Greetings from The Times Center in New York City, where we just wrapped up a whirlwind inaugural Status Summit—a day of candid and newsmaking conversations with the people steering the information landscape through a moment of real upheaval.
The day wasn’t short of newsmaking moments: Julie Pace revealed The Associated Press’ guidance on “Lake Ontario.” David Remnick and Kara Swisher went after Jeff Bezos by name. Andrew Ross Sorkin poured cold water on the theory that the Ellisons have some grand media-takeover plan. Nicolle Wallace floated a Tucker Carlson 2028 run. Don Lemon and Medhi Hasan spoke about saying the F-word on cable news. Brian Williams declared linear TV all but dead. And Rebecca Kutler positioned MS NOW as democracy's last cable outpost. For those who could not make it, we will be uploading videos of our conversations to the Status YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe now.
Here's a rundown of who said what—and what we learned from it all…
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