• David Pecker leaves helm of National Enquirer owner American Media

    David Pecker leaves helm of National Enquirer owner American Media

    David Pecker has pulled out of American Media for good. The 68-year-old media tycoon — whose 20-year reign as the owner of the National Enquirer got mired in scandals over “catch and kill” tactics to bury damaging stories about President Trump — has stepped down as chief executive of the supermarket tabloid’s owner, the company …
  • American Media Inc. slashes staff ranks, pay during corona downturn

    American Media Inc. slashes staff ranks, pay during corona downturn

    An already-struggling American Media Inc. has been battered with a new barrage of troubles. The publisher of Us Weekly, the National Enquirer, In Touch, OK! and Radar Online, among others, has already been forced to gut Radar and OK!’s digital staff in recent weeks. Now it’s slashed its staff’s pay, and has been hit with …