Elisabeth Bumiller, the NYT's Washington bureau chief since 2015 and nearly a 30-year NYT veteran, is stepping down to return to writing and reporting (The New York Times Company)
Mediagazer: Elisabeth Bumiller, the NYT's Washington bureau chief since 2015 and nearly a 30-year NYT veteran, is stepping down to return to writing and reporting (The New York Times Company)
Top News:
The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming— SCOOP: TV's ‘safe space for liberals’ is about to reshuffle its stars as the network re-ups its marquee name under a tough new spinoff-ready reality
Discussion:
Brian Steinberg /
Variety: MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ Midweek Ratings Plunge 15% After Hosts Visit Trump at Mar-A-Lago
Lachlan Cartwright /
TVNewsCheck: MSNBC Mayhem: Rachel Maddow Pay Cut, Brutal Lineup Shakeup Coming
Stephen M. Lepore /
Daily Mail: Weary MSNBC stars Joe and Mika return to their penthouse while co-workers get salaries cut and ratings tank
Taylor Herzlich /
New York Post: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow's salary reportedly cut by $5M despite being ‘ratings Viagra’ - as parent company Comcast deals with ‘difficult time’
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: MSNBC Reportedly Cuts Rachel Maddow's Salary & Plans to Shakeup Its Lineup
Justin Baragona /
@justinbaragona.bsky.social: Let's all pour one out for Rachel Maddow, who will now only be earning $25 million a year. — theankler.com/p/msnbc-mayh...
Michael Socolow /
@michaelsocolow.bsky.social: .... and MSNBC (which Comcast will spin-off into a new company) announced a new deal with Rachel Maddow that includes a $5 million pay cut, while indicating significant program changes at the channel. — A lot going on in media world today. — theankler.com/p/msnbc-mayh... [embedded post]
Chris Powell /
Trending Politics Conservative Breaking: Rachel Maddow Faces Massive Salary Slash Amid MSNBC Turmoil
RELATED:
CNBC: Analyzing Comcast's spinoff of cable networks, purposefully structured with low debt: the move might be a signal to the industry that it's time to consolidate
Discussion:
Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: We are already down to 3 major record labels and 5 major publishers. We are losing newspapers by the day. Will the number of Hollywood studios/streaming services shrink to 4 or 5? Could be!
Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: Disney bought Fox's entertainment assets. Discovery merged with Scripps, combining two of the biggest players in reality TV. There will be more consolidation, yes. But there also has been a ton consolidation. It never stopped and it won't stop.
Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: I don't understand why people are saying “it's finally time for consolidation” in media. In the last decade: Time Warner has been sold twice. Amazon bought MGM. Viacom and CBS merged. Lions Gate and Starz merged. (1/2)
Ryan Cooper /
@ryanlcooper.com: looks like Comcast is going to get rid of MSNBC. if I had to guess I'd say it ends up like Air America and folds up variety.com/2024/tv/news...
Alexandra Canal /
Yahoo Finance: Comcast is offloading its cable properties. Other media companies could do the same.
Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: My take on the whole Comcast NBCU networks spin idea — it's more about the signal to the rest of the industry than about juicing Comcast shares in the near term. https://www.cnbc.com/... Associated Press: Comcast to spin off cable networks that were once the entertainment giant's star performers
Alex Sherman /
Alex Sherman on LinkedIn: Comcast officially said today it's moving forward with a spin of NBCU's cable networks other than Bravo. — To me, it's not a slam dunk investor move. …
Bevin Fletcher /
StreamTV Insider: Comcast officially plans spin out of cable TV networks, except Bravo
Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Comcast Cuts the Cord: 5 Burning Questions About M&A, MSNBC and More Business Insider: CNBC anchors shared worries and dark humor on air as Comcast looks to unload the network
Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: Comcast to Spin Off Cable Channels MSNBC, USA
Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: Comcast Spinning Off NBCU Cable Nets
CNBC:
Comcast confirms plans to spin off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO; the separation may take about a year
Discussion:
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Discussion:
Business Insider:
CNBC's new boss reassures staffers jittery over their network getting spun off: ‘Predator, not prey’ Comcast: Comcast Announces Intention to Create Leading Independent Media Business Through Spin-Off of Select Cable Television Networks
David Krayden /
The Post Millennial: Comcast to spin off MSNBC, CNBC into separate company
Anusuya Lahiri /
Benzinga: Comcast's Spin-Off to Boost Broadband and Streaming Growth: Goldman Sachs
Nellie Andreeva /
Deadline: The Streaming Divide: How NBCU's Entertainment Networks Ended Up On Different Sides In Comcast Spinoff After Years Of Integration
Doug Herzog /
Doug Herzog on LinkedIn: The sad,slow slide of this once great business continues as Comcast creates a stand alone glacier bravely facing the sun. …
Chris Donaldson /
BizPac Review: ‘Panic’ at MSNBC as network parent announces big move
Matt Egan /
CNN: The fate of MSNBC could be in Trump's hands
Alex Sherman /
TVNewsCheck: Comcast's Cable Network Spinoff May Be A Signal To The Media Industry For Necessary Change
Dame Brian Moylan /
@brianjmoylan.bsky.social: It's amazing how NBC is spinning off all of its cable networks EXCEPT Bravo. We are keeping legacy media afloat, motherfuckers. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/b...
Benjamin Mullin /
New York Times: Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC
Joe Flint /
@jbflint: So will CNBC be rebranded as “C.?”
Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: Comcast now down 0.2% on the day. Call it back!
Kris Holt /
Engadget: Comcast is spinning out Rotten Tomatoes and cable networks into a separate company @mediaite: ‘We Could Be Fired Tomorrow!’ Morning Joe Awkwardly Jokes About Comcast Selling Off MSNBC https://www.mediaite.com/...
Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Comcast just jump-started a new season of major change across the TV industry. And no one quite knows what will happen next. Here is Wednesday morning's edition of @ReliableSources: https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: KC Sullivan, CNBC's president, tells staffers the network will immediately begin reporting in to Mark Lazarus, who will run the new spin co: [image]
Colby Hall /
@colbyhall: SpinCo? Delighted to see that my old employer SPIN magazine is making a MAJOR play to get back in the game.
Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: #BREAKING @comcast makes it official, announces plans to spin off @NBCUniversal cable channels into separate, publicly traded company — LEADERSHIP/NAME: Mark Lazarus and Anand Kini to lead the new company, for now called “SpinCo” — TIMING: Comcast is targeting to complete the [image]
Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Comcast just announced it is spinning if its cable networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, into a new company: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Here's the Comcast press release: “Comcast announces intention to create leading independent media business through spin-off of select cable television networks” https://www.businesswire.com/ ...
Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: Comcast makes it official: Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) today announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company comprised of a strong portfolio of NBCUniversal's cable television networks,
Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets including Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and Sports Engine, through a tax-free spin-off. @jeffjarvis: Stopped by #BrokenMorningJoe & saw them trying to put a bright face on this. No. Cable has cooties & Comcast doesn't want any on them. Cable is the new magazine & newspaper: Dying. Bye. Comcast Greenlights $7 Billion Spinoff of NBCUniversal Cable Channels https://www.wsj.com/...
Samantha Fields /
Marketplace: Comcast cable spinoff reflects rapidly changing streaming landscape
Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: What the Comcast cable network spinoff means for MSNBC and NBC News
Nicholas Morine /
RetailWire: Comcast Spinoff Plans Materialize: MSNBC, CNBC, and E! Headed to ‘SpinCo’
Cullen McCue /
Trending Politics Conservative Breaking: NEW: Cable Giant Plans Major Shakeup After MSNBC's Ratings Tank
Mary Kate Carr /
AV Club: Whoa, Comcast really did offload most of its cable properties
Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: Comcast Confirms Spin-Off Plan For Cable Networks
Todd Spangler /
Variety: Comcast Announces Spin-Off of Most Cable Networks Into New Company to ‘Set These Businesses Up for Future Growth,’ CEO Brian Roberts Says
Jeff Harris /
@nemalki.bsky.social: Comcast is spinning off all of their networks except NBC, Telemundo & Bravo into a new company. They're also putting Fandango & Rotten Tomatoes into the new spinoff company as well. I wondered why they're putting USA into that spinoff, then I realized something — corporate.comcast.com/press/ releas...
