Facebook Ready for Heat of Biden Administration
Business Insider: A top advisor to President-elect Joe Biden has torn into Facebook: "If you thought disinformation on Facebook was a problem during our election, just wait until you see how it is shredding the fabric of our democracy in the days...
Parler Soars as More Conservatives Reject Twitter
CNET: As Twitter and Facebook crack down on political misinformation, more conservatives are flocking to an alternative social network called Parler. Over the weekend, high-profile conservatives issued calls urging others to join...
Newsmax Ascends as Network for Post-Trump Era
Fast Company: Newsmax's rank among free apps in Apple's App Store climbed from No. 1,061 on Election Day to No. 8 on November 8, the day after the election was called for Joe Biden. The app is seeing a similar bump on Google...
Thomson Reuters to Unveil Business Line for Pros
Axios: Reuters is launching Reuters Professional, a new business line that will include news, analysis and events for decision-makers. Reuters will push to serve individual professionals more directly, which it believes brings significant financial...
Tribune, Los Angeles Times Pay Up in Pay Lawsuit
New York Post: The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing have jointly agreed to pay $3 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by multi-ethnic group of journalists who claimed that they were systematically paid less than their white male...
Gannett Eyes Sale of Real Estate, Non-Core Assets
Rochester Beacon: Sales of non-core assets and real estate properties are expected to help Gannett reduce its outstanding debt to $1.63 billion. "If you're thinking of making an offer on your local Gannett-owned newspaper, it looks like this might be a good...
McClatchy Newspaper in Kansas City Needs a Home
Kansas City Star: The Kansas City Star will leave its iconic glass building in downtown Kansas City, Mo. and look for a new home, the newspaper said. The change comes after parent company McClatchy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in...
Conde Nast, Hearst Magazines Feel Impact of Covid
WWD: Fifteen major magazines from publishers such as Conde Nast, Hearst and Meredith saw their audiences decline or remain flat through the third quarter, nearly all the months of the pandemic in the US so far. But 20 titles actually saw audiences...
Quartz to Seek Financing Amid Talk of $1 Sale Deal
New York Post: When Quartz CEO Zach Seward announced that had he purchased his struggling news site from its corporate owners, the terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. But sources say that Tokyo-based Uzabase was looking to sell it for a...
BuzzFeed Launches Its Own Branded Adult Product
Digiday: BuzzFeed's name and signature bright red color will be used to sell a new vibrator this fall in the publisher’s latest effort to become a digital authority on sex and wellness. BuzzFeed will be deepening partnership with adult product manufacturer Bellesa....
Google’s Former CEO Seeks Citizenship in Cyprus
Recode: Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is finalizing a plan to become a citizen of the island of Cyprus, becoming one of the highest-profile Americans to take advantage of one of the world's most controversial "passport-for-sale"...
Facebook Purges Pages Tied to Ex-Trump Advisor
CNBC: Facebook has removed a network of pages tied to Steve Bannon for using tricks to increase their reach. "We've removed several clusters of activity for using inauthentic behavior tactics to artificially boost how many people saw their...
Disney Optimistic on Positive Covid Vaccine News
CNBC: Shares of Disney closed up nearly 12 percent Monday after Pfizer and BioNTech reported positive results from their Covid-19 vaccine trial, leading investors to flock back. Disney has continued to feel the impact of the Covid-19...
Fox Corp News Channel Spreads Trump Denialism
Vanity Fair: Despite Donald Trump fuming at Fox News for its accurate election projections, the president is still leaning heavily on the network to advance his push for a reelection victory. Fox News's willingness to entertain his efforts is critical to his war...
ViacomCBS Pledges Diversity Goals for Reality TV
Bloomberg: CBS, the broadcaster of reality shows "Survivor," "The Amazing Race" and "Big Brother," said it will require 50 percent of casts of unscripted programs to be non-White next season, marking the latest push by Hollywood to diversify....
