Fox Corp’s Internal Messaging Differs from News Channel
Daily Beast: Some Fox News hosts have downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, accusing Democrats and the media of pushing a hoax to undercut President Trump. In stark contrast, Fox News brass is taking the outbreak very...
Comcast, ViacomCBS Studios Delay Major Motion Pictures
New York Post: The coronavirus has set Hollywood back on its heels. Universal Pictures pushed back the release of "Fast & Furious 9," while the March 18 worldwide release of Paramount Pictures' "A Quiet Place Part II" was canceled...
Liberty Media’s Live Nation to Pause on All Touring Shows
Billboard: Recognizing national concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, Live Nation is instructing its touring shows to prepare to return home. The announcement affects all Live Nation tours domestically and some shows...
ViacomCBS, Comcast’s NBC Cancel Upfront Presentations
Reuters: ViacomCBS and Comcast's NBCUniversal said they will cancel their live "upfront" presentations, where advertisers preview upcoming TV shows, and will instead stream the presentations online as concerns about the coronavirus...
Disney, AT&T to Take a Hit as Sports Leagues Call Time Out
Wall Street Journal: Sports TV networks are facing a big problem: They have virtually no games to put on the air. The National Basketball Association, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball said they are suspending...
Google U-Turns on Coronavirus Video Ad Ban for YouTube
The Drum: YouTube has made a dramatic change on its decision to demonetize videos pertaining to the coronavirus outbreak, after pronouncing just last month that such content would not be eligible for advertisements under its...
Amazon Buys Lord & Taylor Building for NYC Headquarters
New York Post: Amazon is shelling out $1.15 billion in cash to acquire the former Lord & Taylor flagship in Midtown Manhattan. The Fifth Avenue landmark will serve as Amazon’s New York City headquarters, housing several thousand...
ViacomCBS Lures Handful of Suitors for Simon & Schuster
New York Post: About 20 inquiries have materialized since ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish revealed on March 4 that he wants to sell Simon & Schuster. A source close to the process notes that many of the inquiries will not likely materialize into...
News Corp’s Knewz Aggregates NYC Coronavirus Updates
New York Post: Knewz.com has launched a news-aggregation page with all the latest on the coronavirus outbreak in New York. News Corp.'s ad-free service features the latest stories about the coronavirus from dozens of publishers around the...
Meredith Plots Future in Print with Upgrades to Magazines
Folio: As many magazine publishers continue to look for ways to cut costs, Meredith isn't convinced that's the only way forward. Food & Wine is the most recent print title the company is investing in by increasing its trim size and improving its paper...
Bonnier Names New Popular Science Editor Amid Revamp
MediaPost: Corinne Iozzio was promoted to the role of Popular Science editor in chief this week. Iozzio has long been a member of the Popular Science editorial team. The brand debuted a new design just last...
New York Times to Add Multimedia with Help from Google
The Verge: On Sunday, the annual music issue of the New York Times Magazine will feature additional content available via Google Lens, giving print readers a look at multimedia features that are usually reserved for online...
Axios, The Athletic Among Forbes Best Startup Employers
MediaPost: Forbes released its first ranking of America’s best startup employers. Media companies on the list included sports-focused The Athletic and politics-media site Axios. The list was compiled by evaluating 2,500 American...
BuzzFeed, HuffPost Editor Exits Spur Digital-Media Doubts
Washington Post: HuffPost and BuzzFeed were once the shooting stars of the new-media galaxy. These days, however, the sky no longer seems the limit for the entire field of digital-news sites that had once seemed to be journalism’s...
Disney, Discovery, Fox to Face Most Risk from Coronavirus
Business Insider: Disney, Discovery, Fox, ViacomCBS and AMC Networks are the five media companies whose businesses are most exposed to the spread of coronavirus, according to analysts at Wall Street firm UBS....