Drew Lerner /
Awful Announcing: NBC Sports president on spinoff: 'We're going to fulfill every obligation'
Ryan Mulligan /
Philadelphia Business Journal: Comcast details $7B spinoff of NBCUniversal cable networks
Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: A Comcast executive confirms to CNN that the full plan for spinning off NBCUniversal's cable channels will be unveiled tomorrow morning. Notably, the plan calls for MSNBC and CNBC to be cleaved off from NBC News. More to come...
Brandon Katz /
@great_katzby: -Short-term pain of sacrificing bulk of cable cash flow (minus Bravo) for long term growth emphasis/investor confidence narrative -Redirect resources to ongoing theme park expansion and streaming -Keep Donna Langley happy in-house as Disney sniffs around for a CEO successor
Sally Shin /
@sallyshin: they kept bravo 😂
Amol Sharma /
@asharma: 3) NBCU veteran Mark Lazarus will head to the new cable venture as CEO, and will take NBCU CFO Anand Kini with him (Kini will become CFO and COO of the new firm).
Amol Sharma /
@asharma: Some significant leadership changes at NBCU, effective immediately: 1) Donna Langley will become chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment and Studios, gaining streamlined greenlight authority and more financial visibility/control than she's had previously, sources say.
Amol Sharma /
@asharma: 2) Matt Strauss, a Comcast veteran who heads the direct-to-consumer business, will be named chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group, with control over areas such as sports, ad sales and distribution. Langley and Strauss will share ownership of key areas of the business.
Abril Elfi /
One America News Network: Comcast Announces $7B Spin Off Of Cable Channels MSNBC, CNBC, USA
Sean Burch /
The Wrap: MSNBC and NBC News Staffers Are ‘In the Dark’ on What Comcast Spinoff Means for Them
Eric Fisher /
Front Office Sports: Comcast's SpinCo: New Home for USA Network, Golf Channel, Sports Rights
Jon Brodkin /
Ars Technica: Comcast to ditch cable TV networks in partial spinoff of NBCUniversal assets
Tracy Brown Hamilton /
Fast Company: Comcast unveils SpinCo as a stand-alone media powerhouse
Saleah Blancaflor /
Adweek: What the Comcast Cable Spinoff Really Means to the TV Industry
Harry Baldock /
Total Telecom: Comcast to spin off raft of cable TV channels
Lauren Forristal /
TechCrunch: Comcast spins off its cable channels into separate company as it looks for growth
Asher Notheis /
Washington Examiner: Comcast moving forward with spinoff from MSNBC and other cable channels
Callum Jones /
The Guardian: Comcast to spin off portfolio of cable networks including MSNBC and CNBC
Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Comcast to Launch Separate ‘SpinCo’ Company With Select Cable TV Assets, Fandango Movie Ticket and TVOD Platform
Stephani Shelton /
Stephani Shelton on LinkedIn: This is big and potentially bad news for journalists and journalism. NBC itself won't be included so how about the news synergy between all the networks? …
Jenn Gidman /
Newser: Comcast Offloading the Likes of MSNBC, CNBC
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Comcast Officially Spins Off MSNBC, USA Network, & Other Cable Networks into a New Company
Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Comcast confirms it will spin off cable networks, Fandango
Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: Comcast To Spin Off Cable Channels Including MSNBC, CNBC, More
Daniel Arkin /
NBC News: Comcast announces plan to spin off cable channels, including MSNBC, CNBC and USA The Hollywood Reporter: Donna Langley Elevated at NBCUniversal in C-Suite Shakeup Connected to Cable Spinoff
Joshua Benton /
@joshuabenton.com: I remember in the late aughts, when media conglomerates did all they could to spinoff their newspapers so they'd no longer be a drag on the TV businesses. — Now, they're spinning off their TV businesses so they'll no longer be a drag on their local broadband monopolies. — www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/c...
