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Q&A with CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht on giving correspondents more airtime, no plans for a topical comedy talk show, interviewing GOP lawmakers, and more — Slumping ratings, cost-cutting, show cancellations and — comedy? — The path of CNN has been a bit rocky since it became part …
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CNN plans to air Bill Maher's Overtime, the offshoot of his HBO show Real Time, at 11:30pm ET on Friday nights, after new Real Time episodes air on HBO at 10pm — The offshoot of the HBO show ‘Real Time’ will air on CNN Fridays at 11:30 p.m. … The host of HBO's weekly late night series Real …
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Paramount Global plans to merge its Showtime streaming service with Paramount+'s ad-free tier later in 2023 and call the new offering Paramount+ with SHOWTIME — It's been a long time coming, but later this year, Paramount Global will finally fully integrate the streaming arm …
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The first BBC-commissioned impartiality report says that BBC News journalists' failure to understand “basic economics” is bringing a “high risk to impartiality” — BBC News' journalists failure to understand “basic economics” is bringing a “high risk to impartiality,” according to a BBC-commissioned report.
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Penguin Random House CEO Madeline McIntosh is stepping down after four years, making her the third senior executive to leave PRH in the last two months — Madeline McIntosh is third top executive to leave company in past two months — Madeline McIntosh said she is stepping down as chief executive …


The News Movement, a social media-first news outlet led by former BBC and News Corp executives, acquires video news startup The Recount for undisclosed equity — The News Movement, a video news organization started by former top executives at the BBC and News Corp., is hoping to establish …
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Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward over audio recordings for Woodward's book Rage that Trump says he didn't agree could be used in an audiobook, The Trump Tapes — Former President Trump is suing journalist Bob Woodward over interview recordings that Trump alleges he didn't agree could be included in an audiobook.


In interviews with 75+ journalists and media experts, a Washington Post ex-executive editor finds that newsrooms that move beyond “objectivity” can build trust — Leonard Downie Jr., a former executive editor of The Washington Post, is a professor at the Walter Cronkite School …


If the US wins its antitrust Google case, a spinoff is more likely than a sale, valuing the ad businesses at tens of billions and giving advertisers more choice — If government prevails, an asset spinoff is thought to be more likely than a sale — Google spent the better part …
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Australia plans to add content quotas for video streaming services in the middle of 2024, as part of a five-year plan to reset the country's cultural strategy — Australia will introduce content quotas for video streaming platforms from the middle of next year, the federal government said on Monday.


Memo: HarperCollins plans to cut 5% of its employees in North American by June 30, since the sales surge from the pandemic has “slowed significantly as of late” — HarperCollins, which laid off a “small number” of workers last fall, is taking more drastic steps to reduce its workforce …
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Sources detail the collapse of Insider's Washington DC bureau, launched in March 2020: steady staff exits and its head fired days before the 2022 US midterms — Back in 2020, Insider hyped a brand-new Beltway team aiming for impactful scoops. Three years later, that team has all but collapsed.
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