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Cable News’ Podcast Envy

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1158+ words) CNN has begun experimenting with YouTube-style podcasting, but thus far it's invited more mockery than praise as veterans question the strategy. Jake Tapper anchors "The Lead with Jake Tapper" in his office. (Screen grab via SnapStream/CNN) On Friday, Jake…...

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status.news > p > cnn-david-ellison-trump-paramount-wbd-netflix-deal

CNN Braces for Ellison's Control

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (313+ words) With David Ellison poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery, a chill has settled over CNN as staffers fear for the future. "The panic at CNN right now is off the charts," an insider tells Status. The unexpected reversal…...

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status.news > p > pentagon-press-restrictions-pete-hegseth-fox

The Safe Space Secretary

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (321+ words) Pete Hegseth built his career on Fox News mocking "snowflakes." Now, Status has learned, his former employer and others are rejecting his efforts to build a safe space around the Pentagon. At 5:57 p.m. ET on Friday, as Pentagon reporters were logging…...

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status.news > p > bari-weiss-cbs-news-evening-news

The Weiss House

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (148+ words) As Bari Weiss settles into CBS News, she's moving fast'taking anchors to lunch, phoning potential hires, and plotting a new "Evening News," with names like Norah O'Donnell and Tony Dokoupil in the mix. Bari Weiss. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via…...

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status.news > p > washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

Post Traumatic Disorder

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (292+ words) Adam O'Neal says he's bringing "intellectual diversity" to The Washington Post's opinion pages'but the moves he's making behind the scenes tell a different story. Last Thursday, at least a half-dozen staffers on The Washington Post's opinion desk were quietly sent…...

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status.news > p > business-insider-ai-policy-chatgpt

Business Insider and the Bots

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (426+ words) The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines'part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status. The Business Insider website. (Status) Heller's note filled the information vacuum, spelling…...

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status.news > p > karen-attiah-fired-washington-post-charlie-kirk

Fired By The Post

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (119+ words) The Washington Post said it fired Karen Attiah over comments she made about white men in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, Status has learned. According to a copy of the notice exclusively obtained by Status, Connell wrote" Scoop-driven reporting…...

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status.news > p > brendan-carr-freedom-press-complaint-disbarment

Chasing the Runaway Carr

8+ mon, 6+ day ago  (105+ words) The Freedom of the Press Foundation is turning the tables on Brendan Carr, filing a complaint to investigate and potentially disbar the FCC chairman over his moves to punish Donald Trump's media critics. On Monday evening, Stern and his organization…...

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status.news > p > axel-springer-mathias-dopfner-ai-policy

Axel Springer’s A.I. Edict

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (140+ words) At a global town hall, Axel Springer boss Mathias Do'pfner delivered a blunt message'A.I. is here, and every employee must use it. Axel Springer chief Mathias D'pfner holds a global all-hands meeting. (Screen shot) "I tell you, what is happening…...

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status.news > p > msnbc-prime-time-ratings

MSNBC’s Prime Time Pinch

9+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (115+ words) MSNBC's new boss, Rebecca Kutler, gambled on a prime time reset'but the early ratings aren't exactly lighting up the scoreboard. Now, with about two months of data in, the numbers suggest the overhaul of the lineup is, at the very…...