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It’s maybe a little funny that the man who made the call to cancel Colbert and who will now decide the fate of Jon Stewart’s future at Comedy Central and The Daily Show is Mr. Cheeks. That’s right, a man named George Cheeks is the Chairman of TV Media for New Paramount. In the newsletter Status, media reporter Oliver Darcy detailed a lunch he had with Cheeks to discuss the potential changes coming to the network following the Paramount-Skydance merger.

While the most important details include what will happen to Stewart and Tds, Darcy sets the scene with some truly terrifying details first. Mr. Cheeks eats his hamburger with a “fork and knife.” Pick it up with your hands, Mr. Cheeks! Come on!

But now, on to the important details. The Paramount and Skydance merger became official on August 7th, meaning that New Paramount is likely...

The future of The Daily Show and Jon Stewart’s return just got murkier thanks to a puzzling statement from Comedy Central’s new boss. The Daily Show launched in 1996 and became iconic under Stewart’s leadership from 1999 to 2015. Known for political satire, sharp humor, and cultural impact, it shaped late-night TV and inspired shows like Last Week Tonight and The Colbert Report.

With The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ending in 2026, fans are speculating if The Daily Show, which saw Jon Stewart return in 2024, could be next. As Comedy Central faces leadership changes and CBS shifts its late-night strategy, questions grow about the future of political satire, network comedy, and long-running franchises in the ever-changing world of network TV.

LateNighter featured a report stating that when Oliver Darcy from Status caught up with George Cheeks and asked him about the status of Stewart’s contract renewal, the executive now...

When Don Lemon parted ways with CNN in 2023, he left armed with a few qualities that were bound to serve him in good stead. He was one of the most recognized anchors in the country, and he knew what it took to stand apart from the rest of the TV news pack.

As he dipped his toes into independent, digital media, however, he realized he was just a rookie who had to develop new skills — and fast. Lemon rented studio space “in the heart of Manhattan,” but quickly found viewers wanted to see him in a more authentic venue, like in his living room with the fireplace lit. Early in his tenure, Lemon secured what in the traditional news business would be considered a big “get” — a one on one interview with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, whose social-media platform, X, had just agreed to distribute a new Lemon program. After...

Stephen Colbert is joining his former late-night TV boss Jon Stewart in condemning the settlement between Paramount and President Donald Trump. And with both The Late Show and The Daily Show pushing back against their parent company, it could completely alter the late-night landscape.

Colbert returned from hiatus on Monday night and didn't waste any time making a splash. He directly addressed Paramount's $16 million payment to settle President Trump's lawsuit regarding the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.

The late-night TV host noted Paramount declared the lawsuit was without merit, yet it still agreed to a deal. "As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I’m offended, and I don’t know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company," Colbert said. "But just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.”

So why would Paramount still give Trump $16 million?...

Skydance CEO David Ellison has held talks about acquiring Bari Weiss’ online publication The Free Press, The New York Times reported, citing two sources.

The Times reports that Ellison is in early discussions about an acquisition, and that a deal may not come to fruition, given that Weiss has stated she wants to independently run the site.

However, citing a person familiar with the matter, the paper reported that one option floated would be to have Weiss direct the “editorial sensibilities of CBS News,” but not to join the management team there.

The talks comes as Ellison’s Skydance is trying to close its acquisition of Paramount, which owns CBS News. This is the second news item floating the idea that Ellison may be looking to make a deal with Bari Weiss. In late June, Oliver Darcy reported in his newsletter Status that Weiss was being courted for a role at CBS News.

I’ll be brave and say it: I don’t like Donald Trump.

If you’re thinking, “Well, hey, it’s actually not very brave at all to say that,” I have a counterpoint: I’m braver than Paramount. The media conglomerate settled a $16 million lawsuit with Trump, the result of Trump suing 60 Minutes for $10 billion for an interview the show conducted with Vice President Kamala Harris.

You know who else is braver than Paramount? Jon Stewart, who ripped into the company (and Trump) during his Monday night segment.

But now Stewart and Stephen Colbert might be the next to be vulnerable, as Paramount has shown they are willing to cave to political pressure. As reported in Oliver Darcy’s newsletter Status, the pending merger between Skydance and Paramount is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. Skydance is led by Larry and David Ellison, who have already hinted...

