Netflix to Stream ‘Diana’ Stage Musical Heading to Broadway
Reuters: A new musical about Princess Diana will be filmed without an audience and air on Netflix in early 2021 before it debuts on Broadway. The unusual arrangement for "Diana" was made as Broadway remains closed during to the coronavirus...
Facebook, Google, Twitter Unite to Help Secure US Elections
USA Today: Facebook, Google and other tech giants are forming a coalition to promote talks with US agencies to secure the November presidential election. The effort is meant to prevent a repeat of the 2016 elections, where foreign actors launched online disinformation...
Quibi Founder, CEO Selling Off Their Homes in Los Angeles
Wall Street Journal: Jeffrey Katzenberg has sold his Beverly Hills home for $125 million, forging one of the priciest real-estate deals ever closed in the Los Angeles area. Mansion Global: Meg Whitman is selling her apartment in Los Angeles's West Hollywood for $6.5...
Chernin’s Barstool Sports Nabs Deion Sanders After NFL Exit
New York Post: Former NFL star Deion Sanders is joining Barstool Sports after leaving NFL Network. "Barstool has the young generation of fans that I want to help cultivate," says Sanders, who reportedly left NFL Network after being asked to take a pay...
BBC, Fox News Gain Among World’s Biggest News Websites
Press Gazette: The world's biggest news websites collectively regained traffic in July after their performances tailed off in previous months as interest in Covid-19 dwindled. The BBC remained the English-speaking world's largest news website, claiming more than 1...
New York Times Journos Receive Training for Audio Articles
Wall Street Journal: The New York Times's new Audm acquisition is training the newspaper's reporters and columnists to read their own stories for audio editions. The Times has no plans to automate the audio article system. "We're interested in building products worth...
Tribune Shutters Newsrooms Including New York Daily News
Associated Press: Tribune Publishing, which owns some of the most storied newspapers in US journalism, says it is closing the newsrooms at five of them, including New York's Daily News. Employees will continue working from home as they have been during the coronavirus...
Lee Enterprises Unveils Stimulus Effort for Local Businesses
Tulsa World: Lee Enterprises, which publishers 75 daily newspapers, has launched a local business stimulus program aimed at helping locally owned and operated businesses thrive. The company will make up to $5 million available to local businesses through monthly...
News Corp Joins Media Eyeing Social Video for News Future
Journalism.co.uk: The growing popularity of social video platforms like TikTok has prompted more publishers and social channels to beef up their video offerings. After heavily investing in in-house social video production, News UK has reported a seven-figure...
Conde Nast Sees Video Staff Exodus Continue at Bon Appétit
Tubefilter: The cast of Bon Appétit's massively popular "Test Kitchen" series on YouTube continues to dwindle. Carla Lalli Music, Bon Appétit food editor at large as well as a frequent YouTube contributor, announced her resignation from video responsibilities...
Hearst Turns Focus to Racism in Latest Issue of Men’s Health
MediaPost: Men's Health is producing a special report in its September issue dedicated to race, racism and Black men's health. The cover features actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who has starred the "Aquaman" and "The Matrix 4" movies and the HBO series...
Maven’s Blogger Network Stirs Gripes from Sports Illustrated
TheWrap: The Sports Illustrated Union is pushing back against publisher Maven for its network of contributing bloggers, writing in an open letter that the system is "exploitative and antithetical" to journalism and in need of a proper vetting process. The model...
BuzzFeed Video Shows How Intern Becomes Full-Time Staffer
BuzzFeed Video: "I am asked all the time how I got my full-time job at BuzzFeed," says Merle Shane O'Neal. "My hope is that my story inspires you to take more chances on your career and challenges you to believe that your wildest dreams are...
ViacomCBS Chief, Media Mogul Sumner Redstone Dies at 97
CBS News: Sumner Redstone, a titan of the entertainment industry, has died. He was 97. Redstone was chairman emeritus of ViacomCBS, and chairman and CEO of National Amusements, the company's controlling shareholder. Redstone tranformed his father's small chain of...
Apple Enters First-Look Movie, TV Deal with Martin Scorsese
Deadline: Apple has inked a first-look deal with director Martin Scorsese. The master filmmaker will base his Sikelia Productions banner at Apple in a multi-year deal for film and television projects Scorsese will produce and direct for Apple TV...
