‘You are the media now’: Elon Musk heralds the death of legacy journalism

Following Donald Trump's second victory in the presidential election, mainstream media is back on the hot seat, with viewers wondering how and why network anchors didn't report straight in their coverage. I have doubts. It seems like it's taking forever (and pointlessly) for the networks to declare the election for President Trump, and there's always […]

Zaslav bullish on Trump allowing media mergers

Warner Bros. Chief Executive David Zaslav said Discovery is optimistic that former President Trump's administration will create a favorable environment for potential media consolidation. “There will be a new government,” Zaslav said on a conference call with investors this week. “It's too early to tell, but it could bring about a very different pace of […]

Trump Media short sellers lost $420 million after betting against stock

Short sellers who bet against Donald Trump's media company lost $420 million in the six weeks leading up to Tuesday's election victory. Financial analysis firm S3 Partners on Wednesday issued a report detailing how short sellers have been making wrong bets as Trump Media and Technologies Group's stock has soared nearly 200% since late September. […]

The Era of Corporate Media Dominance Is Over

No more road to the White House 60 minutesCNN, Fox News, meet the press, new york times Editorial board or cover time magazine. That path is now joe rogan experienceBreitbart News, New Media, Podcasts, Talk Radio, and Social Media. In other words, the path to the White House now passes through We the People. MAGA […]

Euro Media Couldn’t Handle Trump Victory and Got Very Sweary

Donald Trump may have left America red-hot, but in Europe, the airwaves and front pages were flooded as the highly tribal left-wing traditional media aired its disappointment that Americans didn't vote the way they wanted. It turned blue. german broadsheet newspaper Die Zeit On Wednesday morning, many European media outlets said this in reaction to […]

Australia to ban under-16s from social media – but can’t say how TikTok, Instagram and others will enforce it | Internet safety

The Australian government has pledged to impose a 16-year-old age limit on social media access and impose penalties for online platforms that do not comply. But the Labor government has not said how it expects Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and others to actually enforce its age restrictions. Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland have announced […]

Democrats should blame the media for Harris’ loss

I feel old for saying this, but I've been following Joe Biden's political career for over 30 years. Once, unbelievably, almost 20 years ago, I had a front row seat to Joe Biden's show. The year was 2007, and I was working for former Kansas state senator (and later governor) Sam Brownback during his unsuccessful […]

Abbott Made Media Give Immigration More Attention

During NBC's coverage of Tuesday's election, NBC host and NBC News senior national correspondent Tom Llamas said that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) was “day in and day out” by busing migrants. “We put immigrants on the front page of every major newspaper.” To various cities. NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles, while discussing […]