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

“I wouldn't say it has quelled any of the anxieties." @nataliekorach.bsky.social reviewed leaked video of an Axel Springer all-hands meeting in which staffers grilled chief Mathias Döpfner over the publishing giant's rapid embrace of A.I. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/axel-sprin...

McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...

Scoop: McClatchy has quietly laid off dozens of staffers across multiple divisions, including shuttering its D.C. bureau. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...

Scoop: Paramount started negotiating Jon Stewart's renewal deal a few weeks ago, when Paramount's TV chief George Cheeks met with the comedian and his agent in NYC. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/jon-stewar...

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...

In the latest episode of Power Lines, @passantino.bsky.social and I discussed why Tucker Carlson's chummy chat with Nick Fuentes is particularly troublesome—and what it says about the future of the conservative movement. Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDpt...

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Imagine having Elon Musk's red-pilled A.I. bot Grok infused into your Tesla. Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/xRpE9E7GQTM?... Or listen via a podcasting app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

Tucker's embrace of Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes has ignited a civil war on the right. I wrote about how traditional conservatives outraged by this mainstreaming of hatred helped unleash the monster that Fuentes himself says radicalized him, via @status.news www.status.news/p/tucker-car...

"Years of tolerance and even embrace of conspiracy theories, election lies, and bigotry have reshaped the MAGA base and its media ecosystem, giving credence to radical voices that have pushed the party...deeper into grievance and hate," @passantino.bsky.social writes. www.status.news/p/tucker-car...

The latest episode of Power Lines is out. In this week's episode, we discuss Tucker Carlson's chummy chat with a white nationalist, outrage at NBC/MSNBC over Comcast's ballroom donation, CBS News upheaval, and more. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/xRpE9E7GQTM?... Listen: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

Zohran Mamdani is showing Democrats how to interact with the media. Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/xRpE9E7GQTM?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

If Nick Fuentes got "radicalized on race" by Mark Levin, imagine where the new generation will be, listening to the likes of Tucker Carlson & Nick Fuentes. @passantino.bsky.social and I discuss on Power Lines. Watch via YouTube: youtu.be/xRpE9E7GQTM?... Listen here: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

Tucker Carlson has a lengthy history pulling people from the fringes into the MAGA mainstream. Now he's trying to do that with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/xRpE9E7GQTM?... Or listen via a podcasting app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

"Forget trick or treat. Hollywood has become feast or famine," @brianlowry.bsky.social writes for @status.news: www.status.news/p/media-layo...

Donald Trump has spent years calling Comcast chief Brian Roberts a "lowlife" & insulting the company as "Concast." And what does Roberts do in return? Write Trump a ballroom check. Watch Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/xRpE9E7GQTM?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

At Status_, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social indicates that Comcast may also be in the running to bid for Warner Bros. WBD's Zaslav, no doubt, would be happy to have competitive bidders, but Trump's contempt for Comcast Chairman David Roberts may get in the way: www.status.news/p/comcast-wa... 1/4

Comcast signaled the company could make a move for Warner Bros. Discovery’s storied studio and HBO Max streamer—raising questions about how far it’s willing to go to court Donald Trump and get a deal across the finish line. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/comcast-wa...

If Comcast wants to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's assets and pull off a deal with Trump in office, it will almost certainly have to find ways to stroke the president’s ego. So the question is: How far is the company willing to go? More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/comcast-wa...

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...

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...

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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.

NBC News and MSNBC journalists are appalled after learning their parent company, Comcast, helped bankroll Donald Trump’s ballroom—prompting behind-the-scenes venting and on-air rebukes of the corporate giant. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/comcast-ba...

Staffers at NBC News and MSNBC are furious after it was revealed their parent company Comcast donated to Donald Trump's ballroom project. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/comcast-ba...

Behind the scenes, John Dickerson had been negotiating his exit for weeks after deciding to resign as the network heads in a new editorial direction under David Ellison's ownership. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/john-dicke...

Behind the scenes, John Dickerson had been negotiating his exit for weeks after deciding to resign as the network heads in a new editorial direction under David Ellison's ownership. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/john-dicke...

CNN chief Mark Thompson met privately with the White House last week. The next morning, he urged the network to ease up on its coverage of Trump's East Room demolition. The scoop from @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...

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...

Donald Trump has spent years mocking Comcast chief Brian Roberts as a “lowlife”—now Roberts is helping fund Trump’s new White House ballroom, a move that’s left some of his own journalists mortified. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/funding-tr...

"For Comcast and its chairman Brian Roberts, it marks a moment of corporate humiliation, being publicly shamed on his own air for deference to Trump, the same vengeful president who has repeatedly targeted Roberts by name," @passantino.bsky.social writes. www.status.news/p/funding-tr...

An Ellison family takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery could have profound consequences for the entertainment industry—and Donald Trump appears to be putting his thumb on the scale. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ellison-wa...

Karoline Leavitt’s “Your Mom Did” Meltdown. Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/41Uu6-h1l-g?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

The latest episode of Power Lines is out. In this week's episode, we discuss Fox News' war on Zohran Mamdani, Karoline Leavitt's "your mom did" meltdown, and David Ellison's play for CNN-parent company WBD. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/41Uu6-h1l-g?... Listen here: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

Halloween has arrived early in Hollywood, as the Ellisons' buying spree - with Trump's thumb potentially on the scale - is fueling fears about deep job cuts and a shrinking roster of buyers www.status.news/p/ellison-wa...

"But it should not be overlooked that if Trump indeed exerts a kind of patronage on behalf of the Ellisons...the repercussions will impact...workers far below the tax bracket of pampered liberal movie stars that MAGA world loves to bash" — @brianlowry.bsky.social www.status.news/p/ellison-wa...

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Bari Weiss has been moving quickly to reshape CBS News. Now @status.news has learned she's privately expressed interest in tapping Fox News anchor Bret Baier to helm the CBS Evening News. The scoop in tonight's newsletter www.status.news/p/bret-baier...

Barely a month into her CBS tenure, Bari Weiss is making moves that reveal how she intends to reshape the network—including an eyebrow-raising interest in Fox News anchor Bret Baier. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bret-baier...

Scoop: Bari Weiss has discussed hiring Fox News anchor Bret Baier for CBS News. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bret-baier...

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...

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...

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...

Why did David Zaslav publicly hang up the for sale sign on WBD today? “I think it’s a nothingburger to drum up interest and drive up the stock price,” one veteran media exec noted. What many insiders believe Zaslav is actually trying to do now, in @status.news www.status.news/p/warner-bro...

David Zaslav finds himself in a David-vs-David showdown, fighting to keep control of Warner Bros. Discovery as Oracle scion David Ellison circles with a bid that could end his reign. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...

While David Zaslav is working overtime to project momentum and prompt a bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s questionable whether there really is a serious, more attractive bid in the wings than David Ellison’s roughly $24-a-share offer. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...

I guess I just feel like it should be a bigger deal that Penske Media owns the Golden Globes and ALSO Rolling Stone, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Indiewire, GoldDerby, and Deadline, plus 20% of Vox Media