Telegraph Newspaper Co-Owner David Barclay Dies
Guardian: David Barclay, one of the two billionaire brothers who own the UK Telegraph newspaper group, died unexpectedly after a short illness at age 86. Working in partnership with his identical twin, Frederick, the pair became two of the most successful British...
Conde Nast Cuts PR Staffers, Podcasting Producers
WWD: Conde Nast has laid off a few members of its US-based public relations team. The publisher confirmed that there had been a small number of layoffs, but did not provide specific numbers. The Verge: Former Conde Nast Audio producers and editors allege the company...
Hearst Preps Single Sign-On Solution for Magazines
Digiday: Hearst magazines have been integrating a revamped identity resolution system called Mylo, which is operated by subsidiary CDS Global, in a bid to acquire more first-party data about their audiences. A user who registers to read content on Esquire's website...
Vice Media to Pull the Plug on Art-Fashion Magazine
Business of Fashion: Vice will cease to publish the biannual art-meets-fashion magazine Garage after the release of one more issue this spring. "As our company continues to expand, it is critical to focus on opportunities aligned with our strategy,” said a Vice rep....
Hollywood Reporter Alum Writes for Time Magazine
Time PR: Janice Min, a former co-president of the Hollywood Reporter–Billboard Media Group, has become a contributing editor for Time magazine. "She will write occasional pieces for Time and contribute to special projects across our platforms, with a particular focus...
Conde Nast Addresses To-Do at Vogue, New Yorker
WWD: Anna Wintour has spoken for the first time about the controversial Vogue cover featuring Kamala Harris that some social media users labelled "disrespectful," "poor quality" and "a washed-out mess." New York Post: The American Society of Magazine Editors will...
Media, Tech Giants Suspend Political Contributions
CNET: Microsoft, Google and Facebook have frozen contributions to their political action committees in the wake of last week's riot on Capitol Hill, where supporters of President Trump tried to prevent Congressional certification of the 2020 election results....
Amazon Hit with Lawsuit After Suspension of Parler
Politico: Parler hit back at Amazon, filing a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of violating antitrust law by cutting off the conservative-friendly social media site's presence on the web. Parler said Amazon's decision was "motivated by political animus" and designed to...
Facebook Staffers Avoid Company-Branded Apparel
The Information: Facebook told employees to avoid wearing or carrying company-branded clothing and other items in public following its suspension last week of President Trump's account and its more recent crackdown on content mentioning "Stop the Steal," an online...
Google Faces Lawsuit in Search by Rival of YouTube
Wall Street Journal: Video-sharing site Rumble accused Google in a lawsuit of abusing the power of its search engine and mobile operating system to boost its YouTube video service over rivals, the latest allegation of anti-competitive conduct against the Alphabet...
Verizon CEO Announces Pacts with NFL, Live Nation
Variety: Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg has revealed several new and expanded 5G-related partnerships, including with the NFL, UPS, Live Nation, the Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art for an interactive virtual gallery project called "The Met...
Netflix to Sign Film, First-Look Deal with Kevin Hart
Hollywood Reporter: Kevin Hart is poised to make an enormous, Adam Sandler-type deal with Netflix. The deal calls for Hart to star and produce four features for the streamer and then enter into a first-look deal via his production banner, HartBeat Productions. The...
Disney Cuts Price of Hulu to $2 a Month for Students
USA Today: Hulu has a new subscription offer for college students — pay just $1.99 monthly for the streaming home of shows such as "The Bachelor" and originals including "The Handmaid's Tale." Students over the age of 18 can signup now for the $1.99 monthly access to...
Comcast’s NBC Drops Sports Analyst After Remarks
USA Today: Mike Milbury, a long-time NBC sports analyst who had become controversial over misogynistic and insensitive comments he made in the past, will not be returning. "We are grateful to Mike for all of his contributions to our coverage for 14 years, but he will...
AT&T’s WarnerMedia Shifts Program Lineup at CNN
Mediaite: CNN announced a number of new assignments for their top anchors and correspondents in Washington. Most notably, Jake Tapper's daily afternoon show, "The Lead," will expand to two hours. It will now air from 4-6 pm, shortening Wolf Blitzer's "The Situation...
