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 (Evan Drellich/New York Times)

Mediagazer: 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 (Evan Drellich/New York Times)

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Bloomberg:

The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers— - Antitrust officials propose options in historic lawsuit — Google says government pushing ‘radical agenda’ beyond case
Discussion: The Keyword, The Wrap, MediaPost, Fast Company, Total Telecom, Variety, The Register, Advanced Television, 9to5Google, The Information, Washington Post, Reuters, Forbes, The Verge, BGR, Wired, Engadget, CNBC, Axios, NPR, Politico, CNN, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, Fox Business, Search Engine Roundtable, Cord Cutters News, Benzinga and Washington Times, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Kent Walker /
The Keyword: DOJ's staggering proposal would hurt consumers and America's global technological leadership

Laurie Sullivan /
MediaPost: Google Lashes Out As DoJ Sways Judge To Force Sale Of Chrome

Michael Grothaus /
Fast Company: Google vows to fight ‘radical’ DOJ Chrome proposal as move to force browser sell-off becomes official

Georgia Sweeting /
Total Telecom: US Justice Dept. calls on Google to sell Chrome

Todd Spangler /
Variety: U.S. Government Seeks to Force Google to Sell Chrome Browser to Rectify Search ‘Monopoly’

Richard Speed /
The Register: DoJ wants Google to sell Chrome and ban it from paying to be search default

Eva Dou /
Washington Post: DOJ seeks forced sale of Chrome, other big changes at Google in monopoly case

Siladitya Ray /
Forbes: Force Sale Of Chrome And Big Changes To Android Search—The DOJ's Proposal To Crackdown On Google's Search Monopoly

Chris Smith /
BGR: Google breakup in focus as DOJ says company must sell Chrome

Jennifer Elias /
CNBC: DOJ pushes for Google to break off Chrome browser after antitrust case

Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: DOJ asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome in partial breakup proposal

Brendan Bordelon /
Politico: DOJ asks judge to break up Google @jeffjarvis.bsky.social: This is so 2009. So EU. So Microsoft and Internet Explorer. So last war. — US justice department plans to push Google to sell off Chrome browser — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2... Fox Business: Google must sell Chrome browser in move to end monopoly on internet searches, DOJ says

Barry Schwartz /
Search Engine Roundtable: DOJ: Force Google To Sell Chrome, Restrict Android & Ban Default Deals

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: DOJ Seeks to Force Google to Sell Chrome Browser in Ongoing Antitrust Battle

Kaustubh Bagalkote /
Benzinga: Perplexity CEO Asks If AI Startup Should Acquire Google Chrome Following DOJ's Antitrust Push Against Search Giant

Seth McLaughlin /
Washington Times: In major antitrust action, Justice Department wants court to consider forcing Google to break up

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:

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Mediaocean to buy Innovid for $500 million

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

Andrew White /
Andrew White on LinkedIn: Mediaocean is the system of record for much of the paid advertising value chain (order management, reconciliations, billing). … @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...

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.

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, The Streamable, Keith Stoler on LinkedIn, Cord Cutters News, Sports Media Watch and Awful Announcing

Discussion:

David Satin /
The Streamable: MLB commisioner Manfred wants a national baseball streaming option by 2028

Keith Stoler /
Keith Stoler on LinkedIn: 🏟️ 📺 Major League Baseball (MLB) is going to reshape the streaming landscape...in 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

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, Streaming Better, Digital Trends, @simondowens@threads.net, Tom's Guide, CNET, @2xaught7.bsky.social and Cord Cutters News

Discussion:

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar /
Neowin: Tubi launches ‘Scenes’ that shows TikTok-style short clips from its huge content catalog

John Finn /
Streaming Better: Tubi's New ‘Scenes’ Feature Lets Mobile Users Watch Short Clips Of Movies And TV Shows

Derek Malcolm /
Digital Trends: Tubi's new Scenes feature plays clips to help you find your next binge

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 @2xaught7.bsky.social: Innovation starts with a mobile app that shows short video clips for you to enjoy. [embedded post]

Financial Times:

