Dave Bauder stands for a portrait at the New York headquarters of The Associated Press on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

DAVID BAUDER

Media writer

Bauder is the AP’s national media writer, covering the intersection of news, politics and entertainment. He is based in New York.

Stephen Colbert arrives at a screening of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," during PaleyFest, April 21, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ is canceled by CBS and will end in May 2026

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent late-night critics.

This photo provided by Kanesia McGlashan-Price shows Lauren Adams, general manager of public radio station KUCB in Unalaska, Alaska, in the broadcast studio Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Kanesia McGlashan-Price via AP)

Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen.

A sign marks the exterior of CBS Television City studio, July 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Rough times for broadcast networks illustrate changing media landscape

Two milestones revealed this week illustrated the diminishing power of broadcast television in a new media world.

This photo combination shows Jon Stewart, left, posing for a photo outside the Department of Veterans Affairs, July 26, 2024, in Washington and Stephen Colbert being interviewed at The Vatican, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, Riccardo De Luca)

The Paramount comics, Colbert and Stewart, are sharp critics of the ’60 Minutes’ deal

Stephen Colbert returned from vacation loaded for bear. The CBS late-night comic referred to the settlement between his parent company, Paramount Global, and President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview as a “big, fat bribe.”

A Nextdoor sign is shown on a window at an office in San Francisco on May 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Nextdoor social site, looking for a revival, pins hopes on partnership with local news providers

The neighborhood social site Nextdoor is hoping for a revival by turning to local news providers. As part of a redesign of the social media site, Nextdoor is partnering with more than 3,500 local news outlets to use their material.

Jane Ferguson, founder of Noosphere, and Sebastian Walker, head of content, are photographed in the site's office, in New York, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Award-winning international correspondent launches a new journalism platform

Reporting in Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria was tough work for reporter Jane Ferguson. So is launching a new journalism platform from scratch.

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Paramount will pay $16 million in settlement with Trump over ’60 Minutes’ interview

The fallout from Paramount’s decision to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over the editing of a CBS’ “60 Minutes” interview seems certain to linger.

President Donald Trump holds a binder with a cell phone inside while speaking to reporters before a House Republican conference meeting, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Who’s calling? A reporter, and it’s often President Donald Trump answering

Reporters are used to calling sources on the telephone for quotes and information. But dialing up the leader of the free world?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Pete Hegseth attacks old Fox News colleague’s reporting on Iran strikes intelligence evaluation

Less than a year ago, Pete Hegseth and Jennifer Griffin were colleagues at Fox News Channel. But on Thursday, as defense secretary, Hegseth attacked Pentagon reporter Griffin at a news conference.

Prince performs at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 18, 1985. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)

Music history is littered with projects planned, anticipated, even completed — and then scrapped

Bruce Springsteen isn’t the only musician to complete or launch anticipated album projects, then to see it never see the light of day.

President Donald Trump speaks during a media conference at the end of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump attacks the media for reporting on intelligence assessment of Iran strikes

President Donald Trump is harshly criticizing CNN and The New York Times for reporting on an initial defense assessment of the U.S. bombing of Iran nuclear sites.

The Voice of America building is pictured in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Trump representative Kari Lake on Voice of America’s fate: ‘Scrap the whole thing and start over’

Former Arizona newscaster Kari Lake, picked by President Donald Trump to manage Voice of America and the agency overseeing it, told a congressional committee that they were rotten to the core and should be scrapped.

A newsstand is seen in central London on July 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Life on the other side: Refugees from ‘old media’ flock to the promise of working for themselves

A new world of podcasts, newsletters and websites has expanded media in recent years, and provided a lifeline to legacy media refugees who wanted — or were forced to — strike out on their own.

The Voice of America building is pictured in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Layoff notices delivered to hundreds of Voice of America employees

Layoff notices have been delivered to hundreds of employees at the Voice of America outlet, including the Persian-language service that was called off leave last week to beam news of the Middle East war to residents of Iran.

The headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is seen with the American flag in the foreground, in Prague, Jan. 15, 2010. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP, file)

Voice of America and Radio Farda’s Persian services cover the Israel-Iran conflict despite cutbacks

Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle or sharply cut back on U.S. government-run news outlets like Voice of America, two Persian-language services have been called into duty to report on Israel’s war with Iran to Iranian audiences.

Bruce Springsteen speaks to the audience during a concert with the E Street Band at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, on June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Music Review: Bruce Springsteen takes seven ‘Lost Albums’ off the shelf for a new box set

Bruce Springsteen has been deliberate in his career, careful with his album releases to keep a narrative flow and not repeat himself.

A person draws a heart on a piece of paper to commemorate the victims of a school shooting two days earlier, in Graz, Austria, Thursday, June 12, 2025. The paper reads: 'Please draw a heart for the injured and deceased.' (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

When it comes to reporting on mass killings, some in Europe take a different approach from Americans

When a 21-year-old former student opened fire inside his school in Austria’s second-biggest city earlier this week, killing 10 people, it didn’t take long for the Alpine country’s press council to call on journalists to show restraint when reporting about the victims and their families.

Members of The Beach Boys, from left, Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston, pose with their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, during a ceremony in Los Angeles on Dec. 30, 1980. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Musical revolutionaries Sly Stone and Brian Wilson leave life’s stage nearly simultaneously

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within two days of each other. Each was 82.

Associated Press seeks full appeals court hearing on access to Trump administration events

The Associated Press has asked for a full hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, seeking to overturn last week’s decision by three judges of that court that continues to allow the Trump administration to restrict the outlet’s access to cover presidential events.

Terry Moran of "Nightline" speaks during the ABC Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, July 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Correspondent Terry Moran out at ABC News, two days after suspension over Stephen Miller post

Correspondent Terry Moran is out at ABC News, two days after the network suspended him for an online remark that Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was a “world-class hater.”

A person displaying multiple flags walks past a burning car during protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets

Press advocates are questioning whether journalists covering the Los Angeles immigration protests have become targets of law enforcement.

An American flag and a FOX flag fly outside Fox headquarters, in New York, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Study finds little agreement between Republicans and Democrats on media sources they trust

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds little agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the media sources they trust.

In this long exposure zoom lens effect, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, May 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Appeals court hands AP an incremental loss in its attempt to regain its access to Trump events

A three-judge appeals court panel ruled against The Associated Press in its continuing bid to restore full access to covering events involving President Donald Trump.

This is the Voice of America building in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Congressional letter obtained by AP outlines drastic job cuts expected at Voice of America

Sharp job cuts at the state-run Voice of America are outlined in a letter to Congress that was obtained by The Associated Press.

Jess Wolfe, left, and Holly Laessig of Lucius arrive at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

The queens of collaboration in Lucius are finding themselves again musically

Singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe have worked with a roster of greats in the two decades they’ve been together — people like Harry Styles, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Tweedy and the Killers.

The Pentagon is viewed from the window of an airplane Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

OAN’s Pentagon reporter learns the limits of expressing her own opinion

Gabrielle Cuccia calls herself a “MAGA girl” who made no secret of her support for President Donald Trump, even as she got a job covering the Pentagon for the One America News Network.

President and CEO of PBS Paula Kerger speaks during the PBS Executive Session at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Feb. 2, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case

The nation’s public television service, PBS, has filed suit against President Donald Trump’s executive order that it be stripped of federal funding.

The CBS Broadcast Center is 0n 57th Street in New York City on April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Trump suffered ‘mental anguish’ from disputed CBS News interview with Harris, lawyer says

Donald Trump’s lawyer says that the president suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News’ editing of an interview last fall with his Democratic election opponent Kamala Harris.

The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) is seen in Washington, April 15, 2013. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media

National Public Radio and three local stations are suing President Donald Trump, arguing that an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for the organization is illegal.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during an event with President Donald Trump to sign executive orders regarding nuclear energy in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Defense Secretary Hegseth, bedeviled by leaks, orders more restrictions on press at Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered further restrictions on how the press operates at the Pentagon.