scoop: John Malone tells me that CNN has become "a left-leaning, anti-Trump news service." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/b...
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scoop: John Malone tells me that CNN has become "a left-leaning, anti-Trump news service." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/b...
scoop with Michael Grynbaum: Chris Wallace has been quietly advising RedBird and David Ellison, the new owner of CBS News www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/b...
scoop: "All Things Considered" co-host Ari Shapiro is leaving the network. That makes the third major departure announced in the last several weeks, including founding mother Susan Stamberg and top editor Edith Chapin.
New, from the Pew Research Center: About half of U.S. adults say journalists are losing influence in society. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
New, from Jim Stewart: A lawyer for Skydance denied that the company had struck a side-deal with President Trump, calling the reports "bullshit." The lawyer added that his firm "would appreciate it if we were not recounting that to others, especially in the press." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
new: inside the $100 million race to rescue PBS and NPR stations (🎁🔗) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
news: MSNBC is renaming itself MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
scoop: Guy Campanile is being replaced as EP of "CBS Evening News," to be replaced by Kim Harvey, a senior producer, per a source familiar with the matter. He's expected to return to "60 Minutes," where he was a longtime producer.
scoop: PBS is cutting its budget by 21% to deal with federal funding cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
50/25 dam
It's official! After decades of control by the Redstones — and years of will-they-won't-they M&A speculation — Paramount finally has new owners. With @johnkoblin.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
New: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it is shutting down cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
News: legendary Washington Post sports columnist @sallyjenx.bsky.social is leaving The Post.
news: three Washington Post standouts — Mike Semel, Monica Norton and Ann Gerhart — are leaving the newspaper, per email from Matt Murray just now
news: per a note from Washington Post top editor Matt Murray, The Post will focus its news video efforts on short- and medium-length work. “We want video to be less separate, and to feature video everywhere.”
Some news: after the spinoff, the streaming and studios business at WBD will be called…THE WARNER BROS COMPANY, per remarks just now from Zaslav and Gunnar to execs. The TV networks business will be called…DISCOVERY GLOBAL MEDIA.
News: @GlennKesslerWP, better known as The Fact Checker for The Washington Post, is joining the ranks of journalists taking the buyout
Between Musk & the Trump administration, Media Matters has been squeezed to the brink. In settlement discussions, lawyers for X demanded the organization hand over all its cash and shut down — all because MM reported ads appeared on X next to antisemitic content. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
NEWS: The FCC said Thursday it would allow Paramount to merge with Skydance, clearing the way for one of the most highly scrutinized media deals in the last decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
scoop: Gannett is offering buyouts to its staff, per email just now from CEO Mike Reed. "...We need to adjust our organization to efficiently meet the needs of our business today...as we continue to use A.I. and leverage automation to realize efficiencies."
New: WP Ventures, the “third newsroom,” is changing — some of it will now report to biz side leader Suzi Watford, while the editorially related stuff will stay in the newsroom. “The next iteration of WP Ventures will be developed apart from The Post newsroom.”
scoop: Edith Chapin is stepping down as NPR’s top editor and chief content officer. She handed in her notice before defunding went through, but this news comes at a difficult time for the public radio network. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/b...
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray says WP Ventures head Krissah Thompson is leaving The Washington Post
scoop: @davejorgenson, one of the breakout stars of the Marty Baron era of The Post, is leaving to start his own company with two Post alums www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/b...
