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Scoop: CNN's chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid has declined to renew her deal at CNN.

I'm told Reid cited Paramount's looming takeover in convos with network brass and has expressed concerns about the changes at CBS News.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/paula-reid...

Reiding The Room at CNN

Paula Reid declined to renew her contract at CNN, Status has learned, after the star correspondent engaged in candid conversations with network brass about the outlet’s future under David Ellison.

Inside Axel Springer (owner of POLITICO and Business Insider), staffers are *not happy* with the German publishing giant's decision to honor Peter Thiel.

Much more via @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news: www.status.news/p/peter-thie...

Döpfner and Bari’s Toast to Thiel

By awarding MAGA billionaire Peter Thiel its highest-profile honor, Axel Springer is providing one of the clearest signals yet of the publisher’s rightward evolution under Mathias Döpfner.

“After months of insisting the dinner was worth reviving in the name of the First Amendment … the organization instead handed Trump a nationally televised platform to demean the very journalists it exists to represent,” @passantino.bsky.social writes. www.status.news/p/the-white-...

The White House Correspondents’ Disgrace

The WHCA sought to reconvene its annual dinner in celebration of press freedom. Instead, it handed Donald Trump a platform to attack the very journalists the organization exists to represent.

It's funny how billionaires all claim to be staunch supporters of unbridled free expression—until the speech is focused on them. Then, they are *quite comfortable* with censorship.

Read @passantino.bsky.social on Mark Zuckerberg's incredible hypocrisy on the issue: www.status.news/p/mark-zucke...

Meta’s Speech Muzzle

Mark Zuckerberg has proclaimed himself a staunch defender of free expression, invoking the principle as he dismantled Meta’s guardrails against misinformation. That is, unless the speech is about Meta...

Scoop: CNN and Clarissa Ward failed to come to an agreement for a long-term contract earlier this year, resulting in her inking just a one-year extension with the network.

Details on what happened, and the Bari Weiss of it all, in @status.news: www.status.news/p/clarissa-w...

Clarissa Ward’s CNN Crossroads

The star foreign correspondent could not reach a long-term deal with CNN earlier this year amid friction with executives and concerns over Bari Weiss potentially taking editorial control of the networ...

News: Staffers are increasingly anxious about whether the program will be able to produce enough “60 Minutes”-caliber reporting for the fall season given the ongoing internal upheaval

A lot more in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

The ‘60’ Summer Struggles

One month after Black Thursday, the newsmagazine remains in turmoil—with Status learning Bill Whitaker has privately expressed frustration, another longtime producer has exited, and staffers are wonde...

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"Never in my career until now have I felt that those edits, those suggestions, came from a place of misinformation or politics," Vega said. www.status.news/p/cecilia-ve...

Vega Breaks Her Silence

The fired “60 Minutes” correspondent revealed stunning new details about how CBS News management tried to meddle in her reporting, according to an audio recording obtained by Status.

David Ellison & Co. have "mightily pissed off these 12 AGs," @normeisen.bsky.social tells me.

More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/paramount-...

Ellison’s California Nightmare

David Ellison may have been California dreamin’ about getting his Warners deal cleared by the Golden State—but he’s now facing a nightmare as it and 11 other states sue to block it on antitrust ground...

Even Fox News is staying away from promoting Donald Trump's prime time conspiracy junk about the 2020 election, @brettlogiurato.bsky.social writes. www.status.news/p/fox-news-d...

Fox’s Speech Snub

Donald Trump wanted a national conversation about election fraud. Fox News aired the speech, then spent the next morning talking about anything but.

News: A federal judge granted The New York Times' request this week to postpone grand jury appearances for three of its subpoenaed reporters, and scheduled a high-stakes hearing for Thursday.

@passantino.bsky.social has details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/new-york-t...

The Times’ Source Standoff

A federal judge granted The NYT a temporary reprieve from Trump administration subpoenas targeting three of its reporters, Status has learned, setting up a high-stakes hearing next week over confident...

Scoop: CNN quietly overhauled its video leadership team, this week, ousting senior vice president Nancy Han, who it had just hired last year. Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3RBX5Bv

"They needed to make a move and this was really the only move they had."

