Google lets advertisers serve targeted ads across Google TV's 125+ free channels, and reports 20M+ US monthly active Google TV and Android TV OS devices in 2023 (Umar Shakir/The Verge)

Mediagazer: Google lets advertisers serve targeted ads across Google TV's 125+ free channels, and reports 20M+ US monthly active Google TV and Android TV OS devices in 2023 (Umar Shakir/The Verge)

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Wall Street Journal:

Sources: ex-Warner Music head Edgar Bronfman Jr. looks to offer $2B to $2.5B for National Amusements, which is already in advanced talks to sell to Skydance— Bronfman, backed by Bain Capital, has expressed interest in Shari Redstone's National Amusements, which is already in advanced negotiations to sell to Skydance Media
Discussion: @fhoro, Variety, Cord Cutters News, @jbflint, The Wrap, @lowrytom, @tvgrimreaper, Bloomberg, @jtoonkel and Reuters

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Frances Horodelski /
@fhoro: For me, this is a name from the past Edgar Bronfman. $PARA https://www.wsj.com/...

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Paramount M&A Saga Continues: Edgar Bronfman Jr., Bain Capital Mulling up to $2.5 Billion Bid for Shari Redstone's National Amusements

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Edgar Bronfman Jr., Bain Capital Eyeing $2 Billion Bid for Shari Redstone's National Amusements | Report

Tom Lowry /
@lowrytom: Where's Edgar? For media folks asking this question: Edgar Bronfman Jr. returns to the spotlight as a possible suitor for the Redstones' Paramount Global https://www.wsj.com/...

Jessica Toonkel /
@jtoonkel: SCOOP: Edgar Bronfman Eyes $2 Billion-Plus Bid for Company That Controls Paramount w/⁦@laurenthomas⁩ ⁦⁦@JeffreyT1⁩ $PARA https://www.wsj.com/...

Semafor:

Fox News edited an interview with Donald Trump to remove a section where he appeared to back off a promise to declassify Jeffrey Epstein-related federal files— The News — Fox News edited an interview with Donald Trump to remove a section in which he appeared to back off a promise …

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@trumpstaxes, @matthewkeyslive, @andrewbatesnc, @a_picazo and @mattyglesias

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@trumpstaxes: Donald Trump is such a train wreck these days that even his Fox News interviews need to be carefully edited to avoid being damaging or humiliating. https://www.semafor.com/...

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: Clickbait. All cable news shows edit down interviews. The only reason why @semafor and @maxwelltani knew the portion edited for air was because Fox News also posted the full, unedited interview. Interesting, but not a scoop.

Andrew Bates /
@andrewbatesnc: “Fox News edited” a Trump interview “in which he appeared to back off a promise to declassify federal files related to the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein because 'you don't want to affect people's lives if it's phony stuff in there.'” https://www.semafor.com/...

Alheli Picazo /
@a_picazo: There's a terrific segment from Chris Hayes on this, which I've linked to below:

Punchbowl News:

Punchbowl News announces a tech policy vertical as part of its Premium Policy membership, which will launch in early 2025— Punchbowl News is taking on tech coverage. Let us tell you why. — How Washington tackles the perils and promises of technology is one of the biggest questions of the day.

The Verge:

Google lets advertisers serve targeted ads across Google TV's 125+ free channels, and reports 20M+ US monthly active Google TV and Android TV OS devices in 2023— Google is launching a new advertising network that serves targeted ads to Google TV-powered streaming boxes and smart TVs.

Discussion:
Android Central, Cybernews.com, StreamTV Insider, 9to5Google, The Desk, Cord Cutters News and The Keyword, more at Techmeme »

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Nickolas Diaz /
Android Central: Google TV introduces another set of ads for advertisers through its network

Ernestas Naprys /
Cybernews.com: Google TV introduces non-skippable in-stream ads across 125 channels

Bevin Fletcher /
StreamTV Insider: Google TV introduces FAST advertising options

Andrew Romero /
9to5Google: Google TV network opens, expands advertiser resources to reach free TV viewers

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Google TV launches new FAST advertising option

James Guttman /
Cord Cutters News: The Rise of Connected TV and Google TV's New Advertising Opportunities

Amit Ghorawat /
The Keyword: Meet the Google TV network

The Hollywood Reporter:

Yahoo Sports hires Olympic gold medalists as correspondents for the 2024 Paris Olympics and partners with USA Swimming on a content distribution deal— The digital brand has tapped Olympians Allyson Felix, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Shawn Johnson East, Missy Franklin and Katie Hoff to be correspondents from the games.