Ever since journalist Oliver Darcy launched the media-industry newsletter “Status” in August of last year, he has relied on a take-no-prisoners demeanor and a bevy of intriguing scoops about the business.

Now he’s ready to see if it will translate to podcasting and video.

“Power Lines,” a new podcast and videocast based on the reporting and analysis of Darcy and his colleague Jon Passantino, will launch July 11, with new episodes debuting early each subsequent Friday. The duo will offer “our reporting, our trademark sharp-edged analysis,” says Darcy in a recent interview. “We are not sparing any egos or anything like that.”

In less than a year, “Status” has become a go-to resource for media-industry aficionados, and Darcy has been first to report on eyebrow-raising incidents ranging from accusations about former New York writer Olivia Nuzzi and her relationship with now-hhs Secretary Robert Kennedy after she wrote a profile of him to,...

Tanya Simon, the daughter of the late 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon, has been executive-producing the newsmagazine show on an interim basis since Bill Owens’ shocking resignation. The current crop of 60 Minutes correspondents have been lobbying Paramount Global to make it official.

On Friday, Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter reported that Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, Bill Whitaker, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi, Jon Wertheim and Cecilia Vega — the whole gang of 60 Minutes correspondents — collectively wrote and signed a letter in May urging Paramount co-ceo George Cheeks to officially name Simon as the show’s executive producer.

Owens resigned as 60 Minutes EP in April in protest of what he believed to be a dwindling ability to independently control the show’s editorial positions. In other words, Paramount corporate was getting in the way of their reporting. Owens’ boss Wendy McMahon resigned as head of CBS News in May, citing similar reasons as Owens.

Today, May 1, 2025, audio industry veteran Chris Corcoran announces the founding of In the Arena Studios, a multimedia podcast content studio centered around distinctive franchise verticals with influential talent. Each original content vertical will be designed to expand into multiple brand and distribution extensions.

In the Arena Studios aims to become a first-class studio destination for premium talent and world-class creatives, designed with an artist-friendly culture and a hitmaking mentality.

The first strategic branded verticals will concentrate on leadership and mindset, initially through the world of sports, both aiming to redefine the athlete and coaching experience in today's world with elite-level talent. Lessons with Geno Auriemma, the all-time winningest Division One basketball coach of the UConn women's team coming off his 12th NCAA Championship-winning season, is designed around leadership through the lens of sports. Coach is a groundbreaking platform brand that shares the human experience through the context of performance and mindset anchored around star athletes,...

On Saturday night, as legacy media journalists crowded into the Washington Hilton for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, the mood was somber. The White House Correspondents’ Association decided to omit its usual comedic performance this year, reportedly because the Trump administration complained about the scheduled host. The association said that they wanted “to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division,” so journalists sat quietly while awards and speeches were given.

It did not make for an exciting scene. “It was all NPCs,” says Alice Ma, using...

Media companies, talent agencies and startups are planning cocktail receptions and parties surrounding this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, but what will be strikingly different is the main event itself.

There will be no president, with Donald Trump, as he did in his first term, skipping it. There will be no comedian, as the Whca dropped plans to feature a comedian, Amber Ruffin. And the typical Hollywood turnout so far looks to be scant.

Instead, the dinner at the Washington Hilton looks to reflect the moment — which is to say a state of anxiety for journalism in general, with the Trump administration not just bucking tradition but doing its utmost to undermine traditional media.

The Whca’s president, Eugene Daniels, said earlier this month that he was planning a “re-envisioning” of the dinner at what he called a “consequential moment for journalism.” Daniels, formerly of Politico and now with MSNBC,...

Jim Acosta, a former chief White House correspondent and anchor for CNN, has signed with WME for representation.

Acosta joined CNN in 2007 after beginning his career in local radio and television and with CBS News, where he covered issues including the 2004 presidential election, the Iraq Qar and Hurricane Katrina. He covered Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s campaigns for the 2008 presidential election at the beginning of his time at CNN before becoming a national political correspondent and covering Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. He was promoted to senior White House correspondent during Obama’s second term as president, then became chief White House correspondent in 2018, during Donald Trump’s first term as president.

Acosta left CNN in January of this year, and has since pivoted to doing independent journalism on Substack, where he has more than 300,000 subscribers, more than 10,000 of which are paid. There, he does daily live broadcasts, having...

