Los Angeles Times Circles Top Editor of New York Times
New York Post: Dean Baquet, executive editor of the New York Times, is a leading candidate for the top editorial job at the Los Angeles Times. On Monday, Norm Pearlstine told Los Angeles Times staffers he is stepping down as executive editor. Baquet will hit the New...
Penske’s Deadline Reports Mike Pence Has Coronavirus
New York Post: Online news site Deadline mistakenly published a draft story that erroneously reported Mike Pence had tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday night. New York Post: Jay Penske unwittingly gave an extra gift to some former employees at Pastis on...
ViacomCBS Cuts Merit Pay Increases Over Coronavirus
Variety: ViacomCBS has enacted some additional belt-tightening for 2020, as employee merit pay increases have been eliminated for the year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic’s continued hammering of the media sector, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish addressed staff in a global...
Fox Corp Breaks Through Publishing Wall at News Corp
Showbiz411: An unseen wall between the right wingers at Fox News and the genteel world of book publishing at HarperCollins has been knocked down. News Corp's HarperCollins has introduced a Fox News imprint, with the first books by Pete Hegseth and Shannon Bream. They...
AT&T Chief Advances ‘Fire Sale’ of Struggling DirecTV
New York Post: AT&T is pressing ahead with an auction of DirecTV — and it's shaping up to be a fire sale. The telecom giant last week invited a handful of suitors into the second round of an auction of the struggling satellite-TV broadcaster, even though...
Comcast Pauses ‘Jurassic World’ After Covid Positives
Associated Press: Filming on the new "Jurassic World" movie at Pinewood Studios in the UK has been suspended for two weeks because of Covid-19 cases on set. Director Colin Trevorrow tweeted Wednesday that there were "a few" positive tests for the virus. "The safety...
Disney Under Pressure to Double Budget for Streaming
Los Angeles Times: Daniel Loeb, founder of hedge fund Third Point, wrote in a letter to Disney CEO Bob Chapek that the entertainment colossus should permanently cancel its annual dividend and funnel the savings to its streaming efforts. By suspending its $3-billion...
Netflix Triples Space with New Headquarters in London
Bloomberg: Netflix is moving into a new London headquarters that will triple the amount of its West End office space, as the streaming giant expands the production of television shows in the UK. The producer of programs including "The Crown" is taking over the lease...
Facebook: Trump Can’t Recruit ‘Army’ of Poll Watchers
TechCrunch: Facebook says it will no longer allow content that encourages poll watching that uses “militarized” language or intends to “intimidate, exert control, or display power over election officials or voters.” Facebook credited the update to its platform rules...
Google Nears Copyright Deal with French Newspapers
France 24: Google says it is close to a digital copyright deal with French newspapers, which would be the first under EU rules aimed at ensuring news publishers are paid for content displayed in search results. The main points of a deal have been hammered out,...
ByteDance’s TikTok Passes Instagram Among US Teens
CNBC: TikTok has surpassed Instagram as the second-favorite social media app among US teenagers. The short-video app is now favored among teens second only to Snap's Snapchat, according to Piper Sandler. The report found that 34% of teens list Snapchat as their...
Craigslist Founder Donates $10 Million to Battle Hunger
Bloomberg: Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist. is donating $10 million to hunger-related charities. It comes as the problem of feeding Americans is growing exponentially worse. So far, Newmark has donated $3 million to six grantees. Craig Newmark Philanthropies has...
Gannett Spotlights White House ‘Superspreader’ Event
USA Today: USA Today is attempting to identify every person at a likely coronavirus "superspreader" event at the White House, where President Trump announced his Supreme Court nomination, using publicly available photos. The Gannett newspaper is asking its readers to...
Bloomberg Media Plugs Subscriptions in Ad Campaign
MediaPost: Bloomberg Media is launching an ad campaign to promote its digital subscription offering. The global, multiplatform campaign is called “Inventing Possibilities.” It is the first digital ad campaign for Bloomberg.com that the company has done at this scale....
Conde Nast Sets Record at Virtual New Yorker Festival
Digiday: This year's seven-day long virtual The New Yorker Festival so far has hit a record number of ticket sales for only 17 events, approximately a third of the number of sessions the festival featured last year. Last year's in-person version of the culture and...
