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Till then, let’s transfer on to in the present day’s media information, hyperlinks and tidbits, beginning with some grim information involving CBS and its guardian firm, Paramount World.
Jeff Glor, who as soon as anchored the “CBS Night Information” and has been with CBS Information since 2007, is amongst these being laid off by Paramount World, the guardian firm of CBS.
Glor served a wide range of roles at CBS Information, together with anchoring and internet hosting on weekends, each within the mornings and on the night information. Then, in 2017, he turned the anchor of the “CBS Night Information.” He was in that coveted function from November 2017 to Might 2019. Glor then exited the chair and was changed briefly by a rotating group of interim anchors earlier than Norah O’Donnell took over because the everlasting anchor.
Since then, Glor has been co-host of “CBS Saturday Morning,” and has been a CBS Information particular correspondent. In the meantime, O’Donnell will exit the night newscast after the election and shall be changed by John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, with Margaret Brennan submitting studies from Washington, D.C.
Deadline’s Ted Johnson reported that others among the many newest layoffs at CBS embrace Anna Werner, senior client investigative correspondent, and Ben Tracy, senior nationwide and environmental correspondent.
Puck’s Dylan Byers, who broke the news, stated Paramount is focusing on 2,000 positions with its cuts. That is the second wave of cuts at Paramount. As Variety’s Brian Steinberg noted, it’s “half of a bigger bid by the proprietor of CBS, Comedy Central and MTV to scale back prices in a fraught period for conventional media firms.”
Johnson wrote the cuts are “a part of a aim of decreasing its workforce by 15% and attaining $500 million in annual value financial savings.”
In a memo to workers, Paramount co-CEOs George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins wrote, “Like your entire Media trade, we’re working to speed up streaming profitability whereas on the similar time adjusting to the evolving panorama in our conventional companies. With the intention to set Paramount up for continued success, we’re taking these actions and after in the present day, 90% of those reductions shall be full. Days like in the present day are by no means simple. It’s troublesome to say goodbye to valued colleagues, and to these departing, we’re extremely grateful to your numerous contributions.”
Discover how Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, not like X proprietor Elon Musk, has been comparatively quiet concerning the upcoming election? Effectively, right here’s a take a look at why from The New York Occasions’ Theodore Schleifer and Mike Isaac: “Mark Zuckerberg Is Done With Politics.”
They write that Zuckerberg was very a lot engaged politically when he was in his 20s. He wrote columns for main publications, began foundations and spoke out continuously relating to points he cared about.
However now, only a few months after turning 40? The Occasions wrote, “In conversations over the previous few years with buddies, colleagues and advisers, Mr. Zuckerberg has expressed cynicism about politics after years of dangerous experiences in Washington. He and others on the prime of Meta, the guardian firm of Fb, believed that each events loathed know-how and that making an attempt to proceed participating with political causes would solely draw additional scrutiny to their firm.”
They added, “As lately as June on the Allen and Firm convention — the “summer season camp for billionaires” in Solar Valley, Idaho — Mr. Zuckerberg complained to a number of folks concerning the blowback to Meta that got here from the extra politically sensitive facets of his philanthropic efforts. And he regretted hiring workers at his philanthropy who tried to push him additional to the left on some causes. Briefly — he was over it. His desire, in keeping with greater than a dozen buddies, advisers and executives aware of his pondering, has been to clean his fingers of all of it.”
Try the Occasions story for extra of Zuckerberg’s private politics and why his need to be public about it has waned.
Britain’s Prince Harry speaks throughout the Clinton World Initiative, on Tuesday in New York. (AP Picture/Andres Kudacki)
Prince Harry says there may be an “epidemic” of tension, melancholy and social isolation for teenagers in the present day due to unfavorable experiences on-line. Talking on the Clinton World Initiative in New York Metropolis, Harry stated, “These platforms are designed to create habit. Younger individuals are stored there by senseless, limitless, numbing scrolling — being force-fed content material that no youngster ought to ever be uncovered to. This isn’t free will.”
The Associated Press’ Glenn Gamboa and Wyatte Grantham-Philips wrote, “Past supporting dad and mom and youth all through this advocacy, The Duke of Sussex pressured the necessity for company accountability. He requested why leaders of highly effective social media firms are nonetheless held to the ‘lowest moral requirements’ — and known as on shareholders to demand tangible change.”
Harry added, “Parenting doesn’t finish with the delivery of a kid. Neither does founding an organization. We’ve got an obligation and a duty to see our creations by means of.”
The AP famous, “Harry’s remarks arrive as pressures proceed to mount on tech giants like Meta, Snap and TikTok to make their on-line platforms safer, notably for youthful customers. Many youngsters on these platforms are uncovered to content material that’s not age applicable, similar to violence, or misinformation. Others face unrealistic magnificence requirements, bullying and sexual harassment.”
Beginning subsequent month, The New York Occasions will launch podcast subscriptions on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, that means listeners must pay in the event that they wish to hear archived episodes of podcasts similar to “The Each day” and “The Ezra Klein Present,” or to get early entry to approaching reveals from Serial Productions. Nonetheless, listeners will nonetheless be capable of get the latest episode of Occasions’ podcasts totally free, i.e. and not using a subscription.
Ben Cotton, head of subscription merchandise for the Occasions, told The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Weprin, “We’ve got a slate of actually excellent reveals, and we have now constructed out devoted locations for individuals who wish to take heed to them on our personal platforms, both in our core information app or in our audio app, however we have now tens of millions of listeners who’re listening to our reveals completely on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify. So we see it as sort of a pure subsequent step to increase our enterprise from an audio standpoint to deliver it on to the place listeners are listening to our reveals, on these platforms. We expect our audio journalism is price paying for, simply the identical as the whole lot else that our newsroom produces daily. And we wish to form of take a subsequent step in that journey from a enterprise standpoint.”
A podcast subscription will value $6 per thirty days or $50 for the yr. New York Occasions All Entry and residential supply subscribers will proceed to have full entry at no further cost.
Political and well being care reporters, this merchandise is for you, and it comes from Jon Greenberg, Poynter school member and head of Beat Academy.
Through the lone presidential debate, Donald Trump notably stated that he has a “idea of a plan” for well being care. Kamala Harris hasn’t overwhelmed voters with reams of well being care proposals, however she does have the benefit of having the ability to say she’s going to construct on President Joe Biden’s insurance policies.
“We’ve got not seen a whole lot of coverage particulars from both candidate in contrast with earlier campaigns, however the well being care proposals from Harris are definitely extra fleshed out than these from Trump,” stated Larry Levitt, govt vp for well being coverage at KFF, a number one free-standing well being care coverage evaluation group. He’ll be talking Thursday throughout Poynter’s Beat Academy, one in every of a number of distinguished well being care specialists and journalists from KFF and KFF Health News who shall be becoming a member of our panel.
Levitt stated that Trump poses a specific problem for journalists, as a result of his marketing campaign is devoid of standard well being coverage plans, whereas Harris has framed lots of her proposals in financial phrases, aiming to make well being care extra reasonably priced.
“Well being coverage will not be solely about how we entry the medical care system, but additionally about our monetary safety,” he stated. “Well being reform has not been central to this marketing campaign, in distinction to what we’ve seen in presidential campaigns for many years. But when Trump and (vice presidential candidate J.D.) Vance proceed elevating the prospect as soon as once more making an attempt to repeal and change the ACA, that would simply shift the main target.”
Regardless of what’s stated on the marketing campaign path, the result of this November’s election has huge stakes for well being care.
“The events have very completely different objectives in well being care. Democrats wish to broaden well being protection, enhance affordability and decrease costs, all of which require authorities intervention and spending. Republicans wish to cut back the function of presidency in well being care and decrease authorities spending, which has penalties for the protections folks have and the prices they face.”
Hear extra from Levitt at Thursday’s Beat Academy.
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