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usaswimming.org, Awful Announcing and Ryan Spoon on LinkedIn

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usaswimming.org: USA Swimming Partners with Yahoo Sports to Distribute Swimming Content Ahead of Olympic Trials and Olympic Games

Brendon Kleen /
Awful Announcing: Yahoo Sports launches Paris Olympics coverage led by Allyson Felix, partnership with USA Swimming

Associated Press:

How the AP is diversifying its revenue streams, including services, ads, AI licensing, and philanthropy; 82% of its 2023 revenue came from content licensing— AP revenue boss says “not all” diversification efforts will work but “we have to experiment”. — The Associated Press has revealed …

Press Gazette:

The Sun, The Telegraph, The Times, and other UK publishers raise concerns after press regulator IPSO ruled against open court reporting by the Aberdeen Live— Publishers including The Sun, The Telegraph and The Times have raised the alarm over a ruling from the UK's biggest press regulator that …

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Telegraph

Sky News:

Sources: Cineworld is exploring a sale or restructuring of its UK business, which includes ~100 theaters; the Regal parent emerged from bankruptcy in Aug. 2023— The multiplex giant is working with AlixPartners on options for its UK business which could lead to a sale or restructuring …

Discussion:
The Wrap, Reuters, @elliot_grove, @ozseekerview, @neilramjee, @pixieglas and Deadline

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Elliot Grove /
@elliot_grove: More trouble in movie town! https://news.sky.com/...

John Sullivan /
@ozseekerview: This has been a long time coming - throws up interesting possibilities and Challenges as 👌#Cineworld plots blockbuster sale of British cinema operations | Business News | Sky News ⁦@RobArthur⁩ ⁦@myelbacha⁩ ⁦@vuecinemas⁩ https://news.sky.com/...

Neil Ramjee /
@neilramjee: Not seen any mention of this - ‘disposal of UK operations’ sounds like the Greidigers are generating income to shore up the Regal brand. And yes, thoughts are with all the pawns who will inevitably have to deal with all the fallout from on high. https://news.sky.com/... @pixieglas: Thinking of Cineworld colleagues today as more uncertainty looms. Cineworld truly strive to be more progressive in thinking about audiences and for their staff, so hope this situation doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. https://news.sky.com/...

Nancy Tartaglione /
Deadline: Cineworld Exploring Sale Of UK Cinemas

Reuters:

Israel extends a ban on Al Jazeera's operations in the country for another 45 days, citing a security threat, after a court upheld an initial 35-day ban— A ban on Al Jazeera's operations in Israel was extended for another 45 days by Israel's telecoms regulator on Sunday after the cabinet agreed …

Reuters:

Filing: Paramount controlling shareholder Shari Redstone received 32.2M board election votes, the lowest among six candidates, and 905K votes against, the most— Paramount Global (PARA.O) controlling shareholder Shari Redstone received the fewest votes among other directors in the company's board election, a filing on Friday showed.

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Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Shari Redstone Receives Fewest Votes in Paramount Board Election

NBC News:

Several right-wing media outlets that promoted lies about the 2020 election filed for bankruptcy, issued apologies, or settled lawsuits in the past few months— Ahead of another contentious presidential election, media companies that promoted false claims four years ago are filing for bankruptcy …

Discussion:
404 Media, Marty Davis on LinkedIn and @akarl_smith

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Jason Koebler /
404 Media: Gateway Pundit Bankruptcy Is a ‘Delay Tactic,’ Election Workers Suing the Company Say

Marty Davis /
Marty Davis on LinkedIn: Two Americas. — Erik Ortiz NBC News: “Ahead of another contentious presidential election, media companies that promoted false claims four years ago …

Allan Smith /
@akarl_smith: Brutal few weeks for MAGA-aligned media — Gateway Pundit bankruptcy — OAN settles w/ Smartmatic — Salem retracts “2000 Mules” — Alex Jones agrees to sell off assets in Sandy Hook case — Feds allege a top Epoch Times executive laundered millions https://www.nbcnews.com/...

