Conde Nast: Vogue, GQ Videos to Take Flight on Qatar Airways
Gulf Times: Qatar Airways passengers can now enjoy exclusive access to videos from global fashion brands GQ and Vogue. The airline has become the first in the world to feature the premium celebrity, style and lifestyle content of these two brands through its on-board...
Hearst to Combine Print, Digital Staffers at Popular Mechanics
New York Post: Hearst, which has long kept its digital and print staffs separate, is now moving to combine the staffs of Popular Mechanics under the print editor-in-chief, Ryan D’Agostino. He is the first print editor in Hearst Tower to have control of a brand’s...
New York Magazine Readies Intelligencer as Stand-Alone Brand
WWD: New York Magazine is molding another of its coverage areas into a stand-alone brand. Next month, the privately held media company is launching Intelligencer, an expanded version of its current Daily Intelligencer...
Refinery29 Ramps Up Brand Licensing Seeking New Revenue
Digiday: To broaden its revenue streams, Refinery29 is ramping up its brand licensing. This month, the women’s publisher released a line of greeting cards it produced with card company Papyrus and a line of lipsticks it produced with Revlon. Refinery29 also signed a...
Real Vision Video News Startup Opens Office in New York City
Crain's New York Business: A streaming-video startup for financial news that has been shooting on location around the country for the past four years has found a permanent home in New York. Real Vision has opened its first major studio on West 27th...
BuzzFeed Suffers Major Rain Leak in New York City Newsroom
New York Post: BuzzFeed may want to add frogs, locusts and fiery-hail damage to its insurance policy.Last year, the site’s New York headquarters was closed because it became infested with bedbugs. Now it’s raining in its...
Netflix Sets Record with 23 Emmys, Tying HBO for TV Awards
Bloomberg: Netflix won the most Emmy awards of any TV network Monday night, capping a sudden and dramatic rise to the top of the entertainment industry for a company that got its start as a DVD-by-mail operation. Netflix earned seven awards during the prime-time...
Amazon, YouTube Help Fuel Entertainment Job Growth in LA
Los Angeles Times: Amazon, YouTube and other tech giants are helping to fuel substantial job growth in Los Angeles’ signature entertainment sector, even as Hollywood grapples with massive upheaval caused by digital disruption. That’s the takeaway from a new report...
Comcast’s NBC Eyes Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Service
Vulture: Let’s talk about streaming. Bob Greenblatt, NBC entertainment chief: “All I want to say about that without being too coy is, there’s a large group of people from the different divisions of this company focused on that very thing. Because as you say, there is...
Vice TV Host in Choking Scuffle with MGM Chief at Emmy Bash
Associated Press: Comedian Tom Arnold filed a police report Monday over an incident involving the producer of the “The Apprentice” at a weekend pre-Emmy Awards party, police said. Detectives will investigate Arnold’s allegations that Mark Burnett choked him at the...
CBS Sees Departure of Moonves Wife Chen as Host of ‘The Talk’
Wall Street Journal: Julie Chen, wife of former CBS chief Les Moonves, who last week resigned in the midst of sexual-harassment allegations, will quit her role as a host on the network’s daytime talk show “The Talk.” Chen hasn’t been on “The Talk” since Moonves...
21st Century Fox Board Member to Become Legal Chief at Fox
Wall Street Journal: Longtime 21st Century Fox board member Viet Dinh is stepping down to take a senior position with “Fox,” the tentative name for the company that will consist of entertainment and news assets not being acquired by Disney, including Fox News, Fox...
Comcast, Fox Nearing End of Nearly Two-Year Battle Over Sky
CNBC: Comcast and 21st Century Fox have been locked in a transatlantic battle for British broadcaster Sky for almost two years, although the very public contest appears to be entering its final phase. If neither of the U.S. media giants drop out by Saturday, the...
Facebook Adds Shopping to Instagram in E-Commerce Push
MarketWatch: Facebook's Instagram announced Monday that users can now shop directly from Stories posts. Businesses can add shopping "stickers" to their Stories content, the company said, and users can click on those stickers if they wish to learn more about a product...
Amazon Preps Alexa-Powered Devices Including In-Car Gadget
CNBC: Amazon is doubling down on its Alexa-powered devices, with plans to release at least eight new voice-controlled hardware devices before the end of the year. The devices include, among others, a microwave oven, an amplifier, a receiver, a subwoofer, and an in-car...
