Top of the Ticker: MS NOW has made it official, hiring Paula Reid as chief White House reporter. Reid, who begins her new role immediately, was previously at CNN, where she was chief legal affairs correspondent.
In a internal memo welcoming Reid, MS NOW Washington bureau chief Sudeep Reddy said, “Paula will bring her deep experience to covering the administration, serve as a key reporting voice across MS NOW’s Washington Bureau, and help drive our newsroom’s investigative and enterprise journalism.”
Access fight: CNN, MS NOW, and Politico amended their lawsuit concerning White House press access, asking U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly to make existing access orders permanent as well as prevent the White House from blocking them from performing their rotating press pool duties in the Oval Office and traveling on Air Force One.
New venture: Former CNN executive Andrew Morse has launched a new company, Phareo, which he describes as a “new platform to help creators find the audiences they deserve and to help fans find their next favorite creator.” Co-founded alongside Brian Whitman, Phareo seeks to challenge YouTube among other platforms in the creator ecosystem. Morse departed CNN in 2022 and was most recently the CEO of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In her own words: CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss spoke publicly for the first time since taking over the news outlet at Jessica Lessin’s The Information 2026 WTF Summit. Some of her remarks from the summit: There isn’t a crisis in trust but “a crisis in trustworthiness.” She also said that 60 Minutes is doing “tremendously well” and that she is not focused on the show’s weekly ratings.
Refreshed look: Regular viewers of ABC’s streaming network ABC News Live will have noticed the debut of a redesigned on-air graphics package. The refresh, which uses cleaner typography and sharper rendering, has the lower third center-justified with no backplate, a layout that works in both 16:9 and 9:16 and lets content move seamlessly into vertical video without reformatting.
Historical series: Landman actor Billy Bob Thornton is teaming with Fox Nation on a three-part historical docudrama, Billy Bob Thornton Presents: The Mayflower, premiering Nov. 23. The series traces the Pilgrims’ perilous Atlantic crossing aboard the Mayflower.
Wedding Bells: Two Fox News personalities recently tied the knot. Primetime host Sean Hannity married Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt on Oct. 24. The ceremony was held at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Fla. Fellow colleagues at the celebration included Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott, on-air personalities Steve Doocy, Lawrence Jones, Brian Kilmeade, Laura Ingraham, and Bret Baier.
Revolving Door: Jon Carras has been promoted to senior producer of CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. Carras has been with the broadcast for 20 years, producing more than 400 stories for the CBS News Sunday morning news program.
NBC News has named Kevin Delaney its head of digital content and subscription. In this newly created role, Delaney will “work to develop content to support new opportunities that drive audience and revenue growth,” said Catherine Kim, executive vice president of editorial and content, and Sat Brainch, chief business officer, in a memo to staffers provided to Deadline. He has previously worked at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Information.
Former 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens is joining Newspress as an executive producer. Owens will oversee the launch of new shows from the video journalism startup.
Honors: CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta was inducted into the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame, recognizing his lasting impact on journalism, which included his quarter century career at CNN.
