Adweek: Television

• newPGA Tour Tees Up More Highlights on Facebook Watch

  

  Facebook Watch will once again be a video stop on the PGA Tour. The professional golfers' association said it will distribute daily highlight packages worldwide on the social network's long-form video destination for over 30 events, starting with the…
  - 5 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:25pm -
• newWill IGTV Follow Facebook Watch’s Monetization Path for Publishers?

  

  The introductions of long-form video platforms Facebook Watch in August 2017 and IGTV in June 2018 gave publishers food for thought on a lower-cost, easily accessible alternative to television, complete with Facebook's robust targeting capabilities.…
  - 6 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 5:42pm -
• newHallmark Channel Chief Bill Abbott Exits Following Same-Sex Wedding Ad Controversy

  

  A month after Hallmark Channel sparked outrage for briefly pulling several ads from wedding planning brand Zola that featured a same-sex couple kissing at their wedding, the network's chief is exiting the company. Bill Abbott, who has been Crown Medi…
  - 8 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 3:56pm -
• newRainn Wilson Lies in States of Disarray and Denial for Little Caesars’ Super Bowl Teasers

  

  Little Caesars' first Super Bowl ad will star a very harried Rainn Wilson--best known as Dwight Schrute from The Office. In the first of three teasers released today, Wilson is frazzled, lying on the floor surrounded by sliced bread, which has been t…
  - 8 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 3:49pm -
• newAfter an Erroneous Report, the NFL Clarifies Its Position on Las Vegas Advertising in Super Bowl

  

  The National Football League and Las Vegas have had what can be called an "evolving" relationship over the last several decades. For years, the league wouldn't allow the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) to advertise in the Super Bo…
  - 9 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 2:49pm -
• newThe Color Factory Offers More Than Just Instagram Fodder

  

  As its name implies, Color Factory provides an ideal opportunity for splashy Instagram posts--but it also offers more than just social media fodder. The ticketed experience, which launched in San Francisco in 2017, celebrates color through interactiv…
  - 10 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 2:10pm -
• newGap CMO Alegra O’Hare Steps Down Less Than a Year After Appointment

  

  After joining Gap in February, CMO Alegra O'Hare has left the company. "Alegra is no longer with Gap. We thank her for her time with the brand and wish her the best," a company spokesperson told Adweek. "As we look ahead, we will be redefining the ro…
  - 10 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 1:56pm -
• newHard Rock International Taps Michael Bay to Create ‘Epic’ Super Bowl Ad

  

  After nearly 50 years of operating a multifaceted entertainment and hospitality brand with an ever-growing global presence in 76 countries, Hard Rock International will make its Super Bowl debut this year with a star-studded spot produced and directe…
  - 10 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 1:55pm -
• newTracee Ellis Ross to Star in Mountain Dew’s Super Bowl Ad, Which Will Parody The Shining

  

  Mountain Dew has revealed that actress Tracee Ellis Ross, who stars in the ABC show Black-ish, will be one of the famous faces viewers can expect to see in its Super Bowl 2020 ad. The PepsiCo brand has not yet shared the spot itself, but earlier this…
  - 10 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 1:42pm -
• newRest in Peace, Mr. Peanut—Planters Kills Off Iconic Mascot in Lead-Up to Super Bowl

  

  So long, Mr. Peanut. In a shocking move, Planters, the Kraft-Heinz-owned snack brand, has killed off its iconic mascot in a teaser for its Big Game spot. Mr. Peanut's untimely demise began with a Nutmobile crash, followed by falling off a cliff and e…
  - 12 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 12:09pm -

AllThingsD: Media

• The Longish Goodbye: Highlights From AllThingsD Staffers Johnson, Del Rey and Cha

  

  I don't know why you say hello, we say goodbye.
  - 28 Dec 13, 5:40pm -
• Malware Attacks by Syrian Pro-Government Hackers Are on the Rise

  

  The Syrian Electronic Army isn't the only pro-Assad group using hacking attacks.
  - 27 Dec 13, 4:27pm -
• Rdio Killed the Vdio Star
  Not even a year old, and already Vdio is taking a dirt nap. Rdio said on Friday that it is scrapping the nascent video-streaming platform with which it had hoped to take on Netflix and Hulu. "Despite our efforts, we were not able to deliver the diffe…
  - 27 Dec 13, 3:56pm -
• QOTD: Sneaky Snaps
  Back when we had cameras that weren’t in our phones, it would be really strange to just walk up to someone and take a picture of them, or kind of place the camera on the table and try to sneak a picture of someone as they’re ordering food or some…
  - 27 Dec 13, 11:00am -
• Buh-Bye From AllThingsD! More Staff Highlights: Fried, Goode and "Everyone Likes Mike" Isaac.