Twitter Tests Reviving Purely Chronological Timeline for Users
Engadget: Ever since Twitter started mucking with the timeline to insert tweets people "might have missed," some have complained they miss things. Now, Twitter has announced that it will start testing a "way to switch between a timeline of Tweets that are most...
Spotify to Roll Out Across Middle East, North Africa in November
Gulf News: Spotify is preparing to launch across the Middle East and North Africa in November, according to an internal company email. Spotify will join the likes of Apple Music and local player Anghami when it becomes available later this...
Uzabase’s Quartz Taps CNNer as Editor of Subscription Service
Talking Biz News: Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney and executive editor Xana Antunes sent out the following announcement on Sunday: "We’re happy to announce that Sam Grobart is joining Quartz in New York as editor for premium...
Conde Nast Names Spin Magazine Veteran as Editor of Pitchfork
WWD: Puja Patel is the new editor in chief of Pitchfork, the web-based music publication Conde Nast acquired in 2015. She comes from Spin, where she was also editor in chief, and takes over from Ryan Schreiber, who founded Pitchfork in...
McClatchy-Tronc Deal Could Create Formidable Rival to Gannett
Nieman Lab: One’s a family-controlled, century-plus-old newspaper chain, known for believing in its civic mission but not for its digital strategy. The other is, well, Tronc. With an assist from L.A.’s richest man, could this be a path forward? Could McClatchy...
Bustle Owner Plans to Spend $5 Million on Relaunch of Gawker
Wall Street Journal: Armed with a new round of venture funding, Gawker’s new owner is planning on investing in the site and is scouting other potential acquisitions in digital media. BDG Media, the parent company of women-focused sites including Bustle has closed a...
TripAdvisor Readies Relaunch to Help Rid App of Fake Reviews
MediaPost: TripAdvisor announced that later this year it will relaunch its app as a connected travel community with improved search and social features. The update, which should help rid the site of fake reviews and recommendations, will move the company from serving...
Salesforce Chief’s Time Magazine to Remain Profitable in Print
WWD: With Meredith’s $190 million cash deal to sell the 95-year-old Time magazine to Marc Benioff, the multibillionaire founder of Salesforce, the title is set to continue not only printing a magazine, but growing its digital operations, including short- and long-form...
Analysis: Tech Billionaires Buying Dying Old Media in Power Shift
Axios: West Coast billionaires in tech and venture capital are buying up historic print titles in an effort to spread their idealistic ambitions to media. The deals are helping to shift the reins of power in media from the old guard of East Coast publishing dynasties...
Salesforce Founder Inks $190 Million Deal to Buy Time Magazine
MarketWatch: Nearly eight months after Meredith completed its purchase of Time Inc., the publisher has agreed to sell Time magazine for $190 million to Marc Benioff, co-founder of Salesforce.com, and his wife Lynne Benioff. The Benioffs are buying Time as individuals;...
Netflix, HBO Ready for Big Face-Off at Monday’s Emmy Awards
Reuters: The next battle in the streaming TV wars will unfold on Monday’s Emmys stage, where Netflix aims to end HBO’s 16-year streak as the night’s biggest winner and earn bragging rights for its marketing. For the first time, Netflix will head to the ceremony with...
Fox’s Indian Video Streamer in Talks for Stake Sale with Flipkart
Mint: Flipkart is said to have held talks to buy a stake in Hotstar, Star India’s video streaming service, as part of India’s largest online retailer’s strategy to bet big on video content and attract more Internet consumers and shoppers. The talks have not reached an...
Disney Hit with Layoffs in Consumer Products, Interactive Media
Variety: Disney has issued pink slips to employees in its Consumer Products and Interactive Media group, with the total amounting to significantly less than 50. The Burbank, Ca.-based entertainment giant reported on Aug. 7 that the unit posted an 8% decline in...
CBS Board Under Fire for Handling of Misconduct by Moonves
Barron's: From the outside, it may be easy to think the CBS board was caught flat-footed when the first accusations of sexual harassment against the company’s CEO Les Moonves became public. It took CBS five days after the New Yorker published its first article...
AT&T’s DirecTV, Dish’s Sling TV Hike Rates for Online Bundles
Wall Street Journal: The online-only television bundles that have lured away cable-TV customers with rock-bottom prices might not stay that low for long. AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming service recently raised its basic channel plan by $5 over the summer, bringing...