Scott Nover
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Tony Dokoupil is anchoring tonight from San Francisco where the new CBS Evening News anchor was set to begin a multi-city road tour on Monday, according to two CBS News staffers familiar.
The show was set to start in Miami, but it was changed recently to SF. It is unclear why.
The show was set to start in Miami, but it was changed recently to SF. It is unclear why.
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Tony Dokoupil is anchoring tonight from San Francisco where the new CBS Evening News anchor was set to begin a multi-city road tour on Monday, according to two CBS News staffers familiar.
The show was set to start in Miami, but it was changed recently to SF. It is unclear why.
The show was set to start in Miami, but it was changed recently to SF. It is unclear why.
New York Magazine Put Mamdani’s Team on Its Cover. One Aide Was Erased. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
New York Magazine Put Mamdani’s Team on Its Cover. One Aide Was Erased.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
New York Magazine Put Mamdani’s Team on Its Cover. One Aide Was Erased. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
“The question is going to be, is Hoffmann going to make that investment in original unique local reporting that will drive digital subscriptions, which he seems to believe is a cornerstone of his business model,” Franklin said.
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Lee Enterprises stabilizes finances with $50M investment led by billionaire David Hoffmann
Lee Enterprises has announced a compromise with the billionaire investor who tried to take over the nation's third-largest newspaper chain this year.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“The question is going to be, is Hoffmann going to make that investment in original unique local reporting that will drive digital subscriptions, which he seems to believe is a cornerstone of his business model,” Franklin said.
apnews.com/article/lee-...
apnews.com/article/lee-...
"Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US … which was really a falcon in Israel" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US … which was really a falcon in Israel
A pity that Trump, or one of the 18 intelligence agencies reporting to him, did not trace the image back to its source
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US … which was really a falcon in Israel" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Kennedy Center adopted bylaws earlier this year that limited voting to presidentially appointed trustees.
Scoop by @janaykingsberry.bsky.social + @kelseyables.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Scoop by @janaykingsberry.bsky.social + @kelseyables.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center Honors ratings tank after Trump takeover
The Kennedy Center Honors earned record-low viewership of a little over 3 million after President Trump overhauled the cultural center.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Kennedy Center adopted bylaws earlier this year that limited voting to presidentially appointed trustees.
Scoop by @janaykingsberry.bsky.social + @kelseyables.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Scoop by @janaykingsberry.bsky.social + @kelseyables.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by Scott Nover
We obtained the Kennedy Center’s bylaws and found they were revised this year to specify that only presidentially appointed board members could vote.
The change came months before Trump-appointed trustees voted to rename the center after him. From me and @kelseyables.bsky.social:
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The change came months before Trump-appointed trustees voted to rename the center after him. From me and @kelseyables.bsky.social:
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Kennedy Center changed board rules months before vote to add Trump’s name
The cultural center said only trustees appointed by the president could vote, barring other members, including Democrats who hold seats, from decisions.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We obtained the Kennedy Center’s bylaws and found they were revised this year to specify that only presidentially appointed board members could vote.
The change came months before Trump-appointed trustees voted to rename the center after him. From me and @kelseyables.bsky.social:
wapo.st/4baSiya
The change came months before Trump-appointed trustees voted to rename the center after him. From me and @kelseyables.bsky.social:
wapo.st/4baSiya
The Kennedy Center Honors averaged 3.01 million viewers, according to Nielsen, down from a previous nadir of 4.1 million viewers last year. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center Honors ratings tank after Trump takeover
The Kennedy Center Honors earned record-low viewership of a little over 3 million after President Trump overhauled the cultural center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Kennedy Center Honors averaged 3.01 million viewers, according to Nielsen, down from a previous nadir of 4.1 million viewers last year. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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A short life spent making a difference: Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of JFK, dies at 35 @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of JFK, dies at 35
In November, she announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at one of her cousins, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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December 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A short life spent making a difference: Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of JFK, dies at 35 @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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I didn't know Tatiana very well, but back in 2009, she was the first person ever to edit a music essay I wrote! She encouraged me to start writing and to keep going, and it was a gift I will be grateful for until the day I die www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and Kennedy scion, dies at 35
In November, she announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at one of her cousins, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I didn't know Tatiana very well, but back in 2009, she was the first person ever to edit a music essay I wrote! She encouraged me to start writing and to keep going, and it was a gift I will be grateful for until the day I die www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Tatiana Schlossberg, the climate journalist whose terminal illness and position in the Kennedy family thrust her into the national spotlight late in life, died today at age 35.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and Kennedy scion, dies at 35
In November, she announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at one of her cousins, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Tatiana Schlossberg, the climate journalist whose terminal illness and position in the Kennedy family thrust her into the national spotlight late in life, died today at age 35.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Thank you to all the people who trusted me with their stories in 2025.
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Regular reminder: If there's anything going on in your news organization that I should know about, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.
December 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Thank you to all the people who trusted me with their stories in 2025.
Regular reminder: If there's anything going on in your news organization that I should know about, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.
