Hearst Under Fire for How-To Guide on Toppling Statues
The Hill: Popular Mechanics magazine published an instruction piece on Tuesday that tells readers how to take down statues "without anyone getting hurt." The guide from the magazine drew criticism from a number of voices on social...
Conde Nast ‘Must Interview Black People’ for Senior Jobs
Guardian: Beverly Johnson, the model who was the first black woman to appear on the cover of American Vogue, has called for publisher Conde Nast to make it mandatory for the company to interview at least two black people for influential editorial...
Bauer Media in Deal to Sell 43 Titles in Exit from Australia
WWD: Bauer Media Group is pulling out of Australia and New Zealand. The German company announced it will sell its 43 Australian and New Zealand titles to Sydney-based private-equity firm Mercury...
Tribune Nears Decision Day for Publishing Giant’s Future
Poynter: We are just two weeks away from the trigger date for the majority of Tribune Publishing to be put into play. The future of major regional papers — including the Chicago Tribune and the Baltimore Sun — hangs in the...
Discovery CEO Sees Ad Market Bouncing Back for Media
Deadline: David Zaslav has joined the chorus of media execs upbeat about the advertising market, saying it is significantly better than could have been anticipated during the "oh my gosh" phase when Covid-19 hit. "The money that was redeployed came...
Fox Corp Eyes Entertainment for News Channel Streamer
Hollywood Reporter: The Fox Nation streaming service is looking to acquire entertainment and lifestyle content, according to Fox Corp. COO John Nallen. Subscribers of Fox Nation are looking to it "as an adjacency on entertainment and lifestyle...
ViacomCBS Plots CBS Streaming Redo as ‘Super Service’
Hollywood Reporter: ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish detailed changes to CBS All Access, including 15,000 hours of new Viacom and CBS programming and sports content, as he discussed a planned relaunch in 2021 of the streaming...
Disney to Consolidate Ad-Tech Team Under Hulu Veteran
Axios: Disney has consolidated all its advertising technology teams under one unit led by former Hulu advertising lead Jeremy Helfand. It will be housed within Disney's direct-to-consumer arm, which also encompasses its streaming...
AT&T’s WarnerMedia Plans Own Alternative to Comic-Con
Associated Press: Comic-Con may be canceled this year, but Warner Bros will convene a 24-hour virtual gathering of the biggest names in the DC Comics universe. The studio announced Tuesday that DC FanDome will be held on August...
Comcast Taps ’30 Rock’ Stars for TV Special to Tout NBC
Associated Press: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and other "30 Rock" stars are reuniting for a corporate cause: to promote the shows and stars that will be part of the new season for NBC and its NBCUniversal cable...
Disney-ABC Late-Night Star to Host Emmy Awards Again
Associated Press: Jimmy Kimmel will host the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the coronavirus pandemic — but just how the Emmys will be held remains cloudy. Kimmel is also producing the Sept. 20 ceremony on ABC honoring TV’s...
Nielsen: Traditional TV Ratings Falling as Lockdowns End
Bloomberg: If you want proof that the US is easing out of quarantine, just look at TV ratings. After climbing in March and April — while Americans hunkered down under stay-at-home orders — live television viewership has begun to plunge...
Netflix CEO Builds Luxury Colorado Retreat for Teachers
Recode: Reed Hastings is said to be quietly building a mysterious 2,100-acre luxury retreat ranch nestled in the elk-filled foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Hastings is financing a new foundation that will operate this training ground for American public school...
Quibi Seeks to Bring Mobile Offerings to Living-Room TVs
Variety: Quibi has been in talks with both Roku and Amazon about building native apps for their connected-TV platforms. In Amazon's case, that would be its family of Fire TV devices. Quibi's negotiations with Amazon have "recently picked back...
Facebook’s Instagram to Overtake Twitter as News Source
BBC News: The 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News report found the use of Instagram for news had doubled since 2018. The trend is strongest among young people. It said nearly a quarter of UK 18-24-year-olds used Instagram as a source of news about coronavirus....
