As U.S. and Israeli forces launch deadly strikes on Iran, the inherent challenges of covering the country are exacerbated by recent newsroom cuts, social media distortion, and a White House prone to telling lies. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/iran-war-m...

As the U.S. and Israel launch strikes on Iran, U.S. news outlets are largely covering the conflict from afar, navigating Iran’s information black box and shrinking foreign reporting resources www.status.news/p/iran-war-m...

New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues. In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."

Suffice to say, the mood inside CNN is not good tonight. “We are doomed," one staffer texted me. “The panic at CNN right now is off the charts,” an insider added. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-david-...

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. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-david-...

Axel Springer is closing in on POLITICO’s next editor-in-chief, as staffers brace for how John Harris’ successor could steer the publication’s next chapter. The full story in @status.news: www.status.news/p/politico-e...

Scoop: Axel Springer chief Mathias Döpfner and other senior execs met with final candidates for Politico’s top editor job this week as the search narrows Döpfner had a packed week in DC, also meeting with WH chief of staff Susie Wiles www.status.news/p/politico-e...

Scoop: As Bari Weiss works to recruit high-wattage stars to CBS News, she's dangling lucrative contracts in front of potential hires. They're still turning her down. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

After The Washington Post’s retreat from local news and sports, rival outlets are racing to fill the void, scooping up displaced talent and capitalizing on the opportunity. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Scoop: As The Washington Post gutted metro and sports, the Baltimore Banner quietly secured the domains DCBanner. com and TheDCBanner. com, as competitors look to capitalize on the vacuum in local coverage www.status.news/p/washington...

As NBC supports Savannah Guthrie through an unimaginable personal ordeal, industry veterans tell Status the network will eventually have to consider difficult questions about the future of “Today.” More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/today-show...

“Today’s” Unsettled Tomorrow As NBC supports Savannah Guthrie through her unimaginable family tragedy, I spoke to industry veterans about how the network could soon face challenging questions about the future of the expansive morning show franchise www.status.news/p/today-show...

While Anderson Cooper cited the desire to spend more time with family as he announced his exit from “60 Minutes,” Status has learned that deeper issues at the Bari Weiss-led network played a role in his stunning departure. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anderson-c...

Scoop: Anderson Cooper had grown increasingly uneasy with the direction of CBS News under Bari Weiss, contributing to his decision to exit "60 Minutes." Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anderson-c...

While Anderson Cooper publicly said he’s exiting “60 Minutes” to spend more time with family, @status.news has learned he was uncomfortable with Bari Weiss’ direction. “He’s in a position where he doesn’t have to put up with it,” an insider said. The full story: www.status.news/p/anderson-c...

NewsNation marketed itself as "unbiased" news only to take a visible right turn. “A lot of people within the network believe that the network has gone hard right to appeal to Trump and Brendan Carr,” a former staffer told @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news www.status.news/p/newsnation...

The Nexstar-owned NewsNation has visibly tilted right, staffing up on former Fox News personalities in what insiders believe to be an effort to smooth its expansion plans. The details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/newsnation...

As Nexstar seeks FCC approval for its Tegna merger, its cable upstart NewsNation has pivoted rightward, a shift some insiders see as a bid to curry favor with the Trump admin www.status.news/p/newsnation...

Savannah Guthrie’s mother’s disappearance is sending a jolt through TV newsrooms, with execs reassessing how to protect talent as anchors share more of their personal lives online www.status.news/p/savannah-g...

The abrupt exit of Washington Post publisher Will Lewis served as a cathartic moment for staff in the wake of mass layoffs—but it does little to lift the dark clouds hanging over the paper’s future. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

“Good f**king riddance,” one staffer told @nataliekorach.bsky.social. “Will’s legacy can be summed up as nothing more than having destroyed an institution in American media.” Go inside The Washington Post after CEO/publisher Will Lewis' abrupt exit: www.status.news/p/washington...

Will Lewis’ abrupt exit from WaPo, days after mass layoffs, prompted relief and rage inside the newsroom with little love lost for the departing exec “Will’s legacy can be summed up as nothing more than having destroyed an institution in American media” www.status.news/p/washington...

Scoop w/ @nataliekorach.bsky.social: Washington Post leadership spiked a story that had been prepared by the newspaper's media desk, covering the historic layoffs at the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper. Details in @status.news: link.status.news/4ai6W4C

Scoop: MS NOW is in advanced discussions with Crooked Media on an arrangement to license its popular digital shows for broadcast on its linear channel. Details on the network's push into podcasting in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...

MS NOW’s push into video podcasts is accelerating, with the progressive network now in advanced discussions to license popular digital shows for air from Crooked Media and others. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...

Scoop: As Washington Post leadership laid off hundreds of staffers this week, exec editor Matt Murray blocked the paper’s media desk from covering the cuts, spiking a pre-written story despite internal lobbying www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...

Bezos is letting the darkness consume an institution he once proudly treasured—and as so many at The Post suspect, it’s hard to imagine at this point that it’s all by accident. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

As The Washington Post cleaved off a third of its workforce, chief executive Will Lewis and owner Jeff Bezos were nowhere to be found—leaving the storied institution to profusely bleed while its top leaders hid from accountability. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

"As captain of the ship, he navigated the vessel into stormy seas, hit an iceberg that imperiled a third of the crew, and then hid from those remaining who were understandably wanting to question him on how the institution recovers from the traumatic episode." www.status.news/p/washington...

Inside the WaPo newsroom, which is reeling from a devastating round of layoffs and fuming that Will Lewis and Jeff Bezos are still MIA “He’s a coward,” one staffer said of Lewis www.status.news/p/washington...

New memo from WaPo exec editor Matt Murray as the newsroom reels from this morning’s round of cuts, which I’m told impacted up to a third of the workforce

“We simply haven’t evolved our model or many operations and processes as much as we should have, and we’ve even missed out on some opportunities,” Murray said during the call as rationale behind the significant cuts

WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast “Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said More in tonight’s Status

New memo from WaPo exec editor Matt Murray with layoffs expected to be implemented across the newspaper today

OpenAI is funding Axios' local expansion into several new communities around the country as it embraces A.I. in its news products. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/axios-open...

Scoop: OpenAI is funding Axios Local’s expansion into nine new communities this year, an additional investment from the AI firm that builds on the companies’ existing three-year partnership www.status.news/p/axios-open...

From taunting journalists as “fake news” to now outright arresting them, the charges against Don Lemon signal that Donald Trump’s attacks on the press have reached a chilling new extreme. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...

Don Lemon's arrest is a "dangerous turn" in Donald Trump's war with the media "that puts the U.S. on footing often associated with authoritarian regimes, not democratic ones." Read more from @nataliekorach.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...

First he taunted the media as "fake news." Then the "enemy of the people." Then he filed a wave of meritless lawsuits. And allowed a raid on a WaPo reporter. Now journalists are being outright arrested. It's a disturbing moment in America. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...

“I have spent my entire career covering the news. I will not stop now,” Don Lemon declared outside court today Hours after his release, he was already livestreaming as Trump’s attacks on press freedom reach new extremes www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...

Glad to see The NYT catch up to @nataliekorach.bsky.social, who reported the planned cuts more than a week ago in @status.news and has continued to scoop details about them well-ahead of others. See: www.status.news/p/washington... and www.status.news/p/washington...

Scoop: WaPo exec editor Matt Murray announced Carla Broyles as deputy managing editor for print, replacing Brian Cleveland, who is stepping away from the paper for personal reasons, according to a memo sent to staffers

As Jeff Bezos continues to snub The Washington Post, the mood inside the newsroom has darkened—though staffers are pressing on with not only public, but behind-the-scenes appeals to the billionaire, Status has learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

New: As layoffs near, WaPo sports staffers have received individual calls from the desk’s leadership, who haven’t discouraged them from seeking work elsewhere Meanwhile, metro and foreign teams are ramping up appeals to Jeff Bezos for intervention www.status.news/p/washington...

As Jeff Bezos mingles with the elite in Paris, staffers at The Washington Post are pleading for him to intervene ahead of planned layoffs—and have even discussed enlisting the likes of Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep to help, Status has learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos...

Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

"The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher." @nataliekorach.bsky.social has reporting from inside The Washington Post as staffers brace for major cuts. Details in the (free) Sunday edition of @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one Post staffer said" www.status.news/p/washington...

New: Post Parting Depression Washington Post staffers are questioning Jeff Bezos’ commitment to the paper as they brace for company-wide layoffs in February that could impact as many as 300 employees, with upwards of 100 cuts expected to hit the newsroom www.status.news/p/washington...