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☆ PIPs have rankled the Wall Street Journal newsroom and are at the center of a new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAn uptick in disciplinary actions during Emma Tucker's reign at The Wall Street Journal has unnerved the newsroom, and now a former Journal reporter has filed a lawsuit challenging them. The lawsuit, filed by Stephanie Armour, alleges that she was fraudulently targeted for dismissal starting in April 2024 despite excelling in her job. Some said they saw the moves as a way to get rid of high-earning employees who are protected from being fired without cause by Journal publisher Dow Jones' union, IAPE. It was formed after Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of Dow Jones in 2007 to allay concerns of Dow Jones' longtime former owners, the Bancroft family. Dow Jones and editorial leadership haven't immediately responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Emma Tucker's, Stephanie Armour, they've, Dow Jones, Jodi Green, Rupert Murdoch's, Bancroft, Tucker's, Damian Paletta, Janet Adamy, Armour, Paletta, Amour, I'd, I've, Robert Housman, Housman, haven't, Tucker, Lucia Moses Organizations: Service, Wall, Business, Dow, Journal, Dow Jones & Co, Washington, District of Columbia, Hill Partners Locations: lmoses@businessinsider.com

☆ Judge will consider $6 billion legal fees for lawyers who voided Elon Musk's multibillion pay package
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Delaware judge still wants to consider a $6-billion request in legal fees from lawyers who shot down Elon Musk's multibillion-dollar pay package at Tesla regardless of the recent shareholder vote, court documents show. In January, Chancellor Kathleen McCormick of the Delaware Chancery Court ruled against Elon Musk's pay package that would've awarded the Tesla CEO more than $55 billion in stock at the time. With the outcome, lawyers representing Richard Tornetta, the Tesla shareholder who objected to the compensation plan, argued that they provided a valuable service in getting Musk's package rescinded. But Musk received some good news in June after shareholders voted to re-approve the CEO's pay package and maintain the current board structure with Kimbal and James Murdoch. Chancellor McCormick will have to decide on the fate of the package and whether the plaintiff's attorneys do deserve about $6 billion in legal fees.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's, Kathleen McCormick, McCormick, Richard Tornetta, Musk, James Murdoch, doesn't, Chancellor McCormick, James, Park Organizations: Service, Elon, Business, University of California, Tesla Locations: Delaware, Los Angeles

☆ Rupert Murdoch just slashed the price of his Manhattan penthouse by half. See inside the $28.5 million apartment he can't seem to sell.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Rupert Murdoch has cut the price of his three-floor New York City apartment to $28.5 million. to $28.5 million. The media mogul, 93, listed the property for $62 million in 2022. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Now, in his latest bid to shift the property, he's selling it for $28.5 million, more than half its original listing price.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, —, Elena Zhukova Organizations: Service, Fox Corporation, News Corp, Air, Business Locations: York City, Manhattan, New York City, Madison, Bel, Air , California

☆ Will Lewis Says He Helped Hacking Investigation. Scotland Yard Had Doubts.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Jo Becker | Justin Scheck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Will Lewis, now the publisher of the Washington Post, was in full crisis mode in 2011. Then an executive at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, he was an intermediary to the police detectives investigating a British phone-hacking scandal that had placed the company’s journalists and top leaders in legal peril. For years, reporters at News Corporation’s best-selling British tabloid had landed scoops by paying public officials and illegally listening to the voice mail messages of royals, politicians, celebrities and even a murdered girl. Mr. Lewis was supposed to cooperate with police, identify wrongdoing and help steer the company through the crisis. His role, he would later say, was as a force for good.

Persons: Will Lewis, Lewis Organizations: Washington Post, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, The New York Times, London’s Metropolitan Police, News Corp

☆ The billionaire summer calendar: How the world's wealthiest business icons spend their warmer months
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Olympics: July 26-August 11The Olympic Games are a favorite for sports-loving billionaires like Bill Gates, seen here in 2008 at the Beijing Games. Tony Marshall - EMPICS/Getty ImagesWhile the Olympics are, in theory, an event for every spectator, billionaires enjoy the games a little differently and will do so in Paris this year. Billionaires with no official connection to this year's Olympics will no doubt be there, too, and in style. Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch have attended the event with their families in years past, and newly minted billionaire Magic Johnson has played for Team USA and carried the Olympic torch. Tickets to events like the women's gymnastics final cost $6,500 each from the official ticket seller.

