[RECORDED FEBRUARY 20, 2026]
Stephen Colbert pushed back. CBS flinched.
And the ground is shifting under everyone. Anderson Cooper stepped away from 60 Minutes. Jake Tapper looks increasingly squeezed inside CNN’s shrinking cable universe. In a post-cable world, where does someone like Tapper even land? Who survives when the old guard collapses?
This isn’t just about one show or one network. It’s about the unraveling of legacy media — under corporate ownership, political pressure, and a collapsing business model.
This week, Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, and Jeff Jarvis break down Colbert vs. CBS, Anderson’s 60 Minutes exit, Tapper's big book chill, and what the death of old-timey media actually means for the future of journalism.
If the old institutions can’t hold — what replaces them? (Independent media!)
The Mayday Network is women-founded, women-led independent media — built for a country in crisis.
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