James Harding says the Tortoise-Observer deal could create a profitable media group and there isn't a guaranteed future for the Observer with the Guardian— James Harding confronts fierce opposition but says sale to his digital start-up only way for Sunday title to thrive

Discussion:
The Times, The Guardian, National Union of Journalists …, Telegraph, Guido Fawkes, The New European and New Statesman

Discussion:

Lucy Burton /
Telegraph: Guardian staff to go on strike for four days next month

Eleanor Wheatley /
Guido Fawkes: Guardian Staff Vote to Strike Over Observer Sale to ‘Slow News’ Tortoise Media

Alison Phillips /
New Statesman: Will staff go on strike to block the Observer sale?

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Press Gazette:
Tortoise says it plans to invest £25M in Observer over five years, aiming to turn it into a self-funded, paywalled newsbrand with 100K new digital subscribers

Discussion:
Telegraph, Guido Fawkes, @danielthomasldn, @pressgazette, @jobmaynooth.bsky.social, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @dominicponsford.bsky.social, @jacksommers.bsky.social, @shattenstone.bsky.social, @annafazack.bsky.social, @pressgazette.co.uk, The Independent, @michaelgoodier.bsky.social, Yahoo News, Financial Times and The Times

Discussion:

James Warrington /
Telegraph: Guardian bosses accused of ‘inappropriate’ attempts to root out strikers

Daniel Thomas /
@danielthomasldn: Guardian bosses have offered voluntary redundancy to any Observer staff that do not want to move to Tortoise in latest attempt to calm staff uproar ahead of a strike next month. A memo to staff confirms the board has greenlighted deal ahead of a meeting of Scott Trust next week @pressgazette: Update: Tortoise has come out swinging against the strike decision, asking staff “how long do you think The Guardian will keep two sets of critics reviewing the same plays, films, art and music?” https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

Prof John O Brennan /
@jobmaynooth.bsky.social: The potential loss of the Observer, after 240 years in print, would be devastating (yes, I buy paper copy most weeks). Let's hope it doesn't happen. — pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n...

Carole Cadwalladr /
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social: 700+ journalists at Britain's only liberal newspaper(s) believe that something has gone so profoundly wrong in their own organisation that 93% of them have voted to go on strike — 1/ — pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n...

Dominic Ponsford /
@dominicponsford.bsky.social: Guardian updates: — *Observer sale decision goes to Scott Trust board on Monday — *First 48-hour strike on 4 December — *Obs journalists to be offered redundancy — *Tortoise says title will close without this deal — pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n...

Jack Sommers /
@jacksommers.bsky.social: Carry no candle for Tortoise - and no idea what they want with the Observer - but this is true isn't it? pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n... [image]

Simon Hattenstone /
@shattenstone.bsky.social: To any PRs out there trying to convince journalists that they would be better off under new ownership, this aggressive, bilious statement from Tortoise must be the worst example ever of a charm offensive. — pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n...

Simon Hattenstone /
@shattenstone.bsky.social: And this is one of many reasons, the Guardian & Observer NUJ Chapel voted almost unanimously today to strike two days next week to save the Obs from a would-be proprietor that is already showing its colours even before any deal has been signed — pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n...

Simon Hattenstone /
@shattenstone.bsky.social: ‘It is heading down a path to irrelevance ... its journalism lives, briefly and unloved, on The Guardian website.’ — Jesus if this is what Tortoise says when its wooing the Obs, what would it say if it didn't want it? 1/2 — pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n...

Anna Fazackerley /
@annafazack.bsky.social: Education contacts have been kind enough to message me asking what is happening at The Observer, the fabulous and very old paper I do most of my investigations for. Here is an update of where we are. First Guardian strike since 1971. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n... @pressgazette.co.uk: Update: Guardian CEO Anna Bateson says Observer journalists who don't want to join Tortoise Media may be offered voluntary redundancy: pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n...

Michael Goodier /
@michaelgoodier.bsky.social: personally slightly peeved at james harding's statement implying that GMG has no-one with digital skills? Let's be real, your site runs off wordpress, we don't have to be rude here — pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/ n...