  

  Parting is such sweet sorrow.
  - 27 Dec 13, 10:00am -
• Kids Get New Tablets Over the Holidays? Here’s How to Lock 'Em Down.

  

  After $50 in Angry Birds purchases, I'm now the wiser.
  - 27 Dec 13, 8:00am -
• As AllThingsD Draws to a Close, Here Are Some Staff Highlights -- Part One: Kafka, Hesseldahl, Gannes

  

  How can you miss us if we won't go away?
  - 26 Dec 13, 3:47pm -
• Tech Stocks Hover Near 2013 Highs, Paving Way for 2014 IPOs Like Alibaba, Box and Dropbox

  

  Up is the new up.
  - 26 Dec 13, 1:07pm -
• RapGenius and Google: Tales in Growth Hacking Gone Wrong

  

  A startup gets in hot water with Google's search team. Was it a misstep, or did it just get caught doing what other companies are doing?
  - 26 Dec 13, 12:52pm -
• QuizUp Creator Plain Vanilla Games Raises Another $22 Million
  On top of a $1.2 million seed round, a $2.5 million Series A and then a $2 million extension to that Series A, Plain Vanilla Games has just raised another bundle of money for its mobile trivia game QuizUp: A $22 million Series B, led by Sequoia Capit…
  - 26 Dec 13, 12:40pm -

Fast Company Magazine

• newGoogle’s Collections now remind us of a certain website called Pinterest

  

  What’s Google doing with this sneaky little Pinterest competitor?Google is using AI to put all of the stuff you search for into collections and honestly, the new features may very well remind you of Pinterest.Read Full Story
  - 11 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 12:39pm -
• newApple’s anti-tracker feature in Safari did just the opposite, say Google researchers

  

  Yikes. The Safari feature reportedly introduced serious flaws that could’ve been exploited by hackers.An Apple feature so privacy-minded it upset the ad industry also could have been exploited by hackers to reveal what you do as you browse the web…
  - 13 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 11:01am -
• newHow Saudi Arabia allegedly hacked Jeff Bezos

  

  A new report points the finger at spyware firms like NSO Group, a secretive Israeli company that has been implicated in government surveillance of dissidents across the world.Saudi Arabia may have had some help when it allegedly hacked into Jeff Bez…
  - 13 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 11:00am -
• newPriyanka Chopra has the perfect advice for Gen Z activists like Greta Thunberg on dealing with trolls

  

  “Go to sleep at night knowing that you created a revolution,” the Indian actress said in an interview at Davos. With more than 73 million followers on Twitter and Instagram alone, Priyanka Chopra Jonas has surely dealt with her share of trolls.…
  - 13 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 10:54am -
• newA simple burst of bubbles is keeping this canal clear of plastic

  

  In Amsterdam, the Great Bubble Barrier is a simple solution to plastic pollution: creating an invisible barrier that helps collect the trash that ends up in the water.If you walk along the Westerdok canal in Amsterdam, you might not notice a line…
  - 13 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 10:30am -
• new‘This is disgusting’: Angry Sonos customers are calling for a boycott

  

  After the speaker company said it would stop updating older products—and new ones connected to them—customers expressed their outrage on social media.Sonos, the company known for selling high-end wireless speakers, likes to brag that 92% of the…
  - 14 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 10:08am -
• newMr. Peanut is dead. Long live Mr. Peanut’s quest for Super Bowl ad glory

  

  The political environment was finally right for the 104-year-old snack mascot who dresses like an old-timey billionaire to die.The Super Bowl has long been the biggest stage for American advertising, where brands pay millions of dollars to get our a…
  - 15 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 8:40am -
• newHeroism not necessary: a philosopher outlines 4 steps to combatting racism and anti-Semitism

  

  Just be a non-cooperative bystander, and help others when you can.Feeling guilty about your total lack of heroism in the face of increasing hatred, racism, and anti-Semitism? Us too. An op-ed in today’s New York Times by philosopher Rivka Weinberg…
  - 15 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 8:30am -
• newSeattle-area voters will vote with their phones in elections first

  

