New York Times Rejects Fox Newser’s Harassment Claim
Mediaite: Fox News's Tucker Carlson returned from vacation Monday night and ended his program going after the New York Times, saying the paper will be running "a story about where my family and I live." The Times says it "does not plan to expose any residence of...
Associated Press: We Will Capitalize Black But Not White
Associated Press: After changing its usage rules last month to capitalize the word “Black” when used in the context of race and culture, the Associated Press on Monday said it would not do the same for “white.” The AP says white people in general have much less shared...
Drudge Report New Book, Film to Explore News Business
Vanity Fair: On July 28, journalist Matthew Lysiak and independent publisher BenBella Books will release "The Drudge Revolution." The film rights have been acquired by entertainment-honcho Jeff Kwatinetz. "This is a story about how one man had an outsized impact" on...
Comcast Braces for Widespread Layoffs at NBCUniversal
New York Post: The axe is about to fall at NBCUniversal to offset losses brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The broadcaster is preparing broad-based layoffs that will hit its network employees especially hard. Insiders described the coming cuts as "sweeping" and...
Disney Chief Joins Media Heavyweights Donating to Biden
Deadline: Joe Biden's presidential campaign got a big boost in the latest quarter, as the former VP saw major contributions from a number of industry moguls and media titans: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, James Murdoch, Bob Iger, Abigail Disney, Meg Whitman,...
Fox Corp’s News Staffers Complain of White Supremacists
Daily Beast: Four days after Fox News aired a tone-deaf graphic connecting the killings of Black men to stock market gains, many of the network's Black staffers took part in a phone call with company brass to confront Fox's increasingly racist and hostile...
AT&T’s Warner Bros Responds to Charges of a Toxic ‘Ellen’
USA Today: Executive producers of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" say they are "truly heartbroken and sorry to learn" about claims that employees experienced a toxic environment at the daytime talk show. "We need to do better, are committed to do better, and we will do...
Comcast’s NBC Sports to Face ‘Anti-Heterosexual’ Lawsuit
Daily News: Hockey analyst Jeremy Roenick, who lost his job at NBC after saying he would like to have a threesome with a female coworker, filed a lawsuit accusing the network of anti-straight discrimination. NBC "created a discriminatory working environment," the...
Disney’s Streamer Under Pressure to Edit Racist ‘Peter Pan’
USA Today: HBO Max benched "Gone With the Wind" while it came up with a new intro that condemned its bigotry. Isn't it time for Disney Plus to do something similar with "Peter Pan"? As it stands, the only warning attached to the 1953 animated classic is for tobacco...
Netflix Readies New $200 Million Film Franchise ‘Gray Man’
Deadline: Netflix has just set its most financially ambitious feature film so far. Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans are set to star in "The Gray Man." The intention here is to create a new franchise with a James Bond level of scale and a budget upward of $200...
Facebook’s Ad Boycott Expands with Big Addition of Disney
MarketWatch: Disney has dramatically cut its advertising spending on Facebook, the latest setback for the tech giant as it faces a boycott from companies upset with its handling of hate speech and divisive content. Disney was Facebook's top US advertiser for the first...
Google to Ban Ads at Publishers with ‘Fake News’ on Covid
CNBC: Google next month will ban publishers from using its ad platform to show advertisements next to content that promotes conspiracy theories about Covid-19. It will also ban ads that promote those theories. In certain cases, it will ban the entire site from using...
Twitter’s Hackers Include Youth Who Lives with His Mother
New York Times: Twitter's attack was not the work of a single country like Russia or a sophisticated group of hackers. Instead, it was done by a group of young people — one of whom says he lives at home with his mother — who got to know one another because of their...
Facebook’s Zuck, on Electric Surfboard, Attracts Paparazzi
New York Post: New photos show Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg zipping around on an electric surfboard in Hawaii. The 36-year-old billionaire — who was recently accused of colonizing the island of Kauai — was caught while his security detail followed behind him on a...
ByteDance’s TikTok Joins Quibi Among Ripe M&A Targets
The Information: The season for M&A may soon be upon us as the pandemic squeezes businesses and makes funding harder to get. One of the most unlikely deals just a few weeks ago, ByteDance selling TikTok, now seems possible. It’s also easy to imagine a sale of...
