| | | | | ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA | | | My precinct ran out of "I VOTED" stickers last year. Not this time around... Turnout was obviously much lighter... The poll workers even gave us an extra sticker for baby Sunny. I'll be up late watching the returns from the Washington suburbs to Washington state... | | Special coverage on cable | | | CNN is going all-in with special coverage starting at 7pm ET. Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, Don Lemon and Dana Bash will all anchor from D.C. John King will be at the Magic Wall and David Chalian will be covering exit polls. Brianna Keilar and Ryan Nobles will be in VA and Athena Jones will be in NJ... | | Fox News is sticking with its usual schedule, but promising live updates on the key races. Correspondents Laura Ingle and Eric Shawn will be in NJ and Griff Jenkins, Peter Doocy and Kristin Fisher will be in VA. Shannon Bream has GOP chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel booked at 11pm...
MSNBC is also keeping its prime time schedule in place, but incorporating coverage into its shows, with Steve Kornacki dissecting poll results. Chris Matthews will host a special live "Hardball" at midnight...
ABC and CBS will have live coverage on their streaming networks... | | | Remember this from last year? The NYT's "live forecast" module is up and running... | | Hey, Twitter doubled the character limit just in time for election coverage! | | | 140 is out. 280 is in. It was unrelated to tonight's news, of course, but Twitter flipped the switch on longer tweets at 4pm ET. CNN Tech's Selena Larson has the full story here... | | | -- Seth Fiegerman tweeted: "It's not everyday you see a tech product rollout with national security implications but here we are." | | Wednesday is the anniversary of Election Night 2016 | | Kamala Harris press secretary Tyrone Gayle tweeted Tuesday: "Tweets about voter turnout at precincts. MSNBC live shots of voters at polling places. Steve Kornacki's 'maps.' Hello, PTSD."
I suspect other Dems are feeling the same way. Tuesday's election also comes on the eve of the one-year anniversary of President Trump's victory... We're going to see tons of look-back and look-forward stories all week long... | | Re-live election night with this oral history | | | Last winter, I interviewed 20+ journalists who were in the field and at the anchor desks on the night Trump stunned the world. Click here to experience what it was like... from 5pm on 11/8 to 5:30am on 11/9... | | Disney-Fox, one day later | | Fox stock closed up 1% after trading higher much of the day. Disney was also up 1%. Netflix closed down 2%. As CNBC noted here, Wall Street analysts seem bullish on the prospect of a Disney-Fox deal...
-- Peter Kafka's latest, linking Scripps, Time Warner and Fox: "The big media moguls are selling out. Who wants to replace them?" Read Peter's story here... | | -- "The upcoming earnings calls this week just got a whole lot more interesting!" Michael Nathanson wrote in his note to clients. Fox earnings will come out on Wednesday afternoon...
-- Michael Wolff wonders if Rupert wants to take Fox private... | | Sky News could be shut down? | | | Hadas Gold's latest: Sky Plc is warning U.K. media regulators it could shut down Sky News if 21st Century Fox's proposed takeover of the broadcaster is not approved. Read her full story here... | | -- Condolences to the WSJ family: Gerry Baker wrote to staff on Tuesday, "I'm deeply saddened to tell you that Sarah Portlock, our colleague who suffered a brain injury in March while pregnant with her daughter, died suddenly yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with her husband, Sam, and daughter, Aviva..." (Talking Biz News)
-- Ken Doctor's latest: A preview of Steve Brill and Gordon Crovitz's "News Guard" venture... (TheStreet)
-- Another loss for The Blaze? Dana Loesch's show is ending... (Examiner) | | Disney scraps LA Times ban following backlash | | | On Tuesday afternoon, barely more than 24 hours after critics started to stand in solidarity with the LA Times, Disney reversed its anti-Times stance... | | -- The backstory: Last week, the company banned Times critics from advance screenings in retaliation for recent coverage about Disneyland and Anaheim that the company deemed unfair.
