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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
A former Teen Vogue editor reflects on the magazine's legacy as a point of entry for early-career journalists and the pressure it faced not to cover politics — If you just skimmed the press release, you wouldn't really get the scale of it. On Monday, Vogue.com announced that Teen Vogue …
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Sources: Condé Nast fired four staffers who were among a group of over a dozen that confronted its HR head over the Teen Vogue closure and other recent cuts — The Scoop — Condé Nast abruptly fired four staffers who were among a group of more than a dozen employees …
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Sources: Comcast has hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to evaluate a prospective offer for Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming businesses — Comcast has retained financial advisors and gained access to financial information as it explores a bid for Warner Bros Discovery's …
Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg:
WaPo says it was impacted by a series of breaches involving Oracle's E-Business Suite, whose flaws were exploited by a ransomware gang — The Washington Post was impacted as part of a series of breaches involving a popular Oracle Corp. product, the newspaper company said on Thursday.
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Paul Sandle / Reuters:
ITV says it is in preliminary talks to sell its media and entertainment division to Comcast's Sky for £1.6B, a deal that would require regulatory approval — - ITV says in preliminary talks over M&E division sale — Sale would be for free-to-air channels and streaming platform
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Allison Smith / Modern Retail:
Shopify joined Substack in October, the latest and the biggest company to do so and a sign that brands take Substack seriously as a marketing channel — American Eagle. Rare Beauty. The RealReal. These are some of the biggest brands that have, within the past year, launched their own Substack newsletters.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks reports revenue down 6.3% YoY to $561.7M, operating income down 40.7% to $55.5M, streaming revenue up 14% to $174M, and 10.4M streaming subscribers — The company, led by CEO Kristin Dolan, posted its third-quarter results. — AMC Networks, the company behind such cable channel brands …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
An interview with SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin on 2026 AMPTP talks, the Jimmy Kimmel suspension, Tilly Norwood AI controversy, the microdrama boom, and more — Veteran actor sounds the alarm on the unchecked spread of generative AI content: ‘We need to protect our very dignity, our humanness’
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
USAGM Acting CEO Kari Lake plans to shut down Szabad Europa, RFE/RL's Hungarian service, for programming that has “undermined” Trump policy by opposing PM Orban — The de facto head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media says she's shutting down the Hungarian branch of Radio Free Europe because it opposed Orban.
Juby Babu / Reuters:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $2.14B, above $2.1B est., Dow Jones revenue up 6% to $586M, and News Media with “strong improvement in profitability” — Media conglomerate News Corp (NWSA.O) beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday …
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The owner of the Entrepreneur magazine sues Meta in California federal court, alleging the company used “at least hundreds” of its works to train AI models — The owner of business magazine Entrepreneur sued Meta Platforms (META.O) in California federal court on Thursday …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate reports Q2 revenue down 21% YoY to $475.1M, net loss of $113.5M, vs. $163.3M a year earlier, $276.4M in motion picture revenue, $198.7M in TV revenue — The Hollywood major released its latest financial results as a standalone film and TV studios company after splitting from its Starz streaming platform.
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