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New: Paramount owner Shari Redstone in recent days sought to know about upcoming 60 Minutes stories involving Trump. It was part of an increase in scrutiny of 60 Minutes that resulted in producer Bill Owens' departure from the network www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

New: CBS News has changed its interview format in reaction to complaints from DHS. According to a statement from a network spokesperson, Face The Nation will now only broadcast live or live to tape interviews

New: Democratic senators sent a letter to the Pentagon and Stars & Stripes yesterday, questioning the new, more restrictive rules imposed on the paper. They also questioned whether the Defense Department had killed any stories since the new rules were implemented... www.semafor.com/article/04/0...

In an email to Fortune's editor shared with me, WSJ EIC Emma Tucker praised Fortune's use of AI in its journalism, saying "anyone who doesn't get what you are doing at Fortune, or thinks it is 'wrong', should get out of journalism fast!"

New: I wrote about the battle between Gov. Wes Moore and the Baltimore Sun. The paper has been investigating Moore's record/past for misstatements/exaggerations. But in an unusual move, the owner of the Sun appears to be directly involved in the reporting process... www.semafor.com/article/04/0...

From last night's @semafor.com media newsletter : LinkedIn discussed acquiring the newsletter company Beehiiv late last year

In a note to staff this morning shared with me, Business Insider said it is giving out a new quarterly AI Award for best use of AI at the company. Winner gets $400…

NPR CEO Katherine Maher: "The court made clear that the government cannot use funding as a lever to influence or penalize the press, whether as a national news service or a local newsroom."

From the @semafor.com media newsletter: Beehiiv is preparing to launching podcasting tools. The company has been trying to recruit podcasters from Substack, Patreon to come over for the official launch. www.semafor.com/article/03/2...

From last night's @semafor.com media newsletter: CBS News is building up its investigative team...

From last night's @semafor.com media newsletter: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner courting the right in the UK, meeting privately earlier this month with Badenoch, Farage, and Boris (among others) www.semafor.com/article/03/2...

After nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio is being dissolved, per a note from Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski to CBS staff today