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News Articles: Media

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is one of several attorneys general seeking to stop the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.

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  • Business

States sue to stop Paramount-Warner Bros blockbuster merger

California is among the states suing to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Discovery in a Hollywood mega-merger that would unite some of the nation's largest movie studios and TV newsrooms.

July 13, 2026
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  • David Folkenflik
<em>The New York Times</em> says federal agents showed up at several of its journalists' homes Friday night to try to force them to testify before a grand jury next week.

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  • Media

Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting

The Times says federal agents turned up on the doorsteps of several of its journalists to force grand jury testimony next week over their coverage of the Air Force One plane gifted to Trump by Qatar.

July 11, 2026
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Willem Marx
NPR has hired Nadine Zylstra to be its chief content officer. She is a veteran of Pinterest, YouTube and Sesame Workshop.

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  • Media

NPR's new chief content officer: 'I've been training for this job my whole life'

Less than two weeks after overhauling its newsroom, NPR has hired Nadine Zylstra to be its chief content officer. She has been a top executive at Sesame Workshop, YouTube and Pinterest.

June 08, 2026
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Correspondents of CBS' 60 Minutes pose for a portrait in 2023. From left to right, they are Sharyn Alfonsi, L. Jon Wertheim, Bill Whitaker, Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, Cecilia Vega, and Anderson Cooper. Former Executive Producer Bill Owens sits on the far right. Only Wertheim, Whitaker and Stahl remain at the program.

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  • Analysis

Firings at CBS' '60 Minutes' reflect the fight for media control in the age of Trump

The show's new leader says he fired star Scott Pelley for insubordination. Pelley says he was defending the integrity of the show's journalism after three top executives and two reporters were fired.

June 03, 2026
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  • David Folkenflik
NPR Investigations Correspondent Joe Shapiro is among the network journalists who accepted buyouts.

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  • Media

NPR's newsroom shrinks through buyouts and layoffs

At least 18 NPR journalists have accepted buyouts and another 10 have been laid off as the public media network attempts to save money and reorganize the newsroom.

May 27, 2026
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Stephen Colbert attended The Hollywood Reporter's The Most Powerful People in New York Media celebration in New York earlier this month.  After being ousted from his hosting role on The Late Show, Colbert hosted a local cable access show in Monroe, Michigan.

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  • Arts & Life

After Stephen Colbert's viral talk show parody, CBS backs down from copyright action

CBS and Paramount backed away from copyright challenges to limit distribution of Stephen Colbert's appearance on a Michigan cable access show. He ended his run as host of "The Late Show" on Thursday.

May 26, 2026
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  • Brian Mann
NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher says the network has a gap of $8 million in its annual budget due to softening corporate sponsorship and the end of federal subsidies for public media stations.<br>

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  • Media

NPR trims jobs in newsroom overhaul as it confronts era without public funding

NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure.

May 18, 2026
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  • David Folkenflik
Writer Ross Barkan sits for a podcast interview The Honest Broker.

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  • Media

New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations

The high-profile writer, who has written a forthcoming book about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is being investigated by the magazine after being called out for copying the work of other writers.

May 17, 2026
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  • Bobby Allyn
Andrew Morse is stepping down as publisher and president of the <em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</em> next month. Morse had aimed to achieve 500,000 paying digital subscribers by the end of 2026. He now says the goal is attainable, but will take more time.

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  • Media

'Atlanta Journal-Constitution' chief steps down as bold goals yield to tough realities

The owners of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution invested $150 million to reinvent the paper. The changes have been significant. Three years in, the payoff has been modest.

May 11, 2026
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  • David Folkenflik
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026.

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  • Media

ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

In a filing, ABC accuses the Trump administration of trying to chill its constitutionally protected free speech. The point of contention: "The View," and whether it's subject to equal time rules.

May 09, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN at a converted Jewish country club in Atlanta.

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  • Obituaries

'A trailblazer, a rabble-rouser, a do-gooder': CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87

Turner had a larger-than-life personality, and used it to launch the country's first 24/7 all-news network.

May 06, 2026
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
In this photo illustration, The Onion website is displayed on a computer screen, showing a satirical story titled Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'InfoWars.'

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  • National

The Onion's bid to take over Infowars moves to the Texas Supreme Court

The state's highest court will now consider a deal that would allow the Onion to license the Infowars brand name and turn the show into a mockery of itself.

April 30, 2026
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
First lady Melania Trump attends the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on April 25.

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  • Television

Melania Trump wants ABC to 'take a stand' against Jimmy Kimmel after 'hateful' joke

Two days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner ended in gunfire, Kimmel delivered a mock Correspondents' Dinner speech during a sketch on his show. The first lady said it was "corrosive."

April 28, 2026
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
In this photo illustration, The Onion website is displayed on a computer screen, showing a satirical story titled Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'InfoWars', on November 14, 2024 in Pasadena, California.

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  • News

The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars

The Onion says it has a new deal to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars media company. If approved, the satirical news website could turn Infowars into a parody of itself.

April 21, 2026
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
Columbus, Ohio is one of the cities where Nexstar owns and operates two major television stations following its acquisition of rival TV group Tegna.

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  • Media

Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna until trial

U.S. Judge Trevor Nunley ruled that consumers could suffer irreparable harm if Nexstar integrated Tegna's stations into its own operations ahead of an antitrust trial.

April 18, 2026
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  • David Folkenflik
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