scoop: NPR's top editor said in a meeting with the new CEO and show hosts Wednesday that she didn't want to make Uri Berliner a 'martyr.'

nytimes.com/2024/04/11/bus…

We're told that everyone at the network is mindful of the disaster created by Juan Williams' firing in 2010.

NEW: Inside the crisis at NPR, which is seething over Uri Berliner's essay. W/Katie Robertson
nytimes.com/2024/04/11/bus…

Scoop: Paramount has hired a bank to explore selling VidCon, the creator-focused events franchise it acquired in 2018.

The effort comes as Paramount itself is fielding acquisition offers, from Skydance Media and Apollo.

With Catherine Perloff for ADWEEK:adweek.com/convergent-tv/…

NEW: Axios’s plan to survive the rise of A.I. — doubling down on events and building $1,000/yr membership subscriptions around star reporters like Sara Fischer and Dan Primack

nytimes.com/2024/04/11/bus…

My letter to Paramount
Jessica Toonkel Lucas Shaw Early Retiree SkiGuy18 Ariel Investments Mario Gabelli Rob Saidi Larry Ellison uncommon sense $PARA

Another blistering shareholder letter opposing $PARA deal with Skydance: “Be assured that this will be the only courtesy provided to you before the initiation of litigation.”

I wrote about the apps for The Atlantic!

theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Exclusive: Three Paramount Directors to Step Down as Company Discusses Skydance Merger $PARA wsj.com/business/media…

Finally, the truth is getting out about David Enrich: nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

🎶 So hot in herre 🎶

The legendary television agent Richard Leibner has died.

There's so much I want to say about Richard. He was my agent for many years. More importantly, he was my friend, mentor and most reliable viewer.

But for now, let me share what UTA's Jay Sures wrote a few minutes ago:

You can always recognize a Josh T*polsky site. sherwood.news

When your recording software captures the post-interview sweet nothings between reporter and dog

don't forget to tip your reporter: 530-961-3223

scoop: NPR editor in chief Edith Chapin responds to Uri Berliner’s essay in The Free Press: “I and my colleagues on the leadership team strongly disagree with Uri’s assessment of the quality of our journalism…”

Fascinating interview between Kara Swisher (who studied Nazi propaganda) and Timothy W. Ryback, who wrote a book about the final six months before Hitler took power:

open.spotify.com/episode/3qCTdE…

NEW: The 5 major TV news networks are preparing an unusual open letter that urges Trump and Biden to commit to participating in this year's three scheduled presidential debates. nytimes.com/2024/04/09/bus…

New: Fortune names Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as CEO, the first woman to lead the 95-year-old brand nytimes.com/2024/04/09/bus…

In today’s DealBook: @bernhardwarner on Wall Street’s big rethink on interest-rate cuts; Ravi Mattu on Blackstone’s big bet on real estate; @laurenshirsch + @benmullin on Paramount’s battle to win over investors; the economic impact of the eclipse; + more nyti.ms/3JalHcD

Another Paramount shareholder letter opposing the deal: “The last thing the company shareholders need is yet another silver-spooned movie enthusiast to run our entertainment company into the ground.”