Mediagazer: Amid an advertising downturn and lower linear viewership, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, and other networks are asking staff to trim costs, find savings, and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

4:15 PM ET, November 16, 2022

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Amid an advertising downturn and lower linear viewership, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, and other networks are asking staff to trim costs, find savings, and more — As CNN, ABC News and others grapple with an advertising downturn and lower linear viewership, the new mandate is to trim costs …

Discussion: Variety, @michaelsocolow, @tvgrimreaper, @rossgarber, @alexweprin, @alexweprin and @themediaisdying

Lesley Goldberg / The Hollywood Reporter:

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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
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Peter White / Deadline:

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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:

Internal memo: Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc tells staff that the company's goal is to “reduce our cost structure by up to 15%” as managers prepare the 2023 budget — NEW: Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc emails staff that the company is reducing its costs by up to 15%. https://twitter.com/...

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Zoe Samios / Sydney Morning Herald:

The Australian EIC Chris Dore is stepping down after four years to deal with a health issue and undergo surgery; the newspaper will be edited by Michelle Gunn — Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size — The editor-in-chief of News Corp's national masthead The Australian …

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UK High Court judge awards Channel 4 presenter Rachel Riley £50,000 after she sued a political blogger for libel over a post alleging she was a “serial abuser” — Rachel Riley has been awarded £50,000 in damages by a High Court judge after suing a political blogger …

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Claire Woodcock / VICE:

Some public libraries in the US and Canada are using open-source software MUSICat to offer their own music streaming services and boost their local music scenes — It's not Spotify, but some cities now host music platforms with their own local flavor. — Claire Woodcock

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NBC suspends Today show correspondent Miguel Almaguer after retracting his reporting that stoked right-wing conspiracy theories about the assault on Paul Pelosi — This reporting appears as one of several scoops featured in this week's edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media.

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Jeff Kotuby / The Streamable:

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
WBD CEO David Zaslav says the ad market is weaker than in 2020 and that HBO went from making $2B+ in 2019 to losing ~$3B in 2021 as content spending surged

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