Media
-
The State of Social Media: Instagram and Facebook Still on Top Despite Rise of TikTok
The social network led by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has 2.11 billion monthly active users
Pro Available to WrapPRO members
Tech -
Trump Said He Can’t Deploy National Guard Without Governor’s Request in Resurfaced 2020 Clip | Video
The president reversed his policy interpretation by sending Guardsmen and Marines to Los Angeles to quell turmoil from ICE raids
-
Bob Costas Condemns ABC, Shari Redstone for Not Standing Up to Trump Attacks on Free Press | Video
ABC’s settlement with the president is a “$15 million ransom,” the Emmy-winning sportscaster says
-
ABC Permanently Cuts Ties With Terry Moran, Says Trump Admin Tweet Is ‘Clear Violation’ of Network Policy
“We hold all of our reporters to the highest standards of objectivity, fairness and professionalism,” a network spokesperson says
-
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”
Pro Available to WrapPRO members
The Media Front -
Rachel Maddow Finds Hope in Nationwide Immigration Protests: Puts ‘Steel in the Spine’ of Trump’s Opponents | Video
“The strength of the movement against [Trump] is what will determine our fate as a country,” the MSNBC anchor says
-
Condé Nast Names Mark Guiducci as Vanity Fair’s First Global Editorial Director
He has served as creative editorial director at Vogue since 2020
-
‘NBC Nightly News’ Sees 5% Ratings Drop as Tom Llamas Replaces Lester Holt, but Flat Year-Over-Year
ABC and CBS gained in the 25-54 demo while NBC dipped during the new lead anchor’s first week
-
MSNBC Reports LA Is ‘Very Calm’ Despite ‘A Lot of Looting’ | Video
NBC News correspondent Camila Bernal says anti-ICE protestors have been “mostly peaceful”
-
NBC Reporter Fact Checks Trump Border Czar After He Says He ‘Never Threatened to Arrest’ Gavin Newsom | Video
“Tom Homan said we edited the interview. That’s not true. We presented the clips in their entirety,” NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff says
-
Trump Confirms Musk-Bessent Argument, Denies Fight: ‘Didn’t See a Lot of Physicality’
The president appears to be moving past his high-profile verbal battle with Musk, saying on Monday he wishes the Tesla boss “very well”
-
How ‘The Daily Show’ Pivots Around Trump Chaos: ‘There’s No Rehearsal’
Ronny Chieng also tells TheWrap that, months after the search for a permanent host, the current lineup is unlikely to change
-
Dr. Phil Embedded With ICE to Film Weekend Raids That Led to LA Protests
The resulting footage and interviews with Border Czar Tom Homan are set to air Monday and Tuesday night on MeritTV
-
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
Pro Available to WrapPRO members
WrapPRO -
Trump Border Czar Responds to Gavin Newsom’s Arrest Taunt on ‘Morning Joe’: ‘I’m Not Biting’ | Video
“What ICE did the last couple of days is make Los Angeles safer,” Tom Homan says