According to The Wrap, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger surprised ABC News staff by showing up to a closed-door, daily editorial meeting. Some feel the reason was to express his concerns over the impact these new tariffs could have on the Disney Cruise Line. According to the article, staffers felt Iger was trying to push for ABC News to report his opinions to the viewers. Which, if true, would seem like a bit of a conflict of interest.

What did Iger say?

The Wrap indicates that there sources said that Bob Iger was trying to sound “…the alarm on President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs and the impact they may have on not just his company, but the American economy at large.”

This information came from StatusNews run by Oliver Darcy.

He is worried about the issues with relocating overseas manufacturing back to the United States “speedily”, indicating...

It appears TV anchors and reporters across the United States are bowing to pressure from President Donald Trump over his proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. As pointed out by former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy in Sunday’s edition of his Status newsletter, anchors and reporters across various networks avoided using the term “Gulf of Mexico” when covering the recent splashdown of the stranded NASA astronauts. It should never noted that they didn’t say “Gulf of America” either. “Not one of the outlets could muster the courage to simply refer to it as the Gulf of Mexico, the water feature’s name since the 16th century,” Darcy wrote, per The Wrap. “Americans tend to believe the press is too independent and too proud to ever bow to government pressure. We assume that if a president ever tried to dictate language,...

ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks are laying off just under 200 employees, or roughly 6% of its staff, across news and entertainment starting on Wednesday, TheWrap has learned.

A majority of these cuts come from ABC News, where its employees are largely based in New York.

In line with the changes, ABC News Studios, “20/20,” “Nightline” and “Impact x Nightline” now fall under one leadership structure. ABC News’ digital editorial and social teams are similarly now integrated within the news gathering, shows and owned stations units.

Additionally, the “Good Morning America”-branded shows have been consolidated into one under Simone Swink, while Seni Tienabeso was named VP of ABC News Live.

TheWrap has reached out to Disney and ABC News for comment.

The ABC News layoffs are just the latest in a rocky start for media jobs in 2025. Scripps also underwent cuts this week, while Indiewire let go of three top editors last month,...

MSNBC has reportedly told most of Rachel Maddow‘s staff that they are being let go as part of the network’s restructuring project.

The network’s project, which has already resulted in the cancellation of Joy Reid’s program and some hosts being let go, will keep Maddow’s executive producer, Cory Gnazzo, along with several other senior producers. The Comcast-owned company told their staff that they could apply for new roles at the network or accept a severance payout.

Last week, Maddow went on air to blast the network for firing Reid. The network insists that the shakeup resulted from a reallocation of resources to support its evolving priorities and that affected employees can apply for the newly available positions before roles are opened to external candidates.

Despite the reassurances, the changes have raised concerns. MSNBC has previously found ways to move staff around without cuts. The...

Joy Reid’s firing from MSNBC leaked to the press before her staff was notified, forcing network chief Rebecca Kutler to call an impromptu meeting filled with “pointed questions” and “raw emotions,” media journalist Oliver Darcy reported Sunday.

According to Darcy’s Status newsletter, staffers “expressed frustration and disbelief, outraged that they had learned of their show’s fate from reports in the press rather than from leadership. Others demanded answers about the reasoning behind the cancellation of ‘The ReidOut’ and what it meant for their futures at the network.”

They got their answer: “The meeting, which lasted nearly 30 minutes, featured pointed questions, raw emotions, and a discussion of the changes ahead” — including the revelation that the entire staff would be laid off, Darcy writes. Kutler said she hoped the staff would produce the 7 p.m. rotation until the changes take effect in April.

Status also reported that Kutler held...

CNN is losing one of its more high-profile anchors amid a larger programming pivot.

Jim Acosta, the former White House correspondent who now anchors the 10 a.m. hour on the venerable cable news channel, is set to exit the company, a source familiar with the move confirms to The Hollywood Reporter.

“Jim has had a long, distinguished nearly 20-year career at CNN, with a track record of standing up to authority, for the first amendment and for our journalistic freedoms,” said a CNN spokesperson in a statement. “We want to thank him for the dedication and commitment he’s brought to his reporting and wish him the very best in the future.”

Acosta also announced the news with an on-air signoff, “I just wanted to end today’s show by thanking all of the wonderful people who work behind the scenes at this network. You may have seen some reports about me and this show.

