Hearst Pitches New Magazine-Branded Products on QVC
MediaPost: Good Housekeeping has teamed up with chef Curtis Stone and his kitchen product company, Foodfight, to create a line of Good Housekeeping Kitchenware, backed by the GH Seal. Shopping network QVC is the exclusive launch...
Time Magazine Readies Special Talk with Harry, Meghan
WWD: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are working with Time Magazine to host a special episode of its Time 100 Talks on Oct. 20. The episode will focus on the topic of “Engineering a Better World,” which is an important element of the couple’s charitable...
Axios Chief Says Consumers Must Avoid ‘Sh— Content’
Press Gazette: Internet users need to take more personal responsibility for the content they consume, says Axios CEO Jim VandeHei. "At the end of the day, I choose whether I smoke. I choose whether I drink. I choose whether I ingest shit content into my mind on a...
Comcast’s NBC Chiefs Explain Decision to Host Trump
Wall Street Journal: "We share in the frustration that our event will initially air alongside the first half of ABC's broadcast with Vice President Biden," says NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde. "Our decision is motivated only by fairness, not business...
Fox Corp’s Murdoch Predicts a Landslide Win for Biden
Daily Beast: President Trump's influential supporter Rupert Murdoch is telling close associates he believes Joe Biden will win the election in a landslide. The Australian-born billionaire is disgusted by Trump's handling of Covid-19, remarking that the president is...
News Corp Eyes Big Names for ‘Fleet Street’ Video Push
Financial Times: Piers Morgan and Alan Sugar are among the high-profile broadcasters being courted by the Murdoch media empire for its new small screen venture in Britain. News UK has been developing several current affairs and entertainment programs, which would be...
AT&T’s WarnerMedia to Shutter Movie Channels in India
Mint: WarnerMedia has announced the shutdown of the HBO linear movie channels in India and Pakistan, as well as the WB linear movie channel in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Maldives. "This was a difficult decision to make. The pay-TV industry landscape and the...
Disney Slaps Content Warnings on ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Peter Pan’
KTLA: Disney has added a new advisory that displays before films on Disney+ that have been identified as including stereotypes and negative depictions of people or cultures. The advisory includes a statement that displays on the screen for approximately 10 to 12...
Comcast to Pay $295,000 in Discrimination Settlement
Philadelphia Inquirer: Comcast has agreed to pay $295,000 to 45 Black and Hispanic workers at its Philadelphia headquarters and raised some salaries to settle allegations of pay discrimination from the US Department of Labor. Comcast denies the allegations but says it...
AT&T’s WarnerMedia Seeks Sports Betting, Black Voices
Los Angeles Times: Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has signed a production deal with Warner Bros Television Group to create original programming. CNBC: DraftKings has agreed to a partnership with Turner Sports to install it as an exclusive sportsbook...
Alphabet Promises to Start Muzzling QAnon at YouTube
Reuters: YouTube, the video service of Google parent Alphabet, says it will ban content that targets an individual or a group using conspiracy theories such as QAnon or pizzagate that have "been used to justify real-world violence." The company says it will begin...
Facebook, Twitter Chiefs Sought by Senate Over Article
Bloomberg: Senate Republicans are demanding to hear from the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter to discuss alleged censorship of political news, a sign of escalating tension over treatment of a New York Post article concerning Hunter Biden. Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican...
Twitter Updates Policy After Dispute with New York Post
CNBC: Twitter has changed its policy on hacked materials on the heels of its controversial decision to block links to a New York Post story about Joe Biden's son. Twitter will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers. It will also label...
Snap, Pinterest See Gains from Ad Boycott at Facebook
The Information: When Facebook reports third-quarter earnings later this month, the results are expected to show that the summer advertiser boycott had little discernible impact on its advertising revenues. But what was likely crumbs falling from the table for...
Bloomberg Looks to Challenge Davos with Virtual Event
Axios: Bloomberg's New Economy Forum, going virtual this year for the first time, is on track to challenge the likes of the World Economic Forum, the Aspen Ideas Festival and others. The forum will be the first major global convening of business ad political leaders...