Persons: Bill Gates, Tony Marshall, Bernard —, Hennessy, Rupert Murdoch, Magic Johnson, Vistajet, Fraser Organizations: Beijing Games, Chandon, Team USA, Guardian Locations: Paris

Trump’s campaign insists the former president is his own best adviser and he alone will make the call. Vance,” Trump Jr. told Newsmax in January. That’s a key concern of Trump’s top advisers who have otherwise let the former president dictate the process. “President Trump should not be made to explain other people’s scandals or statements.”Burgum’s wealth may have worked in his favor for a time when Trump trailed President Joe Biden in the money wars. But the recent influx of cash into the campaign following Trump’s fundraising blitz and criminal convictions has blunted that advantage.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Sen, J.D, Vance, Rupert Murdoch, Trumpworld, Doug Burgum, Sean Hannity, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Trump, —, Burgum, Rubio, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Elise Stefanik, Byron Donalds, Ben Carson, “, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita, Wiles, “ Susie, Nikki Haley, Scott, In Rubio, Hannity, Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s, Mike Pence, Conway, ” Conway, namechecked Donalds, Marc Andreessen, Brian Hook, Bill Ackman —, Ken Griffin, Griffin, Haley, Steve Bannon, Bannon, Paul, Trump’s Jesus, Jesus, ” Bannon, ” Trump, Newsmax, ” Tucker Carlson, Carlson, Vance “, I’ve, Pence, ”, bankroll, Marco Rubio’s, Joe Biden Organizations: CNN, Ohio Republican, North Dakota Gov, Fox News, Florida, Trump, Republican National Convention, House GOP, Florida Rep, Urban, Street, South Carolina Gov, Indiana Gov, Washington Post, Democratic Party, The New York Times, Wednesday, White, Politico, Trump Jr, GOP, Fox, North, Republican, New, ”, Wall Street, Murdoch’s, Corp, “ Locations: Milwaukee, South Carolina, Florida, New York City, Nevada, Conway, Mar, Washington, South Florida, Miami, Vance’s, North Dakota, White

☆ Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalists call for leadership change amid publisher scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists at The Washington Post went on the record late Wednesday, calling for leadership change at the storied newspaper as questions swirl over the integrity of its new publisher and chief executive, Will Lewis. “Will Lewis needs to step down for the good of The Post and the public,” Higham replied in a comment on Maraniss’ post. “He has lost the newsroom and will never win it back.”Spokespersons for Bezos and The Post did not immediately comment. Inside The Post’s newsroom, morale has plunged as staffers express alarm over Lewis’ conduct and worries over the future direction of the newspaper under his leadership. “Bezos must recruit an accomplished, experienced editor whom journalists admire and trust.”

Persons: Will Lewis, “, ” David Maraniss, ” Maraniss, Jeff Bezos, Lewis, ” Scott Higham, Maraniss, “ Will Lewis, ” Higham, ”, Lewis ’, Robert Winnett, Rupert Murdoch’s, David Folkenflik, ” Lewis, Bezos, ” Bezos, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, Katharine Graham, Ben Bradlee, Marty Baron, ” Sonnenfeld, “ Bezos Organizations: CNN, The Washington Post, The, New York Times, NPR, Post, Yale School of Management

☆ New analysis reveals Donald Trump’s Truth Social media diet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump can’t quit Fox News. Comparatively, Trump posted 26 video clips from the upstart internet streamer Right Side Broadcasting Network, 11 videos from the pro-Trump cable channel Newsmax, and 5 from the far-right Real America’s Voice. He posted eight links to Real America’s Voice, only three to Breitbart, and one to the New York Post. Indeed, Polskin’s analysis pulls back the curtain on how Trump works the media. The warped feedback loop is yet another way in which he exploits the media for his own ends.

