Category: News and News Media

Justice Dept. Investigating TikTok’s Owner Over Possible Spying on Journalists

The inquiry appears to be tied to an admission by the app’s owner, ByteDance, that employees had inappropriately obtained Americans’ data. The company said it had fired the workers involved.
CNN’s Prime-Time Experiment Is Off to a Slow Start

Viewership is down in the early going of CNN’s new 9 p.m. programming strategy, as the network tries to reinvent itself.
The New Prime Time for TV News: Afternoons

The biggest draw on Fox News is no longer Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity; it’s “The Five.” And daytime shows on CNN and MSNBC are outranking evening programming.
The Week in Business: Fox News Anchors’ Private Messages

President Biden offers a proposed budget. Jobs numbers once again soared past analysts’ forecasts. And we’ll get a new inflation figure this week.
Making Deepfakes Gets Cheaper and Easier Thanks to A.I.

Meme-makers and misinformation peddlers are embracing artificial intelligence tools to create convincing fake videos on the cheap.
Fox’s P.R. Woes May Not Directly Translate to Legal Ones

Some of the unflattering private messages among the network’s hosts and executives may never become evidence when Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News goes to trial.
BBC Suspends Host Gary Lineker Over Immigration Comments

Mr. Lineker, one of England’s best-known sports personalities, had accused the British home secretary of using language reminiscent of Nazi Germany to promote a plan to stop asylum seekers.
The Messenger, a Media Start-Up, Aims to Build a Newsroom Fast

The company, which will begin operating in May, plans to have around 550 journalists covering entertainment, politics and sports within a year.
Lachlan Murdoch Defends Fox News’s Chief Executive Amid Defamation Suit

“Suzanne Scott has done a tremendous job,” Mr. Murdoch said in his first public remarks since damaging revelations about the inner workings of the news network.
Politico’s Executive Editor Steps Down After a Year in the Job

Dafna Linzer is leaving after disagreeing on strategy with the publication’s top editor.
How Murdoch Runs Fox News, in His Own (Often Terse) Words

Court filings give a peek into how Rupert Murdoch shapes coverage at his news organizations.
White House Rebukes Tucker Carlson Over Portrayal of Jan. 6 Attack

The Biden administration rarely criticizes conservative media stars by name, but a deputy press secretary declared that Mr. Carlson “is not credible.”