James Warrington /
Yahoo News: Almost 93% of 600 Guardian and Observer staff organized by the NUJ vote in favor of strike action over the proposed sale of The Observer to Tortoise

Daniel Thomas /
Financial Times: Observer staff set to strike over planned Tortoise sale

Helen Cahill /
The Times: Guardian staff vote to strike over sale of Observer

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— Comcast shares posted modest gains Wednesday after the company announced its plan to spin off all of NBCUniversal's cable networks …

Discussion:
@lucas_shaw, Alex Sherman on LinkedIn, Business Insider, Associated Press, The Streamable, Reuters and MediaPost

Discussion:

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)

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: 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!

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. … Business Insider: CNBC anchors shared worries and dark humor on air as Comcast looks to unload the network

Matt Ott /
Associated Press: Comcast to spin off cable networks, once star performers for the entertainment giant

Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: Comcast Spinning Off NBCU Cable Nets

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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

Discussion:
Washington Post, The Post Millennial, Poynter, Deadline, @radleybalko.bsky.social, @barbarasobel.bsky.social, BizPac Review, @ryanlcooper.com, Associated Press, @sherman4949, @tvmojoe, Barrett Media, @colbyhall, @bristei, @maxwelltani, @jbflint, Mediaite, Fox News, New York Post, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, Awful Announcing, PoliticusUSA, @davidingram.bsky.social, @noblewatchman.bsky.social, @igotarock2.bsky.social, @tomgara@threads.net, @harveyjkaye.bsky.social, Instapundit, @bristei.bsky.social and The Desk

Discussion:

David Krayden /
The Post Millennial: Comcast to spin off MSNBC, CNBC into separate company

Tom Jones /
Poynter: Suddenly it's OK to not stick to sports

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Comcast Spinoff Of Cable Networks Leaves Questions Of How A Split Between MSNBC And NBC News Will Work

Radley Balko /
@radleybalko.bsky.social: Man this is bad timing. Plenty of legit reasons to criticize MSNBC, but the last thing we need right now is for adversarial outlets to start dropping off. — Also, Chris Hayes is a phenomenal talent and has been a beacon of sanity the last eight years. — variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Barbara Sobel /
@barbarasobel.bsky.social: Say goodbye to MSNBC — MSNBC Faces Potential for Big Changes in Comcast Cable Spin-Off — The cable-news outlet could have to consider changing its name and familiar markings under a spin-off of the bulk of the cable assets of parent company Comcast — variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Chris Donaldson /
BizPac Review: ‘Panic’ at MSNBC as network parent announces big move

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...

David Bauder /
Associated Press: What will happen to CNBC and MSNBC when they no longer have a corporate connection to NBC News?

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/... @tvmojoe: @JBFlint I mean, MSNBC long ago ditched the MS... there's no arts on A&E...HLN has no headlines or news...and Sundance channel airs sitcom reruns. What's another cable branding lie?!

Colby Hall /
@colbyhall: I'll say it: news of NBC's spinning of MSNBC kinda smacks of a death knell for the network, at least for this iteration.

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: 5 Burning Qs about the Comcast cable spin off: *M&A? *What about MSNBC, CNBC? *Will Madison Ave. spend less $$ on smaller orgs? *Why does Bravo stay? *Will we still hear the NBCU ‘Symphony’? https://variety.com/... via @variety

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: MSNBC Faces Potential for Big Changes in Comcast Cable Spin-Off https://variety.com/... via @variety

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: MSNBC may have to change its name as part of today's spinoff, which will also likely impact (and limit) its newsgathering. The spinco's top exec says the company is thinking of itself as a “well-funded startup”....😬 [image]

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: So will CNBC be rebranded as “C.?”

