Josh D'Amaro's start at Disney has been an E-ticket ride, but in handling the latest Kimmel fracas, he seems to have learned from past mistakes. Plus: "The Devil Wears Prada 2" is the movie about the death of journalism you didn't know you needed www.status.news/p/josh-damar...

Veteran TV execs tell us that CBS News is a “sinking ship” and describe the historic low “Evening News” ratings as a “train wreck.” Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/jOh_vJ79U3s?... Or listen to the show on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

This is what qualifies as news now at Bari Weiss’ CBS. No accompanying link or article elaborating further on how this is of any significance. Just boosting Trump’s deranged AI posts

‘Every time one of these episodes occurs without acknowledgment from the network, it raises the question of whether Jennings is being afforded a level of tolerance reserved only for CNN’s most aggressive defender of Trump.’ Via @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/scott-jenn...

Behind the scenes after Scott Jennings’ CNN meltdown, @adammockler.com told me the MAGA pundit did not apologize. And the network has said nothing about the ugly incident, putting Jennings back on the air. I suspect there’s a reason why. My latest for @status.news www.status.news/p/scott-jenn...

@adammockler.com tells @passantino.bsky.social that CNN's MAGA pundit Scott Jennings "did not apologize" after blowing up on him in a profanity-laced outburst. Notably, CNN has also declined to comment on the matter. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/scott-jenn...

CNN is silent this morning on Scott Jennings’ angry on-air outburst. @jimacosta.bsky.social writes: Jennings should be fired. As James Earl Jones announces every so often in the network promos, ‘this is CNN.’ Not an episode of the Jerry Springer Show.” jimacosta.substack.com/p/fire-scott...

CBS News has hit historic audience-ratings lows. "It's a disaster," @oliverdarcy.bsky.social tells @passantino.bsky.social at Status. "Obviously, CBS News has a brand image problem with Bari Weiss and David Ellison sucking up to this administration, which I think is repelling viewers."

After a gunman attacked this year's correspondents' dinner, Trump said he wanted to hold another gala within 30 days. That's unlikely to happen, but the WHCA is discussing an unprecedented do-over with tighter security. The details in @status.news www.status.news/p/whcd-corre...

Ratings data obtained by @status.news shows the Tony Dokoupil-led "CBS Evening News" has fallen below 4 million viewers for 3 straight wks. A veteran TV news exec said the audience is rejecting Bari Weiss' "brand of faux centrism." Another called it a "train wreck." www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...

Some news: Bari Weiss axed the CBS News London bureau chief believing her to be biased against Israel and overly sympathetic to Palestinians, a move she’s been plotting since her first day on the job. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

Scoop: When she started as editor in chief in October, Bari Weiss believed CBS News journalists were so biased against Israel that she quipped “they might as well be Hamas.” Much more in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

Following Condé Nast’s cuts last week, @status.news has learned that Us Weekly is slashing its staff by nearly half and shuttering its office, a reflection of the bleak state of the magazine business. The scoop from @nataliekorach.bsky.social www.status.news/p/us-weekly-...

Scoop: Us Weekly is slashing its staff by nearly half and giving up its offices to go fully remote, another sign of the sharp decline of the magazine business www.status.news/p/us-weekly-...

New - a federal judge has dismissed Laura Loomer’s defamation lawsuit against Bill Maher and HBO storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

You'll never believe what this speaker--now cancelled thanks to "free speech" warriors like TPUSA & Sen. Mike Lee--posted about Charlie Kirk. She said she was "gutted" by his murder. She described it as "horrific" and said it "should have never happened." And then she went on to post Kirk's words.

The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas. But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”

New — a federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by FBI Director Kadh Patel against a former FBI agent/cable news commentator storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“The MAGA crowd is made of dumb people — like, SUPER dumb people. And they fall for it.” For my @wired.com feature debut, I talked to Sam, a guy who made thousands of dollars on Instagram by scamming MAGA men with Emily Hart, an AI generated, Trump-loving influencer. www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

CBS News has invited Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller to join them at that execrable dinner, and now, via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, we learn that CBS’s parent, Paramount, has invited Brendan Carr. Yes, that Brendan Carr. www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...

Some news: FCC chairman Brendan Carr, who has used his position to repeatedly threaten media outlets, will attend this year's White House correspondents' dinner as a guest of a major media company. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...

While Kash Patel sues The Atlantic today—the latest Trump admin attempt to silence reporting—we’re raising funds for journalists under legal assault. You can show your support here 👇

We have partnered with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on First Amendment t-shirts, with half of the proceeds going to the non-profit's legal defense fund. The shirts are a limited-run production and only available until April 30. Get yours today: shop.status.news/en-usd/produ...

The same week Paramount-owned CBS toasted its talent, Hollywood's talent pushed back, in a very public way, against Paramount's takeover of WBD, despite the age-old fear of angering a buyer in a contracting business www.status.news/p/hollywood-...

