TV network and video entertainment company Starz has plugged in Glover Park Group for communications and government relations focused on Washington.
Publicly traded Starz wants to engage government officials and the influential DC market about its programming and interest in the multichannel video sector, which is undergoing consolidation and faces scrutiny by regulators.
Starz claims 24.2M subscribers in the US and nearly 32M with the Starz Encore network. It has moved into original programming in recent years with shows including "Power" and "Survivor's Remorse" that have gained particularly strong viewership among African-Americans.
Starz last year engaged Venable to lobby officials on the importance of preserving diverse programming, as well as to advocate against industry consolidation.
GPG is part of WPP.
Lauren Skowronski, director of communications at Snap Inc., has been named senior VP-communications at CNBC.
Trust in the news media has continued to decline among Americans, with skepticism especially growing among younger audiences, according to a recent study.
Amazon may be coming to TikTok’s rescue in the nick of time as the app faces an April 5 deadline to cut ties with its Chinese owner or face a ban in the US, according to the New York Times... Vanity Fair editor Radhika Jones is heading out the door at the Condé Nast title she has headed up since 2017... Newspapers have dodged the bullet as regards the proposed tariffs on newsprint—for now.
Financial Times group chief executive John Ridding is stepping down after close to 20 years in the position... MSNBC hires Scott Matthews as SVP of newsgathering, effective March 17, as the network prepares for life after its connection to NBC News... Gallup has released a report showing that two-thirds of Americans either do not trust the media very much (31 percent) or do not trust it all (36 percent). 
Last week, Jeff Bezos just did something rare in today’s media landscape: he embraced common sense.
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