Scott Nover
@ScottNover
Washington Post media reporter • @smpagwu adjunct journalism professor • Email: [email protected] • Signal: scottnover.99
In 2007, Kari Lake won two Emmys for reporting in Cambodia. Now, as a government official, she’s tasked with dismantling Voice of America and Radio Free Asia — the two most important independent news sources in the increasingly authoritarian country. New for @washingtonpost:
News: On tonight’s Daily Show, guest is LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who announces that he is taking the newspaper public, per source in studio.
Remember when Trump said his settlement deal with Paramount was actually worth 2x as much as it was announced for? Well, this morning Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Skydance CEO David Ellison asking whether there is a "secret side deal." washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
A little personal update: Today is my first day @TheAtlantic. I'm thrilled to be joining some old friends and meeting some brilliant folks who I've admired from afar. Looking forward to being a part of something special. Send tips!: [email protected]
Trump v. Murdoch was assigned to Darrin P. Gayles, an Obama appointee in SDFL.
“This is primarily a within-MAGA problem,” Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster, said of the Epstein situation. “The vast majority of Americans don’t spend every waking moment wondering what happened to Epstein.” @natalie_allison washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
“Writers pride themselves on leaving a carefully tangled undergrowth that purposefully reaches its conclusions to impress the gods on Mount Olympus... We thrash and cut with a machete right to the core in five to seven seconds.” washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…
The smallest radio and television stations could be forced to slash costs or shut down. Critics say the end to federal funding leaves rural Americans in the lurch. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
President Donald Trump’s rescissions package targets public media. Critics say the smallest radio and television stations serving rural America are set to bear the brunt. wapo.st/44HDsMg
The message from WBUR in Boston: "While the federal funding clawback is a real setback, we know how to rally when the going gets tough. This is Boston after all. It's not game over. It's game on." wbur.org/inside/2025/07…
Trump's cuts to public media funding will devastate — or even kill — radio and TV stations in the neediest and most rural parts of the country. My latest with @karinbrulliard for @washingtonpost: washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
Not one of his most significant lies, admittedly, but still brazen.
“Trump said he ‘never wrote a picture in my life.’ Here are four.” @jonathanreports washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
“‘How often does the No. 1 guy get canceled? You can analyze this 100 different ways, but Colbert has the No. 1 show in late night and they’ve canceled him. If it walks like a duck, it’s a duck,’ Burnett said.” washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…
“Trump said he ‘never wrote a picture in my life.’ Here are four.” @jonathanreports washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
They ran it with a comment from him saying… that he would sue.
Yeah, I’m sure they were totally unprepared for Trump to deny it and threaten to sue. Very unlike him.
President Trump's lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward and his publishing house Simon & Schuster was dismissed by a federal judge today. "We're very pleased the Court agreed with us and dismissed the case," S&S said in a statement.
“As a comic, he’s been working with one hand tied behind his back. It says something that he still became the most popular host.” @Millicentsomer washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…
“As one high-level media executive told The Washington Post: ‘It’s insane! How can you put [Portnoy] on TV next to Urban Meyer? Of course, I’m going to watch.’” @benjstrauss washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…
