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We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.

Lynn Forester de Rothschild is preparing to sell her 20 per cent interest in The Economist, paving the way for the most significant change in the 182-year-old publication's ownership since 2015. The British-American financier, 71, has appointed investment bank Lazard to oversee the process, which remains at an early stage. The stake, made up of voting shares, could fetch as much as £400 million based on current valuations of the premium media group.

Fox News Digital dominated all news brands across key measurables, social media and YouTube during August as Americans continued to rely on the platform for critical information and analysis. The month of August featured a historic summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Trump administration deploying National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announcing their engagement,

People ask me, 'Do you forgive Ned for what he did?' Ariel begins. 'And, I mean, the answer is no. Absolutely not. How can you forgive somebody for lying to you, for cheating on you? No, I mean fuck no.' She pauses, seething with anger, saying that she's starting to see red. 'Forgiveness isn't the goal at this point.' Later in the episode, Ariel recalls the moment she discovered the affair.

"We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them," Kimmel said. The backlash intensified after Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr publicly condemned Kimmel's comments, calling them "the sickest conduct possible." In an interview with YouTuber Benny Johnson, Carr also warned that affiliate licenses could come under review, and that broadcasters are required to operate "in the public interest."

Fox News drew a whopping 386.2 million views on YouTube during the month of August, placing it well ahead of competition like CNN and MSNBC. For the month of August, CNN and MSNBC drew 186.6 million views and 275.6 million views, respectively, on YouTube, according to Emplifi data. Both ABC News and CBS News topped 100 million. Fox News saw a bump of 16% from its July to August numbers, and year-over-year, YouTube views are up 65%.

But the proposed deal, announced in June, appears to have come as a surprise to the School Board, which now says in a state court lawsuit filed Wednesday in Miami that the proposed acquisition is not authorized under the Media Group's management contract that has been in force since 2022. Moreover, the money earmarked to pay for WFLM belongs to WLRN, not the Media Group, the lawsuit asserts.

The publishing company behind USA Today and 220 other publications is today rolling out a chatbot-like tool called DeeperDive that can converse with readers, summarize insights from its journalism, and suggest new content from across its sites. "Visitors now have a trusted AI answer engine on our platform for anything they want to engage with, anything they want to ask," Mike Reed, CEO of Gannett and the USA Today Network, said at the WIRED AI Power Summit in New York, an event that brought together voices from the tech industry, politics, and the world of media. "and it is performing really great."

Jessica Reed Kraus likes to talk about the power of gossip and "quality conspiracy." The Substack and Instagram star, who writes under the handle "House Inhabit," became an unlikely powerhouse within the world of conservative media by providing her readers-many of them women-with just that. Although Kraus isn't a household name, she's famous to a slice of Americans; she told me that her Instagram stories can get more than a hundred million monthly views.

In the days following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the New York Post's coverage repeatedly cast transgender people as central to the violence, leaning on anonymous sources and unverified leaks from law enforcement, some of which Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and investigators have since contradicted. The effect has been to paint a target on a community already living under intensifying political scrutiny and cultural hostility.

The European Correspondent began with a game of telephone between two college students, one in Amsterdam, one in Basel. As the friends passed updates about their countries back and forth, the thought dawned on them - hey, wouldn't it be great to have friends all over the continent, sharing news just like this? So they started a daily newsletter, recruited a stable of unpaid volunteers from every country in Europe, established a Swiss business association, and got to work on their pan-European venture.

The lawsuit by Penske Media in federal court in Washington, DC, marks the first time a major US publisher has taken Alphabet-owned Google to court over the AI-generated summaries that now appear on top of its search results. News organizations have for months said the new features, including Google's AI Overviews, siphon traffic away from their sites, eroding advertising and subscription revenue.

Today, it's the world's largest streaming platform with over 300 million global subscribers and a proven ability to reinvent itself. The company's crackdown on password sharing, expansion into advertising, and disciplined content strategy have all helped reignite growth over the past two years. But for investors, the question is less about what Netflix has accomplished and more about where the next phase of growth will come from.

Video was easy to find on X, on Facebook, on TikTok, on Instagram, on YouTube - even on President Donald Trump's Truth Social. The platforms, generally, said they were removing at least some of the videos if they violated their policies, for instance if the person was glorifying the killing in any way. In other cases, warning screens were applied to caution people they were about to see graphic content.

I would've never guessed I'd be returning to a camp setting at 35, this time as an on-site media director. But it turns out that the camaraderie, bright smiles from campers, the state of euphoria I felt after my dance performance in the counselor showcase, and even the shared bunks, are just what I needed to reset after a career setback.

On Monday, the House Oversight Committee released a letter that depicted a line drawing of a naked woman, with what appeared to be Donald Trump's signature in place of her pubic hair. The letter, which also included an imaginary dialogue between Trump and the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, had been included in a book compiled for Epstein's fiftieth birthday, in 2003, and was handed over by Epstein's estate following a congressional request.

"The opinions expressed by our employees do not represent the views of PHNX or ALLCITY Network. We take matters involving violence very seriously and are committed to ensuring that ALLCITY remains a safe place for our employees and community alike. We have addressed this matter with the individual and made the decision to part ways. It's difficult to locate any language in Bourguet's posts that prevents the ALLCITY network of sports sites from being \"a safe place\" for its employees and community. If anything, Bourguet calls on readers to take \"matters involving violence\" even more seriously."

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history,

On this week's show, Steve, Dana, and Julia crack open the latest edition of The Paper, a new mockumentary set in the The Office universe. They debate whether the tried and true sitcom formula still delivers and assess its portrayal of local journalism. Next, they share their feelings about two couples who are terrible at sharing theirs in Splitsville, the marriage farce created and starring Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino with Dakota Johnson and ​​Adria Arjona.

I scanned public announcements, industry publications, and social media posts and found 169 full-time journalism jobs related to race, diversity, and equality that were posted and filled between June 2020 and December 2024. The jobs had titles like "race and equality reporter," "inequality reporter," "deputy inequality editor," "chief diversity and inclusion officer," and so on. I categorized the positions by type, company, and medium.

Last month, federal regulators approved the long-anticipated merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global, positioning David Ellison the founder of Skydance and the son of megabillionaire Larry Ellison as one of the most powerful figures in US media. Paramount Skydance Corporation, as it is now officially known, is one of a small handful of American media conglomerates, with Paramount Pictures, cable networks such as Comedy Central and MTV, and CBS all under its umbrella.