Microsoft Lists Netflix, Hulu as New Competitors to Xbox Live
GeekWire: Microsoft said its official list of rivals is growing. "Xbox Live and our cloud gaming services face competition from various online gaming ecosystems. We also compete with other providers of entertainment services such as Netflix and...
Netflix Boosts Earnings for Highest-Paid Actors in Hollywood
Forbes: This year's 10 top-earning actors collected a combined $545.5 million, more than a quarter of that paid out by Netflix. The streaming giant cut $140.5 million worth of checks to six of the top 10. Dwayne Johnson was paid $23.5 million for the Netflix film "Red...
Google’s YouTube to Partner for Virtual New York Comic Con
CNBC: New York Comic Con won't be taking place at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan this year. Instead, the annual event will find a home online with Google's YouTube, due to ongoing concerns surrounding the coronavirus...
Fox Corp Plans $7-a-Month Live Global Streamer for Fox News
Reuters: Fox News Media said on Tuesday it would launch a live streaming service for international users to access its news and business television channels. The company has priced its Fox News International service at $6.99 per...
Disney Continues Its Stake in Parent of Live Streamer FuboTV
Motley Fool: Disney revealed in a regulatory filing that it continues to hold a stake in FaceBank, the parent company of live-TV streaming platform FuboTV, acquired with the acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Disney is well on its way to becoming a powerhouse in...
Discovery Founder’s CuriosityStream Enters Pact to Go Public
Bloomberg: CuriosityStream, a streaming platform for documentaries on science, history and other topics, has agreed to go public through a merger with Software Acquisition Group. The business was founded by Discovery Channel creator John...
Quibi Shifts Approach After Failed Launch of Mobile Streamer
Digiday: Maybe it isn’t too late for Quibi after all. Producers say the company's arrogance has abated as its strategy appears to be shifting from mobile-only unicorn to table-stakes streamer. Meanwhile, Quibi's weekly download rate has been on an upward...
Pinterest Former Operating Chief Makes Discrimination Claim
New York Times: Françoise Brougher, former chief operating officer of Pinterest, has accused the $21 billion company of firing her after she complained about sexist treatment. Brougher said she was given gendered feedback and paid less than her male...
Bloomberg Hit with More Discrimination Claims by Journalist
WWD: Bloomberg LP is again being accused of discriminating against women, and now against non-white staff members, according to a new lawsuit. Nafeesa Syeed on Monday sued the company in local New York court for discrimination based on her sex and her...
Hearst’s O, The Oprah Magazine Sells Out Issues in Kentucky
Louisville Courier-Journal: The latest edition of O, The Oprah Magazine is flying off the shelves in Louisville, Ky. It was already sold out at Barnes & Noble by Tuesday afternoon. There's a reason it's such a hot seller in...
Conde Nast Puts Spotlight on ‘The Uncounted’ at Teen Vogue
Fashionista: To mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Teen Vogue's August 2020 issue spotlights 10 women who are currently advocating for other people to have the right to vote. The women featured star on the cover in a collage...
News Corp’s WSJ Publisher Addresses News-Opinion Dispute
Wall Street Journal: The Wall Street Journal's opinion pages "have always stood for the same values," writes publisher Almar Latour, in a letter to readers, "while staying rooted to the editorial board's philosophical commitment to 'free people, free...
New York Times Mulls Consumer Subscriptions at Wirecutter
Axios: The New York Times is in the early stages of researching a consumer subscription for its product recommendation site Wirecutter, according to a job description posted on LinkedIn. A central part of The Times's subscription strategy is providing services for...
Los Angeles Times Digital Subscription Push Irks Newsroom
TheWrap: Staffers describe an internal push for signing up new subscribers that threatens to overshadow quality journalism, a lack of transparency in subscription rates and an executive editor, Norman Pearlstine, who “falls asleep in important...
Bustle Digital Appoints Hearst Veteran to Oversee Zoe Report
WWD: Bustle Digital Group has tapped Kathy Lee for the editorial director role at The Zoe Report. She begins her new job on Aug. 24 and takes the reins from site director Lauren Caruso, who departed earlier this year. Lee is the latest hire from Hearst...