Fox News contributor Tom Homan leaves the network to become Trump's "border czar", showing how Trump is poised to re-make the "Fox News White House" (Brian Stelter/CNN)

Mediagazer: Fox News contributor Tom Homan leaves the network to become Trump's “border czar”, showing how Trump is poised to re-make the “Fox News White House” (Brian Stelter/CNN)

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Semafor:

US legacy news outlets' coverage of Trump is likely to change as they end internal debates about “normalizing” Trump and acknowledge a political realignment— The Scoop — With the final days of the 2024 campaign approaching, Sen. John Fetterman was campaigning hard …
Discussion: Business Insider, @pkafka, @stphnfwlr, @pressgazette, @tednesi, @shelbytalcott, @jayshams, @aidnmclaughlin, @maxwelltani, @chrisschaef, @taylorlorenz and @maxwelltani

Discussion:

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: Trump 1.0 was a TV guy who used Twitter to change what he saw on the screen. It was an output device, not an input device. “A typewriter,” he called it. What happens this time around, when his new BFF owns Twitter? [image]

Stephen Fowler /
@stphnfwlr: “Trump's victory isn't a result of a failure by news outlets to sufficiently hold him accountable. The real answer is... a lot more uncomfortable to grapple with: The national news media is more limited in its reach+influence than ever in the modern era.” https://www.semafor.com/... @pressgazette: New Yorker EiC David Remnick: editors didn't have “the illusion that they were speaking to a majority of the electorate”. Axios' Jim VandeHei said: “The verdict is not debatable: Half the country thinks traditional media is biased and often useless” https://www.semafor.com/...

Ted Nesi /
@tednesi: “Popular podcasts and YouTube shows rely on the news media for information that informs their segments, but they do not employ journalists and are not held to the same standards of accuracy and accountability.” https://www.semafor.com/...

Shelby Talcott /
@shelbytalcott: Jim VandeHei tells @maxwelltani it's “gut-check time for traditional media:” “Half the country thinks traditional media is biased and often useless. They feel reporters treat Republicans like a crime beat and Democrats like friends in need...” https://www.semafor.com/...

Jacob Shamsian /
@jayshams: A lot of wisdom in here https://www.semafor.com/...

Aidan McLaughlin /
@aidnmclaughlin: Jeffrey Goldberg to @maxwelltani: “Elon Musk's opposition to accountability journalism isn't ideological. It's practical.” https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: We spoke with the top editors/heads of the New Yorker, WaPo, Axios, the Atlantic, the Information, More Perfect Union, and Crooked Media about what it says about the media that Trump won again despite almost a decade of overwhelmingly negative coverage https://www.semafor.com/...

Christopher Schaefer /
@chrisschaef: A lot of people in DC fundamentally don't understand how much the media has changed. https://www.semafor.com/...

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz: “The national news media is more limited in its reach and influence than ever in the modern era.” I built my entire beat on this premise (and wrote a book on it) and it's extremely validating to see mainstream reporters and media bosses start to grasp it https://www.semafor.com/...

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: I spoke with the top editors/heads of the New Yorker, WaPo, Axios, the Atlantic, the Information, More Perfect Union, and Crooked Media about what it says about the media that Trump won again despite almost a decade of overwhelmingly negative coverage https://www.semafor.com/...

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The Atlantic:

The 2024 US election cycle has shown that few seem to agree on who constitutes “the media”, what their role should be, or how much influence they have in 2024— “You are the media now.” That's the message that began to cohere among right-wing influencers shortly after Donald Trump won the election this week.

Discussion:
@brianstelter, @cwarzel@threads.net, @lucas_shaw, @BrentToderian@mastodon.online, The Guardian, Fox News, @craigsilverman@mastodon …, @farhip, @djkoessler, @deggans, @benmazer, @haldavis3, @cwarzel@threads.net, The Hill

Discussion:

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “These people livestreamed and published unpolished three-hour podcasts. It's easier to build a relationship with people when you're in their ears 15 hours a week: Letting it all hang out can feel more authentic, like you have nothing to hide...”

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: >> @cwarzel describes two contradicting feelings: “First is a kind of powerlessness from working in an industry with waning influence amid shifting consumption patterns. The second is the notion that the craft, rigor, and mission of traditional journalism matter more than ever.”

