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Ted Johnson
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Ted joined Deadline in 2020 and is based in Washington, D.C., where he covers politics, media and entertainment. He's reported on the intersection of politics and showbiz since 2006, as an editor and correspondent for Variety, as well as a contributor to publications such as Politico and as an on-air host for SiriusXM. He previously was a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and TV Guide, and an editor at V Life. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and was born and raised in Minneapolis, a city that will always be home.
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban As January 19 Divestiture Deadline Approaches
UPDATED, with comment from the company: TikTok will have to divest itself from its Chinese ownership by Jan. 19 or face being unavailable in the United States, after a federal appeals court rejected the social media giant’s efforts to sideline a federal law.
Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation…
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Paul Krugman To Retire As Columnist For The New York Times
Paul Krugman, columnist for The New York Times for nearly 25 years, is retiring at the end of this year.
“Time and again, he took on the big fights, grappled with policy deeply and seriously, held the powerful to account and spoke hard truths — sometimes as a lonely voice arguing unfashionable…
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Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov Talks Giving Trump His Flowers & The Persistent Power Of Cable News On The ElectionLine Podcast
Running throughout most of the past year, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast is now spotlighting the aftermath of the 2024 election. In that, we are still focussing on the often blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline political editor Ted Johnson and executive…
U.S. Added 227,000 Jobs In November As Employment Bounced Back; Figures Show Slight Gains In Movie And Music Business
The U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in November, as employment bounced back from a lackluster previous month. The unemployment rate was largely unchanged at 4.2%.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the government agency that compiles the figures, also revised upward job gains in the two previous months…
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Donald Trump Names David Sacks As AI And Crypto Czar
Donald Trump has named David Sacks, podcast host and former COO of Pay Pal, as the new White House “AI and crypto czar.”
“In this important role, David will guide policy for the Administration in Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency, two areas critical to the future of American competitiveness…
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CBS News And Stations Promotes Talent Executives To VP Roles
CBS has promoted two executives to top roles and the news and stations division.
Alex Greco was upped to vice president of talent recruitment, development and strategy for CBS Stations and CBS Media Ventures. Angela Hunter has been promoted to vice president of talent recruitment, development and…
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Marc Burstein To Retire From ABC News Special Events Role After Inauguration
Marc Burstein plans to step down from his role leading ABC News’ special events coverage following the presidential inauguration next year.
A spokesperson for the network said that Burstein’s final day will be on Jan. 31. He has served as senior executive producer of special events, and has been…
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‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Again Defend Mar-A-Lago Meeting; ‘The View’s Sunny Hostin Remains Unswayed
Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski defended their decision to call out what they called a “flippant” comment from commentator David Frum, while the MSNBC personalities provided a further defense of their decision to meet with Donald Trump following his election victory.
On…
Donald Trump To Sit Down With ‘Meet The Press’ Moderator Kristen Welker For First Major Post-Election Network Interview
Donald Trump will sit down with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker for his first network interview since the election.
The interview will take place on Friday and will be aired on Sunday.
Welker interviewed Trump last year in her debut as permanent moderator of Meet the Press. It turned…
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Donald Trump Nominates Ex-Fox Corp. Exec Gail Slater For Top DOJ Antitrust Role
Gail Slater, an aide to JD Vance and former staff attorney at the Federal Trade Commission and former Fox Corp. executive, has been nominated to lead the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division in Donald Trump’s upcoming term.
In announcing the choice of Slater, Trump signaled that the department…
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Bill Clinton On Joe Biden’s Hunter Pardon — “I Wish He Hadn’t Said He Wouldn’t Do It”
Bill Clinton says he understands why President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter and that "you can't take the politics out of pardons."
The sitting president "did have reasons to believe that the nature of the offenses involved were likely to produce far, far worse consequences for his son" than for…
Pete Hegseth Gets ‘Fox & Friends’ Boost As Defense Secretary Nomination Teeters
UPDATED: With reports that Donald Trump is eyeing potential alternatives to Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, some of the former Fox & Friends Weekend host’s colleagues attempted to give him a boost.
Hegseth’s nomination faces new doubts in the wake of media reports about alleged drinking episodes…
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