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If you’ve ever yearned for the opportunity to watch Fox News Channel’s prime-time lineup 24 hours a day, you’re about to get your chance. FOX Nation, the network’s streaming platform, is set to make episodes of Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity and The Ingraham Angle available for on-demand viewing, effective June 2. “Fox News Primetime All the Time” will let viewers stream those programs the morning after their initial airing on FNC. “Making television’s most highly rated shows with the most passionate audiences available on FOX Nation will add incredible value for subscribers, who now can watch them anywhere and anytime they want,” said FOX Nation president Jason Klarman. Other cable news channels, such as CNN and NBC, have resisted putting their broadcast content on their streaming platforms, fearing that such a move could cut into TV viewership numbers and antagonize distributors who carry broadcast channels.
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Amazon is buying MGM Holdings, the parent company of MGM, for $8.5 billion. MGM was put on the auction block earlier this year. The deal gives Amazon access to MGM’s catalog of 4,000 films and 17,000 TV shows, as well as a 50 percent stake in the James Bond franchise. It is seen as a bid to bolster Amazon Studios, the company’s film and TV division. The acquisition is the second-largest in Amazon’s history, topped only by its purchase of Whole Foods for $13.4 billion in 2017. “The real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of IP in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and develop together with MGM’s talented team,” Prime Video and Amazon Studios senior vice president Mike Hopkins said in a statement.
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The Associated Press is reviewing its social media policy following the firing of a 22-year-old news associate for violating it. More than 150 AP staffers protested the termination of Emily Wilder, who was let go just three weeks after she had been hired. Wilder had previously posted tweets about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that she says were attacked by “political conservatives like Senator Tom Cotton, Ben Shapiro and Robert Spencer.” An open letter signed by AP journalists noted “the lack of clarity on the violations of the social media policy.” In a memo to staffers, AP management said that recommendations about potential changes to the social media policy would be reviewed by staff members by Sept. 1.
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. has replaced CEO and former California Congressman Devin Nunes with Kevin McGurn, a seasoned media sales executive.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being bought by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit that is the parent organization of the Baltimore Banner... The British Broadcasting Corporation is axing approximately 2,000 jobs, about 10 percent of its work force... Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is also succumbing to layoff fever, announcing plans to lay off 16 percent of its employees, about 1,000 people.
CBS News Radio will go off the air on May 22, part of the axe-swinging managerial plan put into play by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss... The Economist, which was first published in 1843, is changing hands. Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to acquire a 26.9 percent stake in the publication from Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, her family and family foundation... Nexstar Media Group says it has closed its acquisition of TEGNA, the broadcast, digital media and marketing services company that was formed in 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