ViacomCBS Shutters CBS News Office After Positive Tests
Associated Press: CBS News shut down its New York City headquarters for cleaning and disinfecting on Wednesday after two of its employees tested positive for coronavirus. Employees will be asked to work remotely for the next two...
Fox’s Murdoch Gets Plea on News Channel Virus Reports
Washington Post: "The feedback loop between Fox News and President Trump is potentially lethal as Trump plays down the seriousness of the coronavirus and, hearing nothing but applause from his favorite news source, sees little reason to...
AT&T’s Warner Bros: Tom Hanks Tests Positive for Virus
Deadline: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus. Both have been in Australia for the pre-production of Baz Luhrmann's untitled Elvis Presley film from Warner Bros. Hanks is set to play Presley manager Tom...
Google’s YouTube Shifts Ad Presentation to Digital Event
CNBC: The Interactive Advertising Bureau said it "strongly recommends" companies holding NewsFronts events in New York City present online instead of in person. YouTube is one of the first companies to heed the IAB...
Twitter Makes Working from Home Mandatory Worldwide
TechCrunch: After "strongly encouraging" it earlier this month, Twitter said Wednesday that working from home is now mandatory for all employees around the world due to COVID-19 concerns. "We understand this is an unprecedented...
AT&T’s Xandr CEO Exits After WarnerMedia Job Interview
Reuters: Brian Lesser, CEO of AT&T's advertising unit Xandr, has resigned, raising questions about the future of its advanced ad strategy. Lesser interviewed for the CEO role at WarnerMedia, but received an indication that he would not be...
Tegna TV Stations Receive Takeover Bid from Byron Allen
Wall Street Journal: Budding media mogul Byron Allen has made a bid for broadcaster Tegna that values the owner of 62 local television stations at $4.4 billion. The all-cash, $20-a-share bid was submitted to Tegna on...
Weinstein’s Rant Stuns Courtroom in 23-Year Sentencing
Bloomberg: Harvey Weinstein used his final minutes before he was sentenced to 23 years in prison to portray himself as a martyr in a disjointed rant that led one of his lawyers to try to stop him while an accuser shook her head in...
Disney’s Lawsuit Over Gender Pay Expands to 10 Women
Los Angeles Times: Current and former female Disney executives alleging "rampant gender pay discrimination" have expanded their case against the media giant. Another employee — Chelsea Hanke — has joined the plaintiffs suing...
Netflix Forecast to Take a Hit from Coronavirus After All
Yahoo Finance: Netflix will be yet another company dented by the global coronavirus outbreak, according to Needham analyst Laura Martin. The company faces the threat of losing international subscribers and the ability to stem its existing cash...
Google-YouTube: Youth Need Video to ‘Get Through Life’
Mobile Marketer: Video consumption is especially important to Generation Z and millennials, with half of respondents in a Google-YouTube survey agreeing with the statement that they "don't know how they'd get through life" without...
Conde Nast CEO in Tweet Spat with Trump Over Vanity Fair
WWD: Roger Lynch, CEO of Conde Nast, is not taking President Trump’s criticism of Vanity Fair lying down. Trump took to Twitter to savage the glossy magazine over its coverage of him and how he's dealing with the deadly...
Meredith Joins Publishers Telling Staff to Work from Home
New York Post: The New Yorker and Meredith, the nation’s biggest magazine publisher, are among the latest print outfits in Manhattan to tell employees to work from home in the face of the worsening coronavirus...
Group Nine Media Didn’t Cancel New Event from PopSugar
Digiday: Publishers entered 2020 viewing events as a promising way to diversify revenues. The continuing spread of coronavirus has put that promise on hold. But not every publisher has canceled their plans. PopSugar went ahead with its new...
Conde Nast Says New York Staffer Has Symptoms of Virus
WWD: At Conde Nast, it's understood a staffer at its One World Trade Center office is displaying symptoms of the coronavirus. As a result, Conde is deep cleaning the area where the employee sits and is continuing to advise staffers to work from...