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Nearly half of consumers worldwide who watch live streaming video said they’re viewing more of this content today than they were a year ago, according to a global survey by the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
Walt Disney Co. moves ABC downtown... Condé Nast launches streaming TV channel for Wired... Oprah Winfrey invests in True Food Kitchen Food, a health-driven restaurant... YouTube to spend $25M to combat 'fake news.'
Univision, the No. 1 Spanish-language broadcaster in the US, is mulling the sale of Fusion Media Group in a corporate revamp under new CEO Vincent Sadusky.
The Weinstein Co. clears hurdles to purchase by Lantern Capital... Tariffs put the squeeze on newspaper business... Liberal broadcaster Ed Schultz dies at 64.
Former Fox News executive Bill Shine, who was pushed out of his post in 2017 for his handling of sexual harassment claims against the company, will be the White House’s fifth communications chief. (1 reader comment)
Rolling Stone goes monthly... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette goes from seven to five editions per week... Brian Ross, chief investigative correspondent who was suspended by ABC News over Michael Flynn report, exits Disney-owned network... Japan's Uzabase acquires Quartz news site, which was launched by Atlantic Media, for $75M to $110M.
The term "breaking news" has lost its impact since every nearly every story reported on Fox and CNN is pitched as breaking news.
Politico starts a service aimed the Canadian market... Gizmodo Media says goodbye to over 40 staffers... Hearst brings on Beth Buehler as vp of operations... The New York Times hires Washington correspondent Julian Barnes away from the Wall Street Journal.
A shooting today in the newsroom of Maryland’s Capital Gazette left five people dead and others wounded in the deadliest attack on a media company since the 2015 assault on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by Islamic extremists. (2 reader comments)
Gray TV and Raycom Media slate merger to become No. 3 TV station owner... Dan Ingram, famed NYC radio disc jockey, dies at 83... Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott promises to hold producers responsible for inappropriate remarks of on-air talent.
Will Melissa McCarthy be among the first guests of former White House press secretary Sean Spicer's talk show? (2 reader comments)
David Carey, who built Hearst Magazines into a publishing powerhouse, is exiting president post. (3 reader comments)
Charles Krauthammer, Fox contributor & Pulitizer Prize winner, dies at 68... AARP The Magazine remains on top of the consumer mag 'must-read' list... Newsweek news director Cristina Silva exits... Dick Delson, entertainment publicist who worked for Sylvester Stallone and Walter Matthau, dies at 81.
Graydon Carter, who stepped down last year as editor of Vanity Fair after a 25-year run, plans to launch his own media venture. (2 reader comments)
Procter & Gamble bankrolls Katie Couric's online video series in bid to gain greater control over content where its advertising appears.
A Chicago investment group is raising money to bankroll the purchase of the venerable Chicago Tribune from tronc. Inc. (1 reader comment)
Norman Pearlstine, 75, is the new executive editor of the Los Angeles Times as billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong takes control of the paper from tronc. (1 reader comment)
Russia launches USA Really propaganda outlet… Fox, Telemundo bullish on World Cup ad sales despite US team absence from tourney… 42West staffers strike out on own.
Ryan Lizza, who was fired by New Yorker in wake of sexual misconduct charges re-emerges at Esquire... New Yorker, Fast Company staffs vote to join unions... Penthouse, which once had 5M circulation, is sold for $11.2M to porn film mogul... Rubin "Bob" Goldberg, co-founder of Feature Photo Service, passes away.
Fox News commentator Charles Krauthammer, 68, tells colleagues that he's fighting a losing battle against cancer. (1 reader comment)
Former Fox News military analyst Ralph Peters ripped several of the network’s on-air personalities for “assaulting our constitutional order and the rule of law” and consequently doing “a great grave disservice to our country.”
Cyma Zarghami is out at Nickelodeon as Viacom clears decks... Gerard Baker is out as Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief... Bob Brody of Powell Tate is out with book on growing up.
The White House plans to nominate Michael Pack, conservative filmmaker, to head the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America and other outlets.
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