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Paramount Skydance on Monday confirmed that it will acquire The Free Press in a $150 million deal — and elevate its founder, Bari Weiss, to the top role as editor in chief of CBS News. Weiss, 41, will run a new, debate-style program at the Tiffany network, similar to the debates that Free Press — […]
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered ourselves on Book Riot this week. We have some good news in the world of books and reading today: Reading Rainbow is coming back! The original TV show was hosted by […]
The Murdoch family on Monday resolved the legal battle over control of its media empire, which includes Fox Corp. and News Corp, the company said. Lachlan Murdoch — the executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corp. and chairman of News Corp — will maintain control of the media giant forged by his 94-year-old father, Rupert […]
Catch up on the news you missed this week with the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in. School Phone Ban Leads to Increased Library Use Students in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools are checking out library books at record rates, a “culture shift” correlated to the district’s new cellphone ban. Here are just […]
September 5, 2025, 1:19pm As a guy who is simply not built for summer (sweaty, burns easily, refuses to wear shorts), the turning of the calendar to September adds a little lead to my tread, with visions of cider and sweaters dancing in my head. There’s nothing better than strolling in a light jacket, sipping […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to the Sunday edition of Today in Books. Settling in with a nice beverage and catch up on the stories readers were most interested in this week. Big Book Season Has Officially Begun The race for Book […]
A TV anchor at a local CBS station in Boston claims she was demoted from her job because she is a white woman — and alleged she fell victim to a “DEI agenda” that was raging out of control across the Tiffany Network, according to a bombshell lawsuit. Katherine Merrill Dunham, a longtime anchor for […]
The president of CBS News is preparing for a sharp-elbowed shakeup of the network’s struggling “Evening News” broadcast — even as his own position atop the network looks shaky, The Post has learned. Tom Cibrowski — a former top executive at ABC who was lured to CBS in March — is poised as soon as […]
August 8, 2025, 2:09pm A cool August week here in New York, and I’ve been obsessing over tomatoes. Peak tomato season is the best, an ecstatic experience, and in my humble opinion a redeeming moment for summer, which is otherwise too hot and sweaty to really be enjoyable. Plus science just found out that tomatoes […]
News Corp boss Robert Thomson called on the White House to crack down on AI companies from swiping copyrighted material — warning President Trump that even his best-selling book “The Art of the Deal” was ripped off. “Is it right that his books should be consumed by an AI engine, which then profits from his […]
