Nothing to see here: just more corrupt people doing corruption.

I, personally, am here for discovery

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 👇

At Condé Nast, size matters - at least, in terms of how it’s handling its portfolio.

Column: Why have so many men failed to learn the lessons of MeToo? As long as powerful men exist, some will continue to rationalize taking advantage of less powerful women.

‘Why is it so damn difficult for so many men with so much to lose to keep their pants zipped?’

Via @rabcarian.bsky.social

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

The thrust of Jake Tapper’s last book: Media let everyone down by not challenging Biden WH spin with tough reporting.

The thrust of Jake Tapper’s next book: Media let everyone down by not challenging Trump WH spin with pocket squares.

A reminder, as Obama and Mamdani come together for the first time in person, that Mamdani is everything the GOP said Obama was... but wasn't: an African-born socialist Muslim.
#justsayin

Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is No Way to Run the FBI (With apologies to Animal House)

Substack headline of the week open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

So the peace deal lasted until the markets closed on Friday

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Trump’s “complicated relationship with the Bible” is a lot like my complicated relationship with Charlize Theron

Probably not a lot from which to choose readily available, but photo of the Nexstar guy in a tuxedo is sort of a chef’s kiss on this.

Fortunately, this comes in an XL.

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 worry is that this letter, and people who signed it, end up becoming Larry Ellison’s blacklist."

@brianlowry.bsky.social on Hollywood's concerns with Paramount WBD deal—and how major figures are speaking out, even though they fear there may be retaliation: www.status.news/p/hollywood-...

Plus: "Beef" Season 2 is more of a "Beef"-like product, "Lee Cronin's The Mummy" could've been called "Lee Cronin's The Exorcist," and "A Gorilla Story" reminds us David Attenborough, just shy of 100, is a world treasure, trying to save the planet from stupid humans.

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-...

To recap:

Trump sued CBS for $10B bc he didn't like the edits of a Harris interview. Paramount settled by paying $16M to the Trump library. Bari Weiss was put in charge of CBS to appease Trump and now...

YAY CELEBRATE FREEDOM at the Institute for Peace that Trump seized as he started war in Iran.

This will fix everything.

Ellison’s Hill Hide and Seek Cory Booker has renewed his invitation for David Ellison to appear before Congress, the senator told Status—this time asking the Paramount boss to appear when he is in town “honoring” the Trump White ...

Scoop: Sen. Cory Booker has re-upped his invitation for David Ellison to testify before Congress, now asking him to appear when he's in DC next week "honoring the Trump White House."

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Well, not JUST Jimmy Kimmel.

Between Mel Brooks and David Attenborough, it’s a big week for 99 year olds.

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...

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-scale media operations.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/alex-coope...

Sloppy, or slop?

The creepy Trump-as-Jesus picture Trump posted to Truth Social on 12 April 2026.

"Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous—whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light....Supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way....And then I see the disinfectant...by injection inside or almost a cleaning."

The WBD-Paramount merger is a consumer story just as much as a Hollywood story

Fewer streaming options
Less competition
Content disappearing behind paywalls

We're sounding the alarm
State AGs: we have your back

#BlockTheMerger

blockthemerger.com/openletter

A+ tweet.

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.

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.

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.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/trump-tuck...

The old CW would have given this 13 episodes on an elevator pitch.