Some 78 public radio organizations and 37 TV organizations are at risk of going dark as a result of the cuts Trump pushed through Congress, from major cities to far-flung towns like Unalakleet, Alaska, and Pendleton, Ore. @elenashao.bsky.social @benmullin.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout. To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
NPR's chief executive, Katherine Maher, calls tonight's vote "unwarranted dismantling of beloved local civic institutions." Her statement:
New: I teamed up with @elenashao.bsky.social and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.
scoop: Jay Yarow and Dan Colarusso are leaving CNBC as part of an editorial shakeup ahead of the Comcast/Versant spin. David Cho, most recently the top editor of Barron's, is joining as editor-in-chief, according to a staff memo.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
scoop: Substack has raised $100 million, pushing its valuation to $1.1 billion. The founders are warming to advertising and plan to experiment with bundles. With @jtes
New: I spoke with Bill Siemering, who co-founded NPR a half-century ago, on what might be lost if public radio gets defunded www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
.@nytimes CEO Meredith Kopit Levien being interviewed by @AcquiredFM at Radio City Music Hall, pushes back on a Q about newsroom bias against tech: “Many of the big tech companies that shape the information ecosystem have the power and influence to drive profound change in people’s lives.”
New: Inside the last-ditch fight to save funding for NPR and PBS, feat. Kerry Washington, Bill Nye, Ken Burns and a farmer's market bilateral with Sen. Lisa Murkowski www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/b...
Here’s the full memo:
"I know this represents a shift for many of you, and maybe even an unwelcome one for some, but simply being reconciled to these changes is not enough. We want those who stick with us to be genuinely enthusiastic about the new direction and focus."
"The changes we have planned are not marginal. They will be ambitious and thorough...we won't let sentimentality slow down much-needed reform."
"My top priority will be to significantly increase the reach and effect of our work."
"It won't be easy, but we have a real opportunity to build the most popular, vibrant and influential opinion section in the country..."
scoop: new Washington Post opinion editor Adam O'Neal introduces himself to staff, alluding to some significant changes afoot 🧵
This week will be pivotal for the future of PBS and NPR, as the Senate plans to vote on ~$1.1 billion in funding. I spoke to station directors in South Dakota and Alaska about what this could mean: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/b...
scoop: Skydance's David Ellison has held early talks about acquiring The Free Press. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/b... Bari Weiss et al could have a role in shaping the editorial voice of CBS News, if the deal comes to fruition.
Will Lewis emails the Washington Post staff, encouraging those who "do not feel aligned" with the company's future plans to consider the buyout offer.
Yes please!! Feel free to DM if it’s too intense haha
Fantastic idea
Fantastic idea
This is brilliant. I didn’t have a winter coat for the first two years and it was life-changing.
(Please don’t say a trust fund)
Hi Bluesky! What are some items a new New Yorker might need moving to the city for the first time? I’m putting together a list.
The National Press Photographers Association says it has cashflow issues and is laying off staff. The NPPA is one of the most important organizations for a profession already under significant pressure. nppa.org/news/797
WSJ editorial board: “The President is using government to intimidate news outlets that publish stories he doesn’t like. It’s a low move in a free country with a free press.” www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
New: Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
scoop: @charterworks, the media startup co-founded by WSJ alum @delaney, has sold to @sfstandard. Behind the deal is Michael Moritz, the SF billionaire who placed early bets on Google and PayPal and is now investing in news. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/b...
What are your favorite documentaries about people/companies doing dope shit in the film/TV/writing/journalism biz? I just watched “Light and Magic,” loved it, and am looking for stuff like that.
scoop — The Washington Post is piloting a program that will allow sources in its articles to annotate the stories they’re mentioned in. Here's the story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/b...
People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
scoop: the FTC is in talks to approve a huge advertising merger on the eve of Cannes. The catch? It could prohibit the company from withholding ad spending based on political considerations. With @laurenhirsch.bsky.social, @kateconger.com and Tiffany Hsu www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/b...
Adam O’Neal is the Washington correspondent for The Economist. Will Lewis says in a memo to staff that he will follow the Bezosian dictate to champion "personal liberties and free markets," which have driven "entrepreneurialism, innovation and freedom."