As rumors continue to circulate regarding Jim Acosta‘s potential exit from CNN, fans have taken to social media to suggest he move to MSNBC and take over the Morning Joe slot. The news comes after CNN announced it was changing up its schedule, which included replacing Acosta’s morning show with veteran anchor Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown for a two-hour edition of The Situation Room. Acosta was reportedly offered the midnight “graveyard” shift, which sources claimed he was shocked by. Acosta is now nowhere to be seen in CNN’s upcoming schedule, and reports from Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter and Fox News claim the long-time anchor is set to depart the network. The veteran news reporter joined CNN in 2007, becoming the network’s chief White House correspondent in 2018. Throughout his time at CNN, Acosta was a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, with whom he has clashed...

CNN anchor Jim Acosta is reportedly threatening to quit the network entirely rather than accept a move to the graveyard shift. The journalist, who currently appears at CNN’s 10 a.m. Et hour, was reportedly pitched a move to the “graveyard shift” (midnight to 2 a.m. Et) by CNN Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Thompson in a January 15 phone call. Acosta has been a fixture on CNN since 2007 but became known for his fiery critical coverage as the network’s Chief White House correspondent during President Donald Trump‘s first term. Now he could be on the outs, according to a report from The Los Angeles Times. The phone call was first reported by former CNN reporter Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter. Two people familiar with the ongoing talks confirmed the discussions to LA Times. Acosta and a CNN representative declined to comment for LA Times‘ report. One anonymous source...

CNN is reportedly shaking up its schedule by moving long-time news anchor and known Donald Trump critic Jim Acosta to “the graveyard shift.” According to a report in former CNN reporter Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter, CNN chief Mark Thompson allegedly called Acosta on Wednesday night (January 15) to deliver a “strange proposal” that caught the veteran broadcaster off guard. “Thompson, I’m told, delivered the veteran journalist a sudden and strange proposal: Move your show to midnight and anchor it until 2am Et,” Darcy wrote, per Mediaite.com. Darcy claimed Acosta was taken aback by the request as “he had no reason to believe that his current show would be on the chopping block.” Darcy went on to say that Acosta was told the line-up change “had nothing to do with his ratings or the editorial style of his show,” but rather it was a logistical move to accommodate a new morning schedule.

Wolf Blitzer could soon be joining CNN’s daytime programming lineup.

The veteran anchor, who has lead the early evening news program “The Situation Room” since 2001, may make the move to mid-to-late mornings, according to Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter. Under the plan reportedly being considered, the 76-year-old would co-anchor the new program with Pamela Brown, who is currently in the 11 a.m. time slot, and give Blitzer an additional hour of air time.

It’s currently unclear whether the new program would keep “The Situation Room” name or how the potential schedule change will ultimately impact the rest of the network’s programming lineup. According to Darcy, Kasie Hunt and Jake Tapper may see their schedules shift under one scenario being discussed.

Representatives for CNN declined to comment on the report.

The potential programming shakeup comes as CNN CEO Mark Thompson has been making an aggressive push for a...

The Bartlet administration has briefly gone missing from Max. But don’t worry; it’ll be back.

The West Wing was pulled from the streaming service after viewership hit a significant lull over the holidays. All seven seasons were available on the platform — that is, until recently.

Oliver Darcy noted in his Status newsletter that the drama’s removal was part of a cost-cutting move following an evaluation of its performance. No one in leadership was initially flagged that it was targeted for elimination from the platform.

The decision was made Tuesday, however, that such an iconic series should not be pulled from HBO’s sister streamer so The West Wing will return Wednesday. Hail to the chief!

The Aaron Sorkin drama recently celebrated its 25th anniversary that culminated with some of the stars participating in a small September ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House. In August,...

More than a month after the November election, MSNBC’s primetime audience — which dropped by half after Donald Trump’s victory — has still not returned. Will viewers come back after the inauguration when the reality of a second Trump term sets in, or has some of the audience abandoned the network for good, signaling a further shift away from traditional media?

Either way, the numbers are stark. MSNBC’s total primetime audience has fallen a shocking 55% from November 4 through December 15, according to the latest Nielsen figures released on Tuesday.

CNN has faced a similar drop, a 46.7% decrease, while Fox News has seen its primetime audience grow 10.7%, according to Nielsen.

