Journalism
-
Jen Psaki Moves to Primetime, Ali Velshi Expands Airtime in MSNBC Lineup Overhaul
Rebecca Kutler also shuts down Miami operations in first moves as network head
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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”
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Trump’s AP Ban Is a ‘Test’ for Other News Organizations, Authoritarianism Expert Says
“It’s about creating a kind of chilling atmosphere and about making journalists think twice,” journalist Anne Applebaum says
-
Los Angeles Times Veterans Jeffrey Fleishman, Tracy Wilkinson, Alan Zarembo to Exit Amid Buyouts | Exclusive
Approximately 40 staffers are leaving as the newspaper continues to experience internal turmoil and financial troubles
-
CBS News Boss Adrienne Roark Exits After 7 Months
She will take a senior role at Tegna after leaving CBS at the end of February
-
3 Former FCC Bosses Condemn New Chairman’s Attacks on Press: ‘If We Lose the First Amendment We’ve Lost Everything’
The FCC “has always been a bulwark against government encroachment on the First Amendment rights,” former chair Reed Hundt tells Oliver Darcy
-
Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Says Ryan Reynolds’ ‘SNL50’ Joke Nodding to Blake Lively Drama ‘Surprised Me’
“I’m unaware of anybody, frankly, whose wife has been sexually harassed and has made jokes” about it, Bryan Freedman says
-
Former Vice President Kamala Harris Signs With CAA
The agency will work closely with Harris on her post-White House initiatives