Read the text of this invite below. It is crazed. 'Ellison’s decision to spend time in Washington “honoring” a White House that has made demonizing the press central to its playbook has outraged staffers at CBS News.' www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Exclusive: We obtained a copy of the invitation David Ellison sent for an evening of dinner and cocktails "honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House Correspondents" ahead of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The full story in @status.news www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Well, if anyone was going to attempt to brief Status readers on the Alex Cooper/Alix Earle drama, it had to be me… Insiders tell me that the feud reflects larger talent retention issues at Cooper’s Unwell Network www.status.news/p/alex-coope...

Mediaite has been wholesale making up quotes or falsely assigning them to reporters, a bizarre issue many suspect to be AI hallucintions. After we raised the issue, the outlet's founding editor was suspended pending an investigation. The receipts in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mediaite-c...

Scoop: Mediaite has suspended its founding editor Colby Hall after a series of instances we raised about significant errors and outright fabrications in his work. Full story in @status.news tonight.

While you can admire the impulse to defend staff, The Athletic could’ve saved itself a good deal of grief by waiting till it knew what it was dealing with here.

NYT staffers are criticizing the paper’s decision to initially defend Dianna Russini’s conduct after photos with an NFL coach, calling it “reckless,” “premature,” and “intentionally sneaky.” @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports for @status.news www.status.news/p/diana-russ...

MAGA’s biggest media stars who built their brands “destroying the libs” are now echoing them, calling for Trump’s removal and trashing him as a demented grandpa. Welcome to the new #resistance. my latest for @status.news www.status.news/p/trump-tuck...

"For years, Trump has exerted near-total command over the right-wing media ecosystem that has... reaffirmed the views of millions of followers to his advantage. But the meltdown this week made clear that his grip on that system is loosening." — @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/trump-tuck...

CNN chief Mark Thompson named a key lieutenant chief operating officer this week, quietly signaling his preferred successor while David Ellison’s takeover looms. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/cnn-alex-m...

With Trump attending WHCD, news orgs are having to confront whether to host members of an admin that routinely attacks them One former network exec called CBS News’ Pete Hegseth invite “entirely hypocritical” and “absurd” www.status.news/p/whcd-dinne...

“60 Minutes” staffer to Weiss: “Go focus on the ‘Evening News.’ Your changes haven’t exactly landed w/viewers. If that becomes a success, I’d be a lot more open to your ideas about changing the longest-running, most successful, most-watched news program in history.” www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

As Bari Weiss plots an overhaul of "60 Minutes" she has floated the possibility of airing pieces from The Free Press on the venerable news program and other changes. The scoop in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

"[Gen. Caine] also flagged the enormous difficulty of securing the Strait of Hormuz and the risks of Iran blocking it. Mr. Trump had dismissed that possibility on the assumption that the regime would capitulate before it came to that." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

News: Politico plans to remove Playbook lead author Jack Blanchard from his role as it looks to reset the franchise in the face of fierce competition. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/politico-p...

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a funny thing happened today when we went to break some news about paramount president jeff shell preparing to exit amid legal trouble. the story in @status.news www.status.news/p/jeff-shell...

The NBC News-MS NOW breakup has turned into a bitter divorce with both sides engaged in a tug-of-war over top talent and Peter Alexander's jump to the cable outlet exposing tensions. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/peter-alex...

New: Inside Peter Alexander’s decision to leave NBC News for MS NOW, the latest flashpoint in the talent war between the one-time sister networks post-spinoff www.status.news/p/peter-alex...

Scoop: Bari Weiss wanted to make changes to "60 Minutes" earlier this year, but was talked down by CBS News President Tom Cibrowski and other senior leaders. But with the show's current season ending in May, she plans to "blow" it up. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

The White House complained about an unflattering wire photo of Karoline Leavitt, which was subsequently scrubbed from the AFP and Getty Images libraries. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/karoline-l...

This is the photo of Karoline Leavitt by the AFP wire service that the White House complained about and AFP pulled. AFP says its action was unrelated to the complaint. (Yeah, sure.) For folks interested in the news industry, the Status newsletter is a must.

Great scoop from Oliver, with echoes of my own reporting on Hegseth’s photo ban.

Scoop: AFP snapped an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt that incensed the White House—resulting in complaints to news agency and its ultimate removal from the wire service. We found the photo in question and have the behind-the-scenes story in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karoline-l...

As YouTube continues to dominate, CNN brought in creators for exec workshops while NYT has hired more than a dozen video staffers this year How legacy media outlets are attempting to import the creator playbook to the newsroom www.status.news/p/cnn-podcas...

Jon Passant of @status.news says a line was crossed by these words. I'm inclined to agree. www.status.news/p/brendan-ca... [no paywall]