Scoop: CNN has pushed back the launch of its new weather app, part of its its shift to a digital-first future that includes expanding the network’s lifestyle ambitions. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-stream...

The Oscars are leaving ABC for YouTube as broadcast audiences shrink and streaming grows, exposing the gap between Hollywood’s future and Trump’s nostalgic view of TV, @brianlowry.bsky.social writes. The full story in @status.news: www.status.news/p/oscars-you...

At Turning Point’s annual gathering, MAGA Media’s top stars tore into each other, revealing a high-stakes battle over power, influence, and the future of Trump’s followers. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/turning-po...

As Megyn Kelly attempts to play MAGA peacemaker, an ethically dubious endorsement exposes her ad standards, as well as those of her Fox-owned production company. Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/megyn-kell...

As her first major CBS News town hall draws underwhelming ratings, Bari Weiss gets a public crash course in the metrics of TV success. Now, Status has learned she’s delayed a planned address to staffers about the network’s future. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

FCC Chair Brendan Carr will be on Capitol Hill for rare Congressional testimony on Wednesday—a hearing in which fellow commissioner Anna Gomez will sharply criticize the agency under his watch, Status has learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...

Fox News executives assumed Katie Pavlich would renew her contributor contract, but its smaller rival—with business before Donald Trump’s FCC—spoiled their plans during negotiations, Status has learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/katie-pavl...

Three years after selling to Cox, incentives for Axios’ co-founders have vested, opening the door to a possible exit—a scenario Cox execs have begun informally planning for. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/axios-cox-...

With its backing of Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery bid and Vision 2030 plan, Saudi Arabia wants to establish a major foothold in media. But in Hollywood, buyer and seller should beware. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/hollywood-...

Times are tough for Tim Pool’s “Timcast IRL.” Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/K8-V44NOB34?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

The latest episode of Power Lines just dropped. This week: We discuss Donald Trump's outrageous demand that CNN be sold to new owners, Bari Weiss' interview with Erika Kirk, POLITICO's softball Trump interview, and more. Watch: youtu.be/K8-V44NOB34?... Listen: www.status.news/power-lines

Staffers at The Washington Post revolted en masse after the newspaper debuted an error-prone A.I. podcast feature, according to Slack messages obtained by Status. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Penske Media cuts mark the latest tremors in a brutal year for media jobs, as rolling layoffs and mergers leave newsrooms across the industry in an anxious holding pattern. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/media-layo...

Inside Hudson Yards, CNN staffers are once again panicking about the possibility that David Ellison—who seems willing to compromise the network's integrity—may prove successful in his bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-paramo...

What began as quiet courtship by David Ellison has morphed into a hostile takeover attempt of Warner Bros. Discovery—with the battle only likely to get messier in the days ahead. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Netflix’s $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. spares CNN from a future under Paramount and Bari Weiss, but leaves plenty of new threats on the horizon. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-netfli...

A sensational claim by Glenn Beck’s outlet suggesting a conspiracy among law enforcement to frame Trump supporters over Jan. 6 has gone up in flames. Now the outlet is facing the fallout. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-blaze-...

Anti-competitive concerns about Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max are well founded, but it might be the least bad of several unattractive alternatives. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/netflix-wa...

Why couldn’t Olivia Nuzzi answer one simple question? Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/v_HERraP8rw?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

A failed summer deal over "South Park" helped poison the well between David Zaslav and David Ellison—tensions now erupting into plain view as the WBD auction nears its endgame. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...

The Olivia Nuzzi scandal has become a slow-burn crisis inside Vanity Fair, engulfing Condé Nast leadership and raising broader questions about the magazine’s future. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

The Pentagon held its first media briefing in months, hand-selecting a group of MAGA influencers to lob softballs—a charade that disgusted the actual journalists Pete Hegseth exiled earlier this year. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/pentagon-m...

Olivia Nuzzi is set to break her silence as her employer, Condé Nast, attempts to lay low while new allegations mount and questions pile up. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine on a new venture, Status has learned, braving the crowded independent media space with a new political show. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/sean-spice...

