Media Studio

10/04/2022

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We have lost a crucially incisive voice, and a kind and generous person. Here is an attempt to continue in his spirit.

07/01/2022

With Full Control of Disney, Bob Chapek Will Lean Into Sports

With Bob Iger resigning as Chair, Bob Chapek is taking full control of Disney. Chapek has shown a deep commitment to sports.

06/01/2022

NYT To Buy The Athletic for $550 Million — The Information

The New York Times Co has agreed to acquire subscription sports site The Athletic in a deal valued at around $550 million, according to a person familiar with the situation. The deal is a major acquisition for the Times, giving it a new pocket of subscription customers to the New York Times, ...

06/01/2022

Speaking Freely

Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

23/12/2021

Carlos Tejada, Deputy Asia Editor for The New York Times, Dies at 49

He was an editor in Asia for 13 years, including with The Wall Street Journal. One colleague said he had embodied the phrase, “Edit ferociously and with joy.”

16/12/2021

Donald Trump’s Megaphone

Fox News news hosts knew that Trump’s lies were lies—and they amplified them anyhow.

05/12/2021

Carlos Watson Has a Cold

A tale of the embattled Ozy founder, a turkey club sandwich, and a misadventure in crisis management.

05/12/2021

In the Room… at Iger’s Goodbye Dinner

As Disney’s charismatic leader completes his exit, the mood inside Burbank approaches a state of dread. Plus: Is Chris Cuomo finito at CNN?

05/12/2021

Can Jake Tapper Get 9 P.M.?

Inside the post-Cuomo, post-Maddow primetime parlor game at CNN and MSNBC as the talent well runs dry amid the new streaming order.

04/12/2021

Fraudulent Journalist Stephen Glass on His Biggest Lie

Air Mail is a mobile-first digital weekly that unfolds like the better weekend editions of your favorite newspapers. Air Mail is delivered to subscribers’ in-boxes every Saturday at 6:00 AM.

04/12/2021

After five decades on Canadian airwaves, Brian Williams quietly exits the stage

A long and rich career in sports broadcasting comes to a quiet close after 50 years on the air.

01/12/2021

CNN suspends Chris Cruomo over his role helping his brother

Documents show CNN’s Chris Cuomo played an active role in helping former Governor Andrew Cuomo deal with sexual misconduct allegations. The revelations have spurred scrutiny of the star and network.

05/11/2021

A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms

Inside Alden Global Capital

02/11/2021

Former president of ESPN signs first look content deal with Apple TV+

Former ESPN president John Skipper and ESPN presenter Dan Le Batard have today signed a content deal with Apple TV+, under their ‘Meadowlark’ banner. The production company will create documentary films and unscripted series for Apple’s streaming service. The announcement was first reported by...

31/10/2021

She Created an Ultra-Partisan News Agency; Now Billionaires Are Giving Her Funding to Fight Disinformation

Tara McGowan has been accused of creating pro-Democratic Party propaganda; now she’s pledging to fight the “information crisis.”

31/10/2021

Will the Metaverse save journalism?

A big and important post on the future of news. Or not.

30/10/2021

The podcast-to-Hollywood pipeline

How valuable is podcast IP?

29/10/2021

Are you a robot?

29/10/2021

JOE ROGAN DESTROYSSSSSS CNN YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

(We all lose)

28/10/2021

Portrait of The Zaz as a Young Dealmaker

Decades before he christened the deal of the streaming age, Zaslav cut his teeth under the tutelage of Jack Welch. The formative years of his career explain as much about the history of cable as they portend about the future of streaming.

28/10/2021

Creator-led media businesses

The future of media might be smaller but it’s likely more meaningful.

28/10/2021

Apple News expands local news coverage to three new cities in the US

Apple today announced a new expansion to Apple News bringing local news coverage to three new cities in the US.

23/10/2021

Content Startup Spotter Is Paying BBTV Creators $125 Million For Their Old YouTube Videos

Creator-focused financial startup Spotter has partnered with BBTV to buy $125 million of back-catalog content from the YouTubers in its network. Founded Founded in 2019 by former Machinima exec Aaron DeBevoise, Spotter provides digital content creators with the working capital they need to make new....

22/10/2021

The New York Times hopes to hook listeners on audio. Will a new standalone app do the trick?

“You could spend hours a day on our home page and read seemingly everything that our newsroom produces and not come across much of our audio. That has increasingly felt odd to us.”

21/10/2021

How Google collaborates with news outlets to optimize their content

Amy Adams Harding explains why publishers need to act more like e-commerce platforms.