EBay Former CEO’s Text Triggers Attack on E-Newsletter
Bloomberg: Last year, eBay's then-CEO Devin Wenig fired off texts to a colleague expressing his ire over unflattering coverage by a blogger of the e-commerce site. What followed, prosecutors said, was a cyber-stalking criminal scheme by his...
Google Alerts Two Websites of Violations for Ad Platform
USA Today: Google gave notices to ZeroHedge and The Federalist to remove content from their sites that violated its policy against dangerous and derogatory speech in order to continue generating revenue through Google...
McClatchy Former Newspaper Publisher’s Statue Toppled
News and Observer: The family of Josephus Daniels, a former publisher of the News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, and a known white supremacist, removed a statue of him from the town's Nash Square on Tuesday. "The time is...
Hearst, Conde Nast Audiences Make Quick Pivot to Digital
The Drum: The pandemic has "accelerated existing trends that were already challenging the publishing business model," said an executive at Hearst. "Things we’ve spoken about for a number of years will now happen in a matter of...
Conde Nast Ex-Vogue Intern Claims of White Gay Privilege
South China Morning Post: White privilege can take many different forms, writes Vincenzo La Torre, a former intern at Vogue. "I never realized it while I was at Vogue, but in hindsight I can see that there is such a thing as white gay...
Metrocorp’s Philly Mag Editor Exits After Race Discussion
Philadelphia Inquirer: Philadelphia Magazine editor Tom McGrath will step down at the end of the summer, telling his staff the publication needs to evolve and the company should hire a replacement who isn't "a middle-aged white...
Politico Shifts Free Newsletters to Once-a-Week Schedule
Talking Biz News: Politico will be moving its free newsletters to a once-per-week publishing schedule starting in July. Subscribers will continue to receive the newsletters daily. "Now is the time to take a fresh look at how we can better serve our...
Disney, AT&T Stocks Hit Amid Fears of Covid Resurgence
Variety: US stocks recovered Monday after initially falling as Wall Street reacted to the prospect that a second wave of Covid-19 outbreaks could hinder a global economic recovery. At the start of trading Monday, many media and tech stocks were pulled...
AT&T’s WarnerMedia Nears $3 Billion+ Major League Deal
CNBC: Major League Baseball is finalizing a new media rights package with Turner Sports in a deal worth roughly $3.2 billion over seven years. The MLB’s agreement with the WarnerMedia network will commence in 2022 and pay the league $470 million per...
Disney’s ABC Telecast on Hold as Academy Delays Oscars
Associated Press: For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC said that the 93rd Academy Awards will now be held April 25, eight weeks later than planned because of the...
ViacomCBS to Air BET Awards on CBS for First Time Ever
Associated Press: The 2020 BET Awards will air live on June 28 across ViacomCBS networks, including CBS for the first time. The show, which will be a virtual celebration because of the coronavirus pandemic, will also air on BET and BET...
AT&T Streamer to Restore ‘Gone with the Wind’ with Intro
Fox News: "Gone with the Wind" will be returning to HBO Max with some new material. When the film returns to the streaming service -- the date of which is still unclear -- it will include an introduction from Jacqueline Stewart, a Turner Classic Movies...
Disney-Owned Theaters to Become Future of Moviegoing?
USA Today: Major US film studios might be able to purchase theater chains in financial distress. Disney, for example, could have a "supercenter" theater featuring characters and merchandise in a theme-park atmosphere. "It'd be much like going to...
Facebook Rejects Proposal to Share Revenue with Media
Tech Xplore: Facebook rejected calls from the Australian government and news companies that it share advertising revenue with the media, suggesting it would rather cut news content from its platform. News is a "very small fraction" of the content in an average user's...
Magna Forecasts $11 Million Ad-Revenue Drop for Media
Adweek: The Covid-19 pandemic will continue to negatively affect the advertising and media industries through the end of this year as consumption habits and marketing budgets change, but the ad market is expected to recover in...