Hearst Eyes Woman’s Day as Snubs Greet Harper’s Bazaar
New York Post: Meaghan Murphy, an executive editor at Good Housekeeping, has been tapped to be the content director of Woman's Day. Meanwhile, the higher-profile search to replace Glenda Bailey at Harper's Bazaar drags on. Several editors on the short list have...
Conde Nast Denies Report of Ending Vanity Fair’s Summit
New York Post: A Vanity Fair spokesman shot down the report that the New Establishment Summit is officially off. "Not true," he said. "Nothing has been decided about 2020." Some insiders say that if the event is not killed off outright, it could be moved to a...
Penske Media to Invest in B2B Music Business Publication
Rolling Stone: Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media has announced a strategic investment in Music Business Worldwide — a deal that brings the two publications closer than ever before and adds another heavyweight to Penske's family of media...
New Republic to Launch Major Redesign Including Paywall
MediaPost: The New Republic is debuting a new look, coinciding with the launch of a politics-focused podcast and a metered paywall. The redesign will premiere in the March issue, with a new logo, typography, layout, photography and...
Disney Sees ABC Oscars Viewership Drop to All-Time Low
Reuters: The U.S. television audience for the 2020 Oscars fell to an all-time low for a ceremony that brought big wins for South Korean satire "Parasite" but was criticized by reviewers as long and haphazard. Viewership for Sunday's show, broadcast on ABC, dropped...
Facebook, Twitter ‘Killing Off’ Worship of Hollywood Stars
Spectator USA: The internet has killed the Hollywood star. Fame has been disrupted. Instagram, Twitter and Facebook mean we don't have to ogle stars anymore; we are too busy ogling ourselves. The age of celebrity, of mass entertainers mattering as anything other than...
Amazon Hires Sony, Hulu Alum to Oversee Entertainment
MarketWatch: Mike Hopkins, currently chairman of Sony Pictures Television and a former chief executive of the streaming platform Hulu, will join Amazon later this month as a senior vice president in charge of its Prime video platform and its movie and television...
Google’s YouTube Eyes Plan to Offer Video Subscriptions
The Information: YouTube is considering giving people the ability to sign up for a wide range of subscription-streaming services run by entertainment companies. The Google-owned video giant has talked with several entertainment companies about adding their...
Redbox Quietly Tests Ad-Supported Online Video Service
Protocol: Redbox is launching an ad-supported online video service. The DVD kiosk company has been testing the service on its website and in its mobile app with a subset of its audience, a spokesperson confirmed, adding that it would roll it out to additional users...
Fox Corp CEO’s Sister Emerges as Candidate to Run BBC
i News: Elisabeth Murdoch, the daughter of Rupert Murdoch who became a successful television entrepreneur in her own right, has emerged as a surprise candidate to run the BBC. Murdoch, the former head of Shine UK, is seen as an acceptable new director-general by the...
ViacomCBS Inks CBS TV-Digital Deal for Sports Gambling
CBS Sports: CBS Sports and William Hill, a leading sports book operator, have announced a partnership that makes William Hill the official sports book and wagering data provider across all CBS Sports platforms. The deal aims to reimagine fan engagement through sports...
AT&T, Apple, Amazon Set Up in Culver City for Streaming
Bloomberg: A century after the pioneers of Hollywood built their studios in Culver City, a new breed of entertainment company is transforming this California town just east of Santa Monica into a hotbed for content. Apple, Amazon and AT&T's HBO are moving...
Disney CEO Gives Podcast Interview to The Ringer Founder
The Ringer: In a new podcast, Bill Simmons is joined by Disney CEO Bob Iger to discuss his book "The Ride of a Lifetime," his career, lessons in leadership, the rise of streaming, launching Disney+, growing ESPN, unforgettable NBA games, the start of "Jimmy Kimmel...
Google Loses Time Inc Veteran as Human Resources Head
Fortune: Eileen Naughton, the head of human resources at Google, will step down later this year amid rising tensions between the company's top execs and rank and file employees. Naughton has been at the company for 14 years, four of which have been as vp of people...
Verizon Media’s HuffPost Brokers Second Union Contract
WWD: As Hearst Magazines staffers are still awaiting a date to vote for their union, HuffPost is already on its second contract. Following months of negotiations, HuffPost just ratified its second collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America,...
