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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.
CBS News Radio will go off the air on May 22, part of the axe-swinging managerial plan put into play by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss... The Economist, which was first published in 1843, is changing hands. Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to acquire a 26.9 percent stake in the publication from Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, her family and family foundation... Nexstar Media Group says it has closed its acquisition of TEGNA, the broadcast, digital media and marketing services company that was formed in 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
Trump Media & Technology Group is discussing a spin-off of the Truth Social platform following the expected closing of its $6B merger deal with TAE Technologies... Condé Nast sells off Them, the digital LGBTQ-focused platform it launched in 2017, to Equalpride, publisher of Out, The Advocate, Out Traveler, Health PLUS Wellness and Pride.com... CBS News has parted ways with longevity influencer Peter Attia, one of the 19 contributors that editor-in-chief Bari Weiss brought on as part of her plan to present a wider variety of voices on the platform. 
Symbolic.ai forms a partnership with News Corp to begin using the company’s AI-native publisher platform in the newsrooms of News Corp publications to augment research, writing and publishing... Mediaite launches a newsletter that promises to give readers a summary of—media newsletters... The Fund for American Studies launches the Journalism Excellence Fellowship, a program that will provide promising young journalists the opportunity to work alongside top writers, reporters, and media professionals.