Persons: Donald Trump can’t, Trump, Rupert, Lachlan Murdoch, ”, Howard Polskin, Breitbart, Polskin, Biden, ” Polskin, bashed Murdoch Organizations: New York CNN, Fox News, Republican, Fox News Channel, Broadcasting Network, Trump, Real America’s, New York, Real America’s Voice, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Associated Press, The New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, POLITICO, NBC News, Yorker, Reuters, “ Locations: New York, FoxNews.com

☆ A sudden spike in cases of a rare infection often linked to flesh-eating bacteria is happening in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Julia Naftulin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewIn Japan, cases of an uncommon but deadly bacterial infection have spiked in recent months, concerning health officials, the Washington Post reported. At least 77 deaths have been reported due to these STSS infections, with most fatal cases occurring in people over 50. Since the coronavirus pandemic, health officials worldwide have expressed concern about increasing bacterial and viral infection rates. In 2022, UK health officials reported 19 child deaths due to group-A streptococcal infections, the same bacteria that causes STSS. Vaccines could help prevent the spread of these rare but potentially deadly bacterial infections, health experts said.

Persons: —, Steer, we've, Andrew Steer Organizations: Service, Washington Post, Japan's Health Ministry, Business, CDC, Murdoch Children's Research Locations: Japan, Melbourne, Australia

☆ Jeff Bezos is facing a dilemma as ethical questions surrounding The Washington Post publisher grow louder
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —Jeff Bezos has a decision to make — and it is one that will determine the future course of one of the nation’s most prestigious news organizations. Or he can side with his Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom, which is repudiating their new leader in clear and unmistakable terms. And The Post reported Sunday that a “thief” who used deceptive tactics to obtain private material had ties with Winnett. The stories landed like a one-two punch in The Post newsroom, raising even more alarm and upping the panic level at the newspaper to new heights. When Bezos first appointed Lewis, staffers at The Post understood that he needed to appoint a publisher and chief executive who would shake things up in the newsroom.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Will Lewis, Lewis, Rupert Murdoch, Sally Buzbee, Murdoch, David Folkenflik, Robert Winnett, ”, Bezos, Fred Ryan, Donald Trump, they’re, we’ve, I’m, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Katharine Graham, Ben Bradlee, Marty Baron, ” Sonnenfeld, “ Bezos Organizations: New York CNN, Washington Post, Fleet Street, CNN, NPR, New York Times, Post, Times, Good, Yale School of Management Locations: New York

☆ Jeff Bezos breaks his silence about turmoil at The Washington Post
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, broke his silence Tuesday on the mounting turmoil within his newspaper, expressing support for maintaining high standards at the storied publication as questions swirl over the ethical integrity of its new publisher, Will Lewis. Bezos added in the memo, which was obtained by CNN, that “it can’t be business as usual” at The Post, which has been plagued by financial and audience woes. With your support, we’ll do that and lead this great institution into the future,” Bezos wrote. “But, as the newsroom leaders who’ve been shaping and guiding our coverage, you also know our standards at The Post have always been very high. That can’t change — and it won’t.”“You have my full commitment on maintaining the quality, ethics, and standards we all believe in,” Bezos added.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Will Lewis, “, ” Bezos, Lewis, Bezos, Carlotta Cardana, ”, Lewis ’, Robert Winnett, Rupert Murdoch’s, David Folkenflik, ” Lewis, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, Katharine Graham, Ben Bradlee, Marty Baron, ” Sonnenfeld, “ Bezos Organizations: CNN, The Washington Post, The News, Bloomberg, Getty, New York Times, NPR, Post, Yale School of Management Locations: The, London

☆ Washington Post CEO Will Lewis faced with new allegations of phone hacking
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Citing a former co-worker of Lewis’, a private investigator and its own investigation of newspaper archives, the New York Times said Lewis used phone and company records that were “fraudulently obtained” through hacking and paying sources for information. A spokesperson for the Washington Post told CNN Lewis declined to comment. The Washington Post did not respond to CNN with regard to these allegations. “It’s as bad as I’ve ever seen it, truly,” one staffer said earlier this month, noting that the Washington Post has hit “rough patches” before but that the stormy atmosphere hanging over the outlet is unprecedented. In an opinion piece for the Guardian on Wednesday, Sullivan wrote that firing Lewis and finding a new CEO is “the cleanest, best move” Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos could make.

