Popular Satire Site ‘The Onion’ Sold By G/O Media Weeks After Unloading Deadspin

mediaite.com Just a few weeks after selling Deadspin, G/O Media sent a memo to its staff Thursday announcing that the satire site The Onion would also be sold. In the memo obtained by…

New York Times — And Some of Its Top Reporters

mediaite.com Brian Zak/Sipa Press via AP Images Politico’s lengthy report on a “cold war” between President Joe Biden and the New York Times has earned some major pushback from the…

US-Led Gaza Pier Project Comes Under Mortar Fire As UN Officials Tour Site

zerohedge.com US-Led Gaza Pier Project Comes Under Mortar Fire As UN Officials Tour Site The US military's ambitious project to erect a large pier off Gaza's coast (all within a war zone)…

Hollywood, accusers condemn reversal of Weinstein conviction: 'We know what happened'

latimes.com Harvey Weinstein’s accusers and opponents of sexual violence in Hollywood and beyond are speaking out against the reversal of the disgraced movie mogul’s rape conviction in…

A UK destroyer scored the Royal Navy's first missile kill since the Gulf War, when one of its warships pulled off another historic first

businessinsider.com The HMS Diamond. UK Ministry of Defense photo A UK warship on Wednesday destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile likely targeting a commercial ship. It marked the Royal Navy's…

Sacha Baron Cohen Passages to Be Redacted From Rebel Wilson’s Memoir in UK

vanityfair.com When Rebel Wilson’s bombshell memoir drops in the United Kingdom today, allegations of inappropriate behavior by her onetime costar Sacha Baron Cohen won’t be in it. Rebel…

Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook have had a rivalry for years. Here's what they're fighting about now

aol.com None Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook taken shots at each other's companies for years. • None Now, they've reached a new battleground: their competing AR…

The Kentucky Legislature Removed The Governor's Power To Temporarily Appoint A Senator

reason.com Back in August 2023, I wrote about a potential Seventeenth Amendment conflict in Kentucky. Under Kentucky law, in the event of a Senate vacancy, the Governor could only…

Harvey Weinstein Accusers React to Rape Conviction Overturned: “Profoundly Unjust”

hollywoodreporter.com In a stunning twist to the landmark #MeToo case, the New York state Court of Appeals has overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. The highest court in New York…

Former Dow Jones membership chief Suzi Watford joins Washington Post

pressgazette.co.uk Suzi Watford, the former chief membership officer of Dow Jones and current Sirius XM chief growth officer, is moving to The Washington Post to take up the newly-created post…

Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Overturned by New York Appeals Court

vanityfair.com The first rape conviction against Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul whose sex crimes helped spark the #MeToo movement, has been overturned. More than four…

5 Splashiest Revelations from Blockbuster Politico Feature on the Cold War Between the NY Times and the Biden White House

mediaite.com (left AP Photo/Evan Vucci, right Brian Zak/Sipa Press via New York Times) There is a cold war of sorts between President Joe Biden and the New York Times, according to a new…

Titans Of News Media Meeting Monday To Discuss Digital Future

mediapost.com All eyes -- or at least the TV Blog’s eyes -- will be on a sprawling, 90-minute panel discussion event next Monday about no less a subject than the future of news. The…

How bad is Britain's booze problem?

theweek.com England is "top of the charts" globally for child alcohol abuse, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) study of 44 countries. More than half of English children…

Apple’s censorship in China is just the tip of the iceberg

cjr.org Last week, the Chinese government ordered Apple to remove several widely used messaging apps—WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram—from its app store. According to the…

A conversation with White House Correspondents’ Association president Kelly O’Donnell

poynter.org This Saturday, one of the biggest media events of the year will take place in Washington, D.C. Celebrities, politicians and media will all cross paths at the annual White…

I quit medicine for an entry-level corporate job. I felt behind but didn't have the passion to become a low-paid doctor

businessinsider.com Salah Ashraf went into an entry-level job at an aerospace company after finishing med school. Assembly/Getty Images; Salaha Ashraf; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI Salaha Ashraf…

Even Gwyneth Paltrow is worried about becoming an empty nester

aol.com None Gwyneth Paltrow is worried about becoming an empty nester too. • None "It's kind of giving me a nervous breakdown, if I'm honest," Paltrow said at her 11th In Goop…