Jess Weatherbed /
The Verge: Comcast is spinning off its cable TV business
Laura Bratton /
Yahoo Finance: Comcast announces plan to spin off TV networks including MSNBC, CNBC to play ‘offense’ in new media landscape
Marita Vlachou /
HuffPost: Comcast Spins Off MSNBC, Other Cable TV Networks
Andrew Nusca /
Fortune: Comcast to spin off NBCU cable TV channels
Tim Karr /
@timkarr.bsky.social: The election signified one thing for many who mind the structures that underpin U.S. media: — We're seeing a seismic shift in the ways Americans consume news & information, away from journalism as usual toward something new & even more dangerous to democracy. — This news is just one indicator:
Stephanie Smith /
Stephanie Smith on LinkedIn: Comcast to spin off NBCU's cable channels, including CNBC, MSNBC, E!, Golf Channel, and USA. NBC broadcast stays with the mothership. …
George Glover /
Barron's Online: Comcast Stock Rises. Why a Cable TV Spinoff Plan Is Good News for Investors.
Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: CNBC is part of Comcast spinoff company
Sara Fischer /
Axios: Comcast plans to spin off NBCU's cable channels
Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Sources: Comcast execs told staff that MSNBC may have to change its identity as part of the spinoff, including losing access to NBC News' newsgathering process
Georg Szalai /
The Hollywood Reporter: Comcast spinoff: cable channel Bravo, the NBC broadcast network, and Peacock will remain part of NBCUniversal; the new entity's ownership will mirror Comcast
Liz Hoffman /
Semafor: Sources: under current plans, Comcast's new spun off entity would carry little of its $101B of debt, giving it the ability to borrow for acquisitions
Kaustubh Bagalkote /
Benzinga: Comcast Plans Major Cable Networks Spinoff, MSNBC And CNBC To Form New Public Company: Report
Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: Comcast to Spin Off Cable-TV Channels Like MSNBC, USA
Amol Sharma /
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Comcast plans to announce Wednesday that it will be spinning off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO
Amol Sharma /
@amolsharma.bsky.social: For people unfamiliar with deal mumbo jumbo: Comcast's existing shareholders will own this cable firm that gets spun off. It isn't being sold to someone else — yet — but over time, investors or potential buyers could approach the new company. [embedded post]
Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Comcast expected to announce spin-off of cable networks
Matthew Keys /
Matthew Keys on LinkedIn: Interesting that Comcast is choosing to hold onto Bravo and NBC. NBC News: Comcast to announce the spinoff of cable networks, including MSNBC, CNBC and USA, sources say
Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Comcast Reportedly Set to Spin-Off $7 Billion Cable TV Business; Matt Strauss to Become Chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group
Dan Rayburn /
Dan Rayburn on LinkedIn: Comcast has finalized its decision to spin out its NBCU cable assets, and according to the WSJ, an announcement could come on Wednesday. …
Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Comcast Plans Massive Cable Spin-Off, Separating USA, MSNBC and More From NBC, Theme Parks
Brian Stelter /
CNN: Comcast to spin off its cable channels, including MSNBC and CNBC, into separate company
Amol Sharma /
@amolsharma.bsky.social: Comcast once regarded its cable group—with channels like USA, MSNBC, E! and Oxygen—as a crown jewel. Now it's spinning off nearly all of them into a $7 billion venture. The announcement is coming tomorrow, I'm told. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Comcast Reportedly Plans to Get Rid of MSNBC, CNBC, USA & SyFy As It Spins Off Its Cable TV Channels Deadline: NBCUniversal Split: Comcast To Spin Off Cable Channels Under Mark Lazarus; Donna Langley Consolidates Power, NBC, Peacock & Bravo Stay Put
Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Comcast to spin off cable assets: Report
The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”— The company is home to more than 25 brands in the U.S. including Elle, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country.
