AT&T’s WarnerMedia Hires Yang as Commentator for CNN
CNN: Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is joining CNN as a political commentator. "I'm excited to join @CNN to help shed light on the election and the candidates' experiences," Yang wrote in a tweet following the announcement. "Learned a lot these...
Google-YouTuber Sells Tutorial on Becoming an Influencer
Variety: YouTuber Jake Paul wants you to be financially free, for $19.99 a month. The content creator has launched the Financial Freedom Movement in partnership with GenZ Holdings, a Los Angeles-based brand development group targeting younger...
Quibi to Face a Big Challenge from YouTube, Report Says
Next TV: Quibi's biggest competitor for user attention is probably YouTube, which generates $15 billion a year in ad revenue, and is backed by a trillion-dollar company, and pays nothing for most of its content. Among the biggest mobile-video apps, YouTube vacuums up...
Amazon’s Bezos Buys Up More Real Estate in Los Angeles
Real Deal: Jeff Bezos’ $165 million purchase of David Geffen's Beverly Hills estate set a new high-water mark for Los Angeles real estate. But it also made the Amazon chief's other megadeal – $90 million for a patch of Beverly Hills land owned by the late Paul Allen...
Google to Face Investigation for Pregnancy Discrimination
CNBC: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has opened an investigation into Google for pregnancy discrimination against an employee. Chelsey Glasson, a former user experience researcher who worked at Google for five years, wrote an internal memo that went...
Twitter CEO Among MGM Hotel Guests Hit in Data Hacking
ZDNet: The personal details of more than 10.6 million users who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels were published on a hacking forum this week. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and pop star Justin Bieber are some of the big names spotted in the leaked...
News Corp Journos Expelled by China for ‘Racist’ Headline
CNN: The Chinese government announced that it is revoking the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters, the largest expulsion of overseas media from the country in more than three decades. The Journal's editor in chief decried the move as a "harsh and...
New York Times to Expand Breaking News Team in London
Adweek: In a move to further expand its international presence, the New York Times is growing its breaking news team in London. The announcement comes on the heels of an excellent quarter for the Times, which broke records last year in terms of digital subscribers...
Conde Nast, Hearst Staffers Talk Survival Skills for Media
FIPP: As platforms continue to change, delivery, distribution and format of content continue to change -- and magazine media are shifting right along with it. Employees of Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith and other companies discuss the skills necessary for media...
Hearst’s Elle Fires Columnist After Trump Rape Accusation
New York Times: E. Jean Carroll, the longtime Elle magazine advice columnist who last year accused Donald Trump of raping her before he was elected president, said that she was fired by the publication because of Trump's repeated insults against her. Elle publisher...
Conde Nast Puts Bearded Lady on the Cover of Glamour UK
Daily Mail: Glamour magazine has released 11 covers for its February digital issue showing the changing faces of beauty, including a model with a monobrow and a woman who grew a full beard aged 16. All the models on the cover of the magazine's "Self Love" issue...
Benioffs’ Time Magazine Summit to Charge Up to $20,000
Variety: Time is doubling down on its elite, invitation-only events business. The mag's second annual Time 100 Summit in New York, which springboards off the 16-year-old Time 100 list of the world's most influential people, will run two days (April 21-22, 2020) up...
The Hill Admits to Faulty Trump Articles Without Apologies
Associated Press: The Hill issued a lengthy report on Wednesday finding fault with several articles by journalist John Solomon that the Washington title published last year and were used as discredited narratives by President Trump and many of his supporters in their...
Vox Media’s Board Adds Legend Amid Entertainment Moves
Hollywood Reporter: Musician John Legend is joining the board of directors at Vox Media. Legend will serve as an independent director alongside former Yahoo exec Susan Decker and Wasserman CEO Casey Wasserman. Legend "embodies many of our company values," Vox CEO Jim...
IndieWire’s Founder Named Director of New York Film Fest
IndieWire: Film at Lincoln Center has appointed the new director of the New York Film Festival. IndieWire co-founder Eugene Hernandez will take over the prestigious fall gathering, marking a significant shift in the festival’s nearly 60-year history. Hernandez's new...