Fox Corp Chief Adds More Opinion to News Channel
CNN: Rupert Murdoch, the executive chairman of Fox Corp, was said to be directly involved in the decision to replace a nighttime hour of news coverage on Fox News with another right-wing opinion show. The 7 pm hour, anchored by Martha MacCallum and called "The Story,"...
Twitter Purges 70,000 Accounts with Ties to QAnon
Washington Post: Twitter said it purged more than 70,000 accounts affiliated with conspiracy theory QAnon following the deadly riot at the US Capitol last week. The company said it began suspending the accounts on Friday afternoon, citing an increased risk of harm...
Cumulus Forces Radio Hosts to Tone Down Rhetoric
Washington Post: Talk-radio giant Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular right-leaning hosts in the United States, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Trump — or else face termination. The new...
New York Times Expects Biden Redo of News Media
TheHill: Joe Biden's administration is likely to reshape how reporters present news coverage and party conflict to their audiences, according to New York Times media columnist Ben Smith. "Biden ran on the promise to kind of do things in an old-fashioned way. I think...
Gannett Sees ‘Fake News’ Site Become a New Rival
NPR: As Gannett's Stockton Record newspaper in Stockton, Calif., lost resources and reporters, a local website called 209 Times — said to be trafficking in misinformation and racism — has emerged as the go-to source for the community. The Stockton Record sits behind a...
Tribune to Relocate Headquarters, Chicago Flagship
Chicago Tribune: The Chicago Tribune and its parent company will relocate out of Prudential Plaza at the end of this month, leaving the city's largest newspaper without a downtown office less than three years after its exit from the landmark Tribune Tower. The Tribune...
Atlantic Hit with Charge of Stealing Freelancer Work
TheWrap: The Atlantic has been accused by freelancer Dean Sterling Jones of stealing his work and denying him adequate credit — and payment — for his writing and research. In a Sunday post on his personal website, Jones said editors at the publication have "refused"...
Vox Under Fire for ‘Lab Leak’ at New York Magazine
Deez Links: New York magazine's Covid-19 "Lab Leak Hypothesis" cover story neglected to bring to light any solid evidence, according to popular newsletter writer Delia Cai. The magazine story's writer, Nicholson Baker. "doesn't provide evidence that's convincing...
Wikipedia Wins Praise as a Crowdsourcing Success
The Economist: Wikipedia will mark its 20th birthday on January 15 as the 13th-most-visited place on the web, offering more than 55 million articles written in 300 languages. Worries about fake news, filter bubbles and market power have soured public opinion on the...
Apple, Amazon, Google Make Moves to Stifle Parler
New York Times: Apple, Amazon and Google have pulled support for the "free speech" social network Parler, all but killing the service just as many conservatives are seeking alternatives to Facebook and Twitter. "Big tech really wants to kill competition," said Parler...
Twitter Braces for Pro-Trump Rally at Headquarters
San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco police said they are preparing for a possible pro-Trump demonstration at Twitter's headquarters on Monday, days after the social media company banned President Trump. Daily Mail: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly banned...
Verizon Chief to Deliver Keynote at All-Digital CES
Wired: This year, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the annual CES will take place entirely on computer screens. The first-ever completely remote staging of the consumer tech industry's tentpole event starts Monday. The Consumer Technology Association said that...
Netflix Joins Studios Delaying Shoots Citing Covid
Los Angeles Times: Due to the rising Covid-19 infection rate, several studios including CBS, ABC, NBC and most recently Netflix have delayed film and television productions that were set to restart. There have been clusters of coronavirus infections identified...
AT&T to Unveil Streaming Pay Plan for Filmmakers
Bloomberg: Warner Bros has come up with a new plan to compensate filmmakers during the pandemic: treat every movie like a box-office smash. The studio has adjusted terms of its deals with partners to guarantee payment regardless of box-office sales and to increase the...
Disney Mulls Relocating Some Divisions to Florida
Orlando Business Journal: Disney is in talks to relocate some of its office divisions from its headquarters in California to Lake Nona, a master-planned community in southeast Orlando. Nothing has been signed, and it isn't clear which Disney divisions or how many...