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Broadcast TV in no man’s land as younger viewers flock to streaming—and boomers turn to Fox News

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

This photo combination shows Jon Stewart, left, posing for a photo outside the Department of Veterans Affairs, July 26, 2024, in Washington and Stephen Colbert being interviewed at The Vatican, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, Riccardo De Luca)

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‘A big fat bribe’: Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart’s fury at parent Paramount’s $16 million Trump settlement

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

Chuck Todd

Nextdoor’s unlikely hail mary to stem engagement crisis: local journalism

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

NPR CEO Katherine Maher speaks into a microphone

NPR is suing Trump, saying his executive order to cut funding to its network of 246 stations is based on authority he doesn’t have

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

The building housing the Chicago Sun Times is seen Monday, June 19, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam, File)

Newspaper fires writer who used AI to create a summer reading list riddled with fake books

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

FILE – Wendy McMahon attends The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Most Powerful People in Media issue celebration in New York on May 17, 2022. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

FILE – The Voice of America building, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump guts staff at Voice of America and other pro-democracy, US-funded media organizations

By Nicholas Riccardi, David Bauder, and others

Ruth Marcus speaks into a microphone

Ruth Marcus, a Washington Post columnist of four decades, quits after the outlet spiked her commentary that was critical of owner Jeff Bezos

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

A phone using Google Maps searches for "Gulf of Mexico," but the map returns "Gulf of America"

The White House banned an Associated Press reporter because the news agency hasn’t changed its style guide for ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ Experts say the move ‘plainly violates the First Amendment’

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

FILE – PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger speaks during the PBS Executive Session at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Feb. 2, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

PBS shutters its DEI office to comply with Trump order as GOP senator renews calls to defund public broadcasting

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

Semafor CEO Justin Smith speaks into a microphone

Semafor says over 200 CEOs have already committed to attend its economic conference—’the closest thing to what Davos has accomplished in Switzerland’

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

Rachel Maddow clasps her hands together

Rachel Maddow will return to her nightly MSNBC perch five nights a week to cover the early months of the second Trump administration

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

FILE – President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)

Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster for ‘brazen election interference’ over pre-election poll that showed his losing Iowa

By David Bauder and The Associated Press

FILE – Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump will ring NYSE opening bell as he’s named Time’s Person of the Year again

By Michelle L. Price, Colleen Long, and others

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski

MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ hosts ask critics ‘Why wouldn’t we?’ meet with Trump

By David Bauder and The Associated Press