Media Correspondent @Axios, Media Analyst @CNN (sara@axios.com)

Washington, DC
🙏🏻 thank you @SABEW & @axios
🏆 It brings me loads of joy to announce @sarafischer won SABEW's Best in Business award for her Newsletter 💪 The judges: "The author clearly hustles and is very plugged in to her beat." sabew.org/2025/03/2024-best-…
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🍿All eyes are on @Netflix as it reports earnings this afternoon following a sweeping leadership shake-up and layoffs. — Netflix has long dominated subscription streaming, but efforts to deepen engagement have come up short. More in @axios Media Trends: axios.com/newsletters/axios-…
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Exclusive: Slate is making its top editor Hillary Frey its new CEO — She'll remain EIC, overseeing the biz and newsroom — Follows a broader trend of more journalists being tapped to run news companies as business pressure forces outlets to get creative axios.com/2026/10/20/slate-h…
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TOMORROW IN NYC: The biggest names in #media, #tech, #news and #entertainment are coming together for our 2nd annual @axios #MediaTrendsLive. 📈 We'll kick off with a members-only briefing where we unveil our data-driven annual trends presentation. 📢 We will have big newsmakers join us on stage, including @emmatuckerWSJ, @kenanthompson, @darrenwalker, @PittmanRadio, @AGomezFCC & more. Join us: axiosmediatrendslive-2026.sp… @kerrymflynn @christiiineeee
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Sara Fischer retweeted
New @axios: @Bill_Gross is trying to put 30 years of entrepreneurship know-how into an AI powered business idea machine available to all.
"I'll put everything into this." Bill Gross turns his life's work into an AI machine. axios.com/2026/10/19/bill-gr…
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1/ The internet is losing its human touch. What happens when no one's watching? AI slop sites are exploding. Publishers are blocking bots. And machines are increasingly deciding what information we see and trust. My latest @axios #Media #Trends #Executive deep dive w @kerrymflynn and @christiiineeee reveals how AI is upending the internet. 🧵
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AI shopping is already changing consumer behavior. — @Walmart says shoppers using its Sparky AI for visual shopping convert at rates 57% higher than those using text-based — @Amazon says its AI shopping asst drives customers to spend over 40% more per order. The search bar is becoming a conversation.
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The bottom line: The big threat isn't just AI replacing human activity. It's AI replacing human judgment. Much more and full data in our latest @Axios Media Trends Executive deep dive here: axios.com/newsletters/axios-…
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ChatGPT has a strong summer bounce back. But it's still losing share, even as its scale breaks records. ChatGPT captured 57% of visits across eight major AI platforms in September, down from 85.1% at its November 2024 peak, per Similarweb.
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#Breaking: Judge grants @cnn @msnow @politico preliminary injunction request, orders White House to reinstate press access - It’s a huge win for the news outlets, but it doesn’t mean the legal battle is over More in @axios on what comes next: axios.com/2026/10/14/white-h…
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Sara Fischer retweeted
"It appears that the activity is protected by the First Amendment"
The Department of Justice is investigating CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News after the TV press pool refused to cover some of President Trump's events. Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth and former federal judge Nancy Gertner weigh in.
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NEW: The Pentagon has appointed a public affairs executive as acting publisher of @starsandstripes, the military newspaper that's long operated w editorial independence from the Defense Dept, per a memo obtained by Axios. W @demarest_colin @BecFalconer axios.com/2026/10/13/pentago…
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New: FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson explored leaving his post for Big Law this summer, reaching out to law firms w/ his resume in recent months before he was named to Trump’s SI force w/ @aarontmak @meredithllee @hassankanu Alfred Ng politico.com/newsletters/wes… politico.com/newsletters/wes…
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