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Mr. Oliver is currently the president and chief executive of Baltimore’s flagship public radio station, WYPR.New York Public Radio has a new leader after a monthslong national search: LaFontaine Oliver, a veteran public radio executive.In an announcement on Tuesday, the organization’s…
“Americans can be put in jail for poking fun at the government?” the satirical website asked in a friend-of-the-court brief filed Monday. “This was a surprise to America’s Finest News Source.”A man who was arrested over a Facebook parody aimed at…
The radio host Percival Mabasa was killed during an ambush, the police said. He had been a prominent critic of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte.MANILA — A news radio host who had been a prominent critic of…
He raised the profiles of the news programs “Morning Edition” and “The World” on public radio, and created the overnight program “Nightwatch” on CBS.Robert Ferrante, a news producer who left his mark in both commercial and public broadcasting, retooling NPR’s “Morning…
The former president has a history of threatening, and occasionally filing, lawsuits against media organizations whose coverage he deems unfair.Former President Donald J. Trump sued CNN on Monday, claiming that the network defamed him and demanding $475 million in damages.Over the…
Apple said the movie, Mr. Smith’s first since his infamous slap at the Oscars, will be in theaters on Dec. 2 and begin streaming on Dec. 9.The Will Smith film “Emancipation” — the actor’s first since his infamous slap at the…
A left-field hit from a 24-year-old master of alternative R&B displaces Harry Styles’s “As It Was” as the top single, while Bad Bunny logs a 12th week atop the album chart.Steve Lacy, a 24-year-old guitarist and producer, started the year with…
The genre dates back to the dawn of television, but it has evolved over the years.Scripted television is all but unimaginable without the soothingly formulaic, reliably satisfying police procedural. But the genre has evolved with the medium, becoming grittier, more realistic…
SAN FRANCISCO — Deb JJ Lee built a career in illustration on Instagram, one colorful comic at a time.Some of the comics that Mx. Lee, 26, posted on the photo-sharing site told stories about fantastical worlds; others meditated on Mx. Lee’s…
The true crime storytelling that has done so well for so long on television seems to have met a moment in an entirely new medium.The podcast begins with the sound of a car slowing down, and then a straight-talking narrator takes…
Users livestreamed from their homes to document their experiences as they rode out the storm.Despite living in an evacuation zone, Alecsander Haake did not leave his home in the St. Petersburg area in advance of Hurricane Ian. “My mom had work…
Pete Souza’s intimate backstage portraits of the West Wing are missing one person. That is by design, he said in an interview.You're reading the On Politics newsletter, for Times subscribers only. A Times reader’s guide to the political news in Washington and…
He covered four presidencies in a 52-year career and never worried about “offending those in power in pursuit of answers,” one former White House press secretary said.Bill Plante, who was one of the leading correspondents for CBS News for more than…
Member countries vote on Thursday for an American or a Russian to lead the International Telecommunication Union, which sets standards for new technologies.WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia are tussling over control of a United Nations organization that sets standards…
The newsletter Glitz Paris is turning an investigative lens on fashion.As Paris Fashion Week begins, posters introducing the Glitz Paris newsletter have appeared around the city.Hugues Laurent for The New York TimesPARIS — This fashion week, Philippe Vasset, editor in chief…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it had discovered and taken down what it described as the first targeted Chinese campaign to interfere in U.S. politics ahead of the midterm elections in November.Unlike the Russian…
China has cracked down on many tech companies, but has allowed dating apps that provide social connections to flourish.When Qu Tongzhou, a photography assistant in Shanghai, set out on a long-awaited trip to western China in June, she found the cities…
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures attracted about 20 percent more people than it expected since opening in September 2021. Now it needs to keep the momentum going.The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been something that almost no one in…
The Biden administration and TikTok have drafted a preliminary agreement to resolve national security concerns posed by the Chinese-owned video app but face hurdles over the terms, as the platform negotiates to keep operating in the United States without major changes…
Harry Styles powered the critically drubbed and controversy-entangled movie to a solid $19.2 million in estimated ticket sales at North American cinemas.Never underestimate the interest in ogling a cute guy on a big screen.Harry Styles, the white-hot musician, sex symbol and…
When the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced a bill this month to ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks, Democratic fund-raisers expected it to dominate news outlets like MSNBC, bringing small-dollar donations for candidates.But they did not anticipate that…
A veteran art director, he was best known for his work at the lavish magazine of U.S. history that became a fixture in dens across the country.Irwin Glusker, a designer of magazines and books whose long career included establishing the lavish…
Olivia Wilde’s new film is trying to fight free of its pre-release reputation.Years ago, when I was a film critic, I was asked out for coffee by a guy who’d just been hired at the review-aggregating website Rotten Tomatoes. I can’t…
Ballot mules. Poll watch parties. Groomers.These topics are now among the most dominant divisive and misleading narratives online about November’s midterm elections, according to researchers and data analytics companies. On Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Truth Social and other social media sites, some…
As a top editor who was both feared and revered at the newspaper for decades, he left a deep imprint as its arbiter of language, taste, tone and ethics.Allan M. Siegal, a former assistant managing editor of The New York Times…
