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Media traffic shows signs of another Trump bump

Opponents of Donald Trump may be starting to tune back in to the news en masse.
Donald Trump speaks to reportersLeah Millis/Reuters

Analysis: The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page takes on Trump

The Wall Street Journal editorial page is saying what even the business leaders excited by Donald Trump’s economic promise haven’t.
Rupert MurdochKevin Lamarque/Reuters

LA Times owner Soon-Shiong finds his MAGA whisperer

The paper’s pharmaceutical billionaire owner has publicly expressed a desire to revamp the editorial board.
Patrick Soon-Shiong in 2016.Tyrone Siu/Reuters

‘They all want to come on’: Shawn Ryan’s podcast success

The former Navy SEAL has one of the most listened-to podcasts in the country every week.
Shawn Ryan on his showScreenshot

Mixed Signals: How the creator economy has transformed advertising

How has fragmentation affected how money is spent in media?
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Prince Harry settles legal battle with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers

News Group Newspapers offered a “full and unequivocal apology” for phone hacking, surveillance, and misuse of private information by their journalists.
Britain’s Prince Harry departs the Rolls Building of the High Court in London, UK, 2023.Prince Harry leaves a London court in 2023. Toby Melville/File Photo/Reuters

Inside the tug-of-war between AI and news publishers

The News Media Alliance is gearing up for legal action against a major artificial intelligence company.

Three media stories to watch for the next 4 years

Donald Trump is facing a very different media landscape than the one he navigated in his first term.

Mixed Signals: Davos, the inauguration, and media’s place in the new global order, with Ian Bremmer

Has digital media changed how global politics works, or vice versa?

The New York Times rethinks political endorsements

The paper has already dropped local endorsements, and a broader, more radical change may be underway.

The Washington Post’s traffic tanks

Over the last four years, web traffic has cratered, according to internal data shared with Semafor in recent weeks.

Chuck Todd to exit NBC

He has quietly been meeting with Washington media organizations about his post NBC-future.

‘This American Life’ faces rare staff cuts

Host Ira Glass has quietly discussed the likely cuts with the show’s top leadership.

Ashlee Vance launches media startup Core Memory

The company will produce high-end documentaries along with the usual “digital” products.

Former Reuters editor wrote confidential Pulitzer report

Stephen Adler’s report on the Pulitzer Board’s deliberations is at the heart of a lawsuit from Donald Trump.

Mixed Signals: How technology will shape media in 2025, with Jessica Lessin

What do the big tech leaders want, and where will they push the media in 2025?

Condé Nast in court fight over Vogue Arabia

The US publisher’s international business has at times been a bright spot, but the Gulf is now almost alone among booming markets.

‘Root’ writers pressed to write more to ‘offset’ colleague’s death

A struggling digital media brand tries to fulfill “the metrics that our superiors expect of us.”