Charlie Warzel /
@cwarzel@threads.net: Don't really know how to write a post for this new column of mine. I think the media is in a weird, rough place. I don't think it was ‘the podcast election.’ I think it was the ‘nobody knows what anyone does online or how much it all matters’ election. The 'You're the media now' election (gift link) https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: This from @cwarzel applies not just to traditional media but to politics. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]

Brent Toderian /
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online: “'You are the media now'...sounds empowering. Musk's acolytes see it as the end of traditional-media gatekeeping. But what he's really selling is the notion that people are on their own—that facts are malleable, and that what feels true ought to be true.” — https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... … @craigsilverman@mastodon.social: “The undeniable truth is that people, glued to their devices, like to consume information when it's informally presented via parasocial relationships with influencers ...and the feeling that only a slight gap separates creator and consumer.” — https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Paul Farhi /
@farhip: Many a fine point in this @cwarzel piece about the criticisms of “the media:” —Did the media cover up Biden's decline? Did it also drive him from the race? —Did it fail to do its job? But is it also powerless and irrelevant? Something for everyone. Ugh. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

DJ Koessler /
@djkoessler: “'You are the media now.' That's the message that began to cohere among right-wing influencers shortly after Donald Trump won the election this week.” It's never been more urgent for Democrats to invest in the creator economy and media building. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... @deggans: Charlie Warzel crystallizes things on the tip of my brain until he wrote them. On pro media's huge challenge today: “people, glued to their devices, like to consume information when it's informally presented via parasocial relationships with influencers.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Benjamin Mazer /
@benmazer: “It is terribly difficult to make people care about things they don't already have an interest in...As a result, news organizations frequently take cues from what they perceive people will be interested in.” @cwarzel https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Hal Davis /
@haldavis3: .@cwarzel: They enjoy frenetic, algorithmically curated short-form video, streaming and long-form audio, and the feeling that only a slight gap separates creator and consumer. 2/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Charlie Warzel /
@cwarzel@threads.net: I've found some of the 'build/find the left's Joe Rogan' discourse disheartening in this vein. you don't build stuff like that anymore with the intention of becoming a behemoth. that's not really how it works with this stuff. and in the scramble to make sense of things …

Charlie Warzel /
@cwarzel@threads.net: All of this is a bit brain scrambling. I think there needs to be a reckoning about why so many people have tuned out/lost trust. But the information environment has also been poisoned in ways that only make this worse. …

Charlie Warzel /
@cwarzel@threads.net: I wrote a lot of words over the last two days thinking out loud about ‘the media’ and this election. How it felt like lots of people in and outside the industry were confused about just how much influence the press has/should have. How its very hard to know what moves the needle and what matters. …

Charlie Warzel /
@cwarzel@threads.net: For example. You can stop posting to Twitter (for me, its 98% just a vector to get trolled these days). I don't really want to lend my name and words to a platform owned by a guy who is trying to dismantle my industry. But also...it's where people you want to reach are. …

Jonathan Easley /
The Hill: Evening Report — Legacy media grapples with declining influence

User Mag:

Threads becoming inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies highlights the shift toward a “post-truth” online landscape across the political spectrum— Over the past several days, Meta's Threads has become inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies.

Discussion:

Matthew Field /
Telegraph: Left-wing conspiracy theorists claim Elon Musk used satellites to ‘steal’ US election

Jonny /
@jonny@neuromatch.social: lmao in that kind of way thats sympathetic to the fact that people are victims of a poisoned information ecosystems but also I admit with a bit of schadenfreude too — https://www.usermag.co/...

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: It's a mistake to say “well no elected officials are promoting election conspiracies” so it's not a big deal, when you have tens of thousands of liberal Democrat voters pushing hardcore election denialism and a platform like Threads boosting these conspiracies and actively downranking the journalists and news organizations attempting to combat them. …

Press Gazette:

Daily Mail EIC Ted Verity says Mail+ has hit 100K paying subscribers, after launching the partial paywall in January 2024, and plans a US Mail+ launch in 2025— Mail Online has hit 100,000 paying subscribers to its partial paywall in less than ten months.

Discussion:
@pressgazette

Financial Times:

A profile of Interscope CEO John Janick, who was promoted to run UMG's US West Coast labels in March 2024, adding to speculation that he will one day be UMG CEO— Why Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo chose John Janick — Dr Dre is frustrated. “What are you gonna do?” …

Discussion:
@robinwigg, @annaknicolaou, Bloomberg and @arogdc

Discussion:

Robin Wigglesworth /
@robinwigg: SPECTACULAR feature on a new era at Interscope by @annaknicolaou https://www.ft.com/...

Anna Nicolaou /
@annaknicolaou: my first solo magazine cover 🖤 the story of John Janick, the CEO of Interscope Records, and how he's remade the legendary label through star signings like Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo. (w/ appearances by Snoop Dogg, Dre and Lady Gaga) https://www.ft.com/... [image]

Alex Rogers /
@arogdc: “What are you gonna do?” @dre asked a group of music executives. “We got a thousand mothafuckas in here . . . It would be great if somebody could entertain my question.” https://www.ft.com/... -@annaknicolaou

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Billboard:
Bill Ackman, UMG board member and major shareholder, seeks to move UMG's stock listing and HQ to the US from Amsterdam, after Israelis were attacked in the city

Discussion:

Bill Ackman /
@billackman: I am going to seek approval from the board of Pershing Square Holdings— in which I and my family own 23% of the shares—to eliminate its listing on the @euronext Amsterdam exchange. The board had been considering the move because our second listing on the @LSEplc now represents

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Pershing Square Holdings boss wants UMG to be listed in the US

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: UMG Investor Pershing Square Holdings Pressures UMG to Delist from Euronext Amsterdam—UMG Immediately Shuts It Down

Ryan Hogg /
Fortune: Billionaire investor Bill Ackman vows to abandon Amsterdam stock exchange over city's failure ‘to protect tourists’ as antisemitic violence erupts

Sharon Wrobel /
The Times of Israel: Billionaire investor Ackman seeks delisting from Amsterdam exchange after attack

Tim Ingham /
Music Business Worldwide: Bill Ackman wants to move Universal Music Group's financial HQ from Amsterdam to the US. Universal has warned it might not be possible.

Jem Aswad /
Variety: Billionaire Bill Ackman Calls on Universal Music to Move Its Listing to U.S. After Amsterdam Attacks, UMG Says He Does Not Have That Right

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Bill Ackman Pushing Universal Music Group to Move Listing From Europe to U.S.

Susanne Barton /
Bloomberg: UMG Says Bill Ackman Can't Require It to Delist From Euronext

Angela Palumbo /
Barron's Online: Bill Ackman Looks to Remove Companies From Amsterdam Exchange In Wake of Antisemitic Attacks on Soccer Fans

Margaret Flavin /
The Gateway Pundit: Hedge Fund Billionaire Bill Ackman Seeks to Remove Pershing Square Holdings From Euronext Amsterdam Exchange After Brutal Attack on Jewish Soccer Fans

Auzinea Bacon /
CNN: Bill Ackman plans to pull his companies out of Amsterdam after antisemitic attacks

Mauro Orru /
Wall Street Journal: Bill Ackman Seeks to Scrap Pershing Square, Universal Music Listings in Amsterdam After Attacks

James Franey /
New York Post: Bill Ackman vows to yank hedge fund from Amsterdam-based stock exchange after soccer thugs target Jewish fans

Chase Martin /
Deseret News: Antisemitic attacks on soccer fans in Amsterdam condemned by Israeli and Dutch governments

Ty Roush /
Forbes: Bill Ackman Wants Firm's Listing On Amsterdam Stock Exchange Dropped After Antisemitic Attacks

Variety:

An interview with Arnon Mishkin, who has directed Fox News' decision desk for years, about its Fox News Voter Analysis, improvements for the 2026 midterms, more— At the start of Election Night, even executives at Fox News Channel didn't think Donald Trump had a decisive edge over Kamala Harris.

Discussion:
@bristei

The Wrap:

Slate says its magazine daily subscription sign-up rate was up 7x on a normal Wednesday day on November 6, after a 4x spike on the November 5 election day— “We deeply appreciate the support of our Slate Plus members who believe in the power of journalism,” editor-in-chief Hillary Frey says

Discussion:
@benmullin, @hilella and Slate

Discussion:

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Some news: I'm told Slate got *four times* more subs than an average day yesterday and today is pacing significantly ahead of that.

Hillary Frey /
@hilella: I am the editor in chief of @slate. We are not owned by a billionaire; we rely on our readers and listeners to support our work. Every single subscription counts. Please read/listen & join @slate plus. I ❤️this place and promise our work is worth it, now more than ever.

Press Gazette:

Free London business newspaper City AM plans to drop its Monday print edition, going down to three days per week and putting a small number of roles at risk— Small number of jobs at risk as result of proposed print reduction. — Free London business newspaper City AM is looking at dropping …

Discussion:
Talking Biz News and @athenae.bsky.social

Discussion:

CNN:

Fox News contributor Tom Homan leaves the network to become Trump's “border czar”, showing how Trump is poised to re-make the “Fox News White House”— New York CNN — — When Tom Homan left the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2018 …

Discussion:
The Wrap, Associated Press, Washington Times, CNBC, New York Magazine, @brianstelter, Fox News, CBS News, ZeroHedge News, Daily Mail, USA Today, NewsNation, News18, RedState, Twitchy, Forbes, New York Post, NPR, New Jersey Online, Rolling Stone, KTVU-TV, Politico, ABC News, Washington Post, The Guardian, Le Monde.fr, Washington Examiner, UPI, Scripps News, The Hill, New Republic, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and IJR

Discussion:

Jill Colvin /
Associated Press: Trump announces Tom Homan, former director of immigration enforcement, will serve as ‘border czar’

Stephen Dinan /
Washington Times: Trump's new border czar puts sanctuary cities on notice: ‘Get the hell out of the way’

Spencer Kimball /
CNBC: Private prison stocks jump on Trump appointment of immigration hardliner Tom Homan

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Tom Homan is no longer a Fox contributor, effective today. But his live shots yesterday (before the “border czar” announcement) and today were basically the same. The difference was that he wore a tie today. Here's my full story: https://www.cnn.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Homan is the first Fox personality to join the currently-in-formation Trump administration, and he likely won't be the last. Between 2017 and 2020, there were 20 known cases of Fox-to-Trump moves.

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: When Tom Homan left the Trump admin in 2018, he didn't go far - he joined Fox News as a paid contributor. Now, in a full circle moment, the immigration hard-liner is leaving Fox and becoming the “border czar.” The Fox-to-Trump pipeline is turning back on: https://www.cnn.com/... Fox News: Former ICE Director Tom Homan ‘honored’ to be appointed Trump's border czar: ‘We have to fix it’

Camilo Montoya-Galvez /
CBS News: What to know about Tom Homan, Trump's new “border czar”

Katelyn Caralle /
Daily Mail: Who is Tom Homan? The former ICE chief who is Donald Trump's pick for border czar

Bart Jansen /
USA Today: Who is Tom Homan? Trump names former Border Patrol agent, ICE chief named ‘border czar’

Patrick Djordjevic /
NewsNation: Who is Trump's new border czar Tom Homan? News18: Who is Tom Homan? Trump Picks ‘Face’ Of Family Separation As ‘Border Czar’ To Crack Down On Migrants

Teri Christoph /
RedState: Trump's ‘P*issed Off’ New Border Czar Vows to Fix ‘National Security’ Crisis Created by Biden and Harris

Doug P. /
Twitchy: Tom Homan Sends Message to Sanctuary City Mayors (Attn. Kamala: THIS Is How Border Czar-ing Is Done!)

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs /
Forbes: What To Know About Trump's New ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan

Emily Crane /
New York Post: Trump's new border czar Tom Homan defends plans to boot millions of migrants from US: 'I don't care what people think of me'

Rachel Treisman /
NPR: What to know about Tom Homan, the former ICE head returning as Trump's ‘border czar’

Nikki McCann Ramirez /
Rolling Stone: Trump Taps Family Separation Mastermind to Be ‘Border Czar’

Jennifer Hassan /
Washington Post: Trump announces former ICE chief Tom Homan will be ‘border czar’ The Guardian: Trump says former Ice director Tom Homan will be in charge of borders and deportations

Anna Giaritelli /
Washington Examiner: Trump looks to immigration hawks to lead DHS and his mass deportation plan

Justin Boggs /
Scripps News: Trump announces former acting ICE Director Tom Homan as new ‘border czar’

Brett Samuels /
The Hill: Trump names former ICE director Homan ‘border czar’

Malcolm Ferguson /
New Republic: Trump Announces New Border Czar in Dead of Night—and He's a Nightmare

Reagan Reese /
The Daily Caller: Trump Appoints Tom Homan As ‘Border Czar’

Sandra Rhodes /
IJR: Trump Appoints Tom Homan As ‘The Border Czar’

TechCrunch:

The Senate has a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” bill for reporters that the House passed with unanimous, bipartisan support in January— Folks in America: Your senators only have a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” …

Discussion:
@cdarwin@c.im, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social and The Verge

Discussion:

Chuck Darwin /
@cdarwin@c.im: Your senators only have a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, — a federal “shield” bill that the House passed with unanimous, bipartisan support in January but has been waiting in the Senate for a final vote ever since. …

Zack Whittaker /
@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social: With weeks to go before the bill expires at the end of Congress, this is the last chance for U.S. senators to vote on the PRESS Act, a bipartisan federal “shield” law that protects journalists from giving up their sources, and more. …

Windows Central:

Microsoft confirms moving its news content services back under the MSN brand, after previously moving them to Microsoft Start branding in 2021— MSN is back? Microsoft has revitalized the MSN homepage with a fresh new logo, while seemingly replacing “Start” in many key areas.

Discussion:
@zacbowden

Variety:

AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash— The U.S. media company has owned a 49.9% stake in the channel since 2014, which it purchased for $200 million in a deal with BBC Worldwide.

Discussion:
NewscastStudio, The Desk, @variety, @charterhousesq, Editor and Publisher, Cord Cutters News, TVNewsCheck, Deadline, The Wrap and WORLD SCREEN

Discussion:

Michael P. Hill /
NewscastStudio: BBC America becomes 100% U.S. owned @variety: AMC Networks has acquired full control in BBC America for $42 million. The U.S. media company has owned a 49.1% stake in the BBC Studios company since 2014, which it purchased at the time for $200 million. https://variety.com/... @charterhousesq: #AMC Networks ‘acquires full control of #BBC_America’ for $42 million https://variety.com/... see excerpt below 🤔 That should help BBC coffers - hope they get a good exchange rate when funds come back to #BBCstudios in the UK 😉 or does the money stay off-shore 🏝️ [image]

Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: AMC Networks Takes Full Control Of BBC America

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The Wrap:
AMC Networks report Q3 revenue down 5.9% YoY to $599.6M, operating income down 22% YoY to $93.7M, 11.8M streaming subscribers, $316M in subscription revenue

Discussion:
The Desk, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Media Play News, The Streamable, Variety, AMC Networks Inc. and Benzinga

Discussion:

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: AMC Networks Beats Q3 Forecasts With Help From Netflix, Stock Pops

Georg Szalai /
The Hollywood Reporter: AMC Networks U.S. Ad Revenue Drops 10 Percent, Streaming Subs Rise to 11.8M

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: AMC Networks Adds 700,000 Quarterly Streaming Subs to Tally 11.3 Million

David Satin /
The Streamable: AMC Networks See Continued Revenue Declines, But Streamers Add Customers

Jennifer Maas /
Variety: AMC Networks U.S. Ad Sales Fall 10% in Q3 as Streaming Subscribers Tick Up by 200,000 to Reach 11.8 Million

Reuters:

CNN must face Project Veritas' defamation lawsuit after a federal appeals court finds that Project Veritas plausibly alleged that CNN acted with actual malice— A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of defaming Project Veritas in its explanation …

Discussion:
Newsbusters, Bloomberg Law, Courthouse News Service, American Thinker and TVNewsCheck

Discussion:

Nicholas Fondacaro /
Newsbusters: Federal Court Backs 2nd CNN Defamation Case, Calls Out Aversion to Truth

Bernie Pazanowski /
Bloomberg Law: Project Veritas' Defamation Suit Against CNN Revived on Appeal

Kayla Goggin /
Courthouse News Service: Project Veritas defamation suit against CNN gets new life at 11th Circuit

Peter Barry Chowka /