Charlie Nash /
Mediaite: Bill O'Reilly Claims Comcast Is Desperately Trying To Shed ‘Hateful’ MSNBC: 'They'll Give It to You!' Fox News: MSNBC's future a ‘big concern’ for staffers as Comcast moves to separate liberal network from NBCUniversal

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: MSNBC staffers ‘in a panic’ as NBC parent Comcast plans to spin off channel — and possibly change its name

@jeffjarvis.bsky.social:
Troubling: MSNBC might have to change its identity; will lose ties to NBC News operation & have to move; could be an acquisition target (stay the fuck away, Sinclair, Murdoch, Musk, Springer, etc.). — Or maybe Maddow should leave & build a new operation. — variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Drew Lerner /
Awful Announcing: NBC Sports president on spinoff: 'We're going to fulfill every obligation'

Jason Easley /
PoliticusUSA: MSNBC May Soon Be Gone

David Ingram /
@davidingram.bsky.social: What should the new name of MSNBC be, if it gets a new name? variety.com/2024/tv/news... (Presumably not Microsoft TV or SpinCo News) @noblewatchman.bsky.social: Many of us are reexamining our relationship with @msnbc That said, it's the only liberal leaning platform on cable. — Comcast plans to cut it loose. — Is it just a business as usual move or are they ridding themselves of a potential target of Trump 2.0? — variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Tom Gara /
@tomgara@threads.net: I know this is pretty standard placeholder naming language used in these kind of spinoff transactions but making MSNBC a unit of the Spin Company is an incredible act of corporate comedy

Harvey J Kaye /
@harveyjkaye.bsky.social: I wish I could say I cared, but I stopped watching #MSNBC when Chris Mathewes and Joy Ann declared their antipathy to Bernie (the latter at times with a touch of anti-semitism) — variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Ed Driscoll /
Instapundit: COMCAST IS UNBURDENING ITSELF OF WHAT HAS BEEN: MSNB-See-Ya: Comcast Dumps Cable Channels In Midst of Ethics Scandal. …

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei.bsky.social: At a meeting w MSNBC personnel Weds morning that included Rachel Maddow, Chris Jansing and Katy Tur, the new leader of Comcast's ‘spinco’ could not definitively say the network wouldn't have to change its name or remove NBC ‘peacock’ marks from its logo — variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Fox News tops MSNBC, CNN, Newsmax in post-election ratings

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

Discussion:
@semaforben and Bloomberg

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:
Comcast, TVNewsCheck, Deadline, New York Times, Engadget, CNN, Raw Story, Doug Herzog on LinkedIn, @brianjmoylan.bsky.social, Marketplace, @sherman4949, Los Angeles Times, @mediaite, @brianstelter, RetailWire, @benmullin, Variety, @colbyhall, @sarafischer, @benmullin, @brianstelter, @sherman4949, @jeffjarvis, AV Club, Radio & Television …, @nemalki.bsky.social, Philadelphia Business Journal, One America News Network, The Wrap, Front Office Sports, Forbes, Ars Technica, IJR, @great_katzby, Breitbart, Fast Company, USA Today, Total Telecom, Axios, TechCrunch, acecomments.mu.nu, Washington Examiner, Adweek, The Guardian, Media Play News, Stephani Shelton on LinkedIn, Newser, HotAir, Cord Cutters News, The Desk, NBC News, @stark.soy, Mediaite, The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, @joshuabenton.com, Fox Business, The Verge, HuffPost, Yahoo Finance, Fortune, Bloomberg, Barron's Online, Talking Biz News, Benzinga, Financial Times, Business Insider, The Information, @amolsharma.bsky.social, NBC News, Media Play News, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, Variety, Ad Age, CNN, Awful Announcing, Cord Cutters News, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Business Insider, The Hollywood Reporter and Wall Street Journal

Discussion:
Comcast: Comcast Announces Intention to Create Leading Independent Media Business Through Spin-Off of Select Cable Television Networks

Alex Sherman /
TVNewsCheck: Comcast's Cable Network Spinoff May Be A Signal To The Media Industry For Necessary Change

Nellie Andreeva /
Deadline: The Streaming Divide: How NBCU's Entertainment Networks Ended Up On Different Sides In Comcast Spinoff After Years Of Integration

Benjamin Mullin /
New York Times: Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC

Kris Holt /
Engadget: Comcast is spinning out Rotten Tomatoes and cable networks into a separate company

Matt Egan /
CNN: The fate of MSNBC could be in Trump's hands

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. …

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...

