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It's here: Status' annual winners and losers list.

In a year defined by consolidation, political pressure, and audience upheaval, these are the media figures who finished 2025 on top—and those who watched their influence fade.

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Status Check: The Winners and Losers of 2025
In a year defined by consolidation, political pressure, and audience upheaval, these are the media figures who finished 2025 on top—and those who watched their influence fade.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Even FOX pushed back on Trump’s tasteless response to the passing of Rob Reiner.

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December 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Scoop: CNN has pushed back the launch of its new weather app, part of its its shift to a digital-first future that includes expanding the network’s lifestyle ambitions.

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CNN’s Digital Headwinds
Under Mark Thompson, CNN has laid out a sweeping plan to expand into lifestyle-focused digital products, though many of those efforts, including a weather app, remain works in progress.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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The Oscars are leaving ABC for YouTube as broadcast audiences shrink and streaming grows, exposing the gap between Hollywood’s future and Trump’s nostalgic view of TV, @brianlowry.bsky.social writes.

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Behind Broadcast's Oscars Breakup
The Oscars are leaving ABC for YouTube as broadcast audiences shrink and streaming grows, exposing the gap between Hollywood’s future and Trump’s nostalgic view of TV.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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At Turning Point’s annual gathering, MAGA Media’s top stars tore into each other, revealing a high-stakes battle over power, influence, and the future of Trump’s followers.

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The War Over the Future of MAGA
At Turning Point’s annual gathering, MAGA Media’s top stars tore into each other, revealing a high-stakes battle over power, influence, and the future of Trump’s followers.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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As Megyn Kelly attempts to play MAGA peacemaker, an ethically dubious endorsement exposes her ad standards, as well as those of her Fox-owned production company.

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Kelly’s Problematic Pitch
As Megyn Kelly attempts to play MAGA peacemaker, an ethically dubious endorsement by the right-wing podcaster exposes her ad standards, as well as those of her Fox-owned production company.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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As her first major CBS News town hall draws underwhelming ratings, Bari Weiss gets a public crash course in the metrics of TV success. Now, Status has learned she’s delayed a planned address to staffers about the network’s future.

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Weiss’ Wake-Up Call
As her first major CBS News town hall draws underwhelming ratings, Bari Weiss gets a public crash course in the metrics of television success. Now, Status has learned she’s delayed a planned address t...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr will be on Capitol Hill for rare Congressional testimony on Wednesday—a hearing in which fellow commissioner Anna Gomez will sharply criticize the agency under his watch, Status has learned.

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Carr’s Collision Course
FCC Chair Brendan Carr will be on Capitol Hill for rare Congressional testimony on Wednesday—a hearing in which fellow commissioner Anna Gomez will sharply criticize the agency under his watch, Status...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Fox News executives assumed Katie Pavlich would renew her contributor contract, but its smaller rival—with business before Donald Trump’s FCC—spoiled their plans during negotiations, Status has learned.

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Nexstar’s Pavlich Play
Fox News executives assumed Katie Pavlich would renew her contributor contract, but its smaller rival—with business before Donald Trump’s FCC—spoiled their plans during negotiations, Status has learne...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Three years after selling to Cox, incentives for Axios’ co-founders have vested, opening the door to a possible exit—a scenario Cox execs have begun informally planning for.

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Axios’ Future: Why It Matters
Three years after selling to Cox, incentives for Axios’ co-founders have vested, opening the door to a possible exit—a scenario Cox execs have begun informally planning for, Status has learned.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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With its backing of Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery bid and Vision 2030 plan, Saudi Arabia wants to establish a major foothold in media. But in Hollywood, buyer and seller should beware.

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Hollywood’s Saudi Serenade
With its backing of Paramount’s WBD bid and Vision 2030 plan, Saudi Arabia wants to establish a major foothold in media. But in Hollywood, buyer and seller should beware.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Times are tough for Tim Pool’s “Timcast IRL.”

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December 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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The latest episode of Power Lines just dropped.