Financial Times:

Sources: LFP, which runs the top two tiers of French soccer, is mulling creating its own TV channel after struggling to find a broadcaster for the coming season— Partnership with private equity firm CVC has not yet borne fruit leaving clubs facing cash crunch

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Broadband TV News

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Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: Value of Ligue 1 broadcasting rights halved

New York Times:

WaPo CEO Will Lewis and top editor Matt Murray send memos trying to reassure staff, and former CEO Patty Stonesifer visits the newsroom, after a week of tumult— Will Lewis, the chief executive, pledged to employees to ‘improve how well I listen,’ while Matt Murray, the new editor, tried to reassure staff members.

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The Daily Beast, Columbia Journalism Review, NewsLab, @normornstein, New York Post, @michaelluo, @karaswisher, @lion_tender, @aaschapiro, @jimwaterson, @dylanbyers, Wall Street Journal, @semaforben, @loisbeckett, @dkiesow@threads.net, @oliverdarcy@threads.net, @lionelbarber, @froomkin, @katie_robertson, @maxwelltani, @karlbode.bsky.social, @benmullin, @anneapplebaum2000@threads.net, @john_b_taylor@threads.net, @emilyreesnunn@threads.net, @profdaly@threads.net, Puck and The Daily Beast

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Jon Allsop /
Columbia Journalism Review: What sort of media moment is this?

Norman Ornstein /
@normornstein: Anyone who knows or has followed @davidfolkenflik knows that he is a terrific, diligent and honorable reporter, among the best of the breed. That Lewis blew him off is or should be a firing offense. Smearing him? Compounding a serious felony.

Katherine Donlevy /
New York Post: Washington Post CEO Will Lewis running damage control after diversity hierarchy chaos: report

Michael Luo /
@michaelluo: Been wanting to inject a bit of context into the WaPo discussion this week. An important note is nearly every publisher has experienced similar precipitous declines in audience since 2020. No sugarcoating!

Kara Swisher /
@karaswisher: Why a non fucked up and independent ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ matters: Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-constitutional’ vision for second term https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @lion_tender: @semaforben UK reporting too. Private Eye's last article on how phone hackers have cross-pollinated senior media leadership roles didn't bother to mention the Post at all — guess it's out of their coverage zone. [image]

Avi Asher-Schapiro /
@aaschapiro: @semaforben for a guy that seems to have actually served as an advisor to a British PM it's an interesting move to call another journalist an ‘activist,’ because you don't like his reporting.

Jim Waterson /
@jimwaterson: @semaforben Have people in the US noticed that Lewis was knighted because he was in Downing Street as some sort of informal adviser to Boris during 2022, trying to save the PM's career? In the room for most of the key decisions during final months.

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: @jimwaterson @semaforben November '23: [image]

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: Remarkable how distant UK politics are from Washington. Boris Johnson got Lewis knighted — this isn't a huge secret. https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

Lois Beckett /
@loisbeckett: My @guardian colleagues report on the @washingtonpost's incoming British editor, and how the @telegraph changed during his time there: https://www.theguardian.com/ ... [image]

Damon Kiesow /
@dkiesow@threads.net: Lost in the teeth-gnashing over the WaPo is that Jeff Bezos could absorb an annual $77 million loss for 129 years using just a single year's interest on his current fortune.

Oliver Darcy /
@oliverdarcy@threads.net: “He's really losing the newsroom on a large scale. People don't trust him, don't believe he has the same values and ethics as our journalists, and there are major concerns of how far he would go to censor or shut down coverage.” …

Lionel Barber /
@lionelbarber: Final thought post my Washington visit: by seeking to kill the phone hacking story, Will Lewis has now encouraged every US news organisation to nail him/the full story. A scoopmeister in his FT days, he may appreciate the irony. All this is a huge distraction as he tries to

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: This thing from Wil Lewis is not a “conciliatory” memo, as per NYT story. He's basically saying: I will engage in some performative listening and you will understand me better. There is no apology, no actual humility. Just a desire to move on. No dice. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: Lewis quotes two kiss-ass emails, the “negative” one ending “we are rooting for you.” He has no idea how badly he has lost the newsroom. Also, self-congratulatory humility is not a thing. Also, you can't say “bygones” when you should be saying “bye”.