Persons: Will Lewis, Lewis ’, Lewis, “, Margaret Sullivan, Craig Newmark, Sally Buzbee, CNN Lewis, Rupert Murdoch’s, Prince Harry, Guy Ritchie, Hugh Grant, Buzbee, ”, “ It’s, Sullivan, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, — Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York Times, Times, Craig Newmark Center for Journalism, Columbia University’s School of Journalism, CNN, of Professional Journalists, Washington Post, Washington, Murdoch’s News Corporation, NPR, The Washington Post, Guardian, ” Washington Post Locations: New York, Washington, London

☆ Elon Musk's pay package approval was a 'mistake' and Tesla needs to keep him in check, some institutional shareholders say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSome institutional Tesla shareholders told Business Insider that approving Elon Musk's record-shattering pay package was a mistake and that they have lingering concerns about Musk's ability to lead the company. Reuters reported that Vanguard, the largest institutional shareholder with a 7% stake in Tesla, voted to approve the pay package. Related storiesIt's unclear how many Tesla shares AkademikerPension owned as of June 14. Shareholders call for board oversightDuring Thursday's shareholder meeting, Musk challenged concerns from institutional shareholders, though he did not name specific investors. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERs, which, according to the pension fund, owns about 9.2 million Tesla shares, has also been vocal about striking down Musk's pay package.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's, doesn't, Musk's, Tesla, Anders Schelde, James Murdoch, Kimbal, Musk, … they're, Brad Lander, Lander, CalPERS, Marcie Frost, isn't Organizations: Service, Business, Investors, Reuters, Vanguard, York, New, Retirement System, California Public Employees, Tesla Locations: Delaware, Danish, New York, York City, Tesla

☆ Washington Post Publisher and Incoming Editor Are Said to Have Used Stolen Records in Britain
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Justin Scheck | Jo Becker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The publisher and incoming editor of The Washington Post used fraudulently obtained phone and company records in newspaper articles as journalists in London, according to a former colleague, the published account of a private investigator and an analysis of newspaper archives. Will Lewis, The Post’s publisher, assigned one of the articles in 2004 as business editor of The Sunday Times. Another was written by Robert Winnett, whom Mr. Lewis recently announced as The Post’s next executive editor. The use of deception, hacking and fraud is at the heart of a long-running British newspaper scandal, one that toppled a major tabloid in 2010 and led to years of lawsuits by celebrities who said that reporters improperly obtained their personal documents and voice mail messages. Mr. Lewis has maintained that his only involvement in the controversy was helping to root out problematic behavior after the fact, while working for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.

Persons: Will Lewis, Robert Winnett, Lewis, Rupert Organizations: The Washington Post, Sunday Times, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation Locations: London

☆ Tucker Carlson is going on tour. Ticketmaster is profiting off his hateful rhetoric
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Ticketmaster is linking arms with right-wing extremists, boosting their ability to reach mainstream audiences and profiting off their dangerous and hateful rhetoric ahead of the November election. That is because there is not a morsel of truth to how Ticketmaster is presenting Carlson to its customers. How can any decent person not only participate in enabling Carlson’s poisoning of the public discourse but also justify profiting off of his hateful rhetoric in the process? CNN also posed questions to the venues hosting Carlson, which include the Honda Center, T-Mobile Center, Delta Center, Dickies Arena, Intrust Bank Arena and others. Those uncomfortable decisions risk catapulting them squarely into the center of the information wars, where grifters like Carlson thrive.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, ”, Donald Trump’s, White supremacists, George Soros, Rupert Murdoch, Jones, Infowars, Anthony Fauci, Trump Organizations: New York CNN, Ticketmaster, Trump, Democratic Party, New York Times, Fox News, Live Nation, CNN, Carlson, Honda Center, Mobile Center, Delta Center, Dickies, Intrust Bank, Republican Party, Companies, Republicans Locations: New York, U.S