This week: We discuss Donald Trump's outrageous demand that CNN be sold to new owners, Bari Weiss' interview with Erika Kirk, POLITICO's softball Trump interview, and more.

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December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Staffers at The Washington Post revolted en masse after the newspaper debuted an error-prone A.I. podcast feature, according to Slack messages obtained by Status.

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The Post’s A.I. ‘Disaster’
Staffers at The Washington Post revolted en masse after the newspaper debuted an error-prone A.I. podcast feature, according to Slack messages obtained by Status.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Penske Media cuts mark the latest tremors in a brutal year for media jobs, as rolling layoffs and mergers leave newsrooms across the industry in an anxious holding pattern.

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Media’s Unhappy Holidays
Penske Media cuts mark the latest tremors in a brutal year for media jobs, as rolling layoffs and mergers leave newsrooms across the industry in an anxious holding pattern.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Inside Hudson Yards, CNN staffers are once again panicking about the possibility that David Ellison—who seems willing to compromise the network's integrity—may prove successful in his bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery.

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The CNN Sacrifice
Inside Hudson Yards, CNN staffers are once again panicking about the possibility that David Ellison—who seems willing to compromise the network's integrity—may prove successful in his bid to purchase ...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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What began as quiet courtship by David Ellison has morphed into a hostile takeover attempt of Warner Bros. Discovery—with the battle only likely to get messier in the days ahead.

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Ellison’s Endgame
What began as quiet courtship by David Ellison has morphed into a hostile takeover attempt of Warner Bros. Discovery—with the battle only likely to get messier in the days ahead.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Netflix’s $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. spares CNN from a future under Paramount and Bari Weiss, but leaves plenty of new threats on the horizon.

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CNN’s Brief Sigh of Relief
Netflix’s $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. spares CNN from a future under Paramount and Bari Weiss, but leaves plenty of new threats on the horizon.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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A sensational claim by Glenn Beck’s outlet suggesting a conspiracy among law enforcement to frame Trump supporters over Jan. 6 has gone up in flames. Now the outlet is facing the fallout.

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The Blaze’s Burn Notice
A sensational claim by Glenn Beck’s outlet suggesting a conspiracy among law enforcement to frame Trump supporters over Jan. 6 has gone up in flames. Now the outlet is facing the fallout.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Anti-competitive concerns about Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max are well founded, but it might be the least bad of several unattractive alternatives.

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Netflix-WBD: Apocalypse Not?
Anti-competitive concerns about the leading streamer acquiring the venerable studio are well founded, but it might be the least bad of several unattractive alternatives.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Why couldn’t Olivia Nuzzi answer one simple question?

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December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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A failed summer deal over "South Park" helped poison the well between David Zaslav and David Ellison—tensions now erupting into plain view as the WBD auction nears its endgame.

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The Davids, Divided
A failed summer deal over "South Park" helped poison the well between David Zaslav and David Ellison—tensions now erupting into plain view as the WBD auction nears its endgame.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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The Olivia Nuzzi scandal has become a slow-burn crisis inside Vanity Fair, engulfing Condé Nast leadership and raising broader questions about the magazine’s future.

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Vanity Fair’s West Coast Woes
The Olivia Nuzzi scandal has become a slow-burn crisis inside Vanity Fair, engulfing Condé Nast leadership and raising broader questions about the magazine’s future.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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The Pentagon held its first media briefing in months, hand-selecting a group of MAGA influencers to lob softballs—a charade that disgusted the actual journalists Pete Hegseth exiled earlier this year.

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The Pentagon’s Propagandists
The Pentagon held its first media briefing in months, hand-selecting a group of MAGA influencers to lob softballs—a charade that disgusted the actual journalists Pete Hegseth exiled earlier this year.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Olivia Nuzzi is set to break her silence as her employer, Condé Nast, attempts to lay low while new allegations mount and questions pile up.

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Navigating the Nuzzi Noise
Olivia Nuzzi is set to break her silence as her employer, Condé Nast, attempts to lay low while new allegations mount and questions pile up.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM