After The Washington Post’s retreat from local news and sports, rival outlets are racing to fill the void, scooping up displaced talent and capitalizing on the opportunity.
Feb 22, 2026
As NBC supports Savannah Guthrie through an unimaginable personal ordeal, industry veterans tell Status the network will eventually have to consider difficult questions about the future of “Today.”
Feb 18, 2026
The Nexstar-owned cable outfit has visibly tilted right, staffing up on former Fox News personalities in what insiders believe to be an effort to smooth its expansion plans.
Feb 15, 2026
The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has television networks on edge about security concerns for talent and those around them, seeing new risks of sharing personal details with audiences.
Feb 11, 2026
The abrupt exit of Washington Post publisher Will Lewis served as a cathartic moment for staff in the wake of mass layoffs—but did little to lift the dark clouds hanging over the paper’s future.
Feb 8, 2026
As The Washington Post cleaved off a third of its workforce, chief executive Will Lewis and owner Jeff Bezos were nowhere to be found—leaving the storied institution to profusely bleed while its top leaders hid from accountability.
Feb 4, 2026
Why it matters: OpenAI is funding the Smart Brevity outlet’s local expansion into several new communities around the country as it embraces A.I. in its news products.
Feb 2, 2026
From taunting journalists as “fake news” to now outright arresting them, the charges against Don Lemon signal that Donald Trump’s attacks on the press have reached a chilling new extreme.
Jan 30, 2026
As Jeff Bezos continues to snub The Washington Post, the mood inside the newsroom has darkened—though staffers are pressing on with not only public, but behind-the-scenes appeals to the billionaire, Status has learned.
Jan 28, 2026
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
Jan 25, 2026
As Washington Post leaders mingle in Davos, newsroom managers are preparing to make cuts to the staff and budgets, Status has learned, prompting a fresh wave of anxiety inside Jeff Bezos’ newspaper.
Jan 21, 2026
The search to replace John Harris as editor comes amid newsroom cuts and a talent exodus as insiders point to management troubles and buzz about who might be next for the top job.
Jan 19, 2026
The FBI’s disturbing raid on a Washington Post reporter ignited widespread outrage across journalism, but Jeff Bezos stayed conspicuously silent—angering some inside the newsroom, Status has learned.
Jan 14, 2026
Contract talks begin this week between management and the Guild, but efforts to impose a February deadline, and internal concerns, hang over the process.
Jan 11, 2026
A recent meeting with McClatchy executives left union leaders stunned and deeply alarmed about how the company wishes to implement A.I. in the newsroom, Status has learned.
Jan 7, 2026
Donald Trump’s Venezuela operation, and his open discussion of oil as a motivation, has become a stress test for MAGA Media and the movement’s long-standing rejection of foreign intervention.
Jan 4, 2026
With a stalled “60 Minutes” segment, Tony Dokoupil’s national tour kicking off, and ratings pressure mounting, Bari Weiss enters 2026 needing to prove the network is driven by the news and not the Ellison noise.
Dec 28, 2025
The decision to spike a ready-to-air “60 Minutes” segment has frayed trust at CBS News and renewed fears of interference by Paramount management amid its WBD bid.
Dec 22, 2025
Under Mark Thompson, CNN has laid out a sweeping plan to expand into lifestyle-focused digital products, though many of those efforts, including a weather app, remain works in progress.
Dec 21, 2025
As Megyn Kelly attempts to play MAGA peacemaker, an ethically dubious endorsement exposes her ad standards, as well as those of her Fox-owned production company.
Dec 18, 2025
As her first major CBS News town hall draws underwhelming ratings, Bari Weiss gets a public crash course in the metrics of television success. Now, Status has learned she’s delayed a planned address to staffers about the network’s future.
Dec 17, 2025
Three years after selling to Cox, incentives for Axios’ co-founders have vested, opening the door to a possible exit—a scenario Cox execs have begun informally planning for, Status has learned.
Dec 14, 2025
Penske Media cuts mark the latest tremors in a brutal year for media jobs, as rolling layoffs and mergers leave newsrooms across the industry in an anxious holding pattern.
Dec 10, 2025
Netflix’s $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. spares CNN from a future under Paramount and Bari Weiss, but leaves plenty of new threats on the horizon.
Dec 7, 2025
The Olivia Nuzzi scandal has become a slow-burn crisis inside Vanity Fair, engulfing Condé Nast leadership and raising broader questions about the magazine’s future.
Dec 3, 2025