Robert Kyncl, the chief business officer of the video giant, will become chief executive of the conglomerate that includes Atlantic, Warner Records and Nonesuch.The record company behind Dua Lipa, Lizzo and Led Zeppelin has a new boss, and he comes from…
Less than two months before the midterm elections, TikTok is blocking politicians and political parties from fund-raising on its platform.In a blog post on Wednesday, the social media platform said it would prohibit solicitations for money by political campaigns. The company…
In a lawsuit filed in California, a former employee said the media company did not appropriately handle her complaints about a top editor.The accusations of workplace misconduct against a former top editor at the news giant Axel Springer have made their…
Jasmine Guillory likes H.E.A.As fans of romance novels know, H.E.A. stands for “happily ever after,” a guarantee that the protagonist will find her version of happiness. And probably sex, too.“Romance is a perfect thing to read when things are difficult,” said…
The funeral for Queen Elizabeth II honored a seven-decade public life. It also felt like a capstone to the mass TV era that defined her reign.Television introduced Queen Elizabeth II to the world. It was only fitting that television should see…
As the war in Ukraine has put pressure on the global markets for food, Russia has spread conspiracy theories that blame the West.When the Dutch government announced plans in June to reduce certain greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 70…
The Gina Prince-Bythewood historical drama, starring Viola Davis, did at least 25 percent better than analysts had expected.It doesn’t have to be all sequels and superheroes.“The Woman King,” an original war drama starring Viola Davis, collected a strong $19 million in…
The Civil War drama “Emancipation” finished filming early this year. Now, Apple faces a quandary on what to do with the movie.Apple has a Will Smith problem.Mr. Smith is the star of “Emancipation,” a film set during the Civil War era…
Will Welch, the 41-year-old editor of GQ, towered over the other pedestrians as he walked along Church Street in Lower Manhattan on the first night of New York Fashion Week. He was dressed in a blue suit that had been custom-made…
A series of missteps on the promotional trail has raised questions about the film’s viability and its director, Olivia Wilde.It was one of the hottest projects Hollywood had seen in years. Eighteen bidders. An ascendant female director. Florence Pugh, the actress…
When Ja’Kobi Moore decided to apply this year to a private high school in her hometown of New Orleans, she learned that she needed at least one letter of recommendation from a teacher. She had never asked for one, so she…
TikTok recently tried to tamp down concerns from U.S. lawmakers that it poses a national security threat because it is owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance. The viral video app insisted it had an arm’s-length relationship with ByteDance and that…
Partiful wants to be the go-to option for sending online invitations. Facebook events, we hardly knew ye.“Dramatic” and “absurd” were the words Natasha Hunt Lee, a 25-year-old musician in Los Angeles, had in mind while booking three D.J.s, a tattoo artist…
The morning slot will be hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. The move leaves open Mr. Lemon’s prime-time slot.CNN is about to drastically overhaul its morning hours.The network announced on Thursday that one of the network’s prime-time mainstays,…
As two behemoths join forces against boutique agencies in the fight for control and commissions, some fear profits could come before players.LONDON — Everything about the deal seemed to connote vastness. Most obviously, there were the figures: The merger created a…
Models flew over Paris or floated in a bubble in his arresting images seen in Harper’s Bazaar and other fashion bibles in the experimental ’60s.Melvin Sokolsky, a photographer who pushed boundaries by creating fantastical tableaux for fashion bibles like Harper’s Bazaar…
A refugee from Nazi-annexed Austria, she started a new life in New York drawing powerful, glamorous heroines and broke barriers in a male-dominated field.In the 1940s few people reading the comic book adventures of Señorita Rio, a stylish spy working for…
In 2011, Catherine Engelbrecht appeared at a Tea Party Patriots convention in Phoenix to deliver a dire warning.While volunteering at her local polls in the Houston area two years earlier, she claimed, she witnessed voter fraud so rampant that it made…
On Monday, Warner Bros. Discovery had a big night at the Emmy Awards. The company’s premium cable network, HBO, had the strongest night of any television outfit, claiming prizes in both the best drama (“Succession”) and limited series (“The White Lotus”)…
The Oscars, Grammys and Tonys all had viewership gains this year, reversing recent declines.But not the Emmy Awards.Viewership for Monday night’s Emmys dropped to a record low, with 5.9 million tuning in to watch the ceremony, according to Nielsen.That was about…
The show returned to a pre-Covid format, with the usual array of leaden gags, shameless commercialism and genuinely poignant moments.After two consecutive ceremonies shaped by the pandemic, the Primetime Emmys returned to what felt more or less like a pre-Covid format…
At a congressional hearing, Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, told lawmakers that the company lied about its data practices.Twitter’s former top security official, who has accused the company of misrepresenting its security practices, told lawmakers at a hearing on…
Reed Duchscher, the manager of the YouTube megastar “Mr. Beast,” is teaming up with the investment firm TCG to bankroll businesses led by online creators.When Kevin Espiritu quit his job at a book subscription service in 2016, his big idea was…
“Succession,” HBO’s portrait of a dysfunctional media dynasty, won best drama at the 74th Emmy Awards on Monday night, the second time the series has taken the prize.Jesse Armstrong, the show’s creator, also took home the Emmy for best writing, the…
The list of winners for the 74th annual Emmy Awards.The 74th Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. Eastern on Monday on NBC and will stream live for the first time on…