• CNN

    How OJ Simpson’s ‘trial of the century’ reshaped the national media and opened the door to Donald Trump’s presidency

    Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. O.J. Simpson gripped the nation’s attention for a final time Thursday. As breaking news banners and push alerts crashed onto screens from coast to coast, stunning millions with news of the former National Football League star’s death, the moment produced one last Simpson-centric collective event for the national consciousness....

  • Trump’s New York Trial Has Officially Begun. Here’s What’s at Stake.

    Jury selection began Monday in the first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, a case legal experts say is the Read More

  • The Debrief with David Mark: What is Trump’s path to a presidential victory?

    Washington Examiner Magazine Managing Editor David Mark joins Investigations Editor Sarah Bedford to discuss Nebraska proposing an electoral change that would affect President Joe Biden’s election chances, what states former President Donald Trump will need to claw back to get an election win, and why it’s a tough needle to thread for either candidate.

    • CNN

    Biden’s dig at Trump Media stock plummet draws laughs from crowd

    CNN’s Sara Sidner speaks with investigative journalist David Cay Johnston about the latest drop in value of Trump Media stock.

    • qz.com

    Trump Media’s audit firm sees its business practices come under scrutiny

    The firm responsible for auditing Trump Media & Technology Group was labeled as “so seriously deficient in its performance” that it was removed from a national peer review program. BF Borgers was still Trump Media’s independent registered public accounting firm as of April 1, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The auditor was first hired on Jan. 22 2022, when Trump Media was still a privately held company, according to internal documents reported by The...

  • How much are Truth Social’s executives making after Trump Media lost millions?

    With share prices falling, key players at Trump Media & Technology Group will still stand to have good payday

  • Trump’s media company loses a third of value after initial surge in trading

    Stock has become actively shorted as traders are betting on company’s fall, and the ex-president’s stake is now valued at $3bnDonald Trump’s media and technology group, DJT, has lost about 36% of its value since it began publicly trading on 22 March, dropping the former president’s stake to about $2.8bn.As of Monday afternoon, DJT stock was priced at about $36 – down from a high of $66 seen on 27 March. But market analysts are saying it’s too soon to draw any firm conclusions from the...

  • Trump’s social media stock rises 16%, still down 67% from its $80 peak

    Even with the bounce, the stock has shed some $5.4 billion from last month, with the value of Trump’s position dropping to $2.1 billion.

  • Trump’s social media empire to launch streaming platform even as shares fall

    Announcement of streaming service for content ‘at risk of cancellation’ comes as company shares continue downward slideDonald Trump’s social media empire has announced plans to launch a streaming platform. Its shares continued to fall.Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of Truth Social, has come under pressure since its stunning stock market debut last month left the former president with a vast stake worth about $4.9bn on paper. Continue reading

  • CNN's Acosta Worries Team Anti-Trump Won't Get a Perfectly Nasty Jury, But Analyst Counters

    Happy Tax Return Deadline Day to all who celebrate! Such an empathetic guy, that Jim Acosta! As NewsBusters has documented, Acosta is a hard-left "journalist" and a Trump antagonist to the bitter end. On today's CNN This Morning, Acosta expressed a touching concern for the prosecutors in Trump's hush money trial. In particular, Acosta fretted over the tough job the prosecutors face in selecting jurors. After all, he said, it would take only one juror refusing to vote for conviction to cause a...

  • CNN's Acosta Worries Team Anti-Trump Won't Get a Perfectly Nasty Jury, But Analyst Counters

    Happy Tax Return Deadline Day to all who celebrate! Such an empathetic guy, that Jim Acosta! As NewsBusters has documented, Acosta is a hard-left "journalist" and a Trump antagonist to the bitter end. On today's CNN This Morning, Acosta expressed a touching concern for the prosecutors in Trump's hush money trial. In particular, Acosta fretted over the tough job the prosecutors face in selecting jurors. After all, he said, it would take only one juror refusing to vote for conviction to cause a...

    • CNN

    Controversial late foul call in Iowa’s victory over UConn prompts social media outcry

    The controversial late foul call that proved pivotal in Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn in the women’s Final Four sparked some outrage on social media with stars like LeBron James and Angel Reese weighing in. However, UConn players voiced their frustration but refused to use it to explain their defeat. No. 3 UConn was trailing by a single point on Friday with 3.9 seconds remaining when a foul was called on Aaliyah Edwards as she was setting up a screen with her team on their final offensive...