  All voters in a typically low-turnout Seattle-area board of supervisors election in February will be able to vote by smartphone. For the first time, all voters in a U.S. election will be able to vote using their smartphones, NPR’s Miles Parks repo…
  - 16 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 8:08am -
• newHow to boost your productivity by having an argument

  

  A productive disagreement actually has the power to improve your output at work.Few of us enjoy confrontation and arguments, which is why many people actively avoid them. Unfortunately, ignoring an issue or withdrawing all together can hurt your car…
  - 16 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 8:00am -

Financial Times: Media

• newWeinstein accused of preying on vulnerable women
  Manhattan prosecutors detail alleged assault at start of disgraced mogul’s criminal trial
  - 8 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 3:45pm -
• newAmazon Music subscriber numbers close in on Apple
  Ecommerce giant’s streaming service has 55m users in an increasingly crowded market
  - 14 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 10:00am -
• Netflix’s US subscriber growth slows amid new competition
  Non-US viewers help streaming service top analyst forecasts, but domestic market drags
  - 1 day ago, 21 Jan 20, 4:36pm -
• The Athletic hits $500m valuation after latest fundraising
  US sports site plans to hire more overseas reporters after push into English Premier League coverage
  - 1 day ago, 21 Jan 20, 1:52pm -
• New BBC chief will be under attack on all fronts
  Tony Hall to step down as director-general after seven ‘stable’ years in charge
  - 2 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 3:49pm -
• Tony Hall to step down as BBC director-general
  Tenure cut short in move orchestrated to minimise government influence over future negotiations
  - 2 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 2:32pm -
• M&C Saatchi: it isn’t working
  Big ideas and bigger specs are no longer enough to preserve a dying business model
  - 2 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 12:39pm -
• Hollywood holds ‘vigil’ as cinema feels the squeeze
  Industry says unusually strong 2019 releases concealed the wretched state of business
  - 5 days ago, 18 Jan 20, 6:00am -
• BBC under fire over firm hired to tackle gender pay gap
  Difference between men and women’s salaries at consultancy firm is double the broadcaster’s
  - 5 days ago, 17 Jan 20, 12:13pm -
• UK regulator braced to do battle with adtech industry
  Data protection watchdog to start investigating companies in breach of GDPR
  - 6 days ago, 17 Jan 20, 5:49am -

Huffington Post: US Media News

• Hannity Rants About 'Stupid Commentators' Minutes After Carlson Contradicts Him
  The Fox News hosts are battling over a possible Iran war narrative.
  - 16 days ago, 7 Jan 20, 4:17am -
• Anderson Cooper Nails Hypocrisy Of Trump Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham
  "It’s funny and it’s not funny, at the same time. It’s actually really kind of sad," said the CNN host.
  - 16 days ago, 7 Jan 20, 3:22am -
• Jim Bakker To Christians: You Must Love Trump To Prove You're 'Saved'
  "Trump is a test whether you’re even saved," the disgraced televangelist told his audience.
  - 16 days ago, 7 Jan 20, 12:41am -
• Lou Dobbs Turns His Adulation Of Donald Trump Up Yet Another Ridiculous Notch
  The Fox Business host said Trump was setting a standard as president that "most mortals won’t be able to meet."
  - 19 days ago, 4 Jan 20, 2:54am -
• Fox News Legal Analyst Predicts Trump Will Start War With Iran -- And Get Reelected
  Andrew Napolitano also envisions Trump meeting privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Mar-a-Lago in the next 12 months.
  - 20 days ago, 3 Jan 20, 5:14am -
• Supercut Highlights 'Increasingly Unhinged Rhetoric' Of Fox News Hosts In 2019
  Media Matters for America said its new montage shows “just how deranged Fox pundits have become."
  - 22 days ago, 1 Jan 20, 6:09am -
• Long-Running California Newspaper Ends Print Publication After 161 Years
  The Martinez News-Gazette, which began in 1853 and once counted Mark Twain as one of its writers, bade farewell to readers on Sunday: "GOODBYE."
  - 24 days ago, 30 Dec 19, 2:57am -
• New York Times Editor Issues Response To Historians Critical Of The 1619 Project
  Jake Silverstein issued a point-by-point rebuttal to historians demanding corrections to the widely discussed project.
  - 31 days ago, 23 Dec 19, 12:38am -
• George Conway Hits Trump With A Damning New Post-Impeachment Nickname
  The conservative attorney and husband of counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway got another anti-Trump hashtag trending.
  - 34 days ago, 20 Dec 19, 5:14am -
• Former Trump Exec Issues Stark Warning About What Trump Will Do After Impeachment
  The president will be looking for revenge.
  - 34 days ago, 20 Dec 19, 4:12am -

