Bari Weiss Resigns From New York Times, Citing ‘Illiberal Environment’

NEW YORK -- Tucker Carlson says The New York Times wants to put his family in danger, the newspaper says he knowingly lied and now the Fox News host's fans are taking up the fight. The latest media conflagration flaring Tuesday is more than ideological, with issues of personal privacy and safety at its heart.

The New York Times Co. has agreed to acquire Serial Productions, the company behind podcast hit Serial,as it looks to build out its audio business.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe New York Times has acquired Serial Productions, the company behind the hit podcast Serial.As part of the deal, the media company will enter into a creative and strategic alliance with longtime radio show This American Life, which developed the original Serial pod, about the murder conviction of Adnan Syed.

said on Wednesday.Levien, who is currently the news organization’s chief operating officer, will succeed Mark Thompson on Sept. 8 and serve on the company’s board after it unanimously voted on Tuesday to elevate her to the role.“It’s the honor of a lifetime to lead The New York Times.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe New York Times Company officially announced that it is acquiring Serial Productions, the podcast company behind the breakout hit “Serial.”As part of the Times, Serial Productions will independently commission and edit its own stories, which “will now be amplified by The Times,” the company said.In addition, the Times said it had entered into “an ongoing creative and strategic alliance” with “This American Life,” the weekly public radio program founded by host

Serial” debuted in 2014 and was created in partnership with the creators of  “This American Life” and Chicago Public Radio’s WBEZ. The narrative-driven true crime podcast won the National Edward R.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe New York Times Company announced that COO Meredith Kopit Levien, who has overseen its digital businesses, will succeed Mark Thompson as president and CEO effective Sept. 8.Kopit Levien, 49, will become the youngest chief exec of the media and publishing company.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorMeredith Kopit Levien, the COO of the New York Times Co. and a key architect of the media company’s surge in digital subscriptions in recent years, has been named CEO.The company announced Wednesday that Kopit Levien will succeed Mark Thompson on September 8.

has expressly denied the accusations on their behalf.) But at the end of the episode, Carlson spoke about the New York Times, which he accused of having “personal animosity” for him.Also Read: Tucker Carlson Calls Ex-Writer's Racist Posts 'Wrong' - But Lashes Out at 'Ghouls' Celebrating 'Destruction of a Young Man'“Why is The New York Times doing a story on the location of my family’s house? Well, you know why,” he told his viewers.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic“We’re off last week, it’s good to be back,” declared Tucker Carlson at the outset tonight of his Fox News Channel show.And if viewers or critics were expecting the top-rated host to dive into controversies like a new lawsuit that alleges sexual harassment and retaliation by Carlson, they were barking up the wrong cable news tree.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIf NBC and Lorne Michaels have their way, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this fall could move from being produced from cast members’ homes to being made the old-fashioned way – “from New York.”Michaels and his team are making plans to bring the show back to NBC’s Manhattan studios for the venerable late-night program’s 46th season, according to two people familiar with the matter – the latest of TV’s wee-hours programs to try and navigate a new normal in the midst

reports, Pompeo attacked the newspaper’s project during a Thursday speech as he revealed a new draft report by the Commission on Unalienable Rights.“The New York Times’ 1619 project, so named for the year the first slaves were transported to America, wants you to believe that our county was founded for human bondage, they want you to believe that America’s institutions continue to reflect the country’s acceptance of slavery at our founding, they want you to believe the Marxist ideology that

Ted Johnson Bari Weiss, staff editor and writer in The New York Times’ opinion section, resigned on Tuesday, descrying what she said was “constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views” and an environment where she said “self-censorship has become the norm.”“What rules that remain at The Times are applied with extreme selectivity,” she wrote in a lengthy resignation letter, which she posted to her personal website.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJimmy Fallon moved to take NBC’s “Tonight Show” from “at home” to “at large” by bringing the venerable program back to NBC’s New York studios after weeks of broadcasting the show from his house.“Normalcy, any type of normalcy feels great,” Fallon told viewers during Monday’s “Tonight” broadcast, dressed in casual clothes, with cameramen wearing facial masks and members of the show’s in-house Roots band scattered around the studio for proper social distancing.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN in March gave a handful of advertisers and ad-agency personnel a sneak peek of its ambitious six-part documentary series on late night, just days before New York City was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. The project hasn’t been seen in public since.

New York Times ran a piece entitled, “.” In the vacuum of decisive information around this pandemic, I’ve been obsessively consuming articles like these. After more than 100 days isolating in my apartment, I’m starved for any intel about when it might be safe to see friends and family again.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has landed the rights to develop the 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist New York Times story and podcast “The Jungle Prince of Delhi” as a drama series, Variety has learned.The story, written by Ellen Barry, delved into the history of the royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats living in a ruined palace in the Indian capital claiming to be the heirs to a fallen kingdom.Mira Nair is attached to direct the project and will also executive produce.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMSNBC said it would give Joy Reid the 7 p.m.

The New York Times' landmark 1619 Project magazine issue, which examined the impact of slavery on American history, is headed to the big and small screen. Times staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, who created The 1619 Project, and Oprah Winfrey are teaming with Lionsgate to develop The New York Times Magazine issue and the podcast 1619 into multiple feature films, TV series, documentaries and other cross-platform content for a global audience.