New York Times in Legal Battle with Time Magazine
Bloomberg Law: The publisher of Time Magazine's Time100 Talks infringe the New York Times's Times Talks trademark covering similar conversation events between journalists and leading thinkers, according to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal...
Conde Nast Hires Engineers Amid Digital Transition
Financial Times: CEO Roger Lynch is moving forward with an overhaul of Conde Nast, investing about 10 percent of the company's revenues into technology and content to boost online subscriptions and ecommerce, while pushing into movie and TV...
Hearst, Conde Nast Ramp Up Diversity in Magazines
Poynter: Blackness exploded on the covers of magazines during the middle months of 2020. But is it hypocrisy? A performative act so that those magazines can profit from the pain of Black people, as one editor said? Or is it a genuine...
New York Times Nabs Star of Digital News Site Vox
Daily Beast: The New York Times announced that Ezra Klein, who left the Washington Post in 2014 to launch Vox, will join the paper as an opinion columnist and podcast host. "Ezra will be able to help our readers and listeners navigate the political...
Vox Media Seeks New Leaders as Top Execs Depart
Axios: Ezra Klein, co-founder and editor-at-large of Vox, the political news website owned by Vox Media, and Lauren Williams, editor-in-chief and SVP of Vox, are leaving the company. The changes mark a new era for Vox, the news brand, and Vox...
G/O Media ‘Erases’ Websites in Back-End Overhaul
@timmarchman: "G/O Media's destruction of their archives has wiped out specialprojectsdesk ... They knocked out all the independent Kinja sites, due to the way things were structured, anything published independently to the Special Projects site, which mainly hosted...
Axios CEO Sees Media Filter Bubble Getting Worse
Axios: "The media remains fairly clueless about the America that exists outside of the big cities, where most political writers and editors live. The coverage missed badly the surge in Trump voters in places obvious (rural America) and less obvious (Hispanic-heavy...
BuzzFeed, HuffPost Brace for Layoffs After Big Sale
Business Insider: News that BuzzFeed is acquiring fellow digital media outlet HuffPost has insiders speculating about layoffs and worrying about the future of both newsrooms. "The first reaction was shock," said a BuzzFeed editorial...
Google Ignores Creators in Ad Update for YouTube
CNBC: YouTube said in an update to its terms of service that it has the "right to monetize" all content on its platform. As such, it will start putting ads on videos from channels not in its YouTube Partner Program, which shares ad revenue with...
Netflix Inks Nine-Figure Film-TV Deal with Producer
Hollywood Reporter: Filmmaker Shawn Levy, who this week started production on Netflix's action-adventure feature "The Adam Project," has signed a five-year, first-look film and TV deal with the streaming giant. The deal is said to be in the nine-figure...
Disney Mulls Snub of Movie Theaters for New Films
Deadline: Disney is looking at launching a number of its upcoming tentpole family films on Disney+ instead of the theatrical release bows that were envisioned when the films were developed and green...
Discovery Slates Big Unveil for Streaming Strategy
Hollywood Reporter: Discovery will unveil details of its much-anticipated global streaming service and the broader strategy behind it during an investor event on Dec. 2. CEO David Zaslav recently said the company was working on "finishing...
ViacomCBS Insiders Stir Chatter About CBS News
Business Insider: Susan Zirinsky is dropping some big hints that she is unhappy with aspects of her role as head of CBS News, leading to speculation that there may be changes at the top. "She's been noisy about being...
AT&T’s WarnerMedia is Mum After Scandal at CNN
Fox News: CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin was fired from his job as a staff writer at the New Yorker magazine more than a week ago following an investigation into an incident in which he was caught masturbating on a Zoom call with...
Liberty CEO in Hunt for Opportunities in Pandemic
CNBC: The economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis will be uneven across sectors, potentially creating investment opportunities, said Liberty Media's Greg Maffei. "The pandemic, in our view, will linger. This isn't going to be a switch turned off or...
