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Emmanuel Macron
Alison StewartFrench President Emmanuel Macron, contending with a sharp drop in his public approval ratings, has appointed Bruno Roger-Petit as his spokesman, part of an overall shake-up of his communications team. Already well-known in France due to his appearances as a television news presenter and frequent talk-show guest, Roger-Petit will be tasked with “broadcasting the Elysée’s public message” via “any means at his disposal, notably the presidency’s Twitter account,” a statement from Macron’s office said. A survey conducted by international polling and market research firm IFOP on August 25 and 26 showed Macron with an approval rating of 40 percent, down 22 points from the 62 percent rating he had immediately following his election in May.
The Atlantic has brought on Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist Alison Stewart as a contributing editor in its events division, AtlanticLIVE. Stewart, who began her career at MTV News, has anchored her own programs on NPR, PBS, ABC, and MSNBC. She is also the author of the book, First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School. In her new role, Stewart will serve as a moderator for The Atlantic’s portfolio of events on topics ranging from healthcare innovations, to social justice, to the future of work. She will be a featured moderator at next month’s Washington Ideas, The Atlantic and Aspen Institute’s annual multi-day event.
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Larry Sherman (R) with fellow actor Ed AsnerLarry Sherman, an actor and former journalist who signed on as President Trump’s first publicist in 1982, when Trump was the owner of the U.S. Football League’s New Jersey Generals, died Saturday of natural causes at 94, according to his son, entertainment publicist Charles Sherman. Larry Sherman was an out-of-work sports journalist with no experience in publicity when he applied for the job as head of PR for the Generals. Trump hired him after just one interview, and Sherman worked for Trump until the USFL went out of business after its 1985 season. Trump often called him "the best PR guy he ever had," according to Charles Sherman. Larry Sherman’s career also included roles in North by Northwest and Butterfield 8, and reporting stints at Newsday, the Long Island Press and the New York Herald Tribune.
Trump Media & Technology Group today reported a $58.2M net loss on $4.1M in 2023 revenues, a disclosure that drove its stock price down 22.6 percent to $47.96.
Barry Pollack, an attorney at Wall Street’s Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler, has registered Julian Assange as a client with the Justice Dept. “out of an abundance of caution.”
Paramount Global to slash 800 jobs in what chief executive Bob Bakish calls part of an effort to “return the company to earnings growth"... Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman is exiting at the end of the month due to disagreements with chief executive Gus Wenner over the direction the magazine is taking... The New York Times broke the $1 billion barrier in annual revenue from digital subscriptions in 2023... Press Forward is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms.
The majority of news articles are read within the first three days of publication, according to a recent report.
The Los Angeles Times gives pink slips to 115 people or 20 percent of its newsroom staff... TIME is also laying off about 30 employees, which is approximately 15 percent of its editorial staff... The Baltimore Banner, which was launched by Stewart Bainum in 2022 after he failed to buy the Baltimore Sun, added 500 subscribers per day in the three days following Sinclair Broadcast Group's deal to purchase the Sun.
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