Former President Donald Trump will address some of the world's most powerful corporate leaders on Thursday, albeit with some notable absences. So here's what we know: Out of the 17 corporate spokespeople who replied to CNBC, four said their CEOs planned to attend: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, for instance, will reportedly be at the G7 summit in Italy. Representatives for Woods and Bastian did not reply to questions about why their chief executives won't be attending the meeting. Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry and Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will also not be there, spokespeople told CNBC Thursday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Bank of America Brian Moynihan, Joe Biden's, Jeff Zients, —, Jamie Dimon, Jane Fraser ,, Brian Moynihan, Pedro Pizarro, Trump, Steve Schwarzman, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Sara Armbruster, Darren Woods, Ed Bastian, Morgan Stanley, Ted Pick, James Gorman, Lynn Good, Solomon, Larry Fink, Satya Nadella, Woods, Bastian, Fink, Nadella, Lachlan Murdoch, Corie Barry, Dave Calhoun, spokespeople Organizations: Bank of America, White, Business, CNBC, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Jane Fraser , Bank of America, Edison International, Trump, Blackstone Group, ExxonMobil, Delta Air, Duke Energy, BlackRock, Microsoft, Fox Corp Locations: Washington , DC, Trump, Italy, Washington

☆ Elon Musk's $55 billion Tesla payday reckoning is almost here
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewTesla kicks off its annual shareholder meeting tomorrow — and Elon Musk's $55 billion pay package is hanging in the balance. Tesla also indicated in a regulatory filing that they were considering putting forth an alternate pay plan if the proposal fails to go through. AdvertisementOver the past few months, Tesla has gone all out in its efforts to promote Musk's pay package and encourage investors to vote. Meanwhile, Tesla fans and Tesla employees have taken to social media over the past month to promote the proposal. Musk's compensation is not the only issue that Tesla investors have been weighing.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's, Tesla, Robyn Denholm, Musk, Anat Alon, Beck, Kimbal Musk, James Murdoch Organizations: Service, Business, Securities and Exchange Commission, Case Western Reserve University, P Global Market Intelligence, Reuters Locations: Delaware, Texas

☆ Elizabeth Holmes, Silicon Valley’s most famous convict, makes her long-shot appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her failed blood-testing company, Theranos. She is seeking a new trial, arguing that the judge in her case erred in several decisions during the 2022 proceedings. Since her conviction, her projected release date from prison has been moved up, shaving about two years off her sentence. Theranos’ unraveling, and Holmes herself, became the subject of a bestselling book, a Hulu scripted series and an award-winning documentary. Holmes knowingly concealed the technology’s problems, and still pushed to get the company’s Edison devices into pharmacies, prosecutors argued.

Persons: Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, Stanford, Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Rupert Murdoch, Ramesh “ Sunny ”, “ Holmes, Balwani, Holmes ’, Theranos, “, Edward Davila, Balwani “, laywers, ”, Agustin Orozco, Crowell, Orozco Organizations: New, New York CNN, California’s, Circuit, Wall Street, Prosecutors, Moring Locations: New York, California, Texas

☆ Fox board members subpoenaed in Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jon Passantino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Four Fox Corporation board members have been subpoenaed in voting technology company Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its airing of 2020 election lies, alleging executives at the right-wing cable channel’s parent company knew it was spreading false claims. In a court filing Monday, Smartmatic subpoenaed the four board members — Anne Dias, Charles Carey, Roland Hernandez, Jacques Nasser — over Fox News’s repeated airing of bogus conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. “Smartmatic plans to pursue Fox’s board members as well to determine why they allowed the company’s most valuable asset, Fox News, to spread disinformation about the 2020 election.”New York Judge David Cohen had previously ordered Fox Corporation to turn over documents related to the board members in the case. Rupert Murdoch, the right-wing media mogul who founded Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, was also deposed late last year. Fox News has previously denied defaming anyone and claimed that Smartmatic’s lawsuit is an assault on the First Amendment.