Samantha Fields /
Marketplace: Comcast cable spinoff reflects rapidly changing streaming landscape

Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: Comcast now down 0.2% on the day. Call it back!

Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: What the Comcast cable network spinoff means for MSNBC and NBC News @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/ ...

Nicholas Morine /
RetailWire: Comcast Spinoff Plans Materialize: MSNBC, CNBC, and E! Headed to ‘SpinCo’

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]

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

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/...

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

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...

Ryan Mulligan /
Philadelphia Business Journal: Comcast details $7B spinoff of NBCUniversal cable networks

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

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

Tracy Brown Hamilton /
Fast Company: Comcast unveils SpinCo as a stand-alone media powerhouse

Harry Baldock /
Total Telecom: Comcast to spin off raft of cable TV channels

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Comcast plans to spin off NBCU's cable 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

Daniel Arkin /
NBC News: Comcast announces plan to spin off cable channels, including MSNBC, CNBC and USA

Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: Comcast To Spin Off Cable Channels Including MSNBC, CNBC, More The Hollywood Reporter: Donna Langley Elevated at NBCUniversal in C-Suite Shakeup Connected to Cable Spinoff

Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: Comcast to Spin Off Cable Channels MSNBC, USA

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

Marita Vlachou /
HuffPost: Comcast Spins Off MSNBC, Other Cable TV Networks

Laura Bratton /
Yahoo Finance: Comcast announces plan to spin off TV networks including MSNBC, CNBC to play ‘offense’ in new media landscape

Andrew Nusca /
Fortune: Comcast to spin off NBCU cable TV channels

Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: Comcast to Spin Off Cable-TV Channels Like MSNBC, USA

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

Kaustubh Bagalkote /
Benzinga: Comcast Plans Major Cable Networks Spinoff, MSNBC And CNBC To Form New Public Company: Report

Peter Kafka /
Business Insider: Comcast's spinoff is essentially a garage sale of its basic cable TV networks, as the number of people paying for and watching cable networks falls every year

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] 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

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

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

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

Daring Fireball:

Substack, very deliberately, tries to have it both ways by saying publications on their platform are independent while presenting them all as parts of Substack— I am upset by the above, but only insofar as I'm jealous that I had never thought to make the analogy to an author telling people to “read my Amazon”.

Discussion:

Adam Tinworth /
One Man & His Blog: The Bluesky explosion and the Substack trap

Kyle Boas /
@kyleboas.com: Here is a good read for anyone considering Substack. I've never liked their editor and I agree there's better alternatives for newsletters, but the catch is that it is free. — daringfireball.net/2024/11/rega...

Jeffrey Inscho /
@inscho.org: John Gruber piling on the anti-Substack thread by focusing on the platform's homogeneity & lock-in: — “I really don't get why any writer trying to establish themselves independently would farm out their own brand this way. It's the illusion of independence.” — daringfireball.net/2024/11/rega... @daringfireball@mastodon.social: ★ Regarding — and, Well, Against — Substack — https://daringfireball.net/...

Anil Dash /
@anildash.com: Appreciated @gruber.foo's perspective here — though there's a key part I omitted, which changes the context for the second part of what he wrote... daringfireball.net/2024/11/rega...

Mindy Weisberger /
@laminda.bsky.social: With my book out in less than 5 months (!!!) newsletters are very much on my mind. I'm still figuring out how that'll work, but I know one thing for sure: I'll be staying far away from Substack. Top-down tolerance for anti-trans garbage and white supremacy is baked into Substack's infrastructure

Brian Merchant /
@bcmerchant.bsky.social: Appreciate this @anildash.com piece—it got me thinking: A real test of Substack's own ‘openness’ would be if someone built a recommendation module that let writers rec newsletters outside Substack's garden. Would they let writers embed it? — Someone should do that — www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/ d...

Andy Piper /
@andypiper.me: I've been meaning to fully remove myself from Substack and I think this is the push I needed to follow through. www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/ d...

TechCrunch:

Spotify adds new audiobook features for Premium users: video clips up to 30 seconds long, Author Pages, and visuals that appear while users listen— Spotify is enhancing the audiobook experience for premium users through three new experiments: video clips, author pages, and the ability to add visuals that appear while users listen.

Discussion:
@paulconstant.com and Spotify

Discussion:

Paul Constant /
@paulconstant.com: I'm not an expert or anything, but aren't “visuals for audiobooks” just...books? Does anyone gaze meaningfully into their Spotify app as they listen to music or audiobooks? — techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/s... [image]

NPR:

Excerpts from a Q&A with Marty Baron and David Remnick on coming retribution against media: prosecutions for posting government leaks, public media cuts, more— Heading into a second term, New Yorker editor David Remnick says Donald Trump's anger “has been never so intense as it's been against the press.”

Discussion:
The Conversation

New York Times:

Trump says Republicans must kill the PRESS Act, which would protect journalists' records and sources from the US government; the bill is stalled in the Senate— The bill, known as the PRESS Act, would codify protections against federal investigators seizing reporters' records.

Discussion:

Brian Stelter /
CNN: Trump demands Republicans ‘kill’ bill that would protect journalists from government spying

Shawn Musgrave /
The Intercept: Trump Wants to Kill a Bipartisan Bill That Protects Journalists and Whistleblowers

Scott Buffington /
@slbuffington.bsky.social: Trump will try to snuff out any and all opposition from the media. He supports the First Amendment only when it's favorable towards him. Facts are real, whether one likes them or not. [embedded post]

Mariane Angela /
The Daily Caller: Trump Urges Congressional Republicans To Block Bill Protecting Journalists From Government Spying

Kevin Gosztola /
@kgosztola.bsky.social: Here's Trump demanding that Lindsey Graham, Mike Lee, & other Republican senators withdraw support for federal shield law for reporters known as the PRESS Act. That way he could more easily suppress journalists and media organizations. (The bill already passed in the House.) [image]

Alex Griffing /
Mediaite: Trump Demands Republicans ‘KILL’ Bipartisan Press Freedom Bill

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Despite bipartisan support, a proposed federal shield law may fall by the wayside

Nikki McCann Ramirez /
Rolling Stone: Trump Says Republicans ‘MUST KILL’ Bipartisan Bill to Protect Press Freedom @freedom.press: “As Congress wraps up its work for the year, the Senate's passage of a shield law for journalists should be a priority,” The @virginianpilot.bsky.social's editorial board wrote in November.

@freedom.press:
🧵 Editorial boards across the country have endorsed the #PRESSAct to protect journalists and their sources. — The Senate needs to pass it now!

Tubefilter:

Streamlabs: Twitch accounted for 82.3% of Q3 total hours streamed, followed by YouTube Gaming at 5.6% and Steam at 4.6%; Kick grew ~204% from Q2 2023 to Q3 2024— For years, the Logitech-owned creator dashboard Streamlabs and its data partner Stream Hatchet have compiled quarterly progress reports for the streaming industry.

Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper and Streamlabs, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper: Nielsen's public Gauge numbers only show viewing on TVs, but Nielsen also measures viewing on computers and mobile devices. When that is included, Twitch viewing doubles to ~0.2%. [image]

Washington Post:

Reg Murphy, an editor and publisher in Atlanta, San Francisco, and Baltimore, died Nov. 9 at 90; he was kidnapped in 1974 by a man angry at “liberal news media”— As a top editor at the Atlanta Constitution, he was held for a $700,000 ransom. He was later the publisher …

Discussion:
New York Times, @tomsherwood, @slbuffington.bsky.social and @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social

Discussion:

Sam Roberts /
New York Times: Reg Murphy, Newspaper Editor Whose Kidnapping Made Headlines, Dies at 90

Tom Sherwood /
@tomsherwood: One of my first reporters/editors I looked up to when I began my own journalism career 60 years ago. All round great guy! Reg Murphy, editor and publisher who survived a kidnapping, dies at 90 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Scott Buffington /
@slbuffington.bsky.social: The Georgia newspaper industry will miss Reg Murphy. A great man and first rate newspaper guy. [embedded post]

Jeff Jarvis /