NBC plans to cut The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon from five to four original episodes per week in the new season, the last to join its late-night rivals (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Mediagazer: NBC plans to cut The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon from five to four original episodes per week in the new season, the last to join its late-night rivals (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

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Reuters:

YouTube terminates Tenet Media's channel and four channels operated by Tenet owner Lauren Chen— Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Thursday it was terminating the Tenet Media channel and four channels operated by Tenet owner Lauren Chen, following an indictment from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Discussion: New York Times, Engadget, NewsBytes, @chickenpuppet.bsky.social, Tampa Free Press and Forbes

Discussion:

Katie Robertson /
New York Times: Tucker Carlson Criticized for Hosting Holocaust Revisionist

Will Shanklin /
Engadget: YouTube terminates five right-wing channels linked to the DOJ's Russia indictments @chickenpuppet.bsky.social: “We need to kill all the f*gs” - completely fine — “We need to kill all the f*gs. This video sponsored by Russia” - very bad [embedded post]

Harold Hutchison /
Tampa Free Press: YouTube Takes Down Conservative Podcast Network Tied To DOJ Russia Indictment

Siladitya Ray /
Forbes: YouTube Removes Alleged Russia-Funded Outlet Hosting Tim Pool, Benny Johnson Videos

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Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:

The Tenet Media case highlights both the lack of transparency in the creator economy and the threat this poses to media integrity— We need to know who is funding the creator economy — Yesterday, a federal indictment revealed that a Tennessee media company working with right-wing …

Discussion:
@jvlast@threads.net, @ronaldfilipkowski@threads.net, @micah_loewinger@threads.net, Tubefilter, Mercury News, @taylorlorenz@threads.net, The Bulwark, @jvlast@threads.net, Zoe Scaman on LinkedIn, Know Your Meme, Byline Times, @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social, @mastodonmigration …, @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social, NPR, @katieboue@threads.net, @taylorlorenz@threads.net and Channel 4 News

Discussion:

Jonathan V. Last /
@jvlast@threads.net: Some inside-baseball on the Tenet Media / Tim Pool / Benny Johnson / Dave Ruben story: I know a fair amount about the economics of YouTube and when you look that the channels these guys are running, you can tell pretty quickly . . . 1/6

Ron Filipkowski /
@ronaldfilipkowski@threads.net: Tim Pool gives his side of the story.

Micah Loