In many ways, this week felt like the end of an era. Across television, radio, and digital publishing, the media industry underwent a profound transformation—with legacy institutions fading, powerful corporate owners transforming the media landscape, and journalism confronting an increasingly uncertain future.
At CBS, Stephen Colbert signed off from “The Late Show” after a historic run atop late night television. The David Ellison-controlled company also pulled the plug on CBS News Radio after nearly a century on the air, going dark on some 700 stations coast to coast. On the digital media front, the Vox Media empire was split apart, with a major stake sold to James Murdoch. And at Business Insider, the company’s chief executive was abruptly ousted amid mounting turmoil inside the digital publisher.
Through it all, Status has been there to chronicle the upheaval and pull back the curtain on the forces reshaping the media business. That’s why I’m especially proud to share that on Tuesday evening Status won the inaugural Mirror Award for Best Media Newsletter, one of journalism’s most prestigious honors for media reporting.
Presented by Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, the Mirror Awards recognize excellence in reporting on the media industry itself, honoring the journalists and organizations that hold powerful news institutions accountable and illuminate how the media operates behind the scenes.
To receive the first-ever award in the newsletter category is an incredible honor for our team. It is also a meaningful validation of the mission we set out to pursue when we launched just 18 months ago to deliver deeply sourced, independent reporting on the powerful forces shaping the media landscape.
And none of it would be possible without you.
Your readership and support has allowed us to build an ambitious and sustainable newsroom. Because readers like you chose to support this work, we’ve been able to invest in rigorous journalism that is making a real impact. And we are enormously grateful to have you with us.
If you or a friend haven’t yet subscribed to our All Access plan, now is the perfect time to join. This Memorial Day weekend, we’re offering a special discount that gives you full access to all of our exclusive reporting and analysis as we continue documenting one of the most consequential periods of upheaval in the media industry.
We’re also throwing in a complimentary Status hat—normally priced at $26—to those who purchase an annual subscription this weekend.
If you’ve been thinking about joining us, now is the time. The Memorial Day sale will only be available this weekend—and we won’t be offering a rate like this anytime soon. Not only will you help fuel our independent journalism, but you’ll get a great deal—and we’ll send you a ball cap for the summer on us.
At a moment when billionaires and political leaders are working to strangle a critical press, independent media reporting has never been more important. Your support allows us to continue investing in aggressive, deeply sourced journalism that holds influential institutions accountable and reveals what’s really happening behind the scenes.
We’re incredibly grateful to have you with us. And we’re just getting started.
Jon
Executive Editor, Status
