Fox Corp Launches New Slogan for Primetime News
Business Insider: Fox News has updated its primetime slogan to read "Standing Up For What's Right," a possible act of defiance in its ongoing feud with President Trump. The new slogan appears on primetime...
ViacomCBS Inks First-Look Deal with Marc Anthony
Hollywood Reporter: ViacomCBS International Studios has signed a first-look deal with Marc Anthony's production company, Magnus Studios. The deal is part of a strategy of "establishing alliances with best talents in the entertainment...
AT&T-WarnerMedia Takes Conan O’Brien Streaming
Bloomberg: Conan O'Brien is ending his late-night talk show to host a weekly variety series for HBO Max, underscoring the shifts in the TV industry. O'Brien will wrap up his self-titled show in June, the culmination of its 10th season on...
Twitter Rolls Out ‘Fleets’ That Disappear in 24 Hours
Associated Press: Twitter is launching tweets that disappear in 24 hours called “Fleets” globally, echoing social media sites like Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram that already have disappearing posts. The ephemeral tweets are called...
Facebook Mulls Paying Publishers Using Instagram
Axios: Instagram is mulling plans to pay publishers on its platform as it grows as a news and information source for users. Publishers are frustrated that prior monetization talks have been tabled from the second half of this year to an unknown...
News Corp Bids to Buy Publisher Simon & Schuster
New York Times: News Corp is making a play for Simon & Schuster, the powerhouse book publisher put up for sale by ViacomCBS in March. Associated Press: Quentin Tarantino has landed a two-book deal with News Corp's...
Sinclair Mulls Sale of Rebrand for Sports Networks
Sportico: Sinclair Broadcast Group is considering selling naming rights to the 21 regional sports networks it acquired from Disney. Sinclair has discussed the naming rights with potential sports betting partners. The talks have started with rights to all 21 as a...
Gannett Plans for Refinancing $500 Million in Debt
USA Today: Gannett has refinanced about $500 million in debt in a deal that will save the company money on interest payments and lead to a quicker reduction of its liabilities. Gannett has said one of its top financial goals was to reduce its debt as quickly as...
Axel Springer Ups Media News at Business Insider
@JoshSternberg: "Business Insider is scooping up all the good media reporters. This should worry trade pubs. Why? BI puts one key metric on reporters: drive subscriptions. If you're an agency, are you paying for Adweek and AdAge and Digiday and...
Hearst Faces Backlash Over Diversity in Magazines
Mr Magazine: Some subscribers believe that the diversity in Men's Heath is very one-sided and does not reflect the white reader anymore. "When we are addressing our audience ... we're addressing all of our audience," said Men's Health editor in chief Richard...
Spin Magazine’s Founder Returns to Offer New Spin
MediaPost: Bob Guccione Jr. this year returned Spin as a creative adviser. "I redesigned the site that was inherited from Billboard, which was a messy, unattractive blog. It not only has to have the energy we once had, it also has to apply to modern...
Playgirl Magazine Sells Out in Return to Newsstand
New York Post: Playgirl returned to newsstands last month and like the original that debuted in 1973, it quickly sold out. The current incarnation is owned by Jack Lindley Kuhns, who two years ago tapped Skye Parrott to be editor-in-chief of the...
Megyn Kelly Celebrates 50th Birthday, Top Podcast
Daily Mail: Megyn Kelly celebrated a milestone birthday with an intimate surprise party at her New York home this weekend. But her birthday isn't the only reason for celebration. Kelly's podcast, "The Megyn Kelly Show," debuted at No.1 for the month of...
Katie Couric Media Inks Editorial Deals with Brands
Adweek: Katie Couric is calling her own shots these days at the helm of a media company that bears her name, Katie Couric Media. The former NBC News and CBS News anchor is reinventing the business model around content creation and...
Social Media Threaten US Democracy, Obama Says
Recode: Barack Obama worries that the internet and social media have helped create "the single biggest threat to our democracy." He's clearly sounding an alarm, but it's not exactly clear what he thinks we should do about it. "They are making editorial choices,...
Facebook, Twitter CEOs to Testify on Election News
Multichannel News: Senate Republicans appear to be continuing to put the pressure on Big Tech, with a couple of the biggest names in tech testifying this week. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday with Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's...
AT&T Streamer to Finally Arrive on Amazon Fire TV
CNBC: HBO Max will begin rolling out this week on Amazon Fire TV and Fire tablets, roughly six months after its launch. HBO Max debuted in May for phones and a variety of smart TV platforms, but was notably absent from two of the largest streaming TV platforms: Amazon...
Comcast Enters Pact to Change Release of Movies
Bloomberg: Universal Pictures struck a deal with Cinemark to allow its films to go to home video after a shorter period of time. Under the new accord, Universal can sell its films to online audiences as soon as 17 days after they're shown by Cinemark, the...
Disney’s Hulu to Hike Price of Live TV Subscription
Fast Company: Hulu + Live TV has become the latest live-streaming service to raise prices as the cost of cable channels keeps going up. Starting December 18, Hulu's live TV service will start at $65 per month, an increase of $10 per month from...
Netflix Poaches NBC Exec for New Head of Comedy
Deadline: NBC scripted programming exec Tracey Pakosta is leaving the broadcast network to join Netflix as head of comedy. Pakosta will oversee both development and current programming for Netflix’s slate of scripted comedy series including adult animation and...
Fox Corp Hints of Expansion for Opinion News TV
TheWrap: Tucker Carlson said he has no plans to abandon Fox News for further-right pastures. In fact, Fox News is "working on a project to expand the amount of reporting and analysis we do in this hour across other parts of the company. This show is not going...
Disney Family’s Ex-Firm Buys Taylor Swift Masters
Axios: Shamrock Capital is the mystery buyer of Taylor Swift's master recordings for her first six albums. Swift has been feuding with music magnate Scooter Braun since he acquired her former record label, Big Machine, and its assets last...
Endeavor Taps Conde Nast Veteran for Streaming
Business Insider: Endeavor has hired Fred Santarpia to run its high-profile streaming unit. Santarpia will oversee global expansion at the direct-to-consumer streaming operation, which conducts front and back end operations for a host of top-notch sports leagues...
Hearst TV Promotes Exec to Lead Streaming Video
TVNewsCheck: Andrew Fitzgerald has been promoted to senior vice president, streaming video services, at Hearst Television, overseeing the company’s effort to expand its breadth of content over emerging platforms. He had been Hearst Television’s chief digital content...
Thomson Reuters Readies Hybrid Model for Events
Talking Biz News: In 2021, Reuters plans to roll out a hybrid events model, which will delve further into region-based networking without losing the benefits of virtual that the Reuters team has discovered over the past eight...
Conde Nast Stirs Debate Over New Cover of Vogue
Daily Mail: Harry Styles made history as the first ever solo male cover star of US Vogue, and opted to shake things up with by wearing a dress. However, conservative commentator Candace Owens took umbrage: "There is no society that can survive without strong...
Hearst Nabs Digital Magazine Pro from Conde Nast
Business of Fashion: Harper's Bazaar new editor in chief Samira Nasr announced a major hire on Monday, poaching GQ deputy fashion director Nikki Ogunnaike to become the Hearst publication's digital director. The appointment marks a return for Ogunnaike to...
A360 Media Sees Big Declines at National Enquirer
Slate: The Enquirer's circulation has plunged "from over 4 million weekly to around 100,000 today. It's to the point now where it's losing money hand over fist. It's a sad story, and people don't hold out much hope that the Enquirer will last much...
The Atlantic Eyes 100 Media Pros for CEO Position
Business Insider: How many people does it take to find the next CEO of The Atlantic? Over 100, apparently. That's the number of people David Bradley, the publication's minority owner, has said he's met with to find the right person for the job. Bradley's hunt has gone...
Quartz Enjoys Best Week Ever for New Subscribers
Talking Biz News: Quartz enjoyed its best week ever for membership last week, adding nearly 1,200 new members. The signups came after Quartz announced it was being acquired in a buyout by CEO and co-founder Zach Seward. Quartz now has 25,000 paying members...