Cable news viewership before and after the 2024 presidential election (Christopher Smith/TheWrap)

The reasons for the drop are being widely debated on social media, inside the cable news networks and in the media ecosystem in general. Some viewers clearly feel generally...

As MSNBC suffers a steep ratings drop in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory, network President Rashida Jones is considering a possible exit from the job early next year, Oliver Darcy reported Tuesday.

According to Darcy, a spokesperson for Jones denied the report; NBCUniversal representatives had no comment. But citing unnamed sources close to the matter, Darcy wrote in his Status newsletter that her potential exit would only come at some point after Trump is sworn in for his second term on Jan. 20, 2025.

CNN’s Brian Stelter reported two sources of his own confirmed that Jones is mulling an exit.

Darcy also reported that no decision has been made and that Jones may well remain in the job where, for the most part, she has had a highly successful tenure. Jones led the network to several historic firsts and wins over rival CNN — including on election night when...

The newsletter platform beehiiv is appealing to journalists with a program that addresses their basic needs. The brand-new beehiiv Media Collective is a coalition of writers who will share their thoughts through beehiiv’s platform in exchange for benefits like health insurance and legal support.

beehiiv, founded in 2021, is one of several newsletter platforms providing an outlet for independent journalists and reporters. Like its competitor Substack, beehiiv has recruited writers who want to operate outside of the traditional ecosystem. With the hire of Twitter vet Katherine Rundell at the start of 2024, beehiiv has talked directly to creators who want to talk directly to fans, subscribers, and assorted readers.

Now that beehiiv has equipped itself with $33 million of venture capital, it is ramping up its outreach to disaffected journalists. CNN vet Oliver Darcy, Emmy winner Catherine Herridge, and Garbage Day author Ryan Broderick are three of the notable names who have...

Call it a blue wave. A host of actors, directors, musicians, journalists and other prominent people are dumping X (formerly Twitter) and flocking to social media platform Bluesky.

In the past week, an increasing number of bold-faced names have announced that they plan to post less on X, or leave the platform altogether, citing myriad issues with the social media company, including far right content, hate speech, transphobia, racism, harassment, pornography, crypto scams, bots and the political views of owner Elon Musk, the billionaire oligarch who is a vocal supporter and financial backer of Donald Trump.

Musk’s ownership of X and his updates to content moderation on the platform have been pushing brands and media groups closer and closer to the exit. This week, The Guardian media group announced that it will stop posting on X, describing the site as a “toxic media platform.” On Nov. 4, the Berlin Film...

The satirical newspaper The Onion has successfully acquired Infowars and its associated intellectual property, finally divesting conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of the right-wing disinformation outfit.

According to Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter, the deal grants The Onion ownership of Infowars’ “website, product inventory, customers lists, social media accounts, and intellectual property.”

In a series of lawsuits adjudicated in 2022, Jones was ordered to pay $1.5 billion to the families of Sandy Hook victims over his repeated false claims that the 2012 massacre of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut was a hoax.

Chris Wallace is departing CNN after three years, the network confirmed today.

Wallace joined CNN in 2022 as an on-air commentator and host of the weekly talk show Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?

Wallace told The Daily Beast that he plans to find a new home on an independent platform such as streaming or podcasting.

Mark Thompson, CNN’s CEO and chairman, said in a statement: “Chris Wallace is one of the most respected political journalists in the news business with a unique track record across radio, print, broadcast television, cable television and streaming. We want to thank him for the dedication and wisdom he’s brought to all his work at CNN and to wish him the very best for future.”

Wallace was coming to the end of a three-year contract, which he signed after abruptly exiting Fox News Sunday in 2021. As one of Fox News’ top news-side personalities,...

Chris Wallace came to CNN to get heavily involved with reaching streaming audiences, and it looks like he will leave the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed news outlet still looking to do the same.

Wallace, a veteran commentator who held forth on Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Sunday” as well as NBC News’ “Meet The Press,” told The Daily Beast Monday that he planned to leave CNN, which he initially joined to participate in the scuttled streaming operation CNN+, to try his hand at reaching people via an independent digital venture.

CNN confirmed Wallace would leave three years after he initially signed on after leaving Fox News to do so. The typical anchor contract in the news business is for a similar amount of time. CNN tried to convince Wallace to stay, according to a person familiar with the matter.