-- Disney didn't express any contrition. The company said that it "had productive discussions with the newly installed leadership at The Los Angeles Times regarding our specific concerns" and thus agreed to restore access." Here's Frank Pallotta's full story... | | | -- Let's be clear: This maneuver isn't unique to Disney. As Mic's Kelsey Sutton tweeted: "in tech (and video game) journalism, big companies often blacklist reporters in retaliation for coverage and get off scot-free..." | | Disney brings new meaning to "The critics agree!" | | Brian Lowry emails: Disney brought critics together in condemning its ban on the Times, a wholly arbitrary response to what the studio deemed an unfair article about its relationship with the city of Anaheim. Had Disney frozen out the reporters who wrote the piece (in itself usually a counter-productive measure), it would have been on steadier ground, but extending the ban to critics who had nothing to do with it was clearly an overreach. The retreat reflects Disney's sensitivity to the negative coverage, since it really didn't have many award contenders to worry about. But critics should also be breathing a sigh of relief, with the year's most-anticipated movie -- and not incidentally, likely the biggest driver of web traffic -- "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" premiering in December.
-- Lowry adds a brief double disclosure: I recently joined the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn., which joined other groups in condemning Disney; and my wife works for the studio in an unrelated division... | | Donna Brazile's "Hacks," Pete Souza's "Obama: An Intimate Portrait," and Lawrence O'Donnell's "Playing with Fire," all published today, are in the top 10 on Amazon...
Plus, my former NYT colleague Noam Cohen is out with "The Know-It-Alls," about the rise of Silicon Valley...
And NYMag is out with its 50th anniversary book from Simon & Schuster. Title: "Highbrow, Lowbrow, Brilliant, Despicable: Fifty Years of New York..." | | -- This story by The Intercept raises the question: Did POTUS see William Binney on Fox News and urge Mike Pompeo to meet with him? "CIA director met advocate of disputed DNC hack theory -- at Trump's request..." (The Intercept)
-- Patricia Janiot, a 25-year veteran of CNN, is leaving CNN en Español. She says she's taking a new job that will "broaden her horizons." Next stop: Univision? (Media Moves) | | NPR CEO on "medical leave" | | NPR COO Loren Mayor will run the organization for at least the next month while embattled CEO Jarl Mohn is on a medical leave, Mohn said Tuesday. The news comes nearly one week after Mohn forced out Michael Oreskes amid a harassment scandal.
Here's what Mohn told staffers: "As many of you know, last March, I suffered a nearly fatal ruptured aorta. I returned to work with the blessing of my physician with one important caveat -- I cannot allow my blood pressure to rise. Regretfully, the hypertension has returned to a dangerous level, and I have been instructed to take medical leave until my health returns to normal, at a minimum of four weeks." Read my full story here... | | WNBC and Page Six reported on Tuesday that the Manhattan district attorney's office will present its case against Harvey Weinstein to a grand jury as early as next week... Meaning an indictment could come soon... For now, the DA is declining to comment...
-- ICYMI: Ronan Farrow's latest, "Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies," is still the lead story on The New Yorker's web site... | | Bankruptcy filing in the works? | | | "The Weinstein Co. has engaged FTI Consulting to advise on restructuring ahead of a potential bankruptcy filing that seems increasingly likely," The Wrap's Matt Pressberg reported Tuesday... | | CNN town hall on Thursday | | Alisyn Camerota will host a CNN town hall, "Tipping Point: Sexual Harassment In America," Thursday at 9pm ET... Participants will include Gretchen Carlson, Anita Hill, Jessica Barth, Tarana Burke, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand...
-- Eric Weisbrod emails: What questions would you like CNN to address at the town hall? Send them on Twitter using #MeTooTownHall... or text, iMessage or WhatsApp 347-322-0415 | | Tuesday's other developments | | -- A recommended read: Steven Zeitchik's first big story for the WashPost: "In the wake of Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood's reputation-management machine is in crisis..."
-- "Calls to reform how Congress handles allegations of sexual harassment are gaining steam," CNN's MJ Lee and Sunlen Serfaty write...