Persons: Smartmatic, — Anne Dias, Charles Carey, Roland Hernandez, Jacques Nasser —, Fox News’s, Donald Trump, Rupert, Lachlan Murdoch, ”, Erik Connolly, “ Smartmatic, David Cohen, Rupert Murdoch, “, Lachlan Murdoch’s, Cohen, Murdoch, Joe Biden Organizations: CNN, Four Fox Corporation, Fox News, Fox, “, Fox Corporation, New York State, Dominion Voting Systems Locations: New York

☆ Young men and women are diverging politically. That could shape the 2024 election.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

In 2013, the share of self-identified liberals among young women exceeded the share among young men by 5 percentage points; by 2023, that gap was nearly four times as large. (In that survey, young men were substantially more likely than young women to say they rely on YouTube as a major source of news.) (In the Harvard poll, one-fourth of young women identified in some way as LGBTQ, more than double the share of young men.) “He’s got to make up for the defection of young men by winning young women by more, and he’s got to get every young woman he can out to vote,” said Lake, the Democratic pollster. Biden’s best hope of avoiding a catastrophic decline in his youth support is that the number of young women Trump repels exceeds the number of young men he attracts.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, John Burn, Murdoch, ”, Harvard University’s John F, Daniel Cox, William Frey, Melissa Deckman, Gen, “, Trump, John Della Volpe, Joe Biden doesn’t, Della Volpe, White, Deckman, aren’t, Cox, Dobbs, Anna Dean, Dean, ” Della Volpe, he’s, don’t, ” Cox, “ Donald Trump, “ He’s Organizations: CNN, Trump, Biden, Pew Research Center, Financial, NBC, Democratic, Republican, GOP, Institute of Politics, Harvard University’s, Kennedy, Republican Party, Harvard, Democrats, Survey Center, American Enterprise Institute, Biden didn’t, Brookings Metro thinktank, Religion Research Institute, Biden’s, YouTube, Pew, AEI, Blacks, Harvard Poll, Biden won’t Locations: Gaza, New York, Bentonville , Arkansas, America

☆ Rachel Maddow Q&A: MSNBC star dishes on the rise of authoritarianism and her worries about becoming a Trump target
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

What important lesson can we learn from history to help us in this moment? Seeing that in our past should help us expect that and hopefully brace ourselves against it in our own time. You take things case by case, situation by situation, lie by lie. Do you think the news media — as a whole — is adequately covering Trump? I think Americans broadly know that’s happening, but also that they may not necessarily know what to do about it.

Persons: Rachel Maddow, Mary, ” —, Maddow, Donald Trump’s, Isaac, Davy Aronson, Donald Trump, DOJ hasn’t, Kathryn Olmsted’s, Hitler, Charles Coughlin —, there’s, Robert Paxton’s “, ”, Il Mondo, Il, Fox, Rupert Murdoch’s, Trump, he’s, He’s, we’ve, Mike Pence, I’m, it’s, Jay Rosen, “ Organizations: New York CNN, MSNBC, Monday, Electoral College, Republican Party, DOJ, Six, New York Times, TIME, Police, Trump, CNN, Fox News Locations: New York, America, United States, Rome, ”

☆ The British Aren’t Coming. They’re Here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Facing financial challenges and political division, several of America’s largest news organizations have turned over the reins to editors who prize relentless reporting on a budget. Will Lewis, a veteran of London’s Daily Telegraph and News UK, is now the chief executive of The Washington Post, where reporters have raised questions about his Fleet Street ethics. He recently ousted the paper’s American editor and replaced her with a former colleague from The Telegraph, dumbfounding American reporters who had never heard of him. Michael Bloomberg, a noted Anglophile, hired John Micklethwait (former editor of the London-based Economist) in 2015 to run Bloomberg News. Rupert Murdoch tapped Keith Poole (The Sun and The Daily Mail) to edit The New York Post in 2021, the same year that The Associated Press named an Englishwoman, Daisy Veerasingham, as its chief executive.

