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I was like wow Joe is a Sonny Rollins fan? Who knew

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”

Exclusive interviews with Bari Weiss, David Ellison and Tim Cibrowski.

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Exclusive | NFL Criticizes Nielsen’s Measurements as Football Season Approaches The league says Nielsen underestimates game viewership, potentially hurting the value of media rights and ad revenue. The measurement firm says this season’s ratings will be its most accurate ever.

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Skydance’s Paramount Lands UFC Rights in $7.7 Billion Deal Under the seven-year deal, UFC fights will be streamed on Paramount+ and select bouts will be simulcast on CBS.

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Exclusive | Fox Takes Stake in IndyCar Owner Penske Entertainment The deal is the latest alliance between a media company and a sports organization.

Fox is Penske material!
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What Killed 'The Late Show'? - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts Last week, CBS cancelled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The network said that ending the show was “purely a financial decision.” Over the years, late-night audiences and profits have dwindled. ...

Hear me talk about Colbert, late night, the biz, the deal, the president, etc.

Exclusive | NBCU Is Exploring Launching a Sports Cable Network The potential cable channel would broadcast sports, including NBA basketball, also being shown on NBCU’s Peacock streaming service.

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Can Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ Movie Finally Deliver Apple a Big-Screen Hit? Six years after getting into entertainment, Apple lags its peers in streaming subscribers and mainstream appeal, despite lavish spending on A-list stars.

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The Media and Entertainment Deal Machine Is Revving Up Warner Bros. Discovery’s new plan to split up marks companies’ latest effort to adapt to streaming, and more moves are expected.

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NPR Challenges Trump Order to End U.S. Funding of Public Media The administration’s executive order violates the Constitution and federal law, an NPR lawsuit says.

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Exclusive | NBCUniversal Bids for MLB Rights ESPN Dropped The company aims to air games on NBC and its Peacock streaming service.

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CBS News Chief to Leave as Tension Persists Over Paramount’s Trump Fight Wendy McMahon is the network’s second recent high-profile departure.

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It's all about the broadband baby!

DHS Is Considering Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for Citizenship “This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” says the producer behind the pitch.

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Good job blowing off the embargo

Warner’s Streaming Service Has a New Name: Its Old One. Meet ‘HBO Max.’ The service is rebranding again, this time embracing the HBO name.

It’s HBO Max…again.

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The NFL’s Media Chief Thinks the League Still Has Room to Grow In an interview, Brian Rolapp discusses how the league is aiming to reach a younger—and more international—audience.

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Public Media Rush to Review Budgets, Raise Money After Trump Order PBS and NPR promised to challenge the president’s executive order slashing financial support.

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Trump Issues Order to Defund U.S. Public Media, Including PBS and NPR The president said the news outlets don’t present “a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”

Trump folllows through on push to defund PBS and NPR.

Max Streaming Service Builds Momentum by Dropping ‘More Is Better’ Approach Warner shifted to a pared-down model rather than compete with Netflix, and now forecasts 150 million subscribers in 2026.

Warner Discovery realized Max couldn't be Netflix. Now the streaming service is on a roll.
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Top ‘60 Minutes’ Executive Quits, Citing Editorial Pressure Bill Owens is leaving the CBS News program that has been a major target of President Trump.

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I can cross Ari Emanuel profile off my list of stories I hadn’t done yet.

Hollywood’s Super Networker Is Building an Entertainment Powerhouse The talent agent is buying sports events, and music and art festivals

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to modern-day cable television business. Malone, 84, has been very influential in creation of several major cable channels including CNN. Al Gore once dubbed him Darth Vader for the power and influence he had over TV biz for decades.

Big news: John Malone stepping away from active duty as Warner Discovery board member to become chair emeritus. He will still attend board meetings, advise, etc. but not a voting board member after next annual mtg. Malone is mentor/advisor to WBD CEO David Zaslav and considered godfather

‘The Pitt’ Isn’t Your Typical Streaming Show. That’s Part of Why It Works. The fast-paced, low-cost, emergency-room drama is serving as a model for other potential projects at Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max service.

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Hollywood Pivots to Programming for Trump’s America TV shows like “Shifting Gears” and “Duck Dynasty” resonate with “flyover country,” while fewer shows take on the president.

The entertainment industry is pulling back on DEI. Some execs say there has also been a chilling effect on programming that could be perceived as “woke.” Trump's battles with ABC News and CBS’s “60 Minutes” also present a threat to the biz. wsj.com/business/med...

Hollywood Pivots to Programming for Trump’s America TV shows like “Shifting Gears” and “Duck Dynasty” resonate with “flyover country,” while fewer shows take on the president.

Hollywood struggles to figure out how to program in Trump II. Some shows toss red meat to red states. There is fear of a chilling effect on programming that might take on the current political and cultural environment in wake of Trump's attacks on media and an activist FCC gunning for big media.

Disney to Cut Nearly 6% of Staff Across ABC News, Disney Entertainment Networks About 200 employees are being let go at Disney’s ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks unit, people familiar with the matter said.

Details on cuts at ABC News.

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