Carr’s Drive-Thru Dinner Donald Trump’s FCC chair Brendan Carr is set to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Status has learned, where he will mingle with journalists and news executives at an event ostensibly abou...

Some news: FCC chairman Brendan Carr, who has used his position to repeatedly threaten media outlets, will attend this year's White House correspondents' dinner as a guest of a major media company.

The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...

While Kash Patel sues The Atlantic today—the latest Trump admin attempt to silence reporting—we’re raising funds for journalists under legal assault. You can show your support here 👇

We have partnered with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on First Amendment t-shirts, with half of the proceeds going to the non-profit's legal defense fund.

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Hollywood’s Paramounting Fears An open letter opposing David Ellison’s Warner Bros. takeover underscores the fear coursing through Hollywood, where talent tell Status putting their names on the petition could come with professional...

The same week Paramount-owned CBS toasted its talent, Hollywood's talent pushed back, in a very public way, against Paramount's takeover of WBD, despite the age-old fear of angering a buyer in a contracting business www.status.news/p/hollywood-...

Read the text of this invite below. It is crazed.

'Ellison’s decision to spend time in Washington “honoring” a White House that has made demonizing the press central to its playbook has outraged staffers at CBS News.' www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Exclusive: We obtained a copy of the invitation David Ellison sent for an evening of dinner and cocktails "honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House Correspondents" ahead of the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

The full story in @status.news
www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Alex Cooper’s Unwell Diagnosis Alex Cooper’s recent “feud” with Alix Earle speaks to larger challenges at her Unwell Network, insiders tell Status, as content creator stars look to turn their individual online success into full-sca...

Well, if anyone was going to attempt to brief Status readers on the Alex Cooper/Alix Earle drama, it had to be me…

Insiders tell me that the feud reflects larger talent retention issues at Cooper’s Unwell Network

www.status.news/p/alex-coope...

Mediaite’s Reporting Mess Mediaite has suspended its founding editor after Status uncovered the outlet had fabricated quotes and committed other egregious errors, raising serious questions about its reporting.

Mediaite has been wholesale making up quotes or falsely assigning them to reporters, a bizarre issue many suspect to be AI hallucintions. After we raised the issue, the outlet's founding editor was suspended pending an investigation.

The receipts in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mediaite-c...

Scoop: Mediaite has suspended its founding editor Colby Hall after a series of instances we raised about significant errors and outright fabrications in his work. Full story in @status.news tonight.

While you can admire the impulse to defend staff, The Athletic could’ve saved itself a good deal of grief by waiting till it knew what it was dealing with here.

The Athletic Plays Defense The New York Times-owned sports vertical is facing internal blowback after rushing to defend reporter Dianna Russini, only for it to later be revealed the paper had quietly launched an investigation i...

NYT staffers are criticizing the paper’s decision to initially defend Dianna Russini’s conduct after photos with an NFL coach, calling it “reckless,” “premature,” and “intentionally sneaky.”

@nataliekorach.bsky.social reports for @status.news www.status.news/p/diana-russ...

MAGA’s biggest media stars who built their brands “destroying the libs” are now echoing them, calling for Trump’s removal and trashing him as a demented grandpa.

Welcome to the new #resistance. my latest for @status.news www.status.news/p/trump-tuck...

MAGA Joins the #Resistance The right-wing media machine that helped power Donald Trump’s return to the White House has turned on him, with some of MAGA’s biggest stars now calling for his removal.

"For years, Trump has exerted near-total command over the right-wing media ecosystem that has... reaffirmed the views of millions of followers to his advantage. But the meltdown this week made clear that his grip on that system is loosening." — @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/trump-tuck...

CNN chief Mark Thompson named a key lieutenant chief operating officer this week, quietly signaling his preferred successor while David Ellison’s takeover looms.

The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/cnn-alex-m...

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? As the Trump administration wages war on the press, news outlets hosting White House Correspondents’ Dinner events are dodging questions about who’s on their guest lists.

With Trump attending WHCD, news orgs are having to confront whether to host members of an admin that routinely attacks them

One former network exec called CBS News’ Pete Hegseth invite “entirely hypocritical” and “absurd”

www.status.news/p/whcd-dinne...

‘60 Minutes’ to Midnight As the future of the CBS News program’s top producer hangs in the balance, Bari Weiss has also privately raised The Free Press during discussions about the show, Status has learned.