Discussion:
Caley Fretz /
@caleyfretz: Big layoffs at Hearst (Bicycling, Car and Driver, Esquire, many others). 60+ staff. At least 3 who worked on Bicycling, including Rosael below. Shared with her permission. [image]
Kevin Cortez /
@kevincortez.bsky.social: peace to all my fellow Hearsties and former colleagues who were let go today by a $20~ billion company
Andrew Nicla /
@andrewnicla.bsky.social: if you or anybody you know has lost their job at Hearst (or anywhere else) recently, know there are resources and people who want to help. www.spj.org/together.asp
Erika W. Smith /
@erikawynn: Some professional news: After almost 5 yrs at Cosmo, I was laid off from Hearst this morning. At Cosmo, I ran the astro section, but I have past experience in sex & relationships, entertainment, and lifestyle. Hire me! Clips & bio: https://erikawsmith.com/ @HearstUnion forever❤️
Chandra Turner /
Chandra Turner on LinkedIn: Raise your hand if you've been laid off from Hearst before? 🙋🏻 ♀️You're not alone, my talented friends. …
Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Writers Guild Accuses Hearst of Being ‘Anti-Union’ Following ‘Irresponsible and Cruel’ Round of Layoffs
Andrew Nicla /
@andrewnicla.bsky.social: hearing from friends affected by today's Hearst layoffs. The company has laid off at least 200 people, they say. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/ bus...
Simon /
@bauxoffice.bsky.social: Hearst, ugh — as someone who grew up absolutely loving magazines, i'm sad the entire industry continually gets put in a vice and squeezed
Julia Mercado /
Julia Mercado on LinkedIn: To all my former Hearst Mags colleagues, I'm thinking of you! While I'm fresh to the FT, I'm more than happy to consider anyone who was affected by the layoffs today for a role. …
Charlotte Klein /
@charlottetklein: Layoffs at Hearst today. Staff got an email saying those impacted would get an HR meeting invite by 9 am. But then President Debi Chirichella noted there'd been some technical difficulties... [image]
Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency— Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced today that she will leave the agency on January 20, 2025, the day of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
Discussion:
Federal Communications …, Reuters, The Hill, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, @waltmossberg.bsky.social, Digital Music News, American Enterprise Institute, Radio Ink, @arstechnica@mastodon.social, TechCrunch, RADIO ONLINE, Media Play News, @jrosenworcel@threads.net, @aram@aoir.social, Cord Cutters News, Radio & Television …, Deadline, TVNewsCheck, Advanced Television, Inside Radio and CNET
Discussion:
David Shepardson /
Reuters: Rosenworcel to step down as US Federal Communications Commission chair on Jan. 20
James C. Capretta /
American Enterprise Institute: Vote Counting in the 119th Congress @arstechnica@mastodon.social: FCC chairwoman announces departure, paving way for Republican majority — Rosenworcel had to lead agency without Democratic majority for most of her term. — https://arstechnica.com/... [image]
Kyle Wiggers /
TechCrunch: FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel agrees to step down
Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel Leaving Agency on President-Elect Trump's Inauguration Day
Jessica Rosenworcel /
@jrosenworcel@threads.net: It's been a wild ride and great honor to be the first woman confirmed to lead the Federal Communications Commission. Grateful to President for the opportunity, the Senate for confirmation, and the staff for our efforts to build a digital future that works for everyone. https://www.fcc.gov/...
Aram Sinnreich /
@aram@aoir.social: So long and thanks for all the policy. — @jrosenworcel out at the FCC. — https://arstechnica.com/...
