Corporate Media

Conservative Media-Empire Battle is Over

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Article in The New York Times byJim Rutenberg & Jonathan Mahler, 9/8/25

Headline:  “Inside the Deal Ending the Murdoch Succession Fight”

Subhead: “Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father’s media empire will retain its conservative slant.”

Read the article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/business/media/murdoch-family-trust-succession-deal.html

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Article in The Guardian by Lauren Aratini, 9/8/25

Headline:  “Murdoch family reaches deal to resolve succession fight over media empire”

Subhead: “Family announces Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, will secure control of business”

“The succession battle at Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has ended.

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/rupert-murdoch-lachlan-family-succession-deal

Reporters Time for Life Jackets?

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Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 9/5/24

Headline: “The Bezos Briefing”

Subhead:  “As The Post bleeds reporters, its top editor Matt Murray sat down for a meeting with Jeff Bezos in Miami, Status has learned”

“Late last month, just before the Labor Day holiday weekend, The Washington Post’s executive editor, Matt Murray, found himself face to face with the newspaper’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos. . .”

“The meeting came against the backdrop of a wave of newsroom departures, this one triggered by buyout offers that sent some of The Post’s best-known bylines toward the exits. That exodus followed yet another round of defections earlier this year, when star talent left for rivals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos-washington-post-matt-murray-meeting

Media Racketeer?

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Article in The Nation by Jack Mirkinson, 9/4/25

Headline: “Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media”

Subhead: “Paramount is reportedly set to pay between $100 million and $200 million for ‘The Free Press’ and will install Bari Weiss at the top of CBS News.”

“. . .As a New York Times columnist, she constantly hawked right-wing bile while posing as a liberal who was just tired of all the extremism and censorship on the left—a tedious bait-and-switch that nevertheless sent her media profile soaring. . .”

“. . .There are lots of awful things about our current moment. But one of the worst is that we have to sit and watch as odious hucksters not only take over our public life but make out like bandits while doing so. I hope that CBS News staffers resist this attempt to destroy their workplace with everything they have. . .

“I hope that Weiss’s tenure atop CBS is short and failed. But mostly, I hope that one day we live in a world where people like Weiss are treated with the contempt they deserve and are hurled into the cultural wilderness where they belong.

Read the full article at:

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bari-weiss-free-press-cbs-news-paramount/#

 

Reporters Trust Political Doctors?

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Article in AP by David Bauder, 9/3/25

Headline: “US media quickly forced to revisit a thorny question: How should a president’s health be covered?”

“. . .Beyond punditry, however, news outlets face serious questions about how to handle the story, much like they did with Biden. The physical signs that have been pointed out online should trigger serious probes into the president’s health. Some critics, like historian Garrett Graff, said it was puzzling that many in the media hadn’t treated it like a news story — although the timing over a holiday weekend surely made it more challenging.. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-media-coverage-1541184240d9092f08159fa36a05a955

 

Battle of Media Predators

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Article in Washington Post by Jeremy Barr, 9/3/25

Headline:  “Newsmax sues Fox News, accusing it of anticompetitive practices”

Subhead:  “Newsmax claims that Fox has illegally edged out would-be competitors in the world of conservative-leaning cable television.”

“Conservative television network Newsmax is taking the market leader to court, suing Fox News and parent company Fox Corporation and accusing them of engaging in anticompetitive and monopolistic practices that have thwarted its growth. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/03/newsmax-sues-fox-news-accusing-it-anticompetitive-practices/

Evil CBS in Trouble Again!

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Update:

Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 9/2/25

Headline: “ICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s Ugly New Attack on CBS Exposes Big Trump Scam”

Subhead:  “The network was right to edit out her lies about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The rest of the media should do the same.”

“If you need more evidence that there’s zero percentage in trying to appease or bargain with authoritarians, check out what happened this weekend when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attacked CBS News for supposedly editing her Face the Nation appearance in a deceptive way. Unsurprisingly, it concerned the wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, about whom Noem and other Trump officials have lied relentlessly for months on end. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://newrepublic.com/article/199889/kristi-noem-attack-cbs-kilmar-garcia-trump-scam

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Article in The Hill by Sarah Fortinsky, 9/1/25

Headline: “Noem accuses CBS of ‘deceptively’ editing interview about Abrego Garcia”

“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused CBS News of selectively editing footage from her Sunday interview, cutting some of her remarks about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported and returned to the U.S. to face separate charges. . .”

“CBS News, however, maintains that the interview was edited to fit its allotted time slot in the hourlong broadcast and that the full interview was published online. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5480324-noem-abrego-garcia-cbs-interview-editing/

Need to Protect Journalists

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Josh Hersh, 8/28/25

Headline:  “Hind Hassan Is Sorry We Didn’t Do More to Make Journalism Safe”

Subhead:  “ ‘We’re responsible for what our industry stands for,’ the documentary news reporter says.”

“Earlier this month, Hind Hassan, a decorated documentary news reporter who has covered everything from conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, and Ukraine to the bizarre underworld of the global wellness industry, spoke at a graduation ceremony for students at Columbia Journalism School. . .”

“ ‘We’re responsible for what our industry stands for,’ she said. ‘I think it is the responsibility of the industry, of those who have the power, of heads of news organizations, to defend journalists when they come under attack, no matter where they are.’ . . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/kicker/hind-hassan-gaza-journalism-safety.php

Another One Bites the Dust?

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 8/29/25

Headline:  “Opinion | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution to end print, move to digital only in 2026″

Subhead: “After 157 years, of print, the AJC will focus on digital growth, promising top-notch journalism and a modern user experience”

“One of America’s best-known newspapers, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, made a stunning announcement on Thursday: it will stop publishing its print edition at the end of 2025 and start 2026 as a digital-only product.

“Andrew Morse, president and publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said in a statement, “The entire news industry is being upended by rapidly evolving technology and consumer behavior. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/atlanta-journal-constitution-ends-print-newspaper/

Media Find Happy Warrior

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Article in FAIR by Raina Lipsitz, 8/28/25

Headline:  “Media Like Newsom’s Fighting Words—But Are Words Enough to Beat Trump?”

“Corporate media outlets, and the consultants and former administration officials who work for them, have a message for Democratic voters: To revive its dwindling appeal, their party needs a fighter to take on Trump. And California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has lately made headlines for parodying Trump on X, is the man for the job. . .”

“Because corporate media outlets have taken Trump’s 2024 victory as evidence that the Democratic Party has moved too far left, they are eager to portray Newsom’s shifts as part of a commonsensical and pragmatic effort to broaden his appeal by tacking right. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/media-like-newsoms-fighting-words-but-are-words-enough-to-beat-trump/

Changing From Print to TV

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Article in Poynter by Amaris Castillo, 8/27/25

Headline: “Can a print journalist become a TV reporter? Some face significant challenges. Others find success.”

Subhead: “Behind the scenes of a bold program at Scripps, the promise of reinvention collides with the realities of TV news culture.”

“Three years ago, The E.W. Scripps Company, one of the largest broadcast news organizations in the United States, prepared to launch an ambitious initiative. The Scripps Journalism Journey Initiative, a multiyear program with Google, was designed to transition experienced print journalists into broadcast news careers, at a time when local newspapers were closing and newsrooms were shrinking. . .

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/scripps-jji-print-journalists-reinvent-careers-broadcast/