Hearst Goes All Virtual with ‘Power Trip’ at Marie Claire
WWD: Marie Claire’s annual 36-hour, invite-only, all-expenses-paid networking conference for successful women is turning virtual amid the pandemic. Instead of meeting at the airport, this year's group of women will log in from their homes and it will be just one day...
Pantheon Media Readies US Edition of Grazia Magazine
WWD: Grazia is making its foray into the US. The glossy title's publisher, Gruppo Mondadori, has signed a licensing agreement with New York-based Pantheon Media Group for the debut of a local edition of the magazine through what the two companies billed as an...
Emerson to Sever Ties with California Sunday Magazine
Bloomberg: Emerson Collective, a firm founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, "has decided to sever ties" with Pop-Up Magazine Productions, owner of Pop-Up Magazine and California Sunday Magazine, according to a tweet from the union representing both outlets. California...
Goop’s Chief Content Officer Steps Down to Write Book
WWD: Elise Loehnen, chief content officer at Goop, who started at Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle empire as the second hire, is stepping down from her role. She will be taking a sabbatical to write a book, serving as editor at large at Goop, and continuing to contribute...
BuzzFeed Pulls White House Reporter Over Coronavirus
CNBC: BuzzFeed News pulled its political reporter out of the White House press pool, saying that Trump administration aides in the facility have “largely not worn masks” or abided by other coronavirus protections. The news site’s decision to withdraw Kadia Goba came...
Alphabet, Amazon Wield Monopoly Power, Report Says
CNBC: A Democratic congressional staff report recommends changes to antitrust laws and enforcement that could result in major changes for Big Tech companies, such as spinning off or separating parts of their businesses or making it harder to buy smaller...
Apple Announces Virtual Event to Unveil Latest iPhone
TheVerge: It's finally here: Apple has announced that its iPhone event will take place on October 13, with the invitation teasing the announcement with the phrase "Hi, Speed." It's no surprise that this year’s iPhone event is a bit later than normal, as Apple said in...
Facebook to Get Tough on QAnon Across All Platforms
Associated Press: Facebook says it will ban groups that openly support QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that paints President Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and “deep state” government...
Twitter, Facebook Ban Trump Post Downplaying Covid
CNET: Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday both took action against a post from President Trump that falsely suggested the seasonal flu is more deadly than Covid-19. Facebook removed the post, while Twitter hid the post behind a warning message that says it violated the...
Disney Sees ESPN’s Keith Olbermann Exit for YouTube
Hollywood Reporter: Keith Olbermann is leaving ESPN — again. The veteran sports- and newscaster is departing the Disney-owned network to host a political show on YouTube. Olbermann's YouTube show, launching Wednesday, will offer live, daily commentary on the...
Comcast to Delay New ‘Jurassic World’ Film Until 2022
Reuters: Comcast's Universal Pictures has delayed the release of "Jurassic World: Dominion" by one year until June 2022. The new installment in one of cinema's biggest franchises is the latest movie to be postponed amid the global coronavirus...
Sirius XM Eyes $120 Million Deal to Keep Howard Stern
Bloomberg: Howard Stern, the radio shock jock who's maintained his star power in the podcasting era, is nearing a contract renewal with Sirius XM that would boost his pay to about $120 million a year. Stern's contract expires at the end of...
Lupa Systems, from Murdoch, Nabs Advisor from Roku
Variety: Matthew Anderson is leaving Roku after serving as its chief marketing officer for seven years to join James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems investment company as a strategic adviser. Anderson, a former News Corp and Sky exec, announced that he will exit Roku in...
Thomson Reuters Looks to Sell Stake in Headquarters
Bloomberg: Thomson Reuters is exploring the sale of its 50% stake in Manhattan office tower 3 Times Square, becoming the latest media giant to rethink its property holdings. The company has tapped an adviser to solicit potential interest in buying Thomson Reuters’...
Uzabase Seeks to Sell Business News Website Quartz
Wall Street Journal: Online business news site Quartz has been put up for sale just over two years after it was acquired by a Japanese financial intelligence and media company. Uzabase purchased Quartz for $110 million in mid-2018 in a cash-and-stock deal that was...