Media
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Lester Holt to Exit ‘NBC Nightly News’
The veteran anchor said he will “step away” from the news program at the start of the summer in a Monday memo to staff
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Trump Slams ‘Racist’ Joy Reid, Says Comcast’s Brian Roberts Should Pay for ‘Damage to Country’
“Fake news is an unpardonable sin,” the president says
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Seni Tienabeso Promoted to ABC News Live Vice President
The journalist will also lead ABC News’ business, medical and climate units
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MSNBC Holds ‘Tense’ Joy Reid Staff Meeting After Firing Leaks: ‘Pointed Questions, Raw Emotions’
The network was forced to call an impromptu gathering of staffers who were angry they’d learned their fate in the press
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Dem Congressman Compares Trump’s Ukraine Minerals Deal to an Episode of ‘The Sopranos’ on Fox News: ‘Mafia-Like’ | Video
“Give us your minerals or we’re not going to help you fight a bloody butcher?” Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes says on “Fox News Sunday”
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The Daily Beast Publishes, Then Deletes Story Alleging Trump Was Recruited by Soviet Spies
A former Soviet intelligence officer made the claim in a Facebook post, which the Daily Beast briefly published overnight Saturday
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Blake Lively Decries ‘Sexist’ Hollywood Reporter Cover Image: THR ‘Should Be Ashamed of Itself’
The illustration shows Lively as the Biblical David attacking her “It Ends With Us” co-star Baldoni’s Goliath
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Author of Upcoming Elon Musk Biography Says ‘There Is No Evidence’ Billionaire Has Any ‘Intellectual Achievements’
“It does not take intelligence to throw money around and buy a company or buy a politician,” Seth Abramson writes
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New MSNBC Boss Eyes Larger Role for Jen Psaki, No Backtrack on Progressive Focus Amid Trump’s Second Term
“The Weekend” hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele are also poised to expand their roles at the network
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AP Sues Trump Officials Over White House Ban, Citing ‘Targeted Attack’ on Free Press
“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the news org says
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Pollster Ann Selzer Asks Judge to Toss Out Trump’s ‘Fraud’ Lawsuit
The Des Moines Register pollster’s motion says the president’s “vacuous repetition” of the term “fake news” does not meet the legal standard for fraud
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BBC Removes Gaza Doc From iPlayer While It Investigates 13-Year-Old Narrator’s Relation to Hamas Minister
“We are conducting further due diligence with the production company,” the BBC says of “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone”
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MLB to End ESPN TV Partnership After Current Season
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says the league has “not been pleased with the minimal coverage” on the sports channel
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IndieWire Lays Off 3 Top Editors
Executive Editor of News Tony Maglio, TV Executive Editor Erin Strecker and box office editor Tom Brueggemann were laid off Thursday
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JD Vance Roasts CNN, Says Trump Has ‘More Executive Orders’ Than Channel Has Viewers
The vice president says the one thing the president has been unable to do is save CNN’s ratings