“Chris Wallace is one of the most respected political journalists...

The great documentarian Errol Morris had a new film in limited theaters this month based on Jacob Soboroff's book, Separated: Inside an American Tragedy. Separated uses Morris' typically stylish aesthetic to combine archival footage, interviews, dramatizations, and music to tell the story of the family separation policy from 2017 to 2018 under President Donald Trump's administration, and the ramifications of it ever since. The film was set to be aired on television as well, with NBC News Studios co-producing it from the beginning, and MSNBC acquiring distribution rights. But instead of airing this pertinent documentary before the election, which has centered so much on the border, the executives at NBC postponed it.

Dec. 7 is the new premiere date for Separated, a decision which is being criticized by not only the filmmakers but other members of the media, even within NBC. See Morris' latest post, from Oct. 5, 2024, below:

Why is my...

Updated, with Woodward and Bernstein comment: The Washington Post will not endorse a candidate in the presidential race this cycle, breaking with a longtime tradition.

Publisher Will Lewis, in a memo to staffers, wrote that they “are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.”

The Post‘s decision follows the revelation that the Los Angeles Times also decided not to endorse this cycle. That led to a backlash among readers and the resignation of the publication’s editor of editorials, Mariel Garza, along with other staffers.

“We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility,” Lewis wrote. “That is inevitable. We don’t see it that way. We see it as consistent with the values The Post has always stood for and what we hope...

The Washington Post will not endorse a candidate for president, the first time it is making that decision since 1988. The outlet instead will let readers decide whether they support former President Trump or Vice President Harris, and will do the same for all future elections.

In a memo to staff, Post CEO Will Lewis wrote that “The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.”

In explaining the call, Lewis cited a 1960 editorial board column explaining the paper’s position at the time not to endorse presidential candidates. He also sought to preempt criticism about the decision:

“We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility.

Olivia Nuzzi has left New York magazine following an investigation into her coverage of the 2024 election that found no “evidence of bias,” according to the publication.

The magazine announced that Nuzzi and the publication had “parted ways” following the probe in a statement on Monday. “Last month, the magazine enlisted the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine to review Olivia Nuzzi’s work during the 2024 campaign. They reached the same conclusion as the magazine’s initial internal review of her published work, finding no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias,” the statement read. “Nevertheless, the magazine and Nuzzi agreed that the best course forward is to part ways.” The magazine called Nuzzi “a uniquely talented writer” and said it had been “proud” to platform her coverage over the course of nearly eight years.

Ari Wilkenfeld, an attorney for Nuzzi, noted in a comment that two separate investigations of the reporter’s work...

Investor Jeff Sagansky took Hollywood to task for decisions that have led to a massive destruction of value and are causing an “unbelievable cataclysm in the business,” speaking in a keynote interview at TheWrap’s Grill conference on Tuesday.

“You’re seeing the traditional business collapse,” he said in a conversation with entertainment entrepreneur Peter Guber and TheWrap’s editor in chief Sharon Waxman. “And at the same time, you’re seeing all this predatory behavior from the streamers and the two of them together are causing unbelievable cataclysm in the business that we both love.”

Sagansky accused Hollywood’s traditional studios of accelerating the decline of linear television by choosing to abandon programming in favor of streaming platforms, which led to what he called “predatory” behavior from streamers.

“It’s still [a] $150 billion value business in terms of revenues,” he added, noting that major sports like the NBA, MLB and...

Taylor Lorenz, the tech columnist for The Washington Post, said that she is departing the media outlet for her own Substack publication, described as a “user magazine.”

“We now live in a world where politicians can post their way into office, memes fuel our stock market, and online culture and mainsteam culture are so deeply intertwined that it’s impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins,” Lorenz wrote in her initial post.

Her publication, User Mag, will report “one the people and movements that are steering tech and internet culture, from weird online phenomena, to under-the-radar trends, to content creators. platform developments, policy initiatives, and powerful forces that shape our online world,” she wrote.

Lorenz wrote that the publication will arrive via email 1-3 times per week, and paid subscribers will have commenting privileges and exclusive content, among other benefits. She also said that she will be doing her weekly podcast,...