Regular reminder: If there's anything going on in your news organization that I should know about, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.
"Never had a femme been so fatale." www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Brigitte Bardot, French femme fatale and cultural phenomenon, dies at 91
The actress and singer was a symbol of sexual revolution. She later became an animal-welfare campaigner and incendiary right-wing commenter.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Never had a femme been so fatale." www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
"Torre has become almost as ubiquitous among online sports fans as Dave Portnoy (Barstool) and Pat McAfee (ESPN), and he has done it in improbable fashion: by morphing from a talking head into an investigative reporter."
@benjstrauss.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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Pablo Torre pushes buttons — and boundaries — to expose sports secrets
With scoops from the NFL, NBA and beyond, Torre’s hit show — and the way he makes it — is ruffling feathers across the sports landscape.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Torre has become almost as ubiquitous among online sports fans as Dave Portnoy (Barstool) and Pat McAfee (ESPN), and he has done it in improbable fashion: by morphing from a talking head into an investigative reporter."
@benjstrauss.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
@benjstrauss.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
What an essay. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What an essay. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
New >>
Bari Weiss explained her decision to hold a “60 Minutes” segment earlier this week in an email to CBS News staff Wednesday, saying she is working to win back the trust of American viewers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bari Weiss explained her decision to hold a “60 Minutes” segment earlier this week in an email to CBS News staff Wednesday, saying she is working to win back the trust of American viewers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bari Weiss defends held “60 Minutes” story in email to CBS News staff
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss shelved a “60 minutes” segment because she said it needed additional reporting, including an interview with a Trump administration official.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New >>
Bari Weiss explained her decision to hold a “60 Minutes” segment earlier this week in an email to CBS News staff Wednesday, saying she is working to win back the trust of American viewers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bari Weiss explained her decision to hold a “60 Minutes” segment earlier this week in an email to CBS News staff Wednesday, saying she is working to win back the trust of American viewers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reposted by Scott Nover
On CBS, it was still the Kennedy Center Honors www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
On CBS, it was still the Kennedy Center Honors
The network kept the Kennedy Center’s original name in its broadcast, and CBS News instructed staff to do the same, an email shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
On CBS, it was still the Kennedy Center Honors www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
Trump once again calls for broadcast licenses to be removed because, he says, network newscasts and late-night shows are “almost 100% negative” toward him.
(Network parent companies hold licenses only for owned-and-operation local stations.)
(Network parent companies hold licenses only for owned-and-operation local stations.)
December 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Trump once again calls for broadcast licenses to be removed because, he says, network newscasts and late-night shows are “almost 100% negative” toward him.
(Network parent companies hold licenses only for owned-and-operation local stations.)
(Network parent companies hold licenses only for owned-and-operation local stations.)
Trump posts on Truth Social that CBS should put Stephen Colbert “to sleep.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Trump posts on Truth Social that CBS should put Stephen Colbert “to sleep.”
CBS News’s standards dept. last week instructed staffers to maintain the original Kennedy Center name: "If the president or other administration officials use the new name in a soundbite that is their prerogative.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
On CBS, it was still the Kennedy Center Honors
The network kept the Kennedy Center’s original name in its broadcast, and CBS News instructed staff to do the same, an email shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
CBS News’s standards dept. last week instructed staffers to maintain the original Kennedy Center name: "If the president or other administration officials use the new name in a soundbite that is their prerogative.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
On CBS, the Kennedy Center Honors was still the Kennedy Center Honors.
w/ @janaykingsberry.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
w/ @janaykingsberry.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
On CBS, it was still the Kennedy Center Honors
The network kept the Kennedy Center’s original name in its broadcast, and CBS News instructed staff to do the same, an email shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
On CBS, the Kennedy Center Honors was still the Kennedy Center Honors.
w/ @janaykingsberry.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
w/ @janaykingsberry.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
If you know what's going on inside of CBS News or Paramount Skydance, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you know what's going on inside of CBS News or Paramount Skydance, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.
“Though the segment wasn’t aired in the United States, it was briefly made available in Canada.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“Though the segment wasn’t aired in the United States, it was briefly made available in Canada.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reposted by Scott Nover
“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Tanya Simon, the E.P. of "60 Minutes" told the show's staff she stood by the shelved segment but could not allay the concerns of the network’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss.
"She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply."
Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:
"She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply."
Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:
‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Tanya Simon, the E.P. of "60 Minutes" told the show's staff she stood by the shelved segment but could not allay the concerns of the network’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss.
"She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply."
Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:
"She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply."
Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:
Reposted by Scott Nover
INSIDE EL CECOT (GIFT LINK) The Post's reporting on the Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration sent migrants deported from the United States, based on interviews with 16 former detainees
wapo.st/3KUUv6n
wapo.st/3KUUv6n
‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
INSIDE EL CECOT (GIFT LINK) The Post's reporting on the Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration sent migrants deported from the United States, based on interviews with 16 former detainees
wapo.st/3KUUv6n
wapo.st/3KUUv6n