scoop: "All Things Considered" co-host Ari Shapiro is leaving the network. That makes the third major departure announced in the last several weeks, including founding mother Susan Stamberg and top editor Edith Chapin.

Ah, apologies, Hadas was first to this:

A truly insane story: Four publications, including Wired and Business Insider, remove articles that are "likely AI-generated works of fiction." pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/dig…

But seriously, donate to THE CITY. It’s superb journalism.

SiriusXM now reps half of the top 20 shows in the U.S, more than any other network. Alex Cooper, SmartLess, Crime Junkie, Mel Robbins … Never reported before: its pod revenue was about $600m last year. A ‘bright spot’ in a tough moment for the company nytimes.com/2025/08/22/bus…

scoop with Michael M. Grynbaum: Chris Wallace has been quietly advising RedBird and David Ellison, the new owner of CBS News nytimes.com/2025/08/22/bus…

A Friday scoop with Ben Mullin nytimes.com/2025/08/22/bus…

NEW: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop printing a newspaper at the end of this year, its publisher Andrew Morse tells me, one of the country’s biggest dailies to go digital-only nytimes.com/2025/08/28/bus…

scoop: John Malone tells me he met with David Ellison at Sun Valley in July to discuss deals. “If your dad is worth $400 billion, I guess you can be arrogant.” nytimes.com/2025/08/29/bus…

new: John Malone, the most influential investor in Warner Bros. Discovery, told me that CNN has become "a left-leaning, anti-Trump news service." nytimes.com/2025/08/29/bus…

Now here is a FUN media mogul profile

Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R

Vogue’s new top editor plans to cut the magazine’s print frequency, Jessica Testa scoops: nytimes.com/2025/09/02/bus…

you can take the man out of the newsroom... nytimes.com/2025/09/01/bus…

Exclusive: Kawhi Leonard signed a $28M endorsement deal for a "no-show job" with a fraudulent tree-planting company funded by $50M from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, according to documents obtained by Pablo Torre 🕳️. "It was to circumvent the salary cap," an inside source says.

Loved this story from Christopher Maag nytimes.com/2025/09/02/nyr…

Matt Murray, the top editor of The Washington Post, chalks up 40 exclusives in August in a note to staff: "The power of our journalism is undiminished."

next episode: Pablo Torre finds the Holy Grail

Wow: Newsmax just sued Fox in the Southern District of Florida, alleging violations of anti-trust statues.

SCOOP Puck: Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told. puck.news/david-ellison-…