L.A. Times: Entertainment Industry

• newHow Compton's Roddy Ricch became 2020's newest star, with help from some squeaks

  

  Thanks to a meme-friendly hook on his song "The Box" and a subsequent flood of TikTok videos, Roddy Ricch rolls into the Grammys as hip-hop's breakout star.
  - 3 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 8:38pm -
• newThe nine best picture Oscar nominees need to woo voters. Here's how they should do it

  

  The best picture Oscar race is almost over. How might the nominated movies sell themselves to academy voters?
  - 13 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 10:30am -
• newCrafting 'Bombshell's' fair and balanced looks for Charlize Theron and John Lithgow

  

  Prosthetics guru Kazu Hiro and the 'Bombshell' makeup team reshaped faces, eyes, noses and hairlines to turn Charlize Theron and others into Fox News staff.
  - 14 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 10:00am -
• newOnce upon a time, Tarantino slept in his car and DiCaprio was a break dancer

  

  'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood's' Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino and Leonardo DiCaprio compare notes on their own early experiences in Tinseltown.
  - 15 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 9:00am -
• How Johnny Mann came to write the KHJ jingle in 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood'

  

  The KHJ jingle from longtime Hollywood music figure Johnny Mann set the mood — and the scene — for Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time.'
  - 2 days ago, 21 Jan 20, 10:00am -
• Erskine: Separate Oscars? Maybe it's time to roll out the red carpet and a blue carpet too

  

  What if there were two Oscar ceremonies, one for red states and one for blue? Vastly different values, but they would both call dibs on Mr. Rogers. Thankfully.
  - 2 days ago, 21 Jan 20, 9:30am -
• Director Ladj Ly on his incendiary Oscar-nominated debut 'Les Misérables'

  

  With his epic Oscar-nominated crime debut 'Les Misérables,' French director Ladj Ly wants to spark a revolution.
  - 2 days ago, 21 Jan 20, 9:00am -
• Screaming, laugh-crying and paparazzi: First-time Oscar nominees on hearing their names

  

  Florence Pugh, Antonio Banderas and other first-time acting nominees share how hearing their names announced played out for them
  - 2 days ago, 21 Jan 20, 9:00am -
• Backstage with the 'Parasite' cast celebrating a historic SAG Awards win: 'Where's Bong?!'

  

  The cast of South Korea's "Parasite" celebrate a history-making win backstage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
  - 3 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 1:57am -
• 'Parasite' becomes the first foreign-language film to win SAG Awards' top prize

  

  With just three weeks to go until the Oscars, "Parasite" was the big winner at the 2020 SAG Awards
  - 3 days ago, 19 Jan 20, 11:34pm -

London Evening Standard: Media

Media Week News

npr: Media

• newU.N. Urges Probe Of Reported Hacking Of Jeff Bezos' Phone By Saudi Arabia

  

  U.N. human rights experts said they were gravely concerned by reports that a WhatsApp account held by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was used to hack The Washington Post owner's phone.
  - 14 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 9:52am -
• Splitting Up, But In It Together: Divorce In 2020

  

  A member of the 1A Text Club says: "I am really lucky to have a friend for a husband and an ex-husband. But I know it's really about the work and dedication than the luck."
  - 2 days ago, 21 Jan 20, 11:06am -
• Capitol Hill Press Corps Will Be Restricted During Impeachment Trial

  

  NPR's Noel King talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Sarah Wire, who chairs the group representing Capitol Hill's daily print press, about restrictions placed on reporters during the impeachment trial.
  - 2 days ago, 21 Jan 20, 5:06am -
• The Strategic King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Visionary Leadership

  

  In partnership with WNYC and the Apollo Theater, we examine the legacy of Dr. King's leadership.
  - 3 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 10:05am -
• DePaul University Students Launch 'La DePaulia'

  

  NPR's Scott Simon talks with Hillary Flores, editor-in-chief of DePaul University's new Spanish-language publication, La DePaulia.
  - 5 days ago, 18 Jan 20, 7:55am -
• The News Roundup - International

  

