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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.
Michael Kaminer, who was responsible for the Observer’s “Power List” for the past 13 years, has cut ties with the publication... The New York Times Company continues the march toward its goal of 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is providing more than $6 million in funding to eight organizations working to address the challenges local news and information environments face along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Conservative outlets Fox News, Newsmax and the Daily Caller are holding back from signing Pete Hegseth’s edict restricting press access in the Pentagon... CBS News sees the first executive departure of the Bari Weiss era as head of standards and practices Claudia Milne exits... Indiana University shuts down the print version of The Indiana Daily Student.
Rothschild family plans to unload 26.7 percent stake in The Economist... STAT, a digital media company that focuses the life sciences, brings back Damian Garde, who anchored its biotech newsletter and podcast from 2016 to 2024... High Times officially resumes print publication (following its 2024 shutdown) with the release of a limited-edition, collectible 50th anniversary issue. 
CBS News is set to hand over its reins to The Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss as Paramount acquires her site for $155M... C-SPAN comes on board as an official media partner of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, which is charged by Congress to lead the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence... A new Gallup survey says that the level of trust that US audiences have in the media has hit a new low.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Kenneth Weinstein, former head of the conservative Hudson Institute, as ombudsman for CBS News.