“60 Minutes” staffer to Weiss: “Go focus on the ‘Evening News.’ Your changes haven’t exactly landed w/viewers. If that becomes a success, I’d be a lot more open to your ideas about changing the longest-running, most successful, most-watched news program in history.” www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

‘60 Minutes’ to Midnight As the future of the CBS News program’s top producer hangs in the balance, Bari Weiss has also privately raised The Free Press during discussions about the show, Status has learned.

As Bari Weiss plots an overhaul of "60 Minutes" she has floated the possibility of airing pieces from The Free Press on the venerable news program and other changes.

The scoop in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran

"[Gen. Caine] also flagged the enormous difficulty of securing the Strait of Hormuz and the risks of Iran blocking it. Mr. Trump had dismissed that possibility on the assumption that the regime would capitulate before it came to that." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

POLITICO's New Playbook The Rosslyn-based outlet is preparing yet another Playbook shakeup, Status has learned, removing author Jack Blanchard from the helm and handing incoming top editor Jonathan Greenberger a major decisi...

News: Politico plans to remove Playbook lead author Jack Blanchard from his role as it looks to reset the franchise in the face of fierce competition.

The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/politico-p...

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Shell Shocked Less than a year into the job as Paramount president, Jeff Shell is negotiating his exit after being accused of leaking, Status has learned—creating a fresh headache for David Ellison.

a funny thing happened today when we went to break some news about paramount president jeff shell preparing to exit amid legal trouble.

the story in @status.news www.status.news/p/jeff-shell...

The 30 Rock Custody Battle Peter Alexander’s surprise jump from NBC News to MS NOW is the latest flashpoint in a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war that has fueled tension between the progressive outlet and its former sister network,...

The NBC News-MS NOW breakup has turned into a bitter divorce with both sides engaged in a tug-of-war over top talent and Peter Alexander's jump to the cable outlet exposing tensions.

The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/peter-alex...

The 30 Rock Custody Battle Peter Alexander’s surprise jump from NBC News to MS NOW is the latest flashpoint in a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war that has fueled tension between the progressive outlet and its former sister network,...

New: Inside Peter Alexander’s decision to leave NBC News for MS NOW, the latest flashpoint in the talent war between the one-time sister networks post-spinoff

www.status.news/p/peter-alex...

Bari's ‘60’ Blow Up Plan Earlier this year, Bari Weiss was talked out of making changes to "60 Minutes" midseason, Status has learned—but with the summer break approaching, her eyes are now trained squarely on the famed newsm...

Scoop: Bari Weiss wanted to make changes to "60 Minutes" earlier this year, but was talked down by CBS News President Tom Cibrowski and other senior leaders.

But with the show's current season ending in May, she plans to "blow" it up.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

The White House Picture Police Of the many images captured months ago during a Thanksgiving briefing, one of Karoline Leavitt incensed the White House, resulting in a remarkable chain of events that led to its removal from the phot...

The White House complained about an unflattering wire photo of Karoline Leavitt, which was subsequently scrubbed from the AFP and Getty Images libraries. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/karoline-l...

This is the photo of Karoline Leavitt by the AFP wire service that the White House complained about and AFP pulled. AFP says its action was unrelated to the complaint. (Yeah, sure.)
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Great scoop from Oliver, with echoes of my own reporting on Hegseth’s photo ban.

The White House Picture Police Of the many images captured months ago during a Thanksgiving briefing, one of Karoline Leavitt incensed the White House, resulting in a remarkable chain of events that led to its removal from the phot...

Scoop: AFP snapped an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt that incensed the White House—resulting in complaints to news agency and its ultimate removal from the wire service.

We found the photo in question and have the behind-the-scenes story in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karoline-l...

Chasing Creator Currency Between creator workshops at CNN and a recent video hiring spree at The New York Times, legacy media is chasing the creator playbook, looking for answers to their digital woes.

As YouTube continues to dominate, CNN brought in creators for exec workshops while NYT has hired more than a dozen video staffers this year

How legacy media outlets are attempting to import the creator playbook to the newsroom

www.status.news/p/cnn-podcas...

Jon Passant of @status.news says a line was crossed by these words. I'm inclined to agree.

www.status.news/p/brendan-ca... [no paywall]