Friday’s episode of Power Lines. Follow and subscribe: www.youtube.com/@status

CNN chief Mark Thompson quietly traveled to the White House last week to visit the network’s team of reporters, who peppered him with questions about Paramount’s looming takeover. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...

Thompson’s White House Trek

The CNN chief quietly traveled to the White House last week to visit the network’s team of reporters, who peppered him with questions about Paramount’s looming takeover, Status has learned.

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David Ellison may have been California dreamin’ about getting his Warners deal cleared by the Golden State—but he’s now facing a nightmare as it and 11 other states sue to block it on antitrust grounds. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/paramount-...

Ellison’s California Nightmare

David Ellison may have been California dreamin’ about getting his Warners deal cleared by the Golden State—but he’s now facing a nightmare as it and 11 other states sue to block it on antitrust ground...

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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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Three years after Robinhood launched Sherwood News with grand ambitions, the stock trading app has gutted the newsroom and dramatically narrowed its media strategy, Status has learned. The details in @status.news www.status.news/p/robinhood-...

Robinhood's News Retreat

Three years after Robinhood launched Sherwood News with grand ambitions, the stock trading app has gutted the newsroom and dramatically narrowed its media strategy, Status has learned.

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Tucker vs. Hannity: Who currently has more influence in the Republican party? Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/dMvCT3LqcX8?... Or listen via a podcast app: www.status.news/power-lines

David Ellison thought he had won the hardest battle for Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, a state-led legal offensive and scrutiny in the U.K. could put the blockbuster deal in jeopardy, experts tell Status. Read the full story in @status.news www.status.news/p/paramount-...

Ellison’s Merger Danger Zone

David Ellison thought he had won the hardest battle for Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, a state-led legal offensive and scrutiny in the U.K. could put the blockbuster deal in jeopardy, experts tell Statu...

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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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