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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.
McClatchy, which owns 29 daily papers across 14 states (including The Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee and Kansas City Star), launches a wave of layoffs that extends to at least 13 of those papers... The Toledo Blade, which was founded in 1835, is set to shut down on Dec. 31, unless owner Block Communications manages to find a buyer for it... A bill awaiting approval by California governor Gavin Newsom would give local newsrooms a boost. 
Fox News Media issued a pretty sparse release to announce the departure of one of its stars. “Effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with FOX News Media,” it reads.
Brunswick Group partner John Simons has joined CNN as senior director of business & media. He held top jobs at Time and the Wall Street Journal.
WNET, the nation’s largest public media company, names Edward O’Keefe its next president and CEO, effective September 21. O’Keefe succeeds Neal Shapiro, who becomes president emeritus and will retire at the end of the year... The Stealth Bot Prohibition Act, which would empower news publishers and other content providers to defend themselves by mandating transparency for all bots crawling their sites, in introduced in the House by Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) and Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC)... Google gets socked by European Union regulators with a $1 billion fine for using the platform’s dominance as a search engine to illegally undercut competition.
Boston Globe Media acquires InstaTrac, a company that provides subscription-based services aimed at making government information easier to find, track, and understand... AARP names former New Republic CEO and publisher Michael Caruso as its SVP and chief content officer, unifying the organization's portfolio of media, live events and digital platforms... The Fund for American Studies, an educational nonprofit, awards its inaugural Journalism Excellence Fellowships.
