Looks like NPR's new C.E.O. has a scheduling conflict that will prevent her from testifying before Congress: Her first board meeting.
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NEW: Judith Regan wrote a 5,160-word column recounting the time O.J. Simpson kinda-sorta confessed to her that he did the 1994 murders. A week later her piece vanished from The Hollywood Reporter’s website. No one’s saying why. thedailybeast.com/why-did-the-ho…

NPR CEO Katherine Maher is being called before Congress to address “allegations of political and ideological bias” Liz Elkind scoops:

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Some personal/personnel news: Pleased to report that my March, 2022 suspension by the The Washington Post has been rescinded and the week’s pay I was docked has been restored under an agreement between the Post and Washington-Baltimore News Guild More…

public editor? that's a name i haven't heard in years

For reporters looking in on Columbia’s campus, if you find a way in unchallenged, you’re in. In 1996, someone snuck me in. I approached the protesters, identified myself and was told to go away. But I hung around, slept on the floor. After 3 days, a few of them started to talk

On The Daily this morning (!) talking TikTok and the new law pushing the company to either divest from ByteDance or face a ban: nytimes.com/2024/04/30/pod… thanks for having me on Sabrina Tavernise & team!

NEW: A group of Alden newspapers, including New York Daily News & The Chicago Tribune, has sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using millions of copyrighted articles to train and power their AI chatbots nytimes.com/2024/04/30/bus…

News: The union that represents Wall Street Journal employees says it has authorized a strike vote over the company's contract proposals x.com/IAPE1096/statu…

Comcast’s NBCUniversal is prepared to pay an average of about $2.5 billion a year to air a package of NBA games, as rival Warner Bros. Discovery makes last-ditch efforts to keep those rights by Joe Flint Amol Sharma Isabella Simonetti wsj.com/business/media… via The Wall Street Journal

Bob Bakish steps down. He's entitled to severance worth $50.6 million. a/Lauren Hirsch
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$PARA

NEW: Shari Redstone signed off on meetings between Paramount's top executives and board members — including Charles Phillips — where those executives expressed misgivings about Paramount's direction.

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Those meetings paved the way for today's big shakeup.

a new 'govern yourself accordingly' letter from Paramount shareholders.

side note: I may make this my new email sig

Scoop w/Lauren Hirsch: In its revised offer this weekend, Skydance also offered to give Paramount shareholders a larger stake in the combined company
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scoop w/Lauren Hirsch: Skydance just added a sweetener to its bid for Paramount — increasing its cash infusion for the combined company to $3 billion.

That money will be used for buybacks and paying down debt. $PARA

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My Latest: Missed deals, revolting shareholders and a CEO on the outs. How Shari Redstone's merger plans for Paramount devolved into one of the messiest corporate dramas in memory wsj.com/business/media… via The Wall Street Journal

scoop w/Lauren Hirsch: Several of Paramount’s senior executives expressed reservations about the direction of the company to a representative of the board of directors in recent weeks, further eroding Bob Bakish's standing at Paramount
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scoop w/Lauren Hirsch Paramount is planning to announce the departure of its chief executive, Bob Bakish, as soon as next week:
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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Considers Removing CEO Bob Bakish as Turmoil Over Sale Talks Deepens wsj.com/business/media…