NPR's statement on CPB's closure: "The end of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) marks the close of a defining chapter in American public media. It does not mark the end of our mission."

The National Press Club put out a statement condemning the detention of journalists in Venezuela:

Venezuela detains journalists and seizes communication devices after Maduro’s removal www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

GQ's top editor Will Welch is leaving the magazine to go work with Pharrell, per an email he sent to staff. His last day is February 15.

“You can’t possibly hold both positions, that Twitter is the public square, but also if you don’t want to get raped by the chatbot, you need to log off,” she said. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, gutted of federal funds, votes to dissolve www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“I’m constantly confused by what her definition of ‘making news’ is,” a second current CBS News staffer said. “It seems like she only cares about big names saying controversial things. That’s not the same as newsworthiness.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

One rocky moment during Tony Doukopil's Evening News debut: "As to other news now, to Governor Walz. No, we're gonna do Mark Kelly. First day. First day—big problems here. What? Are we going to Kelly here or are we gonna go to Jonah Kaplan?" We're doing Mark Kelly."

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting board voted to dissolve the organization, a decision that follows congressional defunding this summer and a legal tiff with NPR this fall.

"Democrats are celebrating signs that the tide is turning their way for the 2026 midterms. But translating dissatisfaction with Donald Trump into an electoral tsunami, or even a wave election, will be much harder to achieve than in years past." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Versant Media Group (VSNT) is now trading on the Nasdaq following its split from Comcast. Stock price is down 13.65% so far this morning.

D.C. experienced a 32% drop in homicides for the second consecutive year, according to city data, with police investigating 127 homicides in 2025 compared to 187 in 2024 and 274 the year before, the deadliest year in more than two decades. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Marco Rubio has held many titles during Donald Trump’s presidency. He may have just acquired his most challenging one yet: Viceroy of Venezuela. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Tony Dokoupil is anchoring tonight from San Francisco where the new CBS Evening News anchor was set to begin a multi-city road tour on Monday, according to two CBS News staffers familiar. The show was set to start in Miami, but it was changed recently to SF. It is unclear why.

New York Magazine Put Mamdani’s Team on Its Cover. One Aide Was Erased. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...

“The question is going to be, is Hoffmann going to make that investment in original unique local reporting that will drive digital subscriptions, which he seems to believe is a cornerstone of his business model,” Franklin said. apnews.com/article/lee-...

"Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US … which was really a falcon in Israel" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Kennedy Center adopted bylaws earlier this year that limited voting to presidentially appointed trustees. Scoop by @janaykingsberry.bsky.social + @kelseyables.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

We obtained the Kennedy Center’s bylaws and found they were revised this year to specify that only presidentially appointed board members could vote. The change came months before Trump-appointed trustees voted to rename the center after him. From me and @kelseyables.bsky.social: wapo.st/4baSiya

The Kennedy Center Honors averaged 3.01 million viewers, according to Nielsen, down from a previous nadir of 4.1 million viewers last year. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

A short life spent making a difference: Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of JFK, dies at 35 @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

I didn't know Tatiana very well, but back in 2009, she was the first person ever to edit a music essay I wrote! She encouraged me to start writing and to keep going, and it was a gift I will be grateful for until the day I die www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Tatiana Schlossberg, the climate journalist whose terminal illness and position in the Kennedy family thrust her into the national spotlight late in life, died today at age 35. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Thank you to all the people who trusted me with their stories in 2025. Regular reminder: If there's anything going on in your news organization that I should know about, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.

"Never had a femme been so fatale." www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

"Torre has become almost as ubiquitous among online sports fans as Dave Portnoy (Barstool) and Pat McAfee (ESPN), and he has done it in improbable fashion: by morphing from a talking head into an investigative reporter." @benjstrauss.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

What an essay. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New >> Bari Weiss explained her decision to hold a “60 Minutes” segment earlier this week in an email to CBS News staff Wednesday, saying she is working to win back the trust of American viewers. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

On CBS, it was still the Kennedy Center Honors www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

Trump once again calls for broadcast licenses to be removed because, he says, network newscasts and late-night shows are “almost 100% negative” toward him. (Network parent companies hold licenses only for owned-and-operation local stations.)

Trump posts on Truth Social that CBS should put Stephen Colbert “to sleep.”

CBS News’s standards dept. last week instructed staffers to maintain the original Kennedy Center name: "If the president or other administration officials use the new name in a soundbite that is their prerogative.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

On CBS, the Kennedy Center Honors was still the Kennedy Center Honors. w/ @janaykingsberry.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

If you know what's going on inside of CBS News or Paramount Skydance, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.

“Though the segment wasn’t aired in the United States, it was briefly made available in Canada.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Tanya Simon, the E.P. of "60 Minutes" told the show's staff she stood by the shelved segment but could not allay the concerns of the network’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss. "She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply." Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:

INSIDE EL CECOT (GIFT LINK) The Post's reporting on the Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration sent migrants deported from the United States, based on interviews with 16 former detainees wapo.st/3KUUv6n

Larry Ellison is now personally guaranteeing $40 billion in equity financing for Paramount Skydance's hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bari Weiss defended her decision to halt a "60 Minutes" story on a newsroom call this morning. "We simply need to do more." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

CBS News abruptly pulled an investigative “60 Minutes” segment on the Trump administration’s deportations of migrants to El Salvador’s CECOT prison after the Trump admin refused to grant an interview, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"Alfonsi wrote that she learned Saturday that Weiss killed the story, which she says was screened five times and cleared by both the standards and practices department and the network’s attorneys." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

In an internal memo, seen by CNN, Sharyn Alfonsi predicted that "the public will correctly identify this" as corporate censorship. WaPo has more from Alfonsi here >>>

CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The name changed on the building, but it largely did not change across the internet. Media orgs and other websites are sticking with "Kennedy Center" (exception: Yelp) www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Less than a day after the Kennedy Center announced it was renaming itself after the president, the signage was already updated at its iconic building. But across the internet, the name was largely unchanged.

“.. I expect that there will be a systematic undoing of most all of these changes when the Democrats return to control of the White House,” he said, calling the renamings without congressional approval “ludicrous actions.” @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“At The Atlantic, the Department of Defense is the Department of Defense, the Kennedy Center is the Kennedy Center, and the Gulf of Mexico is the Gulf of Mexico.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Donald Trump is on a renaming spree. It’s now up to media, internet platforms, and other institutions to decide what to call the Kennedy Center. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

New: Multiple sources told me that, contrary to a financial disclosure form, Sherrod Brown was paid $500, not $7,000 for an op-ed in the New York Times earlier this year. The Brown campaign confirms, tells me it was a "clerical error" and it's submitting an updated disclosure.