Dermot Mulroney Says He “Didn’t Work for a Year” Due to ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ Movie Poster

hollywoodreporter.com Dermot Mulroney said he knows what’s to blame for not landing another acting role for a year following 1997’s My Best Friend’s Wedding. The actor, who starred alongside…

Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Fanned Affair Rumors to Promote ‘Anyone but You’

thewrap.com Glen Powell admitted in a New York Times interview that he and Sydney Sweeney totally leaned into rumors that they were having an affair as they promoted their surprise hit…

Video Of Injury Accident On Set Of Eddie Murphy’s ‘The Pickup’ Released By New York Times

deadline.com Video footage of an accident on the set of the Eddie Murphy film The Pickup was released today by the New York Times. A cellphone video of the April 20 accident shows an SUV…

Alvin Bragg Has His Trump Trial, All He Needs Now Is A Crime

zerohedge.com Alvin Bragg Has His Trump Trial, All He Needs Now Is A Crime Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the start of the…

Rotting Fruit, an Animatronic Mouse and Other Highlights of the Venice Biennale

nytimes.com You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full will load. A tour of the international exhibition, which…

Debate Ignites After Comic Arj Barker Ejects Breastfeeding Mother From Venue for “Disrupting” His Stand-Up Performance

hollywoodreporter.com A debate has been sparked about who should be allowed into performance spaces after an American comic interrupted his set at the Melbourne Comedy Festival to ask a mother to…

Another Boeing whistleblower comes forward

theregister.com Another Boeing whistleblower has come forward to report problems at his former employer, but that doesn't seem to have upset shareholders, who sent shares skyward on news of…

Secret Service Has ‘Started Planning’ for What to Do if Trump Is Thrown in Jail: Report

mediaite.com Photographer: Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post/ Pool The Secret Service is tasked with the solemn duty of protecting our current and former presidents, and regarding…

Chip Roy raises alarms about George Soros' purchase of radio giant Audacy

aol.com FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Chip Roy is accusing liberal billionaire George Soros of trying to fast-track his acquisition of a major radio company through the Federal Communications…

Pros and cons of universal health care

theweek.com An "unhappy mix" of long waiting times, staff shortages and strained budgets is "fuelling a boom in demand for private health care" in the UK. A "fundamental shift" is…

Prince’s ‘Musicology’ at 20: A Look at the Album, Tour and Year That Saved His Career

variety.com Prince had been at a crossroads before, but never like he was at the beginning of 2004. His career was at its lowest point. He’d been one of the world’s biggest superstars,…

'Wordle' #1,040 clues for today's answer, Wednesday, April 24 puzzle

newsweek.com If you're one of the many people addicted to Wordle, you'll know those daily puzzles are no easy feat. The game captured the heart of the internet during the COVID-19…

NYT 'Connections' hints April 24: Today's clues and answers for game #318

newsweek.com Another day means another Connections puzzle to solve and if you're struggling to figure it out, Newsweek is here to help you. If you've never played it before, Connections…

Full list of Republican Senators who voted against Ukraine aid

newsweek.com Ted Cruz at the U.S. Capitol in February this year. Cruz was one of 15 Republican Senators to vote against the foreign aid package. Ted Cruz at the U.S. Capitol in February…

Apple may strike a historic deal with FIFA

aol.com Apple is reportedly doubling down on live sports through a first-of-its-kind agreement with global soccer governing body FIFA that would give it the worldwide television…

After unionized strippers accused club owner of violating deal, federal labor board intervenes

latimes.com Katherine Shindle, president of Actors’ Equity Assn., speaks at a Dec. 7 protest outside North Hollywood bar Star Garden. The nighttime rally marked the beginning of a…

Billy Graham's words in Oklahoma City helped heal after worst mass murder

newsweek.com The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, was the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism in American history. The weapon of…

Inside The New York Times’ Next Big Bet: ‘The Interview’ (Exclusive)

hollywoodreporter.com The New York Times is launching what it is calling 'The Interview,' a new franchise that will include an audio podcast and a print version that will run in the Times…

Swiss Air jet nearly collides with four other planes on JFK runway

dailymail.co.uk A Swiss Air jet nearly collided with four other planes at JFK airport, after a communication error sent the jets across a runway as it prepared to take off. The incident…

