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Media Deals in the Works?

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Article in the Washington Post by Eric Wemple, 4/14/25

Headline:  “Has the media made any deals with Trump?  I answered your questions”

Subhead:   “From Erik’s Q&A on the media with readers from  Monday, April 14”

“Are the DOGE job losses similar to the newspaper industry’s?

“I’m a former newspaper executive who faced laying off my share of staffer for almost a decade. The DOGE cuts have felt eerily similar to the news industry’s cuts and have left me feeling uneasy about my former role. Tell me if I’m right for feeling guilty or tell me what are the differences  between DOGE tactics and the news industry’s? . . .”

Rt. Wing Media Find Fault

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Update:

Article in The Verge by Sato, 4/16/25

Hedline:  “Tariffs are splitting even Trump’s loudest boosters.”

“At least somewhat. Media Matters analyzed top podcasters aligned with Donald Trump and found that while most covered his tariff policy positively, there are signs of fracturing. Ben Shapiro and Joe Rogan are among the right wing influencers who’ve criticized Trump’s trade war in recent weeks. . .”

https://www.theverge.com/news/650096/tariffs-are-splitting-even-trumps-loudest-boosters

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Article in Media Matters by Zachary Pleat4/14/25

Headline:  “MAGA media knives are out for Trump’s tariff advisers”

Subhead:  “Trump supporters are blaming some of Trump’s economic appointees — instead of Trump — for confusion and general turmoil over his tariff”

“Numerous right-wing media figures are placing blame for the chaos and confusion over Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on two of his top economic appointees — senior trade adviser Peter Navarro and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — rather than on Trump himself. . . .”

“Pro-Trump media figures on Fox and elsewhere have been blaming Lutnick and Navarro for tariff-related confusion over the past week . . .”

https://www.mediamatters.org/tariffs-trade/maga-media-knives-are-out-trumps-tariff-advisers

Robber-Baron Media?

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Article in The New York Times by CeciliaKing, Mike Isaac, and David McCabe, 4/14/25

Headline:  “U.S. Argues Meta Built a Social Media Monopoly”

Subhead:  “The tech giant went to court on Monday in an antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The case could reshape its business.”

“The Federal Trade Commission on Monday accused Meta of creating a monopoly that squelched competition by buying start-ups that stood in its way, kicking off a landmark antitrust trial that could dismantle a social media empire that has transformed how the world connects online.

“In a packed courtroom in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, the F.T.C. opened its first antitrust trial under the Trump administration by arguing that Meta illegally cemented a monopoly in social networking by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp when they were tiny start-ups. Those actions were part of a ‘buy-or-bury strategy,’ the F.T.C. said.”

https://archive.is/OKi9X#selection-751.0-767.46

Widening Gyre Public Media

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Article in Free Press by Staff, 4/14/25

Headline:  “Trump’s Plan to Defund Public Broadcasting To Face Opposition from Americans Who Overwhelmingly Support NPR and PBS“

Subhead:  “White House source tells press of plan to cut more than a billion dollars from the budget, effectively zeroing out federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting”

“According to Politico and New York Times reports Monday, the White House will send Congress a request to claw back nearly $1.1 billion in already-approved federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the entity that provides federal support for NPR and PBS affiliates across the country. . .”

https://www.freepress.net/news/trumps-plan-defund-public-broadcasting-face-opposition-americans-who-overwhelmingly-support

Soon – Media Required to Praise Leader?

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Article in Huffpost by Lydia O’Commor 4/14/25

Headline:  “Trump Is Ramping Up His War With The Press As He Demands Media Praise”

Subhead:  “Nobody watches you anymore. You have no credibility,” Trump snapped at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.”

“President Donald Trump has been escalating his war with the media, allowing members of his administration to take turns bashing a reporter, denying journalists access to the Oval Office and calling for networks to be punished.

“In his latest installment, Trump lashed out at CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins before she could even finish asking him a question on Monday. . . .”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-war-with-press_n_67fd47bfe4b081fb1e97209b

Indigenous News Pioneer Honored

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Article in Indian Country Today by Staff. 4/11/25

Headline:  “A call to do more: former ICT editor honored by Harvard”

Subhead:  “Mark Trahant will be receiving the 2025 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence”

“Mark Trahant, former editor-at-large at ICT, has been selected for the 2025 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence for his 50-year long career in journalism and commitment to Indigenous storytelling. . .”

“Trahant directed the revival of Indian Country Today after the news organization went dark in 2017. He brought it back as a digital newspaper with a mobile-first approach in 2018 when it was previously owned by the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C. Back then the newsroom had a staff of three and it grew to more than 30 employees in 2024. . .”

https://ictnews.org/news/a-call-to-do-more-former-ict-editor-honored-by-harvard

Check-to-Check Financial News

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Article in The Guardian by Zach Vasquez, 4/12/25

“Check-to-Check Business News Channel offers ‘financial news to regular folk living paycheck to paycheck’. Whereas the S&P means nothing to the hosts or their audience, other signs – such as ‘candy bars are up from ‘sure, baby, to “put that back” ‘, are dire signs. Meanwhile, healthcare spending remains at zero, while millions of Americans are investing in healthcare alternatives such as ‘just lay down, take an Advil, or just pray it goes away’.”

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/13/saturday-night-live-jon-hamm-host

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKznUoQa-I&t=9s

 

Rt. Wing Media Split?

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones. 4/11/25

Headline:  “Opinion | Trump’s tariff chaos rattles markets — and conservative media is split”

Subhead:  “Uncertainty abounds after a week of stock market volatility, and many wonder about the president’s motives.”

“The big news this week, of course, was the stock market bouncing up and down like a yo-yo as Trump imposed, then paused tariffs on other countries. Oh, except for China — where the tariffs jumped up even more. Anxiety over that caused the markets to take a dive again on Thursday.

“So what are Americans making out of all of this?  Well, it depends on where they get their news and information. Conservative media, mostly, is  portraying Trump as a brilliant negotiator and genius businessman. They see him as the master of the art of the deal.

“Everyone else, and, yes, even a few in conservative media outlets, continue to watch an unstable stock market and rickety world economy and ask: ‘What is Trump doing? Does Trump even know what he is doing?’

“Once again, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board continues to be among Trump’s biggest critics when it comes to the shifting tariff policies. . .”

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/trumps-tariff-chaos-rattles-markets-conservative-media-split/

Money-Truth on the Radio

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Josh Hersch 4/11/25

Headline:  “Kai Ryssdal Was America’s Economic Voice of Reason This Week”

Subhead:  “The Marketplace host on Trump’s economic policies, and telling it like it is.”

“Kai Ryssdal has been the host of Marketplace, a leading daily radio show and podcast about the economy, produced by American Public Media, since 2005.

“He delivers the news—from the bitter latest on our 401(k)s to unexpected interviews about the modern-day resurgence of train robberies—with an affable, direct tone. . .”

“This week on The Kicker, Ryssdal explains what, exactly, just happened with the economy, and why he feels it’s so important for Marketplace to call it like they see it. . .”

https://www.cjr.org/kicker/kai-ryssdal-marketplace-trump-economy.php

Windfall for Some Media Giants?

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Article in Free Press by Staff, 4/10/25

Headline:  “Kill the Bill: Press Group Fights Oregon Measure on Payment by Tech Firms”

“Free Press Action noted that the bill would divert millions into the pocket of corporate media giants and incentivize tech platforms to block local news content entirely.”

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/404954/kill-the-bill-press-group-fights-oregon-measure-o.html