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: The Head of The FCC is Stepping Down
Ted Johnson /
Deadline: FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel To Depart Agency On January 20, When Donald Trump Takes Office
Ted Hearn /
TVNewsCheck: Chairwoman Rosenworcel Leaving FCC On Jan. 20
Colin Mann /
Advanced Television: FCC's Rosenworcel announces departure
Daniel Anstandig /
Inside Radio: Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel To Step Down From FCC.
Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response— A local newspaper in Hawaii experimented with AI-generated presenters to engage and boost its readership. After two months, the bots have been shelved.
Discussion:
Futurism, @newsguy.bsky.social and Mandy DeLuca on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Victor Tangermann /
Futurism: Newspaper Fires Two AI Reporters After Bizarre Behavior
Steve Herman /
@newsguy.bsky.social: AI newscasters in Hawaii “covered topics as varied as a fall pumpkin giveaway and a vigil for a labor massacre—all in the same distant, matter-of-fact tone of beings incapable of comprehending human emotions.” www.wired.com/story/the-ai...
Mandy DeLuca /
Mandy DeLuca on LinkedIn: James and Rose, Hawaii's (and the US') first AI News Broadcasters, have been fired from The Garden Island newspaper after being used for only two months. …
New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire— The year to watch in baseball is 2028. — At a time when Major League Baseball is offering employee buyouts at its flagship television station …
Discussion:
The Desk, TVNewsCheck, Keith Stoler on LinkedIn, The Streamable, Cord Cutters News and Sports Media Watch
Discussion:
Luke Bouma /
TVNewsCheck: MLB Eyes Major Streaming Shift In 2028, Aiming for National Blackout-Free Packages
Keith Stoler /
Keith Stoler on LinkedIn: 🏟️ 📺 Major League Baseball (MLB) is going to reshape the streaming landscape...in 2028. …
David Satin /
The Streamable: MLB commisioner Manfred wants a national baseball streaming option by 2028
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: MLB Eyes Major Streaming Shift in 2028, Aiming for National Blackout-Free Packages
Ben Huddleston /
Sports Media Watch: Comcast, MLB, Brady, and more
Editor and Publisher:
A look at The 51st, a worker-led nonprofit news startup in Washington, DC, and how the founders studied worker-led organizations and similar newsrooms— The 51st has set out to redefine local journalism in Washington, D.C., as one of the country's growing number of worker-led, nonprofit newsrooms.
Discussion:
The 51st, Gretchen A. Peck on LinkedIn and r/Journalism
Discussion:
Teresa Frontado /
The 51st: Meet our team — What's your relationship to D.C.? Are you from the area, and if not, why did you move here?
Gretchen A. Peck /
Gretchen A. Peck on LinkedIn: I love a phoenix-from-the-ashes news story, and The 51st in Washington, D.C., is a perfect example. Check out Diane Sylvester's reporting …
Wall Street Journal:
Ad software company Mediaocean buys Innovid, an ad tech company focused on CTV, for $500M; Innovid had a market cap of ~$240M at market close on November 20— The privately held company will merge Innovid with Flashtalking, which it bought in 2021 — Advertising software …
Discussion:
Bill Wise /
Bill Wise on LinkedIn: MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!!! 📣 — Beyond excited to share that Mediaocean is acquiring Innovid and merging it with Flashtalking by Mediaocean to create a premier omnichannel #adtech platform. …
Cody Wymore /
Cody Wymore on LinkedIn: Big big news - exciting things to come! @aripap.bsky.social: Huge news, brings together the second and third-largest buy-side ad servers to compete with Google's GCM. Also combines the best video ad serving solution with really good DCO and identity solutions. — www.wsj.com/articles/med...
Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Mediaocean to buy Innovid for $500 million
Andrew White /
Andrew White on LinkedIn: Mediaocean is the system of record for much of the paid advertising value chain (order management, reconciliations, billing). …
Joe Mandese /
TVNewsCheck: Agency Tech Giant Mediaocean Acquiring Innovid, Merging With Flashtalking
Joe Mandese /
MediaPost: Agency Tech Giant Mediaocean Acquiring Innovid, Merging It With Flashtalking
Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: Mediaocean Buys Innovid To Build An Omnichannel Adtech Platform
The New York Times Company:
Elisabeth Bumiller, the NYT's Washington bureau chief since 2015 and nearly a 30-year NYT veteran, is stepping down to return to writing and reporting— Elisabeth, incomparable Washington bureau chief since 2015, has decided to return to writing and reporting.
