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Apple, Netflix Deals Nix Oprah Interview Streaming

Mar 10, 2021 | Companies, Digital, Video

New York Times: For the next 30 days, Oprah Winfrey's big interview special will be available on CBS.com and the CBS app. But after that, it will not have a home on any streaming platform. The three participants' ties to Netflix and Apple, along with Winfrey's desire...

Microsoft to Join US Hearing on Tech Role in News

Mar 10, 2021 | Companies, Digital

Reuters: A House Judiciary panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses on Friday who represent a range of news organizations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook and Google increasingly dominate their industry. The antitrust...

Google Plans 2022 Opening of Manhattan Building

Mar 10, 2021 | Companies, Digital

New York YIMBY: Exterior work is progressing rapidly on Google’s 1.3 million-square-foot office at 550 Washington Street in Hudson Square. The building is the main component of the "Googleplex" that encompasses a total of 1.7 million square across three structures,...

Disney Chief Confirms Exit Amid Streaming Victory

Mar 10, 2021 | Companies, Digital, Video

New York Post: Bob Iger, the longtime leader of Disney, has confirmed that he will be stepping away from the company in December. Under Iger’s supervision, the company reorganized its business to focus on streaming. The move has been paying dividends, according to...

ViacomCBS: News Legend Roger Mudd Dies at 93

Mar 10, 2021 | Companies, Video

CBS News: Roger Mudd, the CBS newsman whose political reporting and substitute anchoring on "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" made him a familiar and respected face to tens of millions of Americans in the 1960s and 1970s, died Tuesday of complications from...

Fox Corp Predicts Tubi Will Surpass Broadcast TV

Mar 10, 2021 | Companies, Digital, Video

Hollywood Reporter: Fox Corp chief financial officer Steve Tomsic predicts the ad revenue from his company's Tubi streaming service will soon surpass the ad revenue generated from its linear Fox broadcast entertainment network. Tubi is expected to generate around $300...

ITV Says Goodbye to Piers Morgan Amid Royal Flap

Mar 10, 2021 | Video

BBC News: Piers Morgan has left ITV's "Good Morning Britain" following a row over comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex. It brings the controversial host's time on the show to an end after six years. ITV announced the decision after Ofcom said it was...

Entercom to Acquire Ad Podcast Network Podcorn

Mar 10, 2021 | Audio, Entertainment

Wall Street Journal: Entercom will acquire podcast ad network Podcorn in a deal aimed at helping the second-largest US radio broadcaster expand its advertising business. The deal is the latest in a spate of consolidation in the podcast realm as large media and tech...

Tegna CEO Apologizes for Nominee Racism Incident

Mar 10, 2021 | Companies, Video

Reuters: Tegna CEO Dave Lougee has apologized for having mistaken a Black executive, who this year became a candidate for the broadcast company's board, for a hotel car valet in 2014. Adonis Hoffman, a lawyer, media expert and independent corporate director, withdrew...

Belo Seeks to Change Name Over Confederacy Ties

Mar 10, 2021 | Digital, Print

Dallas Morning News: The parent company of the Dallas Morning News announced during its quarterly conference call that it will seek to change its name, citing its namesake founder's ties to the Confederacy. The company will ask shareholders in May to approve changing...

New York Times Prevails in Trump Defamation Case

Mar 10, 2021 | Companies, Digital

New York Times: A New York State court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by the Donald Trump re-election campaign against the New York Times, ruling that an opinion essay that argued there had been a "quid pro quo" between the candidate and Russian officials...

Bloomberg Chief Wants Staffers to Return to Offices

Mar 10, 2021 | Digital, Print

Insider: Mike Bloomberg said he expected Bloomberg LP employees in New York to return to the office once they are vaccinated, according to a message he sent staffers last month. "It's been great to see more and more faces (with masks on, of course) in the office,"...

Hearst Reveals New Name for Oprah Magazine is O

Mar 10, 2021 | Digital, Print

New York Post: Hearst is set to rake it in with its new Oprah magazine, a joint venture with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions. O the Oprah Magazine published its last regular monthly edition in December. The new version, which will be printed quarterly instead of...

Meredith Publishes People Royals at Awkward Time

Mar 10, 2021 | Digital, Print

New York Post: People Royals, the new quarterly publication focused on "all things royal," could not have debuted at a worse time. On March 5, just two days before the world was abuzz over Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey...

Conde Nast’s New Teen Vogue Editor Issues Apology

Mar 10, 2021 | Digital, Print

Daily Mail: Teen Vogue's new editor Alexi McCammond has apologized to employees after 20 staffers publicly slammed her over resurfaced tweets she posted back in 2011 mocking Asians and gay people. The 27-year-old's old tweets emerged over the weekend after the former...

Penske Opens First-Party Data Studio for Marketers

Mar 10, 2021 | Digital, Print

Axios: Penske Media will launch a new data services division called "Atlas Data Studio" that focuses on building first-party data segments for marketers to target ads to different types of people online. It joins a growing list of digital publishers, like the New York...

Group Nine Adds CNN’s Jeff Zucker to SPAC Board

Mar 10, 2021 | Digital

WWD: Group Nine's new SPAC is beefing up its board with the addition of CNN president Jeff Zucker, who is expected to step down from CNN at the end of the year. Zucker is joined by Mindy Mount, vice chair of Technicolor, who also joined the board. Existing members...

BuzzFeed Cuts 47 Staffers in Bloodbath at HuffPost

Mar 10, 2021 | Digital

Defector: BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti, who acquired HuffPost from Verizon in a deal that was announced last year, announced in an all-hands meeting that 47 US HuffPost staffers, including eight managers, would be losing their jobs in order to "drive longterm...



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