Altice Slashes Jobs at Millennial-News Network Cheddar
Business Insider: Cheddar, the millennial-news network sold to cable company Altice USA for $200 million last year, has laid off staffers during the pandemic and consolidated its two channels. Sources estimated that Cheddar's staff was slashed by 30% or more, which...
Gannett Prepares Another Round of Newsroom Buyouts
Poynter: Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper company with more than 250 daily titles, will begin offering another round of newsroom buyouts next week. It has not yet said how many. The changes were announced by CEO Mike Reed during a companywide virtual town hall...
Hearst, Conde Celebrate Blackness on Magazine Covers
Poynter: In the 90 days following the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police, mainstream magazines celebrated Blackness on their covers about three times more than in the previous 90 years combined. Every one of the 126 covers published in...
New York Times Faces Possible Danger if Trump Loses
Financial Times: "The impressive digital subscription engine built by the New York Times would not be enough to protect it from a ‘Trump slump.’ The hunger for news and analysis would reduce with a conventional president and relative normalcy returning to US...
Washington Post Offers Newsletter on Pandemic Living
Talking Biz News: The Washington Post has launched "What Day Is It?," a newsletter series devoted to the perception of time and developing new experiences. Audience editor Steven Johnson will be guiding readers on how to establish a routine of normalcy by putting...
Financial Times Editor Warns on Move to Remote Work
Press Gazette: Roula Khalaf has warned that long-term remote working could be "problematic" for news companies as they "have to be able to share ideas." The Financial Times editor said she disliked working from home and wanted to see a return to the office – and that...
Facebook, Twitter Limit Reach of Article from News Corp
CNET: Facebook and Twitter have limited the reach of a New York Post article that alleged leaked emails show Joe Biden's son introduced the Democratic presidential nominee to a Ukrainian energy executive. The actions have raised questions about how social networks...
News Corp Gets Biden Bashing Thanks to New York Post
Politico: Joe Biden’s campaign has punched back at a New York Post story that alleged a direct link between the Democratic presidential nominee and his son's business dealings. Top Biden advisers who staffed him during his vice presidency sharply rejected the Post’s...
Fox Corp’s News Channel Forms Team to Support Trump
Daily Beast: Fox News's research unit has launched a behind-the-scenes effort that staffers say is designed to reinforce and amplify President Trump's erroneous accusations on voter fraud. "It feels like is an attempt to push more baseless conspiracy theories and...
Comcast’s NBC Hit with Backlash Over Trump Town Hall
Los Angeles Times: NBC News is sticking with its plan to air a live televised town hall with President Trump Thursday night, competing directly against ABC's event with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The news division will have Trump answer questions...
Disney Strikes Back on Flak Over CEO Pay Amid Layoffs
Los Angeles Times: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sharply attacked Disney over its plans to lay off 28,000 workers, accusing the company of prioritizing executive pay and shareholder interests over the needs of rank-and-file employees. Disney responded with a...
AT&T Places WarnerMedia’s Headquarters Under Review
Business Insider: AT&T is reevaluating the huge New York City headquarters of WarnerMedia. The process could result in a substantial downsizing of the 1.5 million-square-foot space at 30 Hudson Yards on Manhattan's west side, where the mass-media and entertainment...
ViacomCBS Nabs New ‘Grease’ Series from WarnerMedia
Variety: Paramount Plus has nabbed the new "Grease" spinoff series from HBO Max and rebranded it as "Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies." News of the move comes almost exactly a year to the day after the show, a spinoff of the classic John Travolta and Olivia Newton John...
Comcast MSNBC Anchor Airs Promo for JPMorgan Chase
Mediaite: JPMorgan Chase removed a promotional video with Stephanie Ruhle, NBC News's senior business correspondent and an anchor on MSNBC, and will stop using her likeness after facing questions about her partnership with the company. A source at NBC familiar with...
Survey: Bullying is Pervasive Among Workers in Hollywood
USA Today: A new survey from the Hollywood Commission confirms that abusive conduct is a pervasive problem in Hollywood made worse by the entertainment industry's power imbalances – and the targets of the bullying are often young workers and assistants. In Hollywood,...