Discussion:
@ignatiuspost, @glennthrush, @andrew_marshall, @moorehn, @peterbakernyt, @edmundlee.bsky.social
Discussion:
David Ignatius /
@ignatiuspost: @BumillerNYT has been a peerless Washington bureau chief. A total professional, hard to compete against but easy to admire.
Glenn Thrush /
@glennthrush: No one could have done the job better.
Andrew Marshall /
@andrew_marshall: one of the best
Heidi N. Moore /
@moorehn: Leave aside that the Washington bureau chief played a major role in the miserable Trump-enabling coverage of Maggie H a b e r m a n, the Judy Miller of the Trump Administration. The nation got through that period of miserable stenography, but barely.
Heidi N. Moore /
@moorehn: Oh, I dunno, I remember when young women came forward to say Glenn Thrush had sexually harassed them with the promise of helping their careers and Ms. Bumiller here sided with the harasser and suggested that young women were just too sensitive. https://jezebel.com/...
Peter Baker /
@peterbakernyt: When the history of the current media era is written, there should be a major chapter about Elisabeth Bumiller (@BumillerNYT). She has led the @nytimes Washington Bureau tirelessly for nearly a decade, a modern record, including one of the most ... (1) https://www.nytco.com/...
Peter Baker /
@peterbakernyt: ... challenging periods ever when so much was at stake. And she did it with extraordinary intelligence, integrity, grace, determination, good judgment and most of all a spine of steel. No one has done more to deliver first-rate journalism in Washington under such ... (2)
Peter Baker /
@peterbakernyt: ... withering pressure. We're going to miss her as a boss but the good news is she's a magnificent writer too and soon we'll get to see her byline again. (3)
Edmund Lee /
@edmundlee.bsky.social: Elisabeth Bumiller to step down as Washington bureau chief at The New York Times (via inbox) — It's one of the hardest jobs in journalism and it's one of the stepping stones to the top of the masthead. — The Times has a deep bench of younger editors to choose from, and then there's turmoil at WaPo...
New York Post:
Email: WaPo senior politics editor Dan Eggen says he was told Monday that he will “be removed” at the end of 2024, and “will leave it to others to explain why”— The Washington Post abruptly removed its politics editor without giving him a reason for the decision …
Discussion:
Lachlan Cartwright /
@lachcartwright: Scoop: Washington Post senior politics editor Dan Eggen is being removed from his post at the end of the year. In a message to colleagues he writes: “I struggled with how to write this message since there is an element of begging to it that is not particularly attractive. But
Will Slaughter /
@bamabonds: With government contracts on the line, @washingtonpost continues to bend the knee (or more properly have its knees bent for it) to MAGA reality. The purported courage of the liberal press, when its rice bowl is threatened, is flimsy indeed.
Paul Farhi /
@farhip: Surprising. Dan is a vet. Knows his stuff.
Ali Winston /
@awinston: Nooooo coincidence https://x.com/...
Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: I've been waiting all day to get a hint of what this means. Anyone? Was he too aggressive about Trump? Not aggressive enough? Who made the call? There's plenty of reason to assume the worst — that he was shitcanned by Lewis to make room for Bezosian lickspittles. But who knows?
Lachlan Cartwright /
@lachcartwright: what the hey: I was informed Monday that I will be removed as senior politics editor at the end of the year. I will leave it to others to explain why." Eggen says he is “crushed” by the news. I have reached out to @washingtonpost for comment.
