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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: CNN is considering hiring a comedian to host a prime time show; executives have floated Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart, and others — CNN is considering hiring a comedian to host one of its prime time shows. — The “news entertainment” personality could fill the primetime 9 …
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video plans to part ways with Jeremy Clarkson after his remaining commissioned shows air in 2024, following his comments on Meghan Markle — Amazon Prime Video is likely to be parting ways with Jeremy Clarkson mere weeks after his comments about Meghan Markle were published in British tabloid The Sun.
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Isabella Simonetti / New York Times:
A look at the role a CoinDesk story played in FTX's fall, as the outlet covers parent DCG's problems; CoinDesk had 17M page views in November, up 96% on October — The parent company of CoinDesk, one of the first news sites focused on the industry, faces questions about the operations and financial health of some of its subsidiaries.
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Warner Bros Discovery and the European Broadcasting Union win an auction for Olympic Games broadcasting rights between 2026 and 2032 in 49 European territories — Warner Bros Discovery and the European Broadcasting Union have won the auction for Olympic Games broadcasting rights between 2026 and 2032.
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Q&A with MGM+ head Michael Wright on rebranding from Epix, plans for eight original series per year under Amazon's ownership, and more — The top-to-bottom rebrand of the service that debuted in October 2009 (as a joint venture among MGM, Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate) …
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New York Times:
As the number of shows and movies depicting real events has grown, screenwriters are taking liberties with the facts, often leading to public spats and lawsuits — The entertainment genre of historical drama is flourishing — and riddled with inaccuracies. The untrue parts are leading to more public spats and lawsuits.
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@nytimes, @marshacollier, @mikeaztec28, @bubbaprog and @stormmela
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast-owned Sky plans to offer free Discovery+ access to subscribers in the UK and Ireland, saving them £6.99 per month — “We know value is incredibly important right now,” Comcast-owned Sky says. … “Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream customers can now sign up for Discovery+ as part …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach told The Sunday Mirror and Sunday People staff that the two Sunday tabloids will begin sharing most of their content under new cost-saving plans — The Sunday People and Sunday Mirror have been under the same editor since 2014. — The Sunday Mirror and Sunday People newspapers look set …
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Parham Ghobadi / BBC:
A look at the costs of reporting on Iran for BBC Persian journalists: death threats, online harassment, and threats to family members who remain in the country — In Iran, the anti-government protests of 2022 have continued into the new year. Reporting on one of the biggest international stories …
Chris Kay / Bloomberg:
Reliance and Paramount's Viacom18 buys five-year rights to the new women's Indian Premier League cricket tournament for $116M, after buying the men's IPL rights — Viacom18 Media Pvt., backed by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, scooped up the television and digital broadcasting rights …
Financial Times:
TikTok, Instagram, and other social media apps expect age verification measures in the UK's Online Safety Bill to reduce their user numbers, hurting ad revenue — UK's Online Safety Bill requires stronger age verification measures for platforms including TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat
David Satin / The Streamable:
Parks Associates: 63% of US households with internet have a connected TV, a 65% increase over 2015, and 87% of them subscribe to at least one streaming service — Smart TVs are an increasingly important tool for consumers. They allow users to navigate between their various streaming apps and services …
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