Katie Robertson /
@katie_robertson: More readable format of Will Lewis's memo to staff tonight here https://x.com/... [image]

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Matt Murray's email to WaPo staffers this evening congratulating staff on this week's coverage, including the Post's Lewis/Buzbee stories [image]

Karl Bode /
@karlbode.bsky.social: Lewis is 100% going to double down and unless Washington Post staff get very creative and very vocal (which self preservation incentivizes against) it's all going to get significantly worse [embedded post]

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: NEW: Leaders of The Washington Post Guild sends a letter to Matt Murray asking him “to publicly state in a note to the newsroom that you won't allow our journalistic work to be influenced by other pressures, whether they are external or come from within the company itself.” [image]

Anne Applebaum /
@anneapplebaum2000@threads.net: Having worked on Fleet Street, at the Telegraph, and at the Washington Post, I am flabbergasted by the prospect of merging their cultures

John Taylor /
@john_b_taylor@threads.net: The @washingtonpost needs a new publisher. The current one should step down immediately. If the Graham family still owned this news organization they would have fired this publisher by now. I'm extremely disappointed, but not surprised that @jeffbezos hasn't taken that step himself. @profdaly@threads.net: As a former Postie, I can't help wondering: What would Kay Graham do? What would Ben Bradlee do? They were people who had character, guts, and a clear understanding of the meaning of journalism.

Dylan Byers /
Puck: License to Will — The latest anxieties and dueling narratives emanating from the expanding …

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Politico:
The recent crisis at The Washington Post suggests that CEO Will Lewis has no idea how the media operates, and his fast-growing credibility problem may undo him

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Tom Jones /
Poynter: After a week of chaos, Washington Post and embattled publisher try to move forward

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Let's not overlook Will Lewis' ‘controversial’ decision to pay £110,000 to a source

Margaret Sullivan /
@sulliview: ‘Can he possibly be that dense?’ Here's @jackshafer in @politico: Growing Debacle for Will Lewis and the Washington Post. https://www.politico.com/...

Sally Jenkins /
@sallyjenx@threads.net: Matea Gold, Peter Wallsten, Phil Rucker, Krissah Thompson, Monica Norton, Mike Semel, Liz Seymour, Mark Smith, Craig Timberg, Scott Vance, David Shipley. These are some of the key editors of the @washingtonpost. Unassailable intelligence, unimpeachable integrity, round the clock work ethic, deep mutual loyalty. …

Ted Nesi /
@tednesi: “Attacking a reporter who has the goods also has a way of attracting additional reporters to the story, something Lewis must know.” https://www.politico.com/...

Matt McCleskey /
@mattsradio: “He can't very well put out the business fire that is consuming the Washington Post (it has lost $77 million in the past year) if his own pants are aflame.” https://www.politico.com/... @stevechapman13: “Nobody wants to work for an untrustworthy publisher.” https://www.politico.com/...

Alex Thompson /
@alexthomp: .@jackshafer: “If Bezos' hide is thick enough to endure the Post arrows, Lewis' should be, too.” https://www.politico.com/... @jbhavan: “Newsrooms are run by consent of the governed. You don't have to think your colleague is a good person in order to work effectively with them, but you must believe they are on the level with you.” https://www.politico.com/...

Farnaz Fassihi /
@farnazfassihi: The crisis at the Washington Post suggests the publisher Will Lewis has no idea about how the media operates. Will he be out before he ruins the Post, already he has lost all credibility with staff, readers & peers. https://www.politico.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: For Will Lewis “to imagine that the Post should not write about him is a pipe dream. This is a perk that not even the owner and his companies enjoy.” Indeed — owner Jeff Bezos has always said the Post should treat him just like anyone else https://www.politico.com/...

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: Even @jackshafer is skeptical of Will Lewis's longevity: “Depending on how the current crisis unwinds, Lewis' conduct and response may undo him. He can't very well put out the business fire that is consuming the Washington Post if his own pants are aflame.”

Justin Peters /
Slate: The Baffling Disaster Unfolding at the Washington Post

Sherrilyn Ifill /
@sherrilynifill@threads.net: Bezos needs to act quickly. It's unconscionable and irresponsible to trash the integrity of the Washington Post this way.

Mike Roe /