It seems like Donald Trump leveraged his relationship with the Ellisons to help his friend, Bret Ratner. Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/q77VlZQzlxQ?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

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For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama. Read their advice in @status.news: www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...

Business Insider is abandoning its paywall and pivoting back to clicks this holiday season, Status has learned, as internal pressures mount and its subscription bet shows new cracks. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

An unnoticed Versant spin-off filing reveals Mark Lazarus’ eye-popping pay package—and the challenges he’ll face steering a declining cable portfolio into the future. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mark-lazar...

The latest Olivia Nuzzi revelations have surfaced new questions about her role and future at Vanity Fair as the unfolding scandal turns up the heat on editor Mark Guiducci. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Take a look at how Fox News is now trying to spin the Epstein Files. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/rcW4JJ0WHz8?... Or listen wherever you get podcasts: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

As Trump wages an assault on ABC, Disney brass have decided to ignore the attacks in hopes of avoiding a tit-for-tat war with the administration, Status has learned, a strategy that comes with its own risks. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/trump-abc-...

We’ll say it: Trump’s attack on ABC News journalist Mary Bruce was un-American. Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/rcW4JJ0WHz8?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

The Warner Bros. Discovery chief has become a lightning rod for controversy, but as he seeks to navigate the sales process, questions loom on whether he’ll stay in the picture. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-zasl...

Condé Nast staffers have been left “shocked” and frustrated, as they watch the latest Olivia Nuzzi revelation derail Vanity Fair’s meticulously planned new-era debut. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix are preparing final bids for Warner Bros. Discovery’s assets, setting up a high-stakes showdown that will reorder the media landscape. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...

Ben Shapiro is mounting an aggressive Golden Globes campaign, buying billboard space in Times Square and within Jay Penske’s media empire in a bid to win the inaugural Best Podcast award. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...

How far will David Ellison and the new Paramount leadership allow “South Park” to go? Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/BGBbISZI6e0?... Or listen wherever you get podcasts: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

At the Los Angeles Times, an all-night marathon negotiation broke a three-year contract impasse between the guild and management—and signaled once again where red-pilled owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's priorities lie. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/los-angele...

Donald Trump’s legal war on the press has crossed the Atlantic—putting the BBC at the center of his most audacious threat yet. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/trump-laws...

The Los Angeles Times Guild informed its members via email Friday that it has "come to a tentative agreement with management on all outstanding issues in the contract.” Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3WTZc2H

For Bob Iger’s successor (or successors), Hollywood in transition and political pressures could take some of the bloom off filling his shoes, and make a case for co-chiefs. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/disney-ceo...

New Epstein emails expose top journalist Michael Wolff’s cozy relationship with the sex predator. Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/BGBbISZI6e0?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

In this week's edition of Power Lines: We discuss how the Epstein Files are exposing Fox News' bias, the BBC in turmoil, Tucker Carlson's chemtrails conspiracy, that "South Park" Trump-Vance sex scene, and more. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGBb... Listen: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

Behind the scenes, Penske Media staffers are privately fuming over pay-to-play podcast pitches sent to right-wing podcasters and outright extremists. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/jay-penske...

The Murdochs are staking a claim to the West Coast, courting advertisers and setting up shop on the Fox studio lot for the launch of the California Post, Status has learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/california...

Disney’s standoff with YouTube TV has left millions in the dark—and while Bob Iger hasn’t spoken publicly about it, Status has learned he candidly discussed the blackout in private with staffers at ABC. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/disney-you...

Bari Weiss’ interest in high-profile journalists under contract at rival networks has struck insiders as naïve, and raised questions about her recruiting tactics. Meanwhile, CBS News staffers are bracing for another round of layoffs. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

After apologizing for defending Tucker Carlson’s platforming of Nick Fuentes, Heritage President Kevin Roberts makes a stunning admission. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/mXDu-1OPTcM?... Or listen wherever you get podcasts: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...