Brian Stelter
@brianstelter
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Chief Media Analyst, @CNN / Author, "Top of the Morning," "Hoax," and "Network of Lies" / @TheMorningShow producer / Class Dad
New York City
Joined April 2008
The Paramount-Skydance saga "reeks of Orbanism." That's the assessment of @GScheiring, who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr is privately meeting with several Republicans ahead of an oversight hearing, where Democrats are expected to press him over his comments threatening broadcasters for airing ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmel. https://t.co/jfviXX3Uw1
politico.com
The FCC chair is privately meeting with several Republicans ahead of next week’s hearing.
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While accepting a Cronkite Award this afternoon in D.C., Scott Pelley said the following about the current season of 60 Minutes: "Our company is now the new Paramount, and we were all very concerned at 60 Minutes about what that meant. It's early yet, but what I can tell you is
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As the war over Warner Bros. heats up, Ted Sarandos and David Ellison are both vying to be the last monarch of a fading industry. But the real kingmaker may turn out to be the Don in the White House. THR Cover: https://t.co/BkwP00zgA8
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CNN has endured turmoil for years. Now Trump wants role in its fate as Netflix, Paramount bid for Warner Bros. My analysis for NPR: https://t.co/tyMyGNZn2V
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In the corporate battle over parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's fate remains up for grabs. President Trump wants a say in what happens next.
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Two years ago, CNN's Elle Reeve went to what's known as the "Redneck Christmas Parade" in Louisiana, where voters were hopeful about Candidate Trump. She went back to find out what they think now.
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Today's @reliablesources features Paul Thomas Anderson, WBD, OpenAI, Mother Jones, Reddit, and "Supergirl." Plus: A sneak peek at Netflix's "Cover-Up" film...
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I talked to X's @nikitabier about why this platform wants journalists to come back and what he's doing to try and make it happen
sources.news
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
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This report has pushed WBD shares over $30 for the first time:
SCOOP: Paramount Skydance is considering raising its takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery by as much as 10% as it plots its next move to break up a merger agreement with Netflix, The Post has learned. $WBD $PSKY $NTFLX https://t.co/VAYiUQhiCm
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Axios: "MAGA's media machine is ripping itself apart, locked in a web of interpersonal feuds that have derailed its once-relentless focus on advancing President Trump's agenda."
axios.com
Tensions have simmered for months among MAGA's conspiracy-minded personalities.
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American Canto sold 1165 physical copies in its first week, per bookscan.
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"Stop, in the Name of God," which Charlie Kirk wrote before he died, came out on Tuesday, and it's already a huge best seller. It is listed as "temporarily out of stock" on Amazon. The publisher, Winning Team, is rushing to print more copies.
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my latest @NewYorker column is on the rise of video podcast personality cults and the increasingly performed, emotional, intimate quality of news and discourse when pundits' faces and voices are on display
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Today's @ReliableSources lead: For President Trump, the tug-of-war over Warner Bros. Discovery is a chance to yank the rope and knock CNN off balance. Right now, he is certainly trying to do so — but it's far from certain whether he can succeed. https://t.co/6VT07xVhpC
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Disney investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will allow Disney characters to be used in Sora, where fan created shorts using them will stream on Disney + https://t.co/8rLxevDozF
openai.com
Agreement marks a significant step in setting meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.
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Re: today's landmark deal >>>
Bob Iger realized they can’t control what people are gonna do with Disney IP anyway, so they might as well make money off it. Interesting timing too: Sora has seen a steady drop in downloads across Google and Apple app stores over the last few weeks, per Sensor Tower.
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2025 was the year when artificial intelligence’s full potential roared into view, and when it became clear that there will be no turning back. For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present and transcending the
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This is the most-read story on the AP's sprawling website this morning: "New York Times, after Trump post, says it won't be deterred from writing about his health." A sign that the public is paying close attention to Trump's attacks against the media?
apnews.com
The New York Times and President Donald Trump are fighting again. The news outlet said Wednesday it won't be deterred by Trump's “false and inflammatory language” from writing about the 79-year-old...
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Rufo tweeting some tough love:
The Right’s media apparatus is how the Right teaches its followers how to think, and it’s currently getting consumed by conspiracy, psychodrama, and tabloid conflicts. If left unchecked, it will turn the audience into the equivalent of a Third World click farm.
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The base is done with MAGA. They want America First. That's what I found after a trip to Marjorie Taylor Greene's district for @TheFP. The biggest Trump supporters are now MTG or bust. https://t.co/QOJGJjJAfB
thefp.com
Georgia voters who sent Marjorie Taylor Greene to Congress say that President Donald Trump abandoned a cornerstone of his movement, writes Olivia Reingold.
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Today's comments from Trump – saying "it's imperative that CNN be sold" – will intensify the questions about what Larry and David Ellison have said to him about their intentions for CNN
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We live in a world where silver is trading above $62/oz, more than double its price at the beginning of 2025. The white metal’s dual purpose as an industrial metal, on top of it being an investment asset, means that it’s also seeing strong demand right now. At the same time, the
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