Former Good Morning America weatherman Rob Marciano is set to make a return to broadcast television five months after being fired by ABC News following an angry outburst towards a GMA producer. According to Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter, CBS News has tapped Marciano to join its expanding weather network. Darcy reports that former ABC News executive Wendy Fisher is overseeing the CBS News weather operation and that Fisher and Marciano maintain a good relationship. Marciano was booted by ABC News back in April after multiple complaints about his behavior over the years, to the point where he was temporarily banned from the GMA set. Sources later told The Daily Beast that Marciano was fired after he went on a tirade against one of the GMA producers. The outburst was allegedly overheard by the network’s chief meteorologist, Ginger Zee, who reported the incident to higher-ups, noting that it wasn...

Rob Marciano is making a comeback.

The longtime ABC News meteorologist, who appeared on Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight With David Muir, has landed at CBS. He first appeared on air at the network during the Oct. 8 edition of CBS Evening News, reporting from Tampa, Fla., as part of the network’s Hurricane Milton coverage.

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In September, former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy dropped a bombshell report in his newsletter, Status: New York Magazine had placed political reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave after her editors became aware of an inappropriate romantic relationship between her and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The revelation triggered an ethics crisis that rippled throughout much of Washington, D.C., media. Nuzzi — who had been engaged to Politico correspondent Ryan Lizza — was one of New York’s most prominent writers and the face of its political coverage. She had profiled Rfk Jr.

New York magazine’s Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, was placed on leave on Thursday for reasons the magazine described as a “violation of our readers’ trust.”

Nuzzi was communicating with the previous reporting subject, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., when their correspondence turned “personal.”

In a Thursday night statement, Nuzzi acknowledged the relationship: “Earlier this year, the nature of some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal. I did not directly report on the subject or use them as a source during that time. The relationship was never physical but should have been disclosed to prevent the appearance of a conflict.”

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Nuzzi continued, “I deeply regret not doing so immediately and apologize to those I’ve disappointed, especially my colleagues in New York.”

New York said in a statement, “Had the...

Olivia Nuzzi, a reporter at New York Magazine, has been put on leave by the outlet after she admitted to having a “personal relationship” with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while covering his presidential campaign.

The 31-year-old journalist denies having a physical relationship with Rfk Jr., but did confirm that communication between the two of them “turned personal” at one point.

A spokesperson for New York Magazine has confirmed that Olivia is currently on leave while a review on the matter is conducted. The magazine also confirmed that Olivia would not have been allowed to cover the campaign if the relationship had been disclosed earlier.

Keep reading to find out more…

“Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign, a violation of the magazine...

Updated, with Politico comment: New York Magazine has put Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi on leave after she allegedly had a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid his recent campaign for the 2024 presidential election.

Nuzzi publicly admitted to engaging in a “personal” relationship with a subject after the publication announced “a more thorough third-party review,” although neither named Kennedy in their statements.

In his Status newsletter, CNN alum Oliver Darcy reported that 31-year-old Nuzzi’s relationship with Kennedy, 70, began after she published a November 2023 profile on him.

A spokesperson for Kennedy, who is married to actress Cheryl Hines, denied the relationship in a statement to Darcy. “Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a hit piece,” they said.

Nuzzi said in a statement shared with CNN, “Earlier this year, the nature of some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal.

New York Magazine put Washington, D.C., correspondent Olivia Nuzzi on leave after learning she allegedly engaged in a romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a source told The Hollywood Reporter.

The magazine shared in a statement with THR on Thursday, “Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign, a violation of the magazine’s standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures.

“Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” the statement continued. “An internal review of her published work has found no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias. She is currently on leave from the magazine, and the magazine is conducting a more thorough third-party review. We regret this violation of our readers’ trust.

People who want to see what Brian Stelter has planned for CNN’s “Reliable Sources” media newsletter won’t have to wait as long as they might think.

Starting Monday, “Rs” will publish each weekday morning, Monday through Friday, and the next edition — the first to be issued since Stelter returned to CNN last week after a two-year absence — could post as soon as 30 minutes after the article you are reading right now sees the light of day.

The A.M. posting and the new five-days-a-week schedule -– “Reliable Sources” had most recently been published evenings Monday through Thursday — are “experimental, in beta mode,” says Stelter, during a brief conversation Sunday evening, while he worked on the newsletter and prepared his kids to get ready for bed. “I also think there’s a space to be a little more forward looking to the day ahead,” he adds, noting that the...

Longtime journalist Brian Stelter is returning to CNN two years after the cable news network canceled his show. Stelter previously hosted CNN’s Reliable Sources from 2013 to 2022 before the network axed the show amid a company-wide shake-up led by then CEO Chris Licht. Despite being let go, Reliable Sources continued in newsletter form, authored by critic Oliver Darcy. However, Darcy announced his departure from CNN in August. “Hello again, it’s Brian Stelter — yes, really,” Stelter wrote in Tuesday’s (September 3) edition of the Reliable Sources newsletter, where he confirmed his return to the network. “I am thrilled to share that I am returning as the lead author of CNN’s Reliable Sources newsletter, the digest I founded in 2015.” Stelter said his return to the company isn’t going to be “a Back to the Future remake,” noting, “The media industry has matured, CNN has evolved, and I have changed...

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On Saturday, former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy found himself at Hudson Yards, an upscale shopping destination in New York City.

The venue, located in the city’s “New West Side,” has for weeks promoted itself as a designated watch party for the U.S. Open tennis tournament, which started last week.

Hundreds of tennis fans have flocked to Hudson Yards to take in the tournament, watching on giant screens located throughout the venue and giving the retail center significant exposure and encouraging shoppers to spend big at its stores and restaurants.

That changed on Sunday, when the tournament became unavailable to visitors at Hudson Yards. The reason? The venue had been using satellite service DirecTV to pull in ESPN, one of several Disney-owned channels that suddenly disappeared from the service over the Labor Day weekend.

Darcy, who is now the publisher of his own media-centric newsletter,...

Brian Stelter’s previous exit from CNN now seems to have been a temporary hiatus.

Stelter, who departed CNN in August 2022 after the cancellation of his Reliable Sources series, announced on Tuesday that he’ll be returning to the cabler in the role of chief media analyst.

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“The media industry has matured, CNN has evolved, and I have changed a lot since I signed off two years ago,...

Brian Stelter is returning to CNN as chief media analyst and author of its Reliable Sources newsletter.

Stelter departed CNN in 2022, several months after Chris Licht became CEO and cancelled his Sunday show, Reliable Sources.

“I’m returning to CNN in a brand new role as Chief Media Analyst, which means I’ll be appearing on air, developing digital content, and helming this newsletter,” Stelter wrote in a message to email subscribers. “It will be different, because I am different.”

He added, “I always scoffed at people who said “getting fired was the best thing that’s ever happened to me” — until, well, it happened to me. After 20+ years as a news junkie, I changed my habits and tuned out for a bit. I also changed my vantage point, moving from Manhattan to a horse farm near one of Donald Trump’s golf clubs. I experienced the news more like an everyday consumer,...

Brian Stelter is returning to CNN as chief media analyst and the author of the “Reliable Sources” newsletter, two years after being let go from the network.

Stelter founded the media newsletter in 2015 and intends to “reimagine” the digest’s content, which will officially relaunch on Sept. 9 after a brief hiatus.

Serving as CNN’s chief media analyst, a newly created role, Stelter will appear in on air programming and help develop digital content for the network, alongside his newsletter duties.

Stelter reintroduced himself to “Reliable Sources” readers in an email announcing his return.

“This is not going to be a ‘Back to the Future’ remake,” Stelter wrote. “The media industry has matured, CNN has evolved, and I have changed a lot since I signed off two years ago.”

“It will be different, because I am different,” he added.

Stelter exited the network in August 2022, shortly after Warner Bros. and Discovery merged,...

Brian Stelter is back at CNN.

In an email to subscribers of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” media newsletter, Stelter said he will be returning as the lead author of the publication he founded in 2015. He said he will relaunch the newsletter on Sept. 9. In addition, Stelter will make on-air appearances on CNN as a commentator and create “digital content.”

Under CNN’s previous leadership regime, the news network parted ways with Stelter after cancelling the TV show (also called “Reliable Sources”) in 2022. Stelter returns to pick up the mantle of “Reliable Sources” newsletter after the exit last month of Oliver Darcy, who had come aboard to work on the newsletter and was assigned to keep the newsletter moving. Darcy has launched a newsletter called “Status,” covering media, entertainment and the tech industry.

“But this is not going to be a ‘Back to the Future’ remake,” Stelter wrote in the email Tuesday.