EBay Nears Major Deal to Sell Operation in Classified Ads
Wall Street Journal: EBay is in advanced talks to sell its classified-ads business to Norway's Adevinta, as the online auction pioneer seeks to refocus on its core marketplace business. A cash-and-stock deal could be announced as soon as Monday assuming the talks...
New York Times Family Owners Called Out as Slaveholders
New York Post: New evidence shows that members of the extended Ochs-Sulzberger family behind the New York Times were once slaveholders. "The same family still owns the Times and allows it to become a leader in the movement to demonize America’s...
Conde Nast Publishes Vogue Magazine with Just 90 Pages
Showbiz411: Anna Wintour may be in a lot of trouble over at Vogue. Her new issue for August may be a bell of bad wether for her. (Get that?) The total number of pages is an anemic 90. More worrisome is that including the back cover and inside covers there are only 23...
Hearst Former Chief’s Daughter, Pal to Warhol, Dies at 80
New York Times: Brigid Berlin, the daughter of former Hearst chief Richard Berlin and one of Andy Warhol's closest friends, has died at age 80. Born into privilege, Berlin rejected her upbringing to become a fixture on the New York underground art scene of the 1960s...
Time Out Founder Dies at 73; Magazine Plans Special Issue
Associated Press: Tony Elliott, the founder of the Time Out city guide publishing brand, has died at 73. The publisher said Elliott had been suffering from lung cancer and died Thursday. Elliott founded Time Out as an entertainment and listings magazine for London in...
Penske Media in Early Talks to Acquire Hollywood Reporter
Los Angeles: Penske Media, the parent company of Variety and Deadline, is in talks that may lead to the purchase of rival showbiz publication The Hollywood Reporter. Talks concerning a potential deal between PMC and THR's parent Valence Media are in early...
Vox Media’s Exiting New York Magaziner to Serve Up Dish
New York: Andrew Sullivan is leaving is longtime columnist gig at New York Magazine and reviving his former blog Dish, which will become a weekly. "A critical mass of the staff and management at New York Magazine and Vox Media no longer want to associate with...
G/O Media Fires Black Muslim Reporter for Leaving the US
Business Insider: G/O Media fired Lifehacker travel writer Imani Bashir for leaving the country, according to the company's union. G/O Media, owned by Great Hill Partners, told Bashir that her contract had been terminated because it "cannot support international...
Analysis: Media’s Second Wave of Layoffs is Already Here
Digiday: 2020 has been an especially grim year for reporters and editors. And with the American economy still languishing, recent headlines about layoffs likely won't be the last of the year. "It probably will get worse," said Jon Schleuss, the president of the News...
Apple, Disney Face Barr Accusation of Kowtowing to China
Washington Post: US Attorney General William Barr on Thursday accused Beijing of pressuring American business leaders to promote pro-China policies in the United States. Disney and other US corporations "risk undermining both their own future competitiveness and...
Disney Unlikely to Rebound from Covid-19 for About a Year
New York Post: Disney theme parks and movie studios won't be back in full force until at least the middle of next year, according to a Wall Street analyst's gloomy prediction. Doug Creutz says the two operations will take a lengthier-than-expected hit from the...
Netflix: We Have Enough New Content to Last Through 2020
CNBC: Netflix's slate for 2020 is not expected to be impacted heavily by the lengthy halt in film and TV production due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, Netflix says that safely restarting productions is a top priority for the...
Fox Corp Former CEO, Wife Donate $2 Million to Democrats
Salon: Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch's son and daughter-in-law are two of the biggest backers of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign, federal filings show. James and Kathryn Murdoch each contributed $615,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in...
ViacomCBS Publisher Sets Record from Trump Niece Book
Wall Street Journal: Mary L. Trump's new memoir sold more than 950,000 copies through July 14 in the US, the day it went on sale. The results included preorders and first-day sales and spanned all formats. Simon & Schuster says the results represented a company...
Twitter CEO Vows Transparency in Interview After Hacking
Fast Company: In his first interview since the massive hack on Wednesday, CEO Jack Dorsey pledged to keep one principle in mind throughout the company's investigation: transparency. "We're going to be really transparent — own anything that we made mistakes...