"And they have their own media assets to try to hurt us."įormer President Donald Trump has long decried Zucker as an anti-Trump media executive when he was at CNN, which he ridiculed as the Clinton News Network and a "fake news" media power weaponized against him and conservatives in the U.S. "There's a reason that people are slinging mud and throwing darts - because they want to own these assets," Zucker told the Financial Times. Now Zucker is decrying competing media companies for "slinging mud" against their bid. When the Telegraph failed to pay its debts and was seized by the Lloyds Banking Group, RedBird IMI stepping in to repay the loans "in full" and take over the publisher. government "that we're prepared to make commitments that should assuage anyone's concerns," he told the Financial Times. "'After more than 40 years' friendly acquaintance with the readers of all our titles, I feel quite confident in predicting that they would not forgive any government which let them go."īut Zucker is trying to convince the U.K. "It is little more than a statement of fact to say that the Telegraph and the Spectator are great British institutions they should not be controlled by a foreign power," former Telegraph editor Charles Moore told the Daily Mail. The United Kingdom's conservative members of parliament are concerned the British publications The Telegraph and the Spectator magazine, more aligned with their party, would be bought out by foreign, if not globalist, influencers like Zucker, particularly since the RedBird IMI is funded by the United Arab Emirates, according to the report. marketplace was a very strong center-right media brand." We've thought for a long time that the real gap in the U.S. "We believe there is real potential," Zucker told the Financial Times, to "establish the Telegraph as a much more global media brand. market to counter the Times and the Post, two notoriously liberal-leaning outlets compared to the traditionally conservative Telegraph. Zucker said he wants to bring the Telegraph into the U.S. Using the Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI company, Zucker is bidding for The Telegraph, which he called "a great, iconic brand that stands for quality journalism" to the Financial Times. to counter the more liberal papers The Washington Post and The New York Times. Supreme Court appears likely to ease process for workplace discrimination claims (Ann E.Former CNN President Jeff Zucker is making his pitch for U.K.'s media giant The Telegraph despite those "slinging mud," vowing to bring a "center-right" media brand forward in the U.S.Continue Reading WHAT WE'RE READING The morning read for Thursday, December 7 By Ellena Erskine on at 8:17 amĮach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Purdue Pharma, in which the justices heard oral argument on Monday. In this installment of our new video series on advocates in merits cases at the court, Nate Mowry interviews Carl Cecere, who represents a group of Canadian municipalities and First Nations in the bankruptcy case Harrington v. Continue Reading Advocates in Conversation The opioid crisis and bankruptcy law with Carl Cecere By Amy Howe on at 12:11 pm In this video, Nate Mowry interviews Madeline Meth of Boston University School of Law, one of the lawyers representing a police sergeant in her employment discrimination case against the city of St. How Would This Supreme Court Rule on Book Banning? (Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker)Īdvocates in Conversation The limits of Title VII protection with Madeline Meth By Amy Howe on at 12:21 pm.Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Fiercely Defended Workers’ Rights.Texas Judge Grants Woman’s Request for Abortion, in Rare Post-Roe Case (J.Elon Musk appeals dispute over SEC consent decree to US Supreme Court (John Kruzel, Reuters).Supreme Court justices to discuss whether to hear abortion pill showdown (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News).Continue Reading WHAT WE'RE READING The morning read for Friday, December 8 By Ellena Erskine on at 8:31 amĮach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. The case was the only grant on a list of orders released from the justices’ private conference earlier on Friday. Department of Defense, the case of a federal government employee who challenged his 2013 furlough. The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon agreed to take up another case exploring the distinction between deadlines that are jurisdictional – so that courts cannot hear a case if they are not met – and those that are instead simply a limitations period that can be waived or extended. SCOTUS NEWS Court grants review in federal employee’s filing deadlines case By Amy Howe on at 4:38 pm
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