Here's why Comcast is entirely shedding off its media business, according to insiders who spoke with @status.news: www.status.news/p/comcast-nb...

Carving Up Comcast

Brian Roberts insisted the seismic breakup of Comcast's media and broadband businesses is about creating two stronger companies—but no one in the industry is buying it, with insiders telling Status th...

Scoop: CNN chief Mark Thompson was peppered with questions about Paramount's looming takeover by the network's White House team, after making a trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave to meet with staffers.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...

Thompson’s White House Trek

The CNN chief quietly traveled to the White House last week to visit the network’s team of reporters, who peppered him with questions about Paramount’s looming takeover, Status has learned.

Big news: We are excited to announce the launch of the Status Summit, our first live event.

On Sept. 9 in New York, we’ll bring together the most influential leaders in media for candid, on-the-record conversations about the future of the industry.

Details in Variety: variety.com/2026/tv/news...

‘Status Summit’ Aims to Deliver More Content From Oliver Darcy’s ‘Status’ Media Newsletter

'Status Summit' Aims to Deliver More Content From Oliver Darcy's 'Status' Media Newsletter

"CBS Mornings" is hitting historic lows in the ratings—and it's not Gayle King's fault.

Watch Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/QbY2vkGTZ9o

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Lots of news in our latest piece on the state of play inside "60 Minutes": Bill Whitaker has privately expressed frustration, another longtime producer has exited, Bari Weiss has failed to recruit Andrew Ross Sorkin, and more.

All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

The ‘60’ Summer Struggles

One month after Black Thursday, the newsmagazine remains in turmoil—with Status learning Bill Whitaker has privately expressed frustration, another longtime producer has exited, and staffers are wonde...

"Ukrainian officials appear to believe that winning arguments in Washington isn't enough. They also need to compete in the podcasts, social feeds, and influencer networks that shape opinion inside Trump's coalition."

More from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/laura-loom...

Loomer’s Kyiv Curveball

After years of attacking Ukraine, Laura Loomer traveled to Kyiv, interviewed Zelenskyy, and emerged with a very different message, offering a glimpse into Ukraine's growing effort to reach Trump's med...

Just announced: @karaswisher.bsky.social will join the Status Summit in September, joining Brian Williams, David Remnick, Nicolle Wallace, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Meredith Kopit Levien, Wendy McMahon, Rebecca Kutler, and more.

Reserve your spot with the Early Bird rate here: www.statussummit.news

You can't trust what David Ellison says about CNN.

@passantino.bsky.social and I discuss that and more on this week's episode of Power Lines.

Watch on YouTube here: youtu.be/ulVHjtNCRBM

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@nataliekorach.bsky.social has the inside account of this week’s messy ESPN layoffs, where execs raced to tell staffers they were being impacted before they might learn the news via leaks to the press.

Read the story in @status.news: www.status.news/p/espn-layof...

ESPN's Messy Roster Shakeup

The cuts at the Disney-owned network exposed mounting tensions inside its Bristol headquarters, Status has learned, with network management scrambling to notify talent and staffers of their fate as ne...

Have you registered for the Status Summit yet?

This week we've announced Brian Williams and Nicolle Wallace as confirmed speakers.

Many more still to be announced in the days ahead.

Reserve your spot here: www.statussummit.news

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Status Summit | September 09, 2026

A one-day event that will bring together the industry’s most influential figures for a series of candid conversations about the forces transforming the information landscape.

Welcome @brettlogiurato.bsky.social to @status.news !

Brett LoGiurato @brettlogiurato.bsky.social

Some personnel news: This was my first week at @status.news! I’m looking forward to working with an all-star team: @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, @passantino.bsky.social, & @nataliekorach.bsky.social. Also looking forward to writing more! My first newsletter is out today: www.status.news/p/robinhood-...

Robinhood's News Retreat

Three years after Robinhood launched Sherwood News with grand ambitions, the stock trading app has gutted the newsroom and dramatically narrowed its media strategy, Status has learned.