Media
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Washington Post Loses 75,000 Subscribers After Jeff Bezos’ Opinion Takeover
The paper’s latest right turn also prompted more cirticism and protest resignations
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LA Times’ De Los Editor Resigns, Accuses Leadership of Dismissing HR Complaints Against Managing Editor | Exclusive
In a message on the Times’ internal Slack Friday, Paloma Esquivel says she hopes the newsroom becomes a place where journalists “can do their work knowing that those in positions of power won’t berate or disparage them”
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New York Times Files to Dismiss Justin Baldoni’s ‘Insufficient’ $250 Million Defamation Suit
The suit fails to demonstrate the newspaper’s “purported actual malice,” according to the Times’ attorneys
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Elon Musk Applauds Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Changes Amid Newsroom Outcry: ‘Makes Sense’
The Tesla boss tells Joe Rogan the “media is incredibly partisan” during a 191 minute podcast on Friday
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Trump Cancels Zelenskyy Press Conference After Oval Office Clash: ‘He Can Come Back When He Is Ready for Peace’
“Zelenskyy is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations,” the president says
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Trump, Zelenskyy, Vance Clash in ‘Disrespectful’ Oval Office Meeting: ‘You’re Gambling With World War III’ | Video
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also had to remove a Russian TASS reporter ahead of the contentious sit-down on Friday
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NBCUniversal Prepares to Launch ‘Mobile-First’ News Service
The platform will serve up short-form videos from NBC News anchors and correspondents
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Over 40 LA Times Newsroom Staffers Take Buyouts: ‘Tremendous Amount of Institutional Knowledge Lost’
“We should put out a missing flyer in search of the man who bought our paper and made promises about its future,” one employee tells TheWrap
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CBS News Sets Tom Cibrowski as President and Executive Editor
The longtime news exec spent 25 years at ABC News and “Good Morning America” before moving to ABC7 in San Francisco
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Billionaire Media Owners Aren’t the White Knights Journalists Dreamed Of
Jeff Bezos and Patrick Soon-Shiong’s recent actions reek of self-interest, not the enlightened ownership for which employees at their newspapers hoped
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White House Correspondents Association to Members: You’re on Your Own Against Trump
“Each of your organizations will have to decide whether or not you will take part in these new, government-appointed pools,” org president Eugene Daniels tells members
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Don Lemon Says Sparring With Megyn Kelly Is Out of His Character, but ‘Someone Had to Stand Up’
“I am actually embarrassed for her,” the former CNN anchor says
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Trump White House Boots Reuters and HuffPost From Press Pool, Blocks Coverage of Cabinet Meeting
The AP, Reuters, and Bloomberg issue a rare joint statement ripping the Trump Administration’s attempt to “limit” the free press
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Journalists Rage Over Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Op-Ed Directive: ‘What the Actual F–k’
Jeff Stein, WaPo’s chief economics reporter, calls it a “massive encroachment” by the Amazon founder
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Ex-WaPo Boss Marty Baron Blasts Jeff Bezos’ New Opinions Policy: ‘Sad and Disgusted’
The longtime executive editor rips the Amazon owner for restricting the focus of the Washington Post’s opinions section