-- According to The Guardian, the BBC is "investigating more than two dozen sexual harassment claims," a sudden spike following the Weinstein scandal... | | What about "House of Cards?" | | | Production on "House of Cards" remains on hold in the wake of the Kevin Spacey scandal. What's going to happen to the series? Don't miss this story by Lisa France and Chloe Melas. They describe how production staffers and small business owners in MD have livelihoods riding on the hit drama. The premature end of the series "would hammer Baltimore and wipe out 2,000 jobs..." | | | For the record, part three | | | -- Jon Batiste is now the "music director" of The Atlantic... (PR)
-- "Meet Jeff Glor:" Here's Jeremy Barr's profile... (THR)
-- Lands End is now the "official outfitter" of The Weather Channel... (PR) | | Forbes drops bombshell on Wilbur Ross -- and its own reporting | | | Tom Kludt emails: On Tuesday, Forbes delivered a rare scoop, one that was damning for both the story's primary subject and the outlet that published it. In revealing that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross embellished his net worth by crediting himself with his investors' money, reporter Dan Alexander also brought scrutiny to one of the magazine's flagship brands: The Forbes 400, the annual ranking of America's richest people. Ross first cracked that list in 2004, but his inclusion in the elite club appears to have been the byproduct of some credulous reporting. Check this out... Read Tom's full story here... | | | -- Justin Fox tweeted: "The Forbes story on Wilbur Ross's non-billions is a fine example of how to come clean about past reporting errors..." | | | IN THE WAKE OF THE TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTING... | | Showtime's all-too-relevant "Active Shooter" series | | | "If there was ever a case of making a TV series that was perhaps too relevant, it might this one." That's what Aaron Saidman, one of the executive producers of the Showtime docuseries "Active Shooter," told CNN's Sandra Gonzalez. Read her full story here... | | "The Punisher's" violence | | | Brian Lowry emails: In an interview with Indiewire, Jon Bernthal, the star of Netflix's "The Punisher," acknowledged the high degree of gun violence in the Marvel adaptation, but said he hopes it will be part of a conversation about desensitization to violence. But given how much bloodshed there is in the show, that's a bit like wanting to have your cake and shoot it to pieces, too... | | Stephen Colbert's remarks on Monday's "Late Show:" "This hopelessness, this powerlessness you feel when nothing gets done is something we can't give into."
As Frank Pallotta tweeted after the show, Colbert "at his best can bring calm and hope to turbulent and tragic times. He's at his best here..." | | | For the record, part four | | | By Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman:
-- Daniel Funke has an interesting deep dive on what's left of Paul Horner's fake news empire, weeks after his death... (Poynter)
-- A call for help from the folks at the Center for Collaborative Media: They are creating a database of journalism collabs and need us all to enter data... (Center for Cooperative Media)
-- Knight Fellow Frederic Filloux is aiming to create a scoring mechanism for news stories to pair top advertising dollars to top quality journalism... (NiemanLab)
-- Rick Edmonds analyzed what Mark Zuckerberg said on the latest FB earnings call to infer what he really thinks of the value of news... (Poynter) | | When a mattress brand shuts down a web mag and launches a print mag... | | | The mattress brand Casper is "shuttering Van Winkle's, the sleep-focused online publication it launched in 2015," the WSJ's Jack Marshall reports. The pub's one remaining staffer is moving over to "Woolly," a print magazine that Casper is going to publish a few times a year. It will "focus on themes including comfort, wellness and modern life" and will be "bundled free with some Casper products and available for $12 per issue from Casper's retail stores and website..." | | Stewart, Oliver, O'Brien take the stage in NYC tonight | | | Frank Pallotta emails: The 11th annual Stand Up For Heroes is tonight at the Theater at MSG, and like in past years, it will have a stacked lineup: Trevor Noah, John Oliver, Conan O'Brien, and Jon Stewart. I'll have a recap tomorrow. The event supports the Bob Woodruff Foundation... | | Lowry reviews "Damnation" | | | Brian Lowry emails: USA's "Damnation" has a "Mr. Robot" vibe to it, exploring forces fighting against capitalist interests during the Depression. It's a dark, interesting gamble, although probably a long shot to serve the network's capitalist interests... | | If you love "This Is Us" as much as I do... | | You'll love this interview with Mandy Moore by Glamour's Jessica Radloff.
On Tuesday night's episode, "we'll be meeting the kids at toddler age," Moore says. "It's a different time period that's really critical -- like a year in to the fostering process of baby Randall, of trying to officially adopt him, and some of the road blocks we faced that are really unexpected. It's a really beautiful episode with some great guest actors. I think people are really going to love it..." | | | Email brian.stelter@turner.com... I appreciate every message. The feedback helps us craft the next day's newsletter! | | | Get Reliable Sources, a comprehensive summary of the most important media news, delivered to your inbox every afternoon. | | | | | |
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