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Congrats, Conservative Media: Even Your Fans Don’t Always Trust You
A Pew Research study found Democrats and Republicans split on their choice of news sources, but another rift on who they trust, and don’t, also stands out
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Amid Cable Spinoffs, Trump’s CNN and MSNBC Hostility Could Raise M&A Hurdles
News operations threaten to complicate dealmaking for Versant and now WBD’s cable group, as Paramount has discovered with “60 Minutes”
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Moguls Take Aim at Zaslav’s Vision of WBD as Company Splits: ‘It Was a Failure’
Said one top executive: “It’s a deal that never had a shot and shouldn’t have been done. But they’ve also done a terrible job running the company”
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Trump’s ‘California in Chaos’ Dystopia? Not if You Live Here
The administration and its media allies paint a distorted, politically motivated picture that’s untethered from L.A.’s reality but made for social media
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Barry Diller’s Road to Success: 8 Tips You Can Follow, and a Few You Probably Can’t
The billionaire mogul’s autobiography “Who Knew” details his business philosophy, overshadowed in part by personal revelations that helped forge it
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The Trump vs. Musk Brawl Is an Old-White-Guys Version of a ‘Real Housewives’ Catfight
The president and billionaire’s escalating social media insults have serious implications – but for now, it’s a pass-the-popcorn moment
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Molly Jong-Fast on Mom Erica Jong, Dementia, Sobriety and Joe Biden
The political commentator has a new memoir, “How to Lose Your Mother”
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Wages a Lonely Fight for Press Freedom in Trumpland
Facing Brendan Carr and Trump’s punitive actions against media companies, the commission’s outnumbered Democrat publicly pushes back
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‘Mountainhead’ Packs a Sobering Warning Within Its ‘Tech Bros Gone Wild’ Satire
Director Jesse Armstrong’s Emmy-bait movie can’t match “Succession,” but its take on oligarchs, AI and disinformation feels grounded in reality
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Bob Pittman on 50 Years in Media and What He’s Not Saying About the Future
Office With a View: The CEO of iHeart Media, the co-founder of MTV and former top AOL-Time Warner exec also says he loves ad-supported audio podcasts because it’s just “radio on demand”
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The Disinformation Deluge Requires Experts to Step Up as ‘Truth Vigilantes’
The right-wing tilt of online voices favors “just asking questions” quacks and self-promoters. But Media Matters’ Angelo Carusone sees ways to break through
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From ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to ‘The Walking Dead,’ Series Finales Don’t Feel Very Final
The urge to keep valuable franchises alive risks robbing loyal viewers of the closure they seek
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Shari Redstone’s Standoff With Trump Is Playing Live on Broadway Stage in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
The play mirrors real life, but will real life turn out differently from the play?
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10 Takeaways From Tech’s Biggest News Week of the Year
Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft all made big headlines in a wild week of AI news. Here’s the view from the ground.
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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Sets a High Bar for the Celebrity Exit Interview
Paul Reubens knew he was dying when he opened up for an HBO documentary, joining public figures who have left a record behind as the end nears
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