  A new cabinet in Russia, Iran takes responsibility for shooting down a plane and Parnas goes public.
  - 6 days ago, 17 Jan 20, 11:06am -
• Reporters Challenge New Restrictions In Trying To Cover Senate Impeachment Trial

  

  Authorities are cracking down on the places correspondents may go, with whom they may talk and for how long. News outlets don't want to go along.
  - 6 days ago, 17 Jan 20, 5:00am -
• 'Get In Line:' What It Takes To Legally Immigrate To The United States

  

  "I am constantly in fear. I think I have a lot of potential, but I sometimes think I could’ve done so much more. There are so many people like me out there," a listener told us.
  - 7 days ago, 16 Jan 20, 11:06am -
• Politics and Partisanship: Steve Inskeep On What The 1856 Election Tells Us About 2020

  

  Why are there so many things called Fremont? The Morning Edition co-host tells us about the 19th century political couple that inspired the name.
  - 9 days ago, 14 Jan 20, 11:30am -
• What It Was Like To Report From Iran Last Week

  

  NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks about her week of reporting in Iran — just after the targeted killing of a top Iranian general by the U.S. Kelly was one of few Americans reporting in Iran last week.
  - 9 days ago, 13 Jan 20, 4:22pm -

NYMag: Media

• A Year of Revolutions

  

  What the Times noticed, and missed.
  - 21 Oct 14, 9:00am -
• Here, Let Ezra Explain

  

  What is D.C.’s most famous young policy wonk doing leaving the Washington Post? Trying to start a news organization he thinks could one day eclipse it.
  - 2 Feb 14, 9:21pm -
• “Most Well-Known and Beloved Chinese Role Model”

  

  Philanthropist, demolition kingpin, and wannabe media mogul Chen Guangbiao’s quixotic quest for the New York Times.
  - 28 Jan 14, 12:27pm -
• Stop Beating a Dead Fox

  

  The conservative news channel’s only real power is in riling up liberals, who by this point should know better.
  - 27 Jan 14, 12:21pm -
• The Devil Models Prada

  

  There’s nothing a glossy magazine likes better than an equally glossy celebrity lending her hand to the editorial process.
  - 26 Jan 14, 8:04pm -
• Old Tricks

  

  Files from the beginning of the Ailes era.
  - 26 Jan 14, 7:58pm -
• Citizen Ailes

  

  When the head of Fox News moved to Garrison, New York, he bought a little newspaper and tried to instill his own brand of American values.
  - 9 Jan 14, 9:25am -
• 16. Because Peter Kaplan Was the Narrator of the City

  

  Peter Kaplan, who was editor of the New York Observer from 1994 until 2009, died last month.
  - 15 Dec 13, 8:10pm -
• Post Mortem

  

  A (somewhat premature) newspaper autopsy.
  - 16 Oct 13, 3:03pm -
• 154 Minutes With Graydon Carter

  

  Morning coffee at home on Vanity Fair’s centennial.
  - 15 Oct 13, 12:43pm -

PBS: Media

• PBS NewsHour Podcasts and RSS Feeds
  This PBS NewsHour feed has been retired. You may be interested in other podcasts and feeds on our subscriptions page.PBS NewsHour
  - 12 Mar 14, 4:19pm -

The Economist: Media

• Bello: Why Latin America has no serious separatist movements
  Print section Print Rubric:  Explaining the absence of separatism in Latin America Print Headline:  Why no Catalonias?…
  - 23 Nov 17, 10:52am -
• Rupert stops the presses: The last media mogul stuns his industry with talk of selling
  Print section Print Rubric:  In signalling that he may sell a lot of 21st Century Fox, is Rupert Murdoch rolling over or regrouping? Print Headline: …
  - 23 Nov 17, 10:52am -
• Held to ransom: Why has Iran imprisoned Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe?
  Print section Print Rubric:  What lies behind Iran’s imprisonment of a British citizen? Print Headline:  Held to ransom…
  - 16 Nov 17, 10:58am -
• It’s complicated: Publishers are wary of Facebook and Google but must work with them
  Print section Print Rubric:  Publishers are wary of Facebook and Google’s heft, but have no choice but to work with them. The second in our series on the future of journalism…
  - 9 Nov 17, 10:48am -
• Dropped connection: Trouble for the AT&T-Time Warner deal
  Print section Print Rubric:  As media giants look to consolidate, the climate for mergers gets chillier Print Headline:  Dropped con…
  - 9 Nov 17, 10:48am -
• The Fourth Estate: A randomised trial shows that the power of the press is real
  Print section Print Rubric:  A randomised trial shows that the power of the press is real Print Headline:  Hold the front page!…
  - 8 Nov 17, 4:48pm -
• Restless soul: Joseph Conrad, the first novelist of globalisation
  Print section Print Rubric:  The first novelist of globalisation Print Headline:  Restless soul Print Fly…
  - 2 Nov 17, 11:51am -
• Insta iambs: Rupi Kaur reinvents poetry for the social-media generation
  Main image:  RUPI KAUR made her name on Instagram by attacking Instagram, a fitting ascent for the provocative 24-year-old poet who releases her short verses onto the slippery, react…
  - 1 Nov 17, 11:26am -
• Funnel vision: How leading American newspapers got people to pay for news
  Print section Print Rubric:  The first in a three-part series on journalism’s future examines how leading American newspapers got readers to pay for news in the internet era…
  - 26 Oct 17, 10:47am -
• Page-turners: As big magazines lose readers, home-made “zines” are springing up
  Print section Print Rubric:  As famous titles lose readers, home-made efforts are springing up Print Headline:  Page-turners…
  - 12 Oct 17, 10:51am -