New York Times’s Mobile App Audience is ‘Most Valuable’
Adweek: Allison Murphy, svp of ad innovation at the New York Times, describes the publication's mobile app audience as its most valuable, given how many articles those users read, which in turn generates data that it can offer to...
Tribune’s Cross-Town Chicago Rival Worries About Alden
Chicago Sun-Times: The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times were once fierce rivals. "The Sun-Times took pride that our always scrappy, eternally strapped skeleton crew could whup the lofty Tribune. ... Yet the prospect of Alden sinking the place still...
Cox Enterprises Buys Back Ohio Newspapers from Apollo
Dayton Daily News: Cox Enterprises has agreed to repurchase the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal-News from Apollo Global Management. The decision ensures the papers can continue seven-day a week publication, which was at risk. "This is the best...
McClatchy Likely to Sell Newspapers as Pressures Mount
24/7 Wall St: Shares of McClatchy, one of the largest newspaper chains, trade as if the company will declare Chapter 11. At some point, if it has not already happened, McClatchy and its debt holders must have a plan to sell its largest papers. The odds that...
Hearst Magazines Chief Adds Post with Interactive Group
MediaPost: Troy Young, the president of Hearst Magazines, was named chairman of IAB's board of directors at the organization's annual leadership meeting in California. Young was previously the board's vice chairman, a position he has held since February...
Conde Nast Hits Pause on Vanity Fair’s New Establishment
@DylanByers: Conde Nast has decided to suspend the annual Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit this year, according to sources. The intimate conference, which used to feature notable media and tech execs, "was a money pit." Vanity Fair "had trouble selling tickets...
Tina Brown Says Magazine Business is No Longer Any Fun
New York Times Magazine: All of the fun has gone out of magazine publishing, according to Tina Brown, the former editor in chief of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Editors, she says, now spend most of their time "having boring meetings about distribution and...
Netflix Faces Defeat as Big Oscar Wins Go to Sony, Disney
CNBC: Netflix may have had the most nominations heading into the 92nd Academy Awards, but it didn't take home the most prizes. That honor was a three-way tie between Disney, Sony and South Korea’s CJ Entertainment — each taking home four...
Disney’s ABC Sells Out of Oscars Ad Time Amid Price Hike
Adweek: After a rocky lead-up to the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony, things have been progressing much more according to plan this time around for ABC, with none of the pre-telecast controversies that marred last year's event. It's also smooth sailing on the business...
AT&T CEO Refuses to Comment on His Role Beyond 2020
CNBC: Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T, told CNBC on Friday that he will remain chief executive officer through the end of this year. But beyond that, he refused to say whether he would stay or leave. 'I'm not giving any indication beyond...
ViacomCBS Siblings Gayle King, Snoop Dogg in Brouhaha
New York Post: Snoop Dogg isn't looking for a fight with Gayle King. The rapper took to Instagram on Saturday to make that clear after calling out the CBS correspondent for mentioning late basketball star Kobe Bryant’s 2003 rape case. "I'm a non-violent person,"...
Comcast, Amazon Mull Acquiring Streaming Rights to WWE
Wrestling News: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is said to have expressed interest in purchasing WWE streaming rights for major events. The other rumored streaming platform that is said to be interested is the Peacock network being launched by NBCUniversal in a couple of...
Quibi Runs Five Ads During Oscarcast to Explain What It Is
The Verge: Quibi's 30-second commercial during last week's Super Bowl left many people asking: "What the hell is Quibi?" Sunday's series of ads at the Oscars was Quibi's best try to answer that question. There were five ads in total, and all took place in bizarre...
Facebook, Twitter Snub Pelosi Request to Pull Trump Video
CNBC: A fierce behind-the-scenes dispute between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and Facebook erupted into public view Friday, as the speaker’s office demanded that Facebook remove a doctored video of Pelosi ripping up Trump's speech posted online by President...
Apple Leans on Apple News in Hosting of Democratic Debate
Gizmodo: Apple co-hosted last week's Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire and even solicited questions from the public through Apple News. It was the first time that Apple has hosted a debate, joining the ranks of previous co-hosts like...