BREAKING: Adam O'Neal joins The Washington Post as Opinion Editor
some A.I.’s Instagram wants me to chat with: John Pork, Madison, Mom on the Go and Sloppy Mustard Man
“There are good uses for AI at a newspaper, which is why it’s so puzzling that everyone keeps trying to make AI do not those tasks but the ones it is bad at, the ones that we humans most want to keep for ourselves,” @katzish.bsky.social writes:
new: Shari Redstone Says She Has Thyroid Cancer www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/b...
the irony of saying this about a story appearing in The New York Times
A throwback for the hardcore T-heads
New, with Catie Edmundson: “Trump Asks Congress to Claw Back $9 Billion for Foreign Aid, NPR and PBS” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
NPR CEO Katherine Maher on plan to claw back funding from public broadcasting: “I want to be unequivocal about the significance and urgency of this threat.” Staff memo:
NEWS: PBS is suing President Trump, arguing his order to defund public media is unconstitutional
Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.
new: Business Insider's employee union calls today's layoffs a "brazen pivot away from journalism toward greed."
scoop: Business Insider is reducing staff by 21% as it reduces its reliance on “traffic-sensitive businesses.” Memo from CEO Barbara Peng:
scoop: The Washington Post is announcing voluntary buyouts today targeting video, the copy desk, the opinion section and people who've worked at the company for 10 or more years. A big "are you in or out?" moment for the staff.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...
news: NPR is suing President Trump over his executive order cutting off funding for public media.
The Freedom of the Press Foundation says it has notified Paramount that it intends to file a shareholder lawsuit if the company settles President Trump’s CBS News complaint: freedom.press/issues/we-pl...
News: The Washington Post Tech Guild says it won its union election “in a 171-38 blowout vote.” newsguild.org/washington-p...
Washington Post journalists are plugging Will Lewis’s latest memo — about returning to the office — into an A.I. writing detector. Screenshots:
I wrote about Every, which is one of the weirdest and most interesting media companies going right now: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/b...
I finally got my lifelong obsession into The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
scoop: last week, Paramount CEO George Cheeks considered airing a special that would pre-empt the season finale of "60 Minutes," including a story on Trump's IRS. The idea disturbed CBS News execs. w/ Grynbaum and @laurenhirsch.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
scoop w/ @jessicatesta.bsky.social : @karaswisher.bsky.social new deal at Vox Media with Scott Galloway is expected to generate $100 million over four years, with the pair keeping 70% after some costs: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
NEW: World Press Photo is suspending its credit to Nick Ut, the former Associated Press photograher who has been credited with the iconic "Napalm Girl" photo for a half-century. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
NEWS: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has amended its bylaws to prohibit anyone — including the president — from firing board directors without a two-thirds vote of the remaining directors.
Scoop: CNN’s New Streaming Service Will Debut This Fall www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/b...
The @claremalone.bsky.social deep dive on The Washington Post is out: “Is Jeff Bezos Selling Out the Washington Post?” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
news: A group of U.S. senators, including Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are urging Shari Redstone, Paramount's controlling shareholder, not to settle President Trump's lawsuit against "60 Minutes."
scoop: Wall Street Journal EIC Emma Tucker says the newspaper has hired former NYT Opinion columnist Pamela Paul. She will be a “senior special writer” reporting to Mike Miller.
NEW: Trump Administration kills grant for PBS children’s shows www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
memo from Mark Lazarus, chief executive of Comcast's SpinCo, which will be named...VERSANT!
Lucas sporting vintage Ghorman twill
"An affront to the First Amendment." NPR, PBS, and local stations across the U.S. are balking at President Trump's order to eliminate funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/b...
Susan Goldberg, president of GBH in Boston, says that loss of federal funding would be "a crippling blow for the millions of people who rely on our services for news and education, especially children."
NEWS: I'm told that roughly a dozen employees are being laid off at The Los Angeles Times today
NPR goes in on Trump’s EO defunding public media: “We will challenge this Executive Order using all means available.” www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
NEWS: PBS Chief Executive Paula Kerger calls President Trump's executive order defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "blatantly unlawful"
