Asked directly whether the network was trying to kill the show, longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft didn’t hesitate: “Yes, I think so. I don’t know how you escape that conclusion.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Asked directly whether the network was trying to kill the show, longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft didn’t hesitate: “Yes, I think so. I don’t know how you escape that conclusion.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The question hanging over Nick Bilton’s appointment is whether “60 Minutes” needs fixing at all — and if so, whether he’s the one to do it. w @scottnover.bsky.social Gift link wapo.st/4dPh32F

Bari Weiss picked an outsider to lead “60 Minutes” after a spate of firings. Can Nick Bilton shake it up without breaking it even more? w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The Washington Star Company is suing NOTUS Media, which plans to rebrand as The Star, for infringing on its trademark. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I'm interested in talking with "60 Minutes" staffers — past and present — about the show and how the network is overhauling it. You can reach me securely from a nonwork device via Signal: scottnover.99

Trump filed an amended complaint in the previously dismissed defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over the Epstein letter story. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

CNN sued AI firm Perplexity alleging copyright infringement. Here's the complaint, filed this morning in S.D.N.Y.: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

CBS News journalist Sharyn Alfonsi is departing “60 Minutes,” months after a high-profile clash with CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss. Alfonsi said her contract expired Saturday, ending a decade-long tenure with the network's flagship program.

“In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like ‘modernization’ and ‘restructuring’ to explain away my departure. Don’t be misled.”

Condé Nast settled a labor dispute with three employees who were fired last year after confronting the company’s human resources chief, paying $400,000 to the group and reinstating their jobs, according to the NewsGuild of New York.

Condé Nast settled a labor dispute with three employees who were fired last year after confronting the company’s human resources chief, paying $400,000 to the group. New from me and @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Condé Nast settles with staffers fired after confronting executive. The media company will pay out more than $400,000 to three of the fired employees. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“.. In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like ‘modernization’ and ‘restructuring’ to explain away my departure. Don’t be misled,” she added. @scottnover.bsky.social #$PSKY www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: Sharyn Alfonsi is OUT at "60 Minutes," months after her feud with Bari Weiss. The CBS veteran lambasted the network for prioritizing “access journalism over accountability and protecting power rather than scrutinizing it.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

According to a new financial disclosure, George Conway made $330,314.56 last year from Center Enterprises, the parent company of The Bulwark. (h/t @aaronschaffer.com) disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/...

>> NEW with @merylkornfield.bsky.social: The Trump administration is proposing NDAs for all federal workers. The rule, aimed at cracking down on leaks to media organizations, would expand nondisclosure agreements instituted at the Pentagon and other agencies.

New: James Murdoch is building a very different kind of media empire. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Laura Loomer is appealing her defamation suit against Bill Maher after a district court judge tossed it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Eoin Higgins and Hachette are asking for $178,732.50 in attorney's fees from Matt Taibbi.

James Murdoch, the son of mogul Rupert Murdoch, is buying New York Magazine and Vox — a deal that cements his journalistic ambitions apart from the conservative media empire built by his family. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Breaking: The New York Times has filed a second lawsuit against the Pentagon, asking a judge to strike down as unconstitutional Secretary Pete Hegseth's requirement that journalists accessing the building be accompanied by a government escort. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Breaking: The New York Times has filed a second lawsuit against the Defense Department, this time challenging the escort requirement for journalists covering the Pentagon.

NEW: I sat down with Georgia Fort, who was arrested in January while covering a protest at a St. Paul church. Months later, she says she is still being silenced. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: BuzzFeed's sale to Byron Allen is a coda that might have seemed unfathomable a decade ago when it boasted soaring traffic and was the envy of every millennial in media. Allen has an audacious plan for BuzzFeed: compete with YouTube. w/ Elahe Izadi www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Kari Lake, the former TV anchor who twice ran unsuccessfully for public office and became Trump's global media czar, is Trump's pick for ambassador to Jamaica. A federal judge recently ruled she was running the U.S. Agency for Global Media illegally. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: Trump nominated Kari Lake as U.S. ambassador to Jamaica. If confirmed, it will mark the end of a tumultuous tenure in charge of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America, in which she shrunk the agency while fighting its employees in court.

Ted Turner is dead at 87. The media mogul revolutionized cable television — and the news industry. Our obituary: www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

A federal judge dismissed Matt Taibbi's defamation suit against Eoin Higgins. ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov/doc1/1270395...

Breaking: The EEOC has sued the New York Times, alleging that it violated federal law by discriminated against a white, male employee, passing him over for a promotion.

The Washington Post has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of DOGE and the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal workforce. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A "study documented a Houston–to–Kansas City route that was serviced only by United. Tickets on average went for $300—until 2014, when Spirit also began to service the route. Spirit offered fares closer to $90, and United was forced to bring the average fare down to $180" - @scottnover.bsky.social

We're live-blogging the House Armed Services Committee hearing ft. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine. I'm watching for any questions about Hegseth's restrictions on the Pentagon press corps and Stars & Stripes. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

“This is unprecedented, unlawful, and going nowhere,” said Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat on the panel. “It is a political stunt and it won’t stick. Companies should challenge it head-on. The First Amendment is on their side” @scottnover.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump called CBS's Norah O'Donnell a "disgrace" for reading from the suspected White House Correspondents' dinner shooter's manifesto on 60 Minutes — touching on a longstanding debate over whether journalists should quote violent attackers. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: Trump called CBS's Norah O'Donnell "disgraceful" for reading from the White House Correspondents' dinner suspected shooter's "manifesto" on 60 Minutes. He touched on a longstanding debate about media ethics. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

BREAKING: The FCC ordered an early review of Disney's ABC licenses over DEI practices; but it comes amid a heated fight between Trump and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Disney said it's prepared to fight "through the appropriate legal channels" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Following the shooting that disrupted the WHCA dinner, critics of the event — and of Trump’s relationship with the press — have renewed calls to end the schmoozing between journalists and the administration. My latest with @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

The shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner has sparked conspiracy theories on the left and right that it was staged to drum up support for Trump and his ballroom, @liamjscott.bsky.social reports. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Today, we look back at April 30, 2011 — the infamous White House correspondents’ dinner when Donald Trump was the joke. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

BREAKING: The Pentagon has fired the Stars and Stripes ombudsman — the role Congress created to protect the military paper's editorial independence — after she publicly criticized the DOD's overhaul of the publication. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250M, alleging defamation. The magazine said it stands by its reporting and will “vigorously defend" itself and its journalists in court. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel has sued The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick alleging defamation and seeking $250M in damages.

New: We found out how much money Nick Fuentes makes from "superchats": $900,000 since the start of Trump's second term. Here's the story of Kristine in Ohio, a food-truck operator who became his most frequent donor, despite not making much money herself: wapo.st/4mERkhv

NPR announced Thursday it recevied a $113M windfall from two donors — months after Congress stripped federal funding to public media. One anonymous donor gave $33M. Connie Ballmer gave $80M, the largest single gift for a living donor in NPR's history. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"As president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the 1990s, Mr. Klose oversaw the state-funded broadcaster’s relocation from Berlin to Prague — a post-Cold War move rife with symbolism for the organization, which had long broadcast news into communist and authoritarian societies."

Kevin Klose, a longtime correspondent for The Washington Post who later as president of NPR helped secure a $200 million gift from Joan Kroc, died Wednesday at 85. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

The Athletic’s Dianna Russini resigned after the New York Post published photos of her with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel, which sparked an ethics probe of her conduct. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Big news in local news! The Baltimore Banner’s nonprofit publisher is buying the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, keeping the paper running. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...