Author: David Bauder
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Pay for news? More than half of Americans say they do
NEW YORK — A battered news industry can find some flickers of hope in a survey that gauges public willingness to pay for journalism, as long as its leaders plan judiciously. A little more than half of American adults regularly pay for news, through newspaper and magazine subscriptions, apps on electronic devices or contributions to…
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Fox News Channel dismisses O’Reilly, its biggest star
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel’s parent company fired Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday following an investigation into harassment allegations, bringing a stunning end to cable news’ most popular program and one that came to define the bravado of his network over 20 years. O’Reilly lost his job on the same day he was photographed in…
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Fox News contributor files sexual harassment suit
NEW YORK — A Fox News contributor came forward Monday to level more sexual harassment allegations against deposed chief executive Roger Ailes, two days after it was revealed that the network’s most popular on-air personality, Bill O’Reilly, has settled multiple complaints about his own behavior with women. O’Reilly was due to return to the air…
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Schwarzenegger on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’: I quit
NEW YORK— Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he’s through with “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” and he’s blaming President Donald Trump for the television reality show’s recent poor performance. The former California governor said he wouldn’t mind working with NBC and producer Mark Burnett again “on a show that doesn’t have this baggage.” Schwarzenegger replaced the…
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Lady Gaga delivers a show big on flash and inclusiveness
NEW YORK — Lady Gaga dropped from the top of Houston’s NRG Stadium to open her halftime show and dropped the mic at the end, offering a program that delivered high-energy hits and an inclusive theme. With the nation on edge politically, the NFL had little taste for a show that would ruffle feathers, as…
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Jennifer Holliday backs out of Trump inauguration gig
PASADENA, Calif. — Broadway star Jennifer Holliday has backed out as a performer at next week’s presidential inaugural following protests from her gay and black fans, further dimming the event’s already low celebrity wattage. Holliday, best known for her Tony-winning role in Broadway’s “Dreamgirls,” said in an interview Saturday she hadn’t considered that singing at…
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FACT CHECK: Trump’s slam on Schwarzenegger’s ratings
This image released by NBC shows, from left, Patrick Knapp Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tyra Banks from “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” in Los Angeles. Schwarzenegger is the latest victim of a Donald Trump Twitter attack. The president-elect took time Friday to note that the “Terminator” star was “swamped” in his “Celebrity Apprentice” debut “by comparison…
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PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer
NEW YORK — Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour” with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates, died Monday of cancer, the network said. She was 61. A former reporter for The New York Times and The Washington Post, Ifill switched to television in the 1990s and covered politics and…
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Fox apologizes for inaccurate Hillary Clinton report
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel apologized Friday for an inaccurate report this week that Hillary Clinton would likely be indicted as a result of an investigation by the FBI into the Clinton Foundation. Fox’s Bret Baier, who initially reported on the case Wednesday, said Friday that “it was a mistake, and for that I’m…
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Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam lead rock hall of fame ballot
NEW YORK — The late rapper Tupac Shakur and Seattle-based rockers Pearl Jam are among the first-time nominees on the ballot for induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Nine of the 19 acts nominated are on the ballot for the first time, with Shakur and Pearl Jam in their first…