# Status

> Scoops and insights on the media and tech industries, hitting inboxes seven days a week.

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## Posts
- [Ellison’s Media Titanic](https://www.status.news/p/david-ellison-paramount-skydance-cost-cuts-layoffs-warner): David Ellison has acquired another media conglomerate to add to his new burgeoning media empire. Now comes the hard part: brutal cost cuts to make the economics work.
- [‘Curtains’ for Kimmel?](https://www.status.news/p/jimmy-kimmel-live-abc-disney-show-contract): Disney's president said Jimmy Kimmel is doing a “phenomenal job,” but offered an ominous explanation for why that may not be enough to keep his late-night show on ABC.
- [Thompson’s Paramount Pilgrimage](https://www.status.news/p/paramount-cnn-david-ellison-mark-thompson-bari-weiss): David Ellison has asked Mark Thompson to stay at CNN, for now—buying time, but leaving the network's long-term future, and Bari Weiss' potential role, unresolved.
- [MS NOW’s Trump Ad Dilemma](https://www.status.news/p/ms-now-trump-ads-us-government-propaganda): Trump tried to ban MS NOW from the White House. Now, his administration is planning to spend taxpayer dollars to reach its viewers, and inside the network, Status has learned, some are "pissed."
- [Comcast’s Carr Calculation](https://www.status.news/p/comcast-nbc-stations-spinoff-fcc-brendan-carr): While the company announced plans to spin off NBCUniversal, Status has learned executives are weighing whether to hang on to their local television stations rather than risk a fight with Trump’s FCC.
- [Ellison’s Graham Doc Grab](https://www.status.news/p/paramount-lindsey-graham-documentary-alex-holder-david-ellison): Paramount is nearing a deal to pay an eye-popping sum for a documentary about the late Lindsey Graham that is also said to contain candid footage involving David Ellison himself, Status has learned.
- [The Press Pool Whiplash](https://www.status.news/p/trump-cnn-msnow-white-house-press-pool-fight): Just as major networks thought their standoff with the White House was cooling, CNN was blocked from pool duty again, forcing the group into a day-by-day battle over coverage.
- [Paramount’s Closing Path](https://www.status.news/p/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-cnn-closing-timeline-ellison): As apprehension grips Warner Bros. Discovery's workforce, employees are wondering when Paramount will announce the merged company's leadership team and close the $111 billion merger. Here's what Status has learned.
- [Döpfner’s Thiel Tribute](https://www.status.news/p/peter-thiel-bari-weiss-axel-springer-mathias-dopfner): At Axel Springer’s event honoring Peter Thiel in Berlin, the publishing boss dismissed his own journalists’ concerns and sat silently as Thiel attacked the press, fueling further pushback from staffers, Status has learned.
- [CNN’s Paramount Purgatory](https://www.status.news/p/mark-thompson-cnn-paramount-ellison-merger): Mark Thompson fielded staffers’ questions about editorial independence and CNN’s future under Paramount, according to an audio recording obtained by Status, acknowledging he has few answers, even when it comes to his own future.
- [The Source Behind The Ban](https://www.status.news/p/white-house-press-ban-jd-vance-source-iran): The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
- [Axel’s Thiel Tempest ](https://www.status.news/p/axel-springer-mathias-dopfner-peter-thiel-politico-business-insider): The publisher is set to honor Trump ally Peter Thiel this week—and Status has learned that staffers at Politico and Business Insider are pushing back, accusing their parentco of undermining its own commitment to press freedom.
- [Ellison’s Bonta Blowout](https://www.status.news/p/david-ellison-paramount-cnn-board-bonta-settlement): David Ellison worked the phones over the weekend to secure a settlement for his Warners takeover—but the deal’s supposed safeguard for CNN is already drawing skepticism from inside the network as staffers brace for what’s next.
- [The Press Pool Predicament](https://www.status.news/p/trump-press-ban-cnn-ms-now-pool): As news organizations prepare to challenge Trump’s media ban in court, CNN’s scheduled pool duty is forcing the press corps to immediately confront how far it will go in defense of its barred colleagues.
- [Ellison's Settlement Squeeze](https://www.status.news/p/ellison-s-settlement-squeeze): Paramount may be closing in on a settlement with California AG Rob Bonta, but at least two states are pushing back, Status has learned, raising new questions about how far regulators are willing to bend in David Ellison’s pursuit of Warner Bros.
- [Trump’s Press Purge](https://www.status.news/p/trump-press-ban-cnn-ms-now-politico): The anti-press president abruptly announced a ban of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO from the White House—a move that blindsided the organizations and even some officials in his administration, Status has learned.
- [Bari’s Byers](https://www.status.news/p/puck-cbs-news-bari-weiss-dylan-byers-redbird): Puck's lead media reporter has gone to unusual lengths to defend Bari Weiss’ disastrous CBS News overhaul—all as the outlet pursues a lucrative deal with one of Paramount’s top investors.
- [Business Insider's Traffic Tumult](https://www.status.news/p/business-insider-s-traffic-tumult): The digital outlet’s new boss warned staffers that the traffic-driven model that built Business Insider is collapsing, according to an audio recording obtained by Status, revealing internal numbers and his plan to turn the business around.