Scoop: NewsGuild responds to Condé Nast leadership firing 4 staffers over conduct violations and filing a charge against the union with the NLRB “These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract”

Axel Springer staffers confronted chief Mathias Döpfner over the publishing giant’s rapid embrace of A.I., which many fear could cost them their jobs, according to a video of the meeting leaked to Status. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/axel-sprin...

Inside Axel Springer’s Weds town hall, where editorial staffers pressed execs on AI, leaving with no real answers and a confirmation that more pain is coming “The truth is, you either embrace A.I. or you die,” CEO Mathias Döpfner said status.news/p/axel-springer-ai-business-insider-mathias-dopfner

Ahead of the the 50th anniversary of "Good Morning America," executive producer Simone Swink sat down with Status to discuss the show’s legacy and its future. www.status.news/p/gma-50th-a...

This week I sat down with GMA executive producer Simone Swink at ABC News’ new digs, ahead of tomorrow’s 50th anniversary show “We're not just competing with another show,” Swink acknowledged, looking to the future of the brand. “We're competing with your phone” www.status.news/p/gma-50th-a...

CBS News endured a “traumatic” day Wednesday, as David Ellison’s Paramount slashed hundreds of jobs in a sweeping round of cuts. @nataliekorach.bsky.social has all the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...

It was a “traumatic” day at CBS News, as David Ellison’s Paramount unleashed a fresh wave of layoffs across the company, hitting the news division hard. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...

Inside another “traumatic” day at CBS News, where cuts spanned from Johannesburg to LA “It’s getting harder to show up to this place with your head held high, and even harder some days to leave with it held the same,” one person familiar tells me. www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...

Scoop: CBS News’ "Evening News Plus," the streaming companion show hosted by John Dickerson, has been canceled and the team was eliminated amid Paramount layoffs, I'm told. More in tonight's edition of Status.

Scoop: During a trip to DC last week, CNN CEO Mark Thompson made a visit to the White House, where he promoted the network’s new streamer Staffers were taken aback the next morning when Thompson urged them to ease up on East Wing renovation coverage www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...

Inside The Washington Post, "the mood is grim" as staffers brace for even more cuts ahead of the holiday season. Details from @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure as chief executive. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Scoop: WaPo head of visuals Greg Manifold is leaving for other opportunities, according to an internal memo It’s the latest gut punch to the WaPo newsroom, which is anticipating significant cuts to audio, sports and metro divisions ahead www.status.news/p/washington...

Scoop: Jay Penske, who owns the Golden Globes, is pitching far-right podcasters with a proposal that they spend upwards of $75,000 to boost their chances of winning this year's inaugural podcasting award. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/golden-glo...

Jay Penske’s Golden Globes are debuting a “Best Podcast” award—and documents obtained by Status show he’s trying to sell pricey packages that could boost the chances of right-wing extremists winning the award. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/golden-glo...

In February 2024, Ingrassia wrote: “We need competent white men in positions of leadership. … The founding fathers were wrong that all men are created equal … We need to reject that part of our heritage,” according to the text exchange. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

The Los Angeles Times Guild is eager to avert an unprecedented strike by capitalizing on Patrick Soon-Shiong’s fixation with an IPO—but will the strategy pay off? Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/los-angele...

The LA Times Guild has proposed a deal to management that could avert an unprecedented strike, @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/los-angele...

Scoop: The LAT Guild is set to meet with management on Tuesday after the union proposed a deal that would avert an unprecedented strike, conceding on pay in order to maintain seniority clauses www.status.news/p/los-angele...

Trying Times in L.A. The Los Angeles Times Guild is eager to avert an unprecedented strike by capitalizing on Patrick Soon-Shiong’s fixation with an IPO—but will the strategy pay off? www.status.news/p/los-angele...

NBC News is reeling from its biggest round of cuts in years, cutting about 150 staffers as it divorces itself from MSNBC and CNBC. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/nbc-news-l...

Scoop: Vox poached Astead Herndon from NYT to host a new video podcast and serve as editorial director starting on Oct 20. Herndon’s move is a significant loss for The NYT, which only just published his extensive magazine cover story about the rise of Zohran Mamdani www.status.news/p/nbc-news-l...

NBC News is reeling from its biggest round of cuts in years, cutting about 150 staffers as it divorces itself from MSNBC and CNBC My latest for Status www.status.news/p/nbc-news-l...

Scoop: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil for an interview that will air later today on CBS

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. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/pentagon-p...

MSNBC will be spending roughly $20 million on marketing in the weeks ahead as it rebrands to MS NOW, @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports as she looks at the progressive network's post-NBCU future. www.status.news/p/msnbc-new-...

A live event this weekend in NYC showed off MSNBC’s connection with its viewers. But bigger challenges lie ahead. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/msnbc-new-...

It’s Sunday so I’m back in your inbox: MSNBC’s Future is NOW Fans turned out in droves for MSNBC’s marathon event this weekend but backstage, the network was bracing for what lies ahead www.status.news/p/msnbc-new-...

New: Bari Weiss’ first CBS news booking

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'Donell and Tony Dokoupil in the mix. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

Who is CBS News getting with Bari Weiss? Former colleagues describe her management style to @nataliekorach.bsky.social as chaotic and abrasive—raising questions about how she’ll lead one of America’s most storied newsrooms. Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

“It's chaos. She would admit that she can be difficult to work with. Even for people who totally agree with her.” @nataliekorach.bsky.social speaks to former Bari Weiss colleagues about her management style. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

Scoop: Samantha Henig, who was appointed as the general manager of venture projects for WaPo, tasked with the strategy of now-defunct "third newsroom,” is departing, according to people familiar A WaPo spokesperson declined to comment on the departure. www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

My first edition for @status.news A Bari Trying Time; Another WaPo Departure; Pentagon’s Press Warfare

One year ago today: How Is CBS Marking October 7? By Admonishing Tony Dokoupil — The Free Press Editors www.thefp.com/p/cbs-marks-...

The new episode of Power Lines just dropped, this week co-hosted by @nataliekorach.bsky.social. We call out comedians taking Saudi checks, discuss ICE's assault on journalists, and Fox News' shutdown spin. Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrRt... Or listen: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

So excited to join the @status.news team and contribute to their unflinching coverage of the industry

News: The Bulwark has officially crossed 100k paid subscribers on Substack, a milestone mentioned throughout my story on the independent publication The Bulwark has 830K total subs and sits at #2 on Substack’s politics chart Read more: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Get to know @barakravid.bsky.social, one of the go-to reporters on US/Israel/Iran right now via this @nataliekorach.bsky.social profile www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...

Is Terry Moran Next in the TV News–to–Substack Pipeline? Jim Acosta says “the water is warm” as @meidastouch.com floats a job offer to the former ABC News correspondent. Chris Cillizza says there’s “never been a better time to be on your own.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Fox business reporter Charles Gasparino has been waiting for the relationship between Trump and Elon Musk to implode, and he couldn’t be having more fun covering the matter. VF's @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports:

"I think that people have managed to figure out and separate the signal from the noise at this point," Maggie Haberman tells @nataliekorach.bsky.social of differences in media coverage of Trump 1.0 and 2.0. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

The MSNBC control room was bustling yesterday, with monitors galore and more than a dozen production staffers manning the ship. But Nicolle Wallace wouldn’t be needing the traditional setup for that day’s recording of her new podcast, The Best People www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

🚨 NY NewsGuild responds to Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng’s memo announcing cuts impacting 21% of staffers while “fully embracing AI”:

For @vanityfair.com I wrote about how Biden’s cancer diagnosis further complicates the Democratic Party’s relitigation of what went wrong in the 2024 election www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j...

Breaking: Wendy McMahon announced she will be stepping down from her role as President & CEO of CBS News & Stations and CBS Media Ventures

The Israeli Reporter Getting the Scoop on Trump's High-Stakes Diplomacy I caught up with @barakravid.bsky.social about his path to journalism, moving to DC to cover Trump and why the FBI once showed up at his front door www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...

“Covering foreign policy and national security in Washington, as somebody who came from another country, it’s like going to Disneyland,” @barakravid.bsky.social tells @nataliekorach.bsky.social. “I’m a sick person, but it’s just so much fun.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...

"We live in a time where we have a president that’s making news every day, and some of it is just unreal, and some of it is unbelievable. That just added to the charm of it." @nataliekorach.bsky.social talks to Greg Gutfeld about his new game show—and more www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f...