The current tone of election coverage is surprising. It’s anyone’s guess as to how long it will last. And the Harris campaign should be gearing up for a much tougher news cycle.
Murdoch succession infighting, a streaming music slump and more.
A prescient piece by The Atlantic
Debate ratings dwindle, the Post continues to reel, and more.
A new British invasion, media transparency in Spain and more.
Lewis’ actions leading to a top editor’s departure have disturbed the DC newsroom.
Open AI News Corp Reddit News Corp became the latest publishing giant to ink a deal with OpenAI allowing the company to mine its content for chatbot training. This gives OpenAI access to the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Barron’s, among other outlets under the Murdoch-owned company’s big umbrella. News of the pact, […]
The revenge of the homepage, a dilemma for NBC News and more.
Explaining the medium’s impressive endurance.
The Paramount saga continues, FT’s good deal with OpenAI and more.
In media, as in life, everything old is new again.
The proliferation of small media shards means that common ground will be ever harder to find among American voters.
Lamentation and petty thievery.
A revolt at NBC News, Reddit goes public after growing up, and more.
Plutocrats may not be the old media saviors they were briefly hyped to be.
Could the US ban TikTok?
The stubborn question of whether regulation strangles innovation has greeted the act.
Kara Swisher dishes on Silicon Valley, China ditches Hollywood and more.
Facebook turns 20, CNN shakes up mornings, the Super Bowl scores big.
The radio and TV newscaster Charles Osgood died this week at 91 years old. A Fordham graduate, a longtime friend and a real mensch, Charles was a professional hero of mine and a towering inspiration for broadcasters.
A brutal month for the US media.
The effects of war, on the ground in Gaza and in US newsrooms.
From AI to Disney, the stories defining media.
A former NYT editor on how the Paper of Record lost its way, and more.
Some highlights of my conversation with Lear in 2012 at Fordham.
Univision’s news coverage raises eyebrows, Europe confronts AI and more.
A roundup of recommended takes on the media, by the media.
A novel factor in the coming year’s elections is how AI, which has improved with startling speed over the past 12 months, will upend political campaigns and voting processes.
Media treatment of the events has generated its own bitter controversies.
A roundup of recommended takes on the media, by the media.
Good and bad news for tech regulation, the end of the time signal and a resolution to one Hollywood strike.
A roundup of recommended takes on the media, by the media.
An impasse revives thorny questions about the corrosive relationship between news outlets and tech giants.
Europe (maybe) reins in TikTok, streaming triumphs, Disney struggles and more…
Diversity takes many forms. And Affirmative Action as it functioned at the University of North Carolina and Harvard, the two schools named in the case, deserved tough questioning.
A monthly roundup of media winners and losers.
The government must be more transparent about its dealings with social media platforms regarding harmful content.
A monthly roundup of media winners and losers.
There’s a sturdy commitment in Canada to journalism’s mission to serve the public by telling the truth that has abated in America.
Leading with kindness may be key to a comeback for the troubled network.
What worries me more than the season’s social media snafus, and even more than its crude culture war battles, is the destabilizing and misleading role that Artificial Intelligence is likely to play in the long, muddy march to the White House.
A monthly roundup of media winners and losers.
It may involve dismantling primetime as we know it.
A monthly roundup of media winners and losers.
AI in journalism is here to stay. Humans must ethically deploy it.
A monthly roundup of media winners and losers.
What to expect in cable news, journalism preservation and more.
University rankings are likely here to stay. The Financial Times could serve as a model for improving them.
