The mood inside CNN has reportedly become “like a funeral” after Paramount cleared the final legal obstacle to its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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CNN Apologizes for Airing Photo of Dolly Parton Impersonator While Reporting on Country Queen’s Death
There will only ever be one Dolly Parton—a fact that a major news network is being reminded of following an embarrassing oversight.
David Ellison Says Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Really About CNN Control, Blasts Blue-State Lawsuit
David Ellison is no longer staying quiet. After months of legal challenges aimed at blocking Paramount's proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Paramount CEO has published a forceful New York Times op-ed arguing that the lawsuit brought by a...
Paramount Denies That Ellisons Made Any Promises to Donald Trump About CNN Reformation
Paramount Skydance has formally denied reports that company executives promised President Donald Trump they would overhaul CNN in exchange for government approval of the company’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Struggling MS NOW Cuts Live Weekend Shows as Layoffs Loom
MS NOW is making another major programming shakeup, announcing that it will significantly reduce its live weekend programming in favor of taped podcast content as the network prepares for planned layoffs. The changes, first reported by Deadline, will see the network...
Tom Hanks Mocks MS NOW Viewership in Latest Sign of Cable News Decline
Even Tom Hanks appears to understand the problem facing modern cable news networks like MS NOW. While attending the opening celebration for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, the Toy Story 5 star was approached by MS NOW correspondent Jacob Soboroff for a live...
Bari Weiss Reportedly Set to Oversee CNN After Paramount Takeover — Media Tries to Paint Her as a Trump Ally
Reports that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss could soon gain editorial oversight of CNN have triggered a familiar reaction from large segments of the media industry. Almost immediately, critics began portraying Weiss as a conservative operative, a Trump ally, or...
Poisonous Media Rhetoric Explodes at White House Correspondents’ Dinner After Another Assassination Attempt on President Trump
Per Reuters, Fox, CNN and any other media reporting from this weekend, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton was thrown into chaos. A man later identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance California breached a checkpoint and...
David Ellison Says CNN Will Remain Independent as Paramount Deal Raises Questions About Network’s Direction
David Ellison may soon own CNN and that's already becoming a topic of discussion across the media industry as Paramount Skydance moves forward with its proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. According to a report from Variety, some CNN employees...
CNN Staff Reportedly Panics as Paramount Purchase of Left Leaning Network Seems More Likely
The potential CNN Paramount tie-up is already sending tremors through the cable news world, and inside CNN itself the mood appears increasingly uneasy. According to reporting from Variety, multiple CNN employees are expressing concern about Warner Bros. Discovery’s...
Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty In Church Charges Case Tied To Minnesota Protest
Former CNN host Don Lemon has formally pleaded not guilty to charges in federal court as the legal fallout continues from the now-viral storming of a Minnesota church tied to anti-ICE protests — a case that is quickly escalating beyond a simple trespassing dispute...
BREAKING: Don Lemon Arrested as Federal Authorities Escalate Church Protest Case
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday night and taken into federal custody, marking a significant escalation in an investigation tied to a controversial anti-ICE church protest in Minnesota that disrupted Worship services. The development comes after...
New Media Journalist Nick Shirley Shakes the Media Establishment With Explosive Minnesota Fraud Allegations
A 23-year-old YouTuber may have just uncovered what could be the biggest financial fraud of the century. Now, the legacy media is scrambling to regain control of a narrative that has already gone viral. Nick Shirley alleges that several Somali-run Minnesota daycares received millions of taxpayer dollars through the state’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) while providing no services.