Hollywood Summer Box Office Hits $4 Billion+
Google Avoids Breakup of Ad Business … Fox News Drops Star Maria Bartiromo … USA Today Cuts Jobs at Newspapers … Conde Nast User Data for Sale After Leak
Apple Joins Google, Anoints ‘Lake America’
Google-YouTube Influencer’s Life Turns Dark … WPP to Cut 1,000 Jobs as AI Hits Industry … Conde Nast Staffers ‘Mortified’ Over Met Gala … Media Startups See Surge in Valuations
Disney Host OKs AI Clone of Voice, Likeness
Google: Man on Fire in New York Office Lobby … Amazon Gets Heat from FTC Over Ads … Fox, News Corp to Link TMZ, New York Post … Future Plans New US Shelter Magazine
Comcast-NBC Journalist Faces Threat of FCC
Warner Taps Howard Stern for HBO Max … News Corp Eyes TV for New York Post … Conde Nast Bitten by Publisher of Dogue … Penske Takes Full Ownership of SXSW
Twitter Name to Return Under a New Owner
Paramount Urged to Mull Sale of Turner … New York Times Loses Podcast Talent … Conde Nast Cover Models Autograph Mags … Penske’s Rolling Stone Names Top Creators
USA Today Reformats to Lure More AI Deals
Netflix in Struggle as Legacy Media … NYT, WSJ, WaPo: AI Op-Eds Creep In … Conde Nast Drops Grinning, Winking Reporter … Bloomberg Retiree Launches a Tabloid
Paramount Imposes ‘Information Lockdown’
Netflix Parts Ways with Key Ad Exec … Disney, Paramount Salute Dolly Parton … News Corp OKs Use of AI to Write Op-Ed … New York Times Writer Exits for Podcast
Disney Rolls Out Early Retirement Packages
Yahoo Pitches to Gen Z as ‘Original Gangster’ … Netflix in Talks to Offer Other Streamers … Forbes ‘Explores Options’ After Firing Editor … Allen’s BuzzFeed Layoffs Hit HuffPost
Netflix Series Drops Consideration of Meghan
Disney in Deal with YouTube Influencer … Comcast NBC Veteran Upset Over New Film … News Corp Editor Bashed Over WSJ Report … New York Times to Test AI Search
Amazon Streams Theatrical Movie by Mistake
Paramount Mulls New Home in Texas … Fox: Murdoch Family Court Files Unsealed … Vox Cuts Jobs in New Restructuring … Harry, Meghan Leave Media Projects Behind
Google Boosts YouTube Rivalry with Netflix
Google Boosts YouTube Rivalry with Netflix … OpenAI-Paltrow Party Report Spreads … People Inc Adds a Substack for Daily Beast … Puck’s Line Sheet Writer Now a Fashion Star
Disney, ABC Sue FCC Over Licenses Threat
Disney, ABC Sue FCC Over Licenses Threat … Big Media Play Catch-Up in Microdramas … People Inc Veteran Unveils Media Start-Up… New York Times Seeks Business Editor
Media Chiefs Make Predictions on TV Future
Hires Reporter Laid Off by ESPN … Scripps TV Station Drops News Anchors … People Inc Looks to Sell Non-Core Assets … Conde Nast Writer Nabs Gig at ’60 Minutes’
Netflix Co-Founder Warns of AI ‘Destruction’
Disney CEO Talks Future of Streaming … Vox Drops Writer at New York Magazine … Conde Nast Faces Cover Woes at Vanity Fair … Playboy to Become Playful, Gay Editor Says
Oprah Addresses Criticism of Dr Oz, Dr Phil
Disney’s Ousted CEO Writes Memoir … Paramount Isn’t Mulling Sale of CNN … Conde Nast Pushes Rebrand of New Gourmet … New York Times to ‘Gently Nudge’ Its Writers
Paramount Plots Moves for CNN, CBS News
Disney Former CEO Buys LA Lakers … New York Times Explains Need for Paywalls … Conde Nast’s Future ‘Hazy’ in Digital Era … Forbes Ousts Top Editor After $6 Million...
Apple’s ‘Glass iPhone’ Still on Track for 2027
Paramount CEO Threatens California Exit … News Corp Unveils Chatbot at New York Post … Hearst Lays Off Magazine Staffers Amid A+E Deal … Conde Nast’s Vogue Sept Issue ‘Flops’
Media Star on Summer Break Until August 12
Paramount Unveils CBS ‘60 Minutes’ Team … News Corp Taps BuzzFeed Alum for WSJ … People Inc Mulls Sale of Daily Beast … Substackers See AI Tool as ‘Witch Hunt’
Conde Nast’s Wintour Meets with NYC Mayor
Netflix Fires Exec After Work Confession … Paramount CEO Confident of Takeover Deal … BuzzFeed Unveils Layoffs of 180 Staffers … New York Times Veteran Finds Life in Obits
Trend: Americans Quit 9-to-5 for Social Media
Paramount Delays Warner Buyout Until 2027 … New York Times Says Dictator Is ‘Stylish’ … Puck Plans New Newsletter from Air Mail … New York Newsstand: No to Newspapers
Amazon Chief Seeks Video Redo Driven by AI
Disney’s ESPN Layoffs Cement New Identity … Warner Bros-CNN Veteran Talks Up Sex … New York Times: DOJ Drops Subpoenas … Allen Begins Layoffs at BuzzFeed, HuffPost
Netflix Boasts Top Three Shows in TV Season
Disney Gets New Warning from FCC Chief … New York Times Veteran Warns of Oligarchs … Hearst Shifts to Memberships, Events … Allen’s BuzzFeed Moves Into Microdramas
Google Girds for AI Blockades by Publishers
Disney’s Latest Layoffs Hit ESPN, NatGeo … Paramount, Warner Staffers Tire of ‘Chaos’ … Fox Corp Scores Big with World Cup … Hearst Magazines Names Content Chief
Meta Set for Trial Over ‘Addictive’ Instagram
Disney Preps Layoffs for ESPN … Comcast Fires Over NBC Security Gap … Paramount-Warner on Hold After Ruling … New York Times Journalist Families in Probe
Comcast’s ‘Odyssey’ Sails to Big Box Office
Meta Axes 1,000 Staffers in New York City … Netflix to Stream New Murdoch Movie … Washington Post is Sloppy, Judge Says … Hearst Unveils Social Media-Only Columnist
Amazon Finds TV Hits in Young Adult Books
Disney, Comcast Snub Trump Address … Paramount’s CBS News Boss Turns on Charm … Conde Nast Faces Lawsuit from MSG … Gawker Killer’s Startup Ranks News Outlets
Disney to Face Action from Two FCC Probes
Paramount in Uproar Over Trump Deal … FCC Plots Repeal of TV Ownership Cap … New York Times Seeks to Quash Subpoenas … Newsweek Set for $100 Million Haul
Google to Face Lawsuit from Book Publishers
Paramount Mulls Moving to Tennessee … Gawker Killer Backs Media-Tech Startup … Conde Nast Nabs Hearst Veteran for GQ … Playboy Publishes Racy Cover for Summer
Paramount Deal Faces Challenge from States
Fox’s TMZ Casts Doubt on McConnell Photo … New York Times Adds Update to Columns … Hearst’s ‘Cosmo Girl’ Inspires a Novel … Substack Grows Among US News Sites
Apple Sues OpenAI Claiming Theft of Secrets
Disney Gets a Warning from FCC Head … New York Times Journalists Get Subpoenas … People Inc Takeover Talks Heat Up with MGM … Conde Nast Expat Speaks from Prison