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ESPN+ cracks million paid subscriber mark... Conde Nast forms Women's Video Network centered around Glamour... BuzzFeed News pulls plug on in-house podcast production team... Quartz names Sam Grobart of CNN editor for premium journalism.
Viet Dinh, who was an independent director of 21stCentury Fox, has been named chief legal & policy officer of the new “Fox,” which is being spun-off from Walt Disney Co.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, are buying Time magazine for $190M cash from Meredith Corp, which acquired the Time Inc. magazine properties in January.
Oath, which houses Verizon's AOL, Yahoo, TechCrunch, HuffPost units bids adieu to CEO Tim Armstrong, ups COO K. Guru Gowrappan to top spot... iHeart Media acquires Stuff Media, podcaster... Fox News firms up streaming service offering... Lee Enterprises' Missoula Independent informs staffers of shutdown, job loss via email. Lee Enterprises acquired the alt-weekly last year.
Danielle Carigg, former senior VP-communications at A&E Networks’ Lifetime pay cable unit, has joined Vice Media as chief communications officer.
Gawker will be dishing out the gossip once more early next year, according to Bryan Goldberg, whose Bustle Media Group came out on top in an auction for Gawker Media’s assets in July.
Playboy steps up effort in the media content game with eye on streaming TV, videogames and augmented reality platforms.
Ads could be just as much to blame as player protests and the cratering of cable TV subscriptions for the sinking viewership for NFL games, a new study says.
CBS reportedly makes $100 million offer to Moonves... Washington Examiner names Toby Harnden managing editor... The Economist leaves its Open Future Festival open to Steve Bannon
The Washington Post’s publication of excerpts from Bob Woodward’s “Fear: Trump in the White House” has unleashed a tweetstorm in which president Trump says he doesn’t know “why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws.”
A year after killing its print edition, famed weekly The Village Voice announced that it will no longer publish new material.
Sinclair Broadcast Group fires off breach of contract lawsuit against former merger partner, Tribune Media... Snap Inc. appoints WarnerMedia pro Kristen O'Hara for VP-global business solutions spot... The Atlantic poaches Facebook's news products chief Alex Hardiman.
The U.S. International Trade Commission voted today to overturn the tariffs on Canadian newsprint put into place earlier this year by the Trump administration.
Amazon slates launch of ad-supported video service... Craigslist founder donates $1M to left-leaning Mother Jones magazine... Jemele Hall, who called president Trump a "white supremacist," is exiting ESPN.
Les Moonves lawyers up for CBS internal investigation... HBO's Bill Maher gives $1 million to help the Democrats take the Senate... Condé Nast loses digital star Phillip Picardi.
After decades of declines, trust in the media — particularly at the local level — appears to be on the rebound, according to an annual survey conducted by Poynter Institute.
David Pecker, CEO of American Media, the company that publishes the National Enquirer, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors in the investigation surrounding Michael Cohen. (1 reader comment)
McClatchy Co. is cutting 140 editorial staffers to combat strong “industry headwinds,” according to a memo from CEO Craig Forman to employees.
LA Times hires NYT editor Sewell Chan as deputy managing editor... Facebook yanks 5K ad target options... Fox News ups Porter Berry to E-I-C of digital operation.
Coverage of Omarosa Manigault Newman is pushing stories about other controversial topics to the side at cable news networks, according to a Media Matters study.
Major Internet companies aren’t doing enough to identify and stop the spread of fake news that appears on their platforms, according to an August survey published by the Knight Foundation and Gallup.
Amazon takes a look at Landmark Theatres... New York Media ponders a path to growth that could include a sale... Condé Nast Traveler to merge its US and UK editions.
A solid majority of American voters disagrees with president Trump's contention that the media are the enemy of the people, according to a poll released Aug. 14 by Quinnipiac University National Poll. (1 reader comment)
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