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In an internal meeting this week, Mr. Zuckerberg said the tech giant was facing one of the “worst downturns that we’ve seen in recent history.”SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg has…

For two years, the film industry lived in genuine fear about the future of moviegoing, with no one able to say for sure whether cinemas would recover from the coronavirus…

BALTIMORE — Local news wars have largely gone the way of the phone booth as newspapers have shriveled and reporter jobs have been cut. But one is taking shape in…

Long Hollywood’s leading innovator, the streaming service is staying the course, despite serious challenges to its business and questions about its content.While being honored at the Banff Film Festival in…

“Dancing With Myself,” on NBC, shows the deep influence of the dance challenge on popular culture, even as its hold on TikTok has loosened.Even by the razzle-dazzle standards of TV…

Without a federal right to abortion, questions about how states can regulate speech about it suddenly become much murkier.The Supreme Court declared clearly last week that there is no federal…

Substack, the newsletter start-up that has attracted prominent writers including George Saunders and Salman Rushdie, laid off 13 of its 90 employees on Wednesday, part of an effort to conserve…

The pandemic has been bad for the country’s local newspapers. But maybe not as bad as some people have feared.Over 360 newspapers in the United States have gone out of…

Even when your job is to dream up the interplanetary adventures of a Norse god, you might still want to run off and play pirates.So during the weeks he was…

MSNBC President Rashida Jones said that Ms. Wagner’s experience covering politics would be crucial as the network prepares to cover the midterm elections.MSNBC has named Alex Wagner to succeed Rachel…

The ubiquitous 1992 remix of Robin S.’s song has endured in samples and covers. Its writers’ names appeared in the credits for Beyoncé’s track, were quickly removed and then restored…

The dance-oriented surprise release debuts with the equivalent of 204,000 sales — the streaming star’s lowest opening-week tally for a studio album.A little over a week ago, Drake announced a…

Kareem Daniel was on crutches in the spring of 2002. He had broken his right ankle playing basketball. But Mr. Daniel had no time to convalesce: A self-imposed clock was…

The Supreme Court made huge headlines on Friday with its decision to end the constitutional right to abortion. But the decision was also unusual because it was already known.Politico rattled…

Netflix laid off 300 people on Thursday, the second consecutive month that the streaming giant has cut staff as it confronts declining subscriber growth and a falling share price.“Today we…

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, made securing the 2020 U.S. election a top priority. He met regularly with an election team, which included more than 300 people from across his…

The decision broadens the possible legal exposure to the highest ranks of the Fox media empire.A judge presiding in the defamation lawsuit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems ruled…

The media mogul’s fourth divorce is unlikely to change the ownership structure of Mr. Murdoch’s empire, but it could reverberate through companies such as Fox News and The Wall Street…

The news start-up Semafor has raised $25 million from wealthy individuals, with a goal of cultivating direct relationships between its journalists and its audience.News articles will be broken into sections…

The Justice Department had accused Meta’s housing advertising system of discriminating against Facebook users based on their race, gender, religion and other characteristics.SAN FRANCISCO — Meta on Tuesday agreed to…

The tennis star, who has struggled on the court of late, is behind an entertainment company called Hana Kuma in partnership with Mr. James’s fast-growing SpringHill.She is a four-time Grand…

A former campaign strategist, he became a fixture in American political journalism and punditry and was seen on “PBS NewsHour” for 33 years.Mark Shields, a piercing analyst of America’s political…

The aim of Sally Buzbee, The Post’s editor, is to broaden the newspaper’s reach. A year into the job, she’s dealing with internal tumult over some longstanding grievances.When Sally Buzbee…

Decades into his career, the British American journalist has an unlikely TikTok hit that could be the song of the summer. “I am not trying to make it as a…

SpaceX, the private rocket company, on Thursday fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter criticizing the behavior of chief executive Elon Musk, said three employees with knowledge…

Karolina Waclawiak, its executive editor of culture, takes over the newsroom at a difficult moment for the digital media company.BuzzFeed News announced on Thursday that Karolina Waclawiak, its executive editor…

The articles were removed after an investigation identified fabricated sources in stories by a breaking news reporter.USA Today has removed 23 articles from its website after an investigation into a…

The new project, apparently with the subtitle “Act I,” will be released on July 29, according to the singer’s social media accounts.Cue up the celebratory tweets: A new Beyoncé album…

The police arrested a second suspect after Dom Phillips, a British journalist, and Bruno Araújo Pereira, a Brazilian expert on Indigenous people, went missing.RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian authorities…

In her second memoir, “Rough Draft,” the journalist Katy Tur recounts growing up alongside her parents’ news-gathering exploits and her father’s outlandish, then violent, behavior.ROUGH DRAFT, by Katy TurIt’s little…

The actress disclosed her relationship with Ramona Agruma a day before The Sydney Morning Herald published a column about it. The writer, Andrew Hornery, said he had made mistakes and…

At Fox News, there was little drama over the decision to project Joseph R. Biden the winner of Arizona. But the relationship between Trump and the network was never the…

The Tonys drew an audience of 3.9 million viewers on CBS on Sunday, about a million viewers more than last year. It was the second-lowest viewership on record. The Tonys…

“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” hit No. 4 on the U.S. singles chart this week, 37 years after its release. Harry Styles’s “As It Was” is still…

Viacom18 has won the rights to stream a package of popular cricket matches from the Indian Premier League, according to two people with knowledge of the bidding, snatching a significant…

When Chris Stirewalt watched rioters attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, he was a journalist for Fox News, which was trying to recover from a ratings slump in the…

James Goldston was a longtime producer at ABC News and then its president for seven years.As news organizations scrambled in 2017 to satisfy the bottomless appetite for information about the…

The number is in the ballpark of big television events like a “Sunday Night Football” game.An audience of at least 20 million people watched the first prime-time hearing of the…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Last Friday evening, about 6,000 people — almost all of them gay men — poured into a Walt Disney World water park near Orlando, Fla. Each had…

Ms. Sonmez, a national political reporter, has been at the center of a debate over The Post’s social media policies.Felicia Sonmez, a reporter for The Washington Post who in recent…

Starting in the Air Force in Israel and later moving to the United States, he set a record as the world’s most widely syndicated in his field.Ranan Lurie, an Israeli…

The Broadway ensemble member turned Oscar winner vows that the ceremony will celebrate the often unsung actors who have stepped in so often during the pandemic.A decade ago, Ariana DeBose…

Warner Bros. Discovery, the media giant created by the fusion of the owners of HBO and “90 Day Fiancé,” said Thursday that it had picked an executive to manage its…

For Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, there are positives. Aligning with Elon Musk? Check. Politically helpful? Check.When Elon Musk said on Twitter last month that he planned to vote…

British prosecutors said they authorized criminal charges against Mr. Weinstein for an incident in 1996.The British authorities have authorized criminal charges against Harvey Weinstein on two counts of indecent assault…

NPR said on Wednesday that Juana Summers would be the newest co-host for “All Things Considered,” its flagship newsmagazine, replacing Audie Cornish, the longtime co-host who left this year to…