Fuse CEO Leads Management Buy of Media Outfit
World Screen: Miguel "Mike" Roggero, CEO of Fuse Media, has led a management buyout of the cross-platform entertainment brand focused on delivering English-language content for Latino, multicultural millennial and Gen Z...
iHeartMedia, Celebs to Salute ‘Heroes of New York’
Associated Press: Robin Hood and iHeartRadio announced a collaboration to present "Heroes of New York," which will air Dec. 1 on television and radio stations in New York. The one-hour show will share inspirational stories of...
Spotify Podcaster Influx Sparks Flap at The Ringer
New York Times: Celebrity podcast talent being brought on as contractors has raised concerns among full-time employees at The Ringer, who say it may close off their opportunities for advancement and weaken the company's...
Google Agrees to Pact with Newspapers in France
Reuters: Google has signed copyright agreements with six French newspapers and magazines, including national dailies Le Monde and Le Figaro. The move follows months of bargaining between Google, French publishers and news...
News Corp, Bertelsmann Vie for Simon & Schuster
New York Post: Bids for Simon & Schuster are due next week, and there are reportedly three suitors still in the race: News Corp, Bertelsmann and Vivendi. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson has warned of antitrust concerns with...
Conde Nast Yanks Piece on Possible Superspreader
New York Post: Vogue abruptly pulled a piece from its website that gushed over a Martha's Vineyard destination wedding — after it was discovered that the nuptials were potentially a superspreader event on the tony...
Penske Faces Probe of Deal for Hollywood Reporter
New York Post: The Department of Justice is investigating antitrust concerns surrounding Penske Media's deal to buy The Hollywood Reporter. The DOJ is concerned that the deal would put three major Hollywood trade publications under a single...
A360 to Share Top Magazine Editors After Cutbacks
New York Post: Layoffs continue to plague the media company behind the National Enquirer, where the head of Men's Journal will be furloughed on Friday and the guy replacing him will hold two jobs at...
BuzzFeed-HuffPost CEO to Take On New York Times
Recode: The New York Times can't be called "the paper of record" anymore because of its subscription model, according to Jonah Peretti. Digiday: BuzzFeed will acquire an older audience with its acquisition of HuffPost....
Report: Media to See Job Cuts in ‘Gritty Claw-Back’
Press Gazette: Publishers are facing a post-Covid "gritty claw-back" rather than a "buoyant bounce-back" in turnover in 2021, according to the newly published Media Futures 2020 report. The picture looks "slightly better" than many feared earlier this...
Substack Hopes to Offer New Model for Journalism
Vanity Fair: Substack newsletters are growing in influence and numbers, and in many cases, they're becoming a no-brainer for marquee writers who want to make a comfortable salary — quite possibly a very comfortable one — without having a...
BuzzFeed in Deal with Verizon to Acquire HuffPost
Wall Street Journal: BuzzFeed has agreed to acquire Verizon Media's HuffPost in a stock deal, uniting two of the larger players in digital media as companies across the sector search for ways to jump-start growth. The acquisition is part of a larger...
Apple Returns ‘Peanuts’ Specials to TV After Outcry
Associated Press: Last month, Apple TV+ became the new home to the "Peanuts" holiday specials. That sparked an outcry from viewers who were accustomed to tuning in on network TV. Online petitions gathered hundreds of thousands of...
Disney in Pay Dispute with Writer Over ‘Star Wars’
CBR: Alan Dean Foster is calling out Disney for failing to pay royalties for his novelizations of motion pictures in the "Star Wars" and "Alien" franchises. The royalty payments stopped after Disney acquired Lucasfilm and Fox, according to...
AT&T’s ‘Wonder Woman’ Eyes Theaters, Streaming
Reuters: "Wonder Woman 1984" will debut simultaneously in US theaters and on HBO Max starting on Christmas Day, an unusual release plan prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. "This is unprecedented,” said WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar in a blog...