Persons: Will Lewis, Emma Tucker, Mark Thompson, ”, Michael Bloomberg, John Micklethwait, Rupert Murdoch, Keith Poole, Daisy Veerasingham Organizations: London’s Daily Telegraph, News, The Washington Post, The Telegraph, Sunday Times, Wall, CNN, Bloomberg, Sun, The Daily, York, Associated Press Locations: American, London

☆ Morale plummets inside The Washington Post as staffers express alarm over publisher’s attempts to squash story
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —Will Lewis is quickly losing the confidence of his newsroom. At The Post, according to more than a half-dozen staffers who spoke with CNN Thursday, morale has fallen off a cliff since Lewis abruptly ousted Executive Editor Sally Buzbee on Sunday. Lewis’ uncouth dispatching of Buzbee poisoned much of the goodwill he had earned with his employees over the preceding six months. Indeed, the day after he announced Buzbee’s exit, staffers pressed him in a town hall about the circumstances that led to her departure. Will Lewis, the publisher of The Washington Post, finds himself embroiled in a scandal affecting the newsroom itself.

Persons: Will Lewis, —, Lewis, Sally Buzbee, “ It’s, Lewis ’, Buzbee, Matt Murray, Robert Winnett, Rupert Murdoch’s, Prince Harry, Carlotta Cardana, David Folkenlik, Lewis “, heatedly —, Folkenflik, ” Folkenflik, Puck’s Dylan Byers, Byers, Sarah Ellison, Elahe Izadi, ” Lewis, “, Ellison, Izadi, Jeff Bezos, “ He’s, ”, don’t Organizations: New York CNN, The Washington Post, CNN, Wall Street, Fleet Street, News Corporation, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Getty, NPR, “, Columbia Journalism School Locations: New York, —, Washington

☆ The Wall Street Journal’s story about Biden’s mental acuity suffers from glaring problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —The Wall Street Journal owes its readers — and the public — better. But an examination of the report reveals a glaring problem: Most of the sources reporters Annie Linskey and Siobhan Hughes relied on were Republicans. Republicans accusing their political foe of lacking the mental fitness to hold office is nothing surprising. Where are the stories about Trump’s former inner circle raising questions about his mental fitness? Happy to discuss Trump’s mental acuity & fitness for office,” Olivia Troye, a former Trump administration official, sarcastically wrote on X.

Persons: Joe Biden, Annie Linskey, Siobhan Hughes, “, Biden, ” Linskey, Hughes, Donald Trump, they’ve spouted, ”, Andrew Bates, it’s, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, MAGA, Katie Rogers, Annie Karni, confidantes, Privately, ” Rogers, Karni, Rogers, Nancy Pelosi, Trump, ” Pelosi, Rupert Murdoch, Emma Tucker, Tucker, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Nikki Haley, ” Olivia Troye Organizations: New York CNN, Street, GOP, Fox News, Republicans, MAGA Republican, Trump, New York, Former, Republican, CNN, Central, The Journal, Democratic, South, United Nations, Wall Street, intel Locations: New York, South Carolina

CNN —William Lewis, the new publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post, reportedly tried to kill a story about his alleged involvement in a UK phone hacking scandal coverup, offering an NPR reporter an interview in exchange for squashing the forthcoming article. The decade-old UK scandal that engulfed right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s “News of the World” tabloid, was revived in recent years in a new lawsuit filed by Prince Harry and other notable figures including Guy Ritchie and Hugh Grant. Despite Lewis’ attempt to squash the story, NPR published the article in late December under the headline “New ‘Washington Post’ CEO accused of Murdoch tabloid hacking cover-up,” featuring a 2011 photo of Lewis with Murdoch. According to the Times, Lewis told Buzbee the story didn’t warrant coverage in the newspaper. Days later, when the judge in the UK case allowed allegations about Lewis to be included in the lawsuit, the Post published another story naming him.

Persons: William Lewis, Rupert Murdoch’s, Prince Harry, Guy Ritchie, Hugh Grant, Lewis, David Folkenflik, —, heatedly —, ” Folkenflik, ”, Lewis ’, Murdoch, Sally Buzbee, Buzbee, Matt Murray, Sally, ” Lewis, “ Organizations: CNN, The Washington Post, Murdoch’s News Corporation, NPR, “, Wall, Washington Post, ‘ Washington Post, New York Times, Times, Post, Wall Street Locations: Rupert Murdoch’s “, ‘ Washington

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