For the Record

Departure:

According to sources, CBS Corp. board members and Shari Redstone "have engaged in on-again, off-again settlement talks in recent weeks to resolve a nasty legal dispute and pave the way" for the departure of CEO Leslie Moonves, who was accused of "making unwanted unwanted sexual advances toward several women decades ago" in July. Moonves may receive a severance package "in excess of $200 million" and a production position with the company.

Conspiracy:

Infowars Washington Bureau Chief Jerome Corsi has been subpoenaed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. A Harvard-trained political scientist, Corsi worked for decades in finance before becoming a far-right political commentator. Investigators "plan to ask Mr. Corsi about his discussions with [Roger] Stone, who appeared to publicly predict in 2016 that WikiLeaks planned to publish material damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign."

Falling:

Several weeks after "Silicon Valley internet giants mostly barred Alex Jones from their services last month," traffic to Jones' Infowars platform has declined by half. However, the analysis "did not include traffic to the two-month-old Infowars app or views of videos that Mr. Jones posted on Twitter, where his accounts remain active."

"An Embarrassment to the Country":

Following protests at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing Monday, President Trump implied that the First Amendment right should be disaffirmed. "I think it’s embarrassing for the country to allow protestors," he said. "You don’t even know what side the protestors are on."

"Any Statement and Action":

The board of directors of the National Association of Black Journalists unanimously passed a resolution "condemning attacks by President Donald Trump and his administration on press freedom" this summer. Additionally, the board "discussed conducting a study on [...] Trump and the media, and reporting the findings by the 2019 NABJ convention in Miami."

"Anger and Paranoia":

Following the completion of Bob Woodward's "Fear," President Trump called the two-time Public Service contributor "in early August, after the manuscript had been completed, to say he wanted to participate." Although the president complained that it would be a "bad book," Woodward maintained that the "tough" book would be factual.

Judgment:

A Myanmar court sentenced Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to seven years in prison for violating the nation's Official Secrets Act while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslims. In a statement, Reuters Editor-in-Chief Steven Adler condemned the decision: "We will not wait while Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo suffer this injustice and will evaluate how to proceed in the coming days, including whether to seek relief in an international forum."

"A Certain Pressure":

The New Yorker Festival disinvited former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon as its headliner Monday following widespread social media condemnation and the withdrawal of several panelists. "There is a better way to do this," said David Remnick, the magazine's editor. "Our writers have interviewed Steve Bannon for The New Yorker before, and if the opportunity presents itself I’ll interview him in a more traditionally journalistic setting as we first discussed, and not on stage."

Winding Down:

The Village Voice suspended all editorial content Friday and laid off half its staff effective immediately. According to owner Peter Barbey, "About half the staff [is] staying on to wind things down and to work on the archive project." Pulitzer.org spoke to 2000 International Reporting winner Mark Schoofs about the formative alternative weekly (which was co-founded by two-time Pulitzer winner Norman Mailer) and its three Pulitzer Prizes when the newspaper ceased print production last year.

Dangerous:

Robert Darrell Chain of Encino, Calif. was charged Thursday "with threatening to shoot and kill Boston Globe journalists, calling them 'the enemy of the people,' in response to the newspaper’s nationwide editorial campaign denouncing President Trump’s political attacks against the press." After making bail, Chain reiterated his claim that "there is no free press in America."