Is The New York Times’ newsroom just a bunch of Ivy Leaguers? (Kinda, sorta.)

niemanlab.org The New York Times is the most prominent news organization in the United States — and, by general consensus, the pinnacle of the journalism career ladder. Sure, star…

The Guardian’s new “Deeply Read” article ranking focuses on attention, not just clicks

niemanlab.org The No. 1 most-clicked story on The Guardian’s U.S. site right now: “Alabama IVF ruling leaves Republicans stuck between their base and the broader public.” The most “deeply…

Most big legacy news publishers across 10 countries are blocking OpenAI’s crawlers, report finds

niemanlab.org With The New York Times suing Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement (a case the Times might well win, AI writer and researcher Timothy B. Lee and Cornell professor…

Andrew Neil says GB News can never be profitable on current path

pressgazette.co.uk Former GB News chairman Andrew Neil told Parliament the channel will not “ever be profitable” on its current path. Neil, a former BBC presenter and Sunday Times editor and…

High-speed rail to Las Vegas is coming as soon as 2028. Here are more details

latimes.com Passengers board the train at the Brightline Fort Lauderdale Station, part of the intercity rail line connecting Miami and Orlando, Fla. Southern Californians can expect to…

You Are Here: the new David Nicholls 'past-their-prime' romance

theweek.com David Nicholls is a "literary paradox". The "One Day" author has "never won a major book prize, yet retains a virtually critic-proof common touch". He's popular with readers…

Senate hopeful’s claims about ‘growing up on a farm’ draw scrutiny

msnbc.com In Montana, Republican Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy realizes that he’s running in a rural state against incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, who has a lot of experience as a farmer. It’s…

Empire Newsletter: SEC faces big court bill after sanctions

blockworks.co Time to pay up. Oh, wait… Last August, after suing Digital Licensing Inc. or DEBT Box, SEC attorneys were granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the crypto…

VAR: has football crossed a refereeing rubicon?

theweek.com The use of video technology in football may have made refereeing decisions more accurate overall but it is also changing the game for the worse, critics argue. Anger at how…

Shakespeare and the power of wordplay … featuring the pun that launched my career

poynter.org This article is co-published with our friends at Nieman Storyboard with permission from the author. All good writers play with words, even when they write about grave…

The best dog-friendly hotels around the UK

theweek.com If you treat your dog like one of the family at home, for your next getaway choose a dog-friendly hotel, where all pooches are guaranteed to be pampered. Set "atop a high,…

UK passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The Guardian, BBC, and The New York Times The News U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scored somewhat of a political win after the…

The True Story Behind Baby Reindeer Makes The Netflix Hit Even Scarier

looper.com Learn More The True Story Behind Baby Reindeer Makes The Netflix Hit Even Scarier This article contains discussions of sexual abuse and mental illness. If you felt disturbed…

Momofuku responds to chili crunch backlash: 'We wanted a name we could own'

latimes.com Imagine walking into a grocery store and seeing a single brand of each item. Identical squeeze bottles of “Ketchup.” One company’s “Mustard.” One brand of “Salsa.” Just one…

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools

apnews.com They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room — roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving…

Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department': 5 of the most brutal reviews

newsweek.com If you have been living under a rock, you may have missed that Taylor Swift's 11th studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, dropped last week, catapulting the pop star…

Top England players missing from official Euro 2024 sticker album

theguardian.com England football players including Phil Foden and John Stones are among those reportedly missing from the official Euro 2024 sticker album. Topps, the American trading card…

Cotton and Hawley: Send in the National Guard to Columbia

politico.com Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley called on President Joe Biden to send the National Guard to Columbia University as pro-Palestinian demonstrations that saw over…

L.A. Times Executive Editor Terry Tang solidifies leadership position

latimes.com Terry Tang, who has been leading the Los Angeles Times newsroom since late January on an interim basis, has been formally named executive editor. The Times’ owners, Dr.…

Vince McMahon sells $311 million in stock to TKO and Endeavor in buyback

latimes.com Wrestling legend Vince McMahon has cashed out $311 million worth of his stock in TKO Group Holdings, the public company formed last April after Endeavor acquired World…

Taylor Swift Posts Responses to ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Reviews Using Album Lyrics

billboard.com Taylor Swift is in the midst of the whirlwind roll-out of her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, which has already smashed a number of records since its…