WSJ: Media & Marketing

• newThe 'Corrupt Purposes' Impeachment
  Why the House logic is a danger to all future Presidents.
  - 5 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:50pm -
• newQuarantined in Wuhan
  China cuts off travel to the city where a new virus emerged.
  - 5 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:49pm -
• newWarren's Banana Republic
  She promises to investigate Trump officials after she wins.
  - 5 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:49pm -
• newTime to Stop the 'Doomsday Clock'
  ‘Atomic scientists’ have no special authority when they opine on politics or military strategy.
  - 5 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:15pm -
• newA Most Progressive Trump Impeachment
  The years-long Trump posse led by Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff isn’t just about a telephone call to the president of Ukraine.
  - 5 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:15pm -
• newWould Democrats Impeach Obama?
  His dealings with foreign officials and Congress look as suspect as Trump’s.
  - 6 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:14pm -
• newDemocrats' War on Fracking Will Cost Them in Battleground States
  Ohio and Michigan have more than 400,000 shale workers, and Pennsylvania alone has 320,000.
  - 6 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:14pm -
• newJimmy Carter's Persian Gulf Success
  His doctrine, outlined 40 years ago, doesn’t get enough credit.
  - 6 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:11pm -
• newMexico's 'Tropical Messiah' Browbeats Critics and Bullies the Press
  Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ‘left-wing populism’ means taking more power for himself.
  - 6 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:09pm -
• newSenior Leaders on the Hill---and Over It
  The U.S. is now governed by folks who give the elderly late-stage Soviet Politburos a run for their money.
  - 6 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 6:08pm -

Newser: Media

• newPlanters' Mr. Peanut Dead at 104

  

  "It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that Mr. Peanut has died at 104. In the ultimate selfless act, he sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him most. Please pay your respects with #RIPeanut." That's the official word from the T…
  - 9 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 3:08pm -
• Brazil Accuses Glenn Greenwald of Cybercrimes

  

  "The reporting will continue." So tweeted American journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday as federal prosecutors in Brazil accused him of cybercrimes. They allege he "helped, encouraged, and guided" phone hackers who accessed messages sent between pro…
  - 1 day ago, 21 Jan 20, 2:49pm -
• Bezos Gets an Earful on Brief Visit to India

  

  Jeff Bezos' surprise trip to India may not have gone quite the way he expected. He arrived to government criticism of Washington Post coverage, the launching of an antitrust investigation of Amazon, and protests from small-business owners—despite h…
  - 2 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 7:45pm -
• Radio Station Cuts Deal to Air 'Russian Propaganda'

  

  Kansas City radio lovers can now hear six hours of Russian state-owned media per day, the Hill reports. That's because a Florida-based company, RM Broadcasting LLC, has agreed with Radio Sputnik to broadcast its Russian media through the Alpine Broad…
  - 4 days ago, 18 Jan 20, 12:30pm -
• ESPN Reporter Who Died at 34 Didn't Know It, but Had Cancer

  

  The ESPN reporter who died on his 34th birthday last month didn't realize it, but he had stage 4 cancer. Edward Aschoff's fiancee, Katy Berteau, took to Twitter to explain the sequence of events that led to Aschoff's sudden decline and Christmas Eve…
  - 6 days ago, 16 Jan 20, 1:49pm -