Ali Winston /
@awinston: This is fucking CRAZY. Eggen is one of the most reputable journalists at the Post. I've read people like him and Ellen Nakashima religiously over the years . Bezos and Lewis are gutting that institution, trashing its integrity and remaking it in the image of Fleet Street
Nicole Perlroth /
@nicoleperlroth: What is happening right now at WaPo is a Murdoch-esque downward slide into the Daily Mail. I feel so badly for the great journalists at the Washington Post right now. Every American should want this paper to be successful and should fear what comes if it isn't.
Bill Hangley Jr /
@hangleyjr: if you haven't unsubscribed yet, you probably should. this is almost certainly the result of Bezos's new bootlicking toady publisher wanting a bootlicking toady political editor @sjvn@mastodon.social: Self-censorship is how you start losing freedom of the press: — https://nypost.com/...
Sarah Scire /
@scire.bsky.social: All today ... Washington Post senior politics editor Dan Eggen says he was removed from post, Wall Street Journal laid off politics editor Ben Pershing, and New York Times announced Washington bureau chief Elisabeth Bumiller is stepping down
Press Gazette:
Reach's audience director says Google's Discover feed has become Reach's single largest traffic referral source, mostly promoting “soft-lens” content— Google's smartphone-based content recommendation feed, Google Discover, has become the single largest traffic referral source …
Discussion:
@adders.blog, @jim.londoncentric.media, Martin Little on LinkedIn and @londoncentric.media
Discussion:
Adam Tinworth /
@adders.blog: Interesting, but this feels very precarious. You can be systemstic and get results from search, but Discover is reminiscent of social algorityms, and we know where they lead. pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ re...
Jim Waterson /
@jim.londoncentric.media: Reach openly explaining how it's doing barrel-scraping clickbait targeting the links served up on browser homepages. — If I wanted to put properly reported local journalism on Google/Apple News/MSN homepages, they won't take it as I'm not a corporate news outlet! — pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ re... …
Martin Little /
Martin Little on LinkedIn: Getting lots of interesting questions from people this morning about this interview on Press Gazette on Google Discover. …
Jim Waterson /
@londoncentric.media: Reach openly explaining how it's doing barrel-scraping clickbait targeting the links served up on browser homepages. — If I wanted to put properly reported local journalism on Google/Apple News/MSN homepages, they won't take it as I'm not a corporate news outlet! — pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ re... …
TechCrunch:
Tubi launches Scenes, a mobile feature that lets viewers watch 60-to-90-second trailer-style clips from its library to help with content discovery— Tubi, the free ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox, has unveiled a new feature designed to set it apart from its rivals …
Discussion:
Neowin, Digital Trends, @2xaught7.bsky.social, Cord Cutters News, @simondowens@threads.net, Tom's Guide, CNET and Streaming Better
Discussion:
Sagar Naresh Bhavsar /
Neowin: Tubi launches ‘Scenes’ that shows TikTok-style short clips from its huge content catalog
Derek Malcolm /
Digital Trends: Tubi's new Scenes feature plays clips to help you find your next binge @2xaught7.bsky.social: Innovation starts with a mobile app that shows short video clips for you to enjoy. [embedded post]
Raymond McCain /
Cord Cutters News: Tubi Now Has 250,000 Titles & Its Making It Easier to Find What to Watch
Simon Owens /
@simondowens@threads.net: There's an entire cottage industry of TikTok videos, Reels, and YouTube Shorts that simply consist of scenes ripped from TV shows and movies, so it's cool that a streaming app is copying this format to drive awareness of its own content library. — https://techcrunch.com/...
Malcolm McMillan /
Tom's Guide: Tubi just dropped a new AI-powered feature that will help you pick free movies and shows to watch — here's how it works
Kourtnee Jackson /
CNET: Tubi's New App Feature Goes Beyond Thumbnails to Help You Find Something to Watch
Fortune:
Las Vegas-based Monkey Tilt, which combines online gambling with a chat function and content made by influencers, raised a $30M Series A led by Pantera— Monkey Tilt launched just eight months ago and has amassed $200 million of monthly betting volume. — Online gambling used …