AT&T, WarnerMedia Are Very Happy to Have Made ‘Friends’
Los Angeles Times: Warner Bros. Television is running a massive marketing campaign tied into the 25th anniversary of "Friends." The push precedes the arrival of the hit sitcom on WarnerMedia's new HBO Max, which has the "Friends" cast in the opening image of its...
Comcast-NBC, Netflix Stars Booked for White House Dinner
NBC News: The White House Correspondents' Association announced that "Saturday Night Live" cast-member Kenan Thompson and Netflix's Hasan Minhaj will headline the White House Correspondents' Dinner in April. Thompson will serve as the host while Minhaj will be the...
Fox’s Murdoch Encouraged Bloomberg to Run for President
Hollywood Reporter: Rupert Murdoch once wanted Michael Bloomberg to run for president. With Donald Trump's candidature becoming a proposition back in 2015, Murdoch tweeted in August of that year that it was time for the "next billionaire candidate." He described...
Bloomberg to Sell Off Company if Elected, Campaign Says
Associated Press: Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected U.S. president, a top adviser said. Bloomberg would put Bloomberg LP into a blind trust,...
Discovery Plans True-Crime TV Projects with New York Post
Variety: The New York Post often runs stories filled with grit, color and melodrama – just the kind of stuff that seems right for TV. Now some of those stories will find their way to a TV network. Investigation Discovery will partner with News Corp.'s New York Post...
Paley Center Closes in Beverly Hills, Relocates TV Archives
Variety: The Paley Center for Media has vacated its longtime Beverly Hills location earlier than expected, setting up offices in Century City and finalizing a new home for its digital archives. The Beverly Hills Public Library will become the new home for the TV and...
Netflix Likely to Stop Seeing US Growth from Cord Cutting
Fast Company: Netflix has squeezed just about all it can out of American TV viewers who cut the cable cord, according to a new report from analyst firm MoffettNathanson. The reason is simple: A lot of potential cord cutters already pay for the quintessential...
Facebook Must Get Rid of Zuckerberg as CEO, Soros Says
Financial Times: "Mark Zuckerberg appears to be engaged in some kind of mutual assistance arrangement with Donald Trump that will help him to get re-elected," writes billionaire philanthropist George Soros. “Facebook does not need to wait for government regulations...
Twitter Acquires Startup from Facebook, Instagram Alumni
Bloomberg: Twitter is acquiring Chroma Labs, a seven-person startup that was founded by former Facebook and Instagram employees for building photo and video-editing features. Chroma Labs is joining Twitter to "give people more creative ways to express themselves in...
News Corp Knewz Aggregator Yet to Aggregate Much Buzz
Folio: Nearly five months after News Corp. announced it was launching a product billed as a "generous aggregation" of news, the company debuted Knewz in January. The launch didn't generate much consumer buzz, despite Knewz having an ad-free model that includes 400...
Thomson Reuters Faces Backlash from Freelance Workers
Financial Times: Dozens of freelance workers at Thomson Reuters in the UK are threatening to leave the media group unless it guarantees their pay will not fall due to a government crackdown on tax avoidance. The UK media sector has been scrambling to respond to the...
Bloomberg Media Tests Digital Bundle with The Information
Digiday: The Information and Bloomberg Media are the next set of publishers to test a digital subscription bundling model. The two publishers have come together to offer a $499 one-year subscription to both Bloomberg.com and TheInformation.com, which will allow...
Conde Nast Chatter Continues About ‘Once Hot’ Vanity Fair
Showbiz411: Speculation is rife that Vanity Fair's editor in chief of not quite two years, Radhika Jones, is on her way out. There may some truth to this theory, although publisher Conde Nast denied it. All of the heat that former editor Graydon Carter cultivated is...
Hearst Extends Search for a New Editor of Harper’s Bazaar
WWD: As the search for Glenda Bailey's successor as editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar goes on, Hearst executives are casting their net far and wide — and a few new names have come into the picture. One of those said to be in the running is Fabien Baron. Another is...
Meredith: Our Magazines Compete with Candy at Checkout
Mr Magazine: "In our fiscal year, we're going to sell about 20 million copies of special interest publications at retail," reports Scott Mortimer, vice president and group publisher at Meredith. This achievement comes despite the fact that "we're competing at...