Fox Urges ‘Simpsons’ to Limit Jokes About Fox News
Daily News: "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening says he was urged by his show's parent company, 21st Century Fox, to slow down with the jokes about Fox News after his animated series cheekily referred to the conservative network as "No. 1 with...
Sinclair Said in Talks to Nab Fox News’s Sean Hannity
Breitbart News: New York Magazine’s Gabriel Sherman said he has sources “in and around Fox” that say Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity and former Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly are “in talks” to take their shows to...
Disney’s 38,000 Florida Union Workers Seek Wage Hike
Bloomberg: Disney's 38,000 union workers in Florida are seeking to reopen wage talks so resort employees can negotiate pay raises from the current contract minimum of $10 an hour. Negotiations are scheduled to begin Aug....
Discovery Causes Fuss with Michael Phelps, Fake Shark
Washington Post: Remember back in December 2014, when Discovery Channel hyped that a man would be eaten and then regurgitated by a giant snake on a special called “Eaten Alive?” Then that didn’t actually happen, and viewers were...
CBS Extends Chief Operating Officer’s Contract to 2022
Variety: CBS chief operating officer Joe Ianniello will be sticking around Black Rock through mid-2022 thanks to a new contract that took effect this month. CBS disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Ianniello has set a contract extension that...
Viacom Taps Former Adweek Journalist for Top PR Role
Talking New Media: Viacom announced that Justin Dini has been named SVP, Corporate Communications, effective immediately. He will report to Julia Phelps, SVP, Communications &...
Sony Pictures Appoints New Leaders for TV Operations
Los Angeles Times: Sony Pictures Entertainment has named new leaders for its U.S.-based television operations, elevating three longtime executives to serve in a newly created office overseeing television production and...
Univision Promotes Exec to New Post of Revenue Chief
Broadcasting & Cable: Univision has named Tonia O’Conner as chief revenue officer, a new post at the company. O’Connor, who had been chief commercial officer and president of content distribution, will report to CEO Randy...
Hulu Names Google Veteran as Chief Marketing Officer
Los Angeles Times: Taking another step to transform itself into a more formidable competitor to Netflix and Amazon, streaming service Hulu said it has hired a former Google executive, Kelly Campbell, to become chief marketing officer of the...
National Lampoon Sells Assets in Near $12 Million Deal
Deadline: In a deal worth just under $12 million, PalmStar Media has acquired all the assets of National Lampoon. That includes the trademark, and a library of print, audio and movie content spanning nearly 50 years. Raj B. Singh and Kevin Frakes will be National...
Chernin Invests in New Sports News Site The Athletic
Bloomberg: The founders of the Athletic, an 18-month-old online sports publication, see opportunity in the struggles of big sports media outlets. Co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, who have no previous journalism experience, hastily pulled together $5.8...
Vox’s The Verge to Give Tech Product Reviews a Redo
Adweek: In thinking about Guidebook, The Verge’s new tech product review hub, executive editor Dieter Bohn wanted to do more than provide a redesigned home for product reviews. He wanted to reshape the way product reviews are...
New York Times Yet to Obtain Apology from Fox News
Associated Press: Fox News Channel on Monday clarified, but didn't apologize for, a weekend segment that the New York Times said falsely accused the newspaper of revealing intelligence information that enabled Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to elude capture...
Conde Nast Exec Jumps to Turner’s Bleacher Report
Bloomberg: Sports website Bleacher Report is putting a former Conde Nast executive in charge of its plan to siphon off more advertising revenue from online giants like Facebook. The company, part of Time Warnrt’s Turner unit, named Howard Mittman as its first chief...
Time Inc Looks to Sell Majority Stake in Essence Mag
Wall Street Journal: Time Inc. is looking to sell a majority stake in Essence, the monthly African-American women’s lifestyle publication focused on entertainment, fashion and beauty and culture, the first big move by the publisher since it decided against selling the...
Forbes Admits Web ‘Obliterated’ Print Business Model
Stock Investor: Forbes magazine has gained sales and circulation by continually seeking to improve its editorial content, according to Steve Forbes, chairman and editor in chief of Forbes Media. However, the web “obliterated” the previous business model for print...
Hearst’s Esquire, Conde Nast’s GQ ‘Need New Material’
New York Post: There’s nothing wrong with men, just men’s magazines. Month after month they pump out the same formulaic crap they’ve been chopping down trees for decades to produce. A story on a hot car, a hot movie director, an actor from an upcoming film and an edgy...
AT&T Deal to Bring Exit of Bewkes, Time Warner Name
New York Times: If regulators approve AT&T's $85.4 billion bid for Time Warner, two major changes are expected: Jeff Bewkes plans to leave as CEO following a transition period, and the Time Warner name is likely to be eliminated, as AT&T subsumes the company's...
Time Warner’s ‘Dunkirk’ Wins Weekend Box-Office War
USA Today: It's a win for "Dunkirk" at the box office this weekend. Studios estimates on Sunday show the Christopher Nolan World War II epic earned an estimated $50.5 million to top the charts. "Dunkirk" was far from an inevitable summer...
Disney Drops Millennial Social Media Star After Conflict
Daily Mail: Disney star Jake Paul, who was accused of terrorizing his West Hollywood neighborhood, has been dropped by the network. But the millennial influencer insisted that he's "outgrown" the channel. The 20-year-old made the announcement Saturday on...
Fox’s Murdoch Celebrates Daughter’s Wedding to Artist
Daily Mail: Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth tied the knot to her artist partner Keith Tyson, 47, over the weekend. And scenes inside the lavish nuptials show the 48-year-old mother-of-four and her third husband spared no expense when it came to their wedding....
Comcast: MSNBC Stars Appear on New York Mag Cover
New York Magazine: "Morning Joe," which airs weekdays on MSNBC from 6 to 9 a.m. and in September will celebrate its 10th anniversary, has become the preferred programming of the political elite. Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have come to seem like a kind...
Sinclair-Tribune Deal Needs FCC Delay, Newsmax Says
Bloomberg: Newsmax Media wants federal regulators to slow their review of Sinclair's proposed $3.9 billion purchase of Tribune, saying the deal raises concerns about media concentration. “I am calling for delay,” said Christopher Ruddy, CEO of...
Discovery Eyes Scripps Acquisition for Web-TV Bundle
Bloomberg: With pay TV having to compete with online options like Netflix, Discovery, the owner of unscripted channels like Animal Planet and TLC, wants to bundle the Scripps networks with its own in an online service for as little as $3 to $4 a...
Analysis: Streaming TV Gaps Remain in Top US Markets
CNET: In the biggest metropolitan areas like New York and Los Angeles, the five major streaming providers deliver all four of the big networks. But other major cities, like Atlanta, Boston and Seattle, still have gaps in...
ComScore: Millennials Have 5-Second Attention for Ads
CNBC: if you're an advertiser who wants to market a product to millennials, you're going to have to make it quick. A new study by comScore revealed online ads targeted toward millennials have to be around 5 to 6 seconds to be...
WME/IMG’s Entire E-Sports Team Departs from Agency
Bloomberg: The four-person team charged with building an esports portfolio for WME/IMG left the company en masse, a blow to the sports-and-entertainment giant’s nascent effort to dominate competitive video...
Vice Lays Off 60 Workers to Focus on Video Expansion
Crain's New York Business: Vice Media, the upstart, millennial-focused media company worth close to $6 billion, laid off 2% of its staff Friday. The firm has about 3,000 employees, according to a company official who confirmed the...
Hulu Live TV Service Now Available on Amazon Devices
Broadcasting & Cable: Hulu said its new live TV service will be available on the Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Fire TV Stick. Hulu viewers who use those devices will be upgraded and will have the option to also subscribe to the new Hulu virtual MVPD...
Time Warner’s HBO ‘Game of Thrones’ is Tops in Piracy
Business Insider: According to piracy analysis company MUSO, the 71st episode of "Game of Thrones" has been illegally viewed over 90 million times across the globe. It's a staggering figure — nearly six times as many as the official view...