Comcast Taps PayPal for Shopping Revamp at NBC
Ad Age: NBCUniversal has revamped its retail commerce strategy, launching its new One Platform Commerce in a partnership with PayPal that will bring shoppable content to consumers across the network's...
Disney Streaming Veteran to Join Investment Firm
New York Post: Kevin Mayer, who just finished a short-lived stint as TikTok’s CEO, has joined billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries. Mayer will become a senior advisor to the investment firm, focusing on its media-related...
CBS, Fox Lose Bid to Dodge Ad Price-Fixing Claim
Bloomberg Law: CBS, Fox and other leading broadcasters must face claims they inflated local TV advertising rates through illegal information exchanges at a time when competition from other media should have been driving them down, a federal judge...
WPP Former Leader Calls for Successor to Resign
Financial Times: Martin Sorrell has called his successor at WPP to step down "before he his pushed" in a broadside against the advertising giant he left acrimoniously in 2018. Sorrell said CEO Mark Read has throttled key businesses and lost top...
Wondery Eyes Sale as CEO Faces Own Legal Fight
Los Angeles Times: Hernan Lopez, CEO of podcasting giant Wondery, is among two former Fox TV executives charged with money laundering and wire fraud over alleged bribes involving broadcasting rights to the World Cup. "I'll be vindicated," Lopez...
Bloomberg Taps Veteran for Anchor on QuickTake
Talking Biz News: Tim Stenovec, a former anchor at Cheddar, has been hired as an anchor for Bloomberg QuickTake, its streaming television channel. Stenovec had been at Cheddar since June 2017.Previously, Stenovec was tech editor at Business...
New York Times Faces Heat from Next-Gen Insiders
New York: The New York Times is grappling with a new generation of recruits from digital outlets who have "kind of been raised by wolves." One "woke millennial reporter" says: "I'm not so blinded by how great the place is that I'm going to ignore the...
Meredith Sends Magazine Videos to Doctors’ Offices
Digiday: Thousands of TVs in doctors' offices across the US will now display video content from several Meredith brands, including People, Better Homes & Gardens, Shape, EatingWell, Parents and Health, among others. The content will curated from existing...
Ziff Davis: Mashable Hacker Posts User Data Online
InfoSecurity: Data belonging to users of Mashable has been leaked on the internet. The US culture and tech news website confirmed that a hacker had obtained a copy of one of its databases and published it online. The site has launched an...
Time Magazine Veteran Joins Pfizer’s Vaccine Trial
CNBC: Walter Isaacson, a participant in Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine trial, said he was thrilled to learn of the strong efficacy data announced by the pharmaceutical giant. "I feel great. And I feel really great for the country and the world and for...
Group Nine Names Snap Veteran as Diversity Chief
WWD: Group Nine Media has named Fanta Camara head of diversity, equity and inclusion. She was most recently human resources business partner for Group Nine's NowThis. Prior to Group Nine, Camara was a senior human resources generalist at...
Quartz CEO: This is Our Put-Up-or-Shut-Up Moment
Quartz: "Quartz is becoming an independent media company again," writes CEO Zach Seward. Ownership by Uzabase "was helpful as we navigated a period of enormous change in digital media, but we are better off right now as a startup, freer to chart our own...
Analysis: US Media Brace for Loss of ‘Trump Bump’
Adweek: Media organizations have been considering the possibilities of life after President Donald Trump and what that means for traffic and subscription rates. "The post-Trump world may feel very boring, and this may impact news...
Fox Corp: Murdoch Tells Trump He Lost US Election
i News: Rupert Murdoch spoke to President Trump early last week and told him that he had lost. Trump did not accept it. Daily Mail: James Murdoch's wife tweeted: "We did it!!!!" Fox News: Fox News criticized Joe Biden's mask mandate ahead of its...
AT&T Taps Former FCC Chief for New Board Leader
Reuters: William Kennard, former head of the US Federal Communications Commission, has been named chairman of AT&T's board, effective January 2021. Kennard would be the first African American to be the company’s chairman in its...