New York Post editor-in-chief Keith Poole emailed “New York Pravda” staff thanking them for their coverage of “Supreme Leader Chairman Zohran,” joking that they would be rationed an extra potato for their election night coverage. (He also noted the Red Apple cover sold out).

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

During a meeting today with media reporters to discuss MSNBC's rebrand, Joe Scarborough said he's trying to arrange a "peacemaking lunch" between himself, Zohran, Al Sharpton, and Jonathan Greenblatt from the ADL...

Döpfner also said media companies should be like music labels for journalists, treating journalists like artists to be supported and grown individually. He also alluded to Substack, saying he considers creator platforms to be competitors to Axel’s media brands.

During a town hall with staff today, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner was pressed about the company’s use of AI. “Does it replace jobs here and there? No doubt about it,” he said. He noted that he hopes embracing AI will grow the company and allow journalists to focus on reporting.

Inbox: Biden foreign policy/nat sec advisors Jon Finer and Jake Sullivan are launching a podcast with Vox Media…

NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway

New: Turns out the Times of London reporter who wrote the since-retracted Bill de Blasio story accidentally emailed the wrong Bill de Blasio, I'm told www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Layoffs are hitting CBS News today. On CBS' morning editorial call, Bari Weiss said it was a "enormously difficult day" for the network.

From last night’s @semafor.com media newsletter: With the support of owner Jeff Bezos, WaPo publisher Will Lewis tried to hire The Free Press's Olivia Reinvold for the Post's new opinion section…

Where we’re at: Prominent Media analyst Rich Greenfield argues that to get regulatory approval from the Trump admin in a WBD acquisition, Comcast should bring in TPUSA’s Erika Kirk to serve as the editor-in-chief of a combined CNN/NBC News

CBS Evening News co-host John Dickerson says he's leaving the network at the end of the year

pretty much what wapo/lat discovered last year. giving a win to trump is meaningfully damaging to business when enough of the current paying audience leans left.

one of those east coast media bias stories. if new jersey shut down 95 after the military wanted to fire artillery over the highway despite safety concerns from the governor and then some of it accidentally blew up, i think it'd be a bigger story.

🟡 This week on Mixed Signals, @semaforben.bsky.social and @maxtani.bsky.social bring on @govpritzker.illinois.gov to talk about Chicago, ICE, and how he’s navigating a messaging battle against the Trump White House in the new media landscape. Listen here: link.chtbl.com/JFyoOZmb

Notably, NBC News' diversity teams/verticals are definitely among those facing steep cuts today, I'm told...

Joint statement from the networks declining to agree with the Pentagon's new press policy. Fox News, Pete Hegseth's former employer, is a signatory.

The Guardian won’t sign the Pentagon’s new press policy, a spokesperson tells me

Great kicker. Marc Benioff’s PR team wanted him to do an interview about philanthropy. Instead he sounded off on a bunch of Trump policies he supports and called for the White House to send troops to SF. Doesn’t seem like the comms team was pleased with how the interview went..

New: The WGAE, which represents some parts of CBS News including its social team, sent a note to members today advising its members not to respond to Weiss’ request for an email by next week. The union also said it asked CBS for more information about Weiss’ request.

New: In a note to staff this morning, New CBS EIC Bari Weiss asked everyone across CBS News to send her a memo by next Tuesday explaining how they spend their workday and what’s working/not working…

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS. Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

catching up on some articles in the paper of record

First in @semafor.com: Just a few months after settling his lawsuit with Paramount, Trump is in talks to appear in an interview on 60 Minutes. Interview was supposed to take place last Friday, got postponed, but the network and the White House are still in talks. www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

WNYC/Gothamist EIC Audrey Cooper is out at the station, per a note to staff this morning shared with me

First in @semafor.com : A group of Disney shareholders represented by attorney Roberta Kaplan are demanding that the company turn over documents related to its decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

In a note to staff, WaPo says it is introducing video comments for staff, allowing WaPo journalists to engage in the comments section of their articles (while using AI to block “hateful” comments and surface interesting comments)

From last night's @semafor.com media newsletter: Wrote about how independent left-of-center media outlets/personalities are capitalizing on liberal anger at corporate media companies like Paramount, Disney, the Washington Post, and others... www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

Related: movie selection on planes is too good now. They've got auteur cinema on some long flights, there's no guilt-free way to watch Jurassic World: Rebirth or Godzilla x Kong if the guy next to you is watching like Drive My Car or a Kurosawa film...

Inbox: Kamala Harris joins Substack. Her first post is an excerpt from her new book

Statement from a Times spokesperson: "We welcome the judge’s quick ruling, which recognized that the complaint was a political document rather than a serious legal filing."

Inbox: Jennifer Pastore, Olivia Nuzzi, Lindsey Underwood, Aidan McLaughlin to join Vanity Fair

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

thinking back on this..

Times response to Trump’s lawsuit: “This lawsuit has no merit. It lacks any legitimate legal claims and instead is an attempt to stifle and discourage independent reporting. The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics.“

From last night’s @semafor.com media newsletter: Nika Soon-Shiong, the daughter of LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, is the new publisher of @dropsitenews.com www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

In a note to staff yesterday shared with me, NBC News said it would be offering buyouts to staff who are unwilling to participate in the company’s new mandatory four-day a week RTO. Buyout offer includes 8 weeks of salary, several months healthcare, vacation payout.

First reported in last night's @semafor.com media newsletter: @zeteo.com aiming to take on Playbook from the left, creating a progressive daily newsletter authored by @petertwinklage.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social. In an ominous sign, the company is also bringing on @swin24.bsky.social...

Paramount is appointing Kenneth Weinstein to be CBS News' ombudsman

From last night's @semafor.com media newsletter: Bari Weiss has discussed bringing on former New York Times Opinion editor James Bennet to serve in a major editorial role if Paramount acquires the Free Press www.semafor.com/article/09/0...

New: CBS News has changed its interview format in reaction to complaints from DHS. According to a statement from a network spokesperson, Face The Nation will now only broadcast live or live to tape interviews

Per a note to staff, the Times is shutting down its standalone audio app

Andy Beshear is launching a podcast

the problem with the idea that a beat reporter's word-choice is going to get everyone killed is that basically no one who doesn't already dislike trump on some level regularly watches/reads mainstream news anymore

In a note to staff today, Business Insider EIC Jamie Heller says the company removed several first person essays over concerns that the authors misrepresented their identity. BI says it has implemented new verification protocols to prevent this from happening again.

fox chyron writers hard at work today

From last night’s @semafor.com media newsletter: My look inside the new editor of Vanity Fair’s plans for the mag, which include a more exclusive Oscar party, ditching aggregation, bringing on Olivia Nuzzi, and putting Melania on the cover (if she’ll do it). www.semafor.com/article/08/2...

First in @semafor.com’s media newsletter: The Argument is launching tomorrow. The new publication from @jerusalem.bsky.social @jhweissmann.bsky.social and others raised $4 million and wants to change the conversation on the left www.semafor.com/article/08/1...