With nearly only four months left in 2025, media layoffs across the entertainment industry have continued to bleed over from last year’s avalanche of job cuts. The unfortunate trend can still be felt following the COVID-19 pandemic, dual Hollywood strikes and — the latest event to hit Los…

Barack Obama took Donald Trump and his billionaire pals to task Saturday in a rare display of bare-knuckled political pugilism from the 44th POTUS. The series of jabs and blows during a rally appearance in Norfolk, VA, made it look a lot like a 2008 Saturday for Obama on cable news – with some…

Warner Bros Discovery chief David Zaslav spoke fiercely about the power of storytelling and warned that “when the government controls the news, that is the end of democracy” on Thursday during his speech at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Humanitarian Dinner, where he was being honored for his…

CNN is ushering in a new era today with the launch of its All Access subscription streaming tier. The streaming outlet is coming to market about three-and-a-half years after corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery killed a similar initiative, CNN+. The cable news mainstay had also tried…

When CNN launches The Story Is with Elex Michaelson at 9 p.m. PT/midnight ET on Monday, it will be going up against main cable rivals’ reruns and, perhaps more importantly, will be one of the few news network shows based in Los Angeles. Michaelson, who departed Fox’s Los Angeles affiliate last…

Networks are planning coverage of the nationwide No Kings protests on Saturday, the second round of demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s actions in the White House. Thousands of events are being planned across the country, but there will be a few differences from the last day of…

CNN is making another go of it with a subscription service, announcing an Oct. 28 launch for its “all access” service at a price of $6.99 per month. Subscribers will have access to live and on demand content, as well as digital journalism.  “It's an essential step in CNN's evolution as we…

NewsNation and CNN are turning to a cable news mainstay — town halls — amid the government shutdown and concerns over the Trump administration’s immigration raids. On Wednesday from 8 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET, NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo will host a town hall event before a live audience at the…

UPDATED: The major broadcast networks, along with Fox News and CNN, issued a joint statement opposing the Pentagon’s new restrictions on press access to the complex, concluding that it is “without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections.” The statement, from NBC News, CBS News and…

UPDATED, Tuesday: Media outlets ranging from The Atlantic to CNN to Newsmax have so far said that they do not plan for their correspondents to sign a new Pentagon press policy, arguing that it attempts to threaten access to the complex unless reporters agree to restrictions on how they have normally…

When Democratic political strategist Maria Cardona blasted the Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions for violating citizens’ rights, the Trump administration responded with a quote from Billy Madison. After appearing on CNN on Monday morning, Cardona posted on X, “ICE is engaging in…

CNN Max, the cable news network’s live news stream, will no longer be available on HBO Max starting on Nov. 17. CNN is about the launch is own streaming channel this fall, although an exact launch dates has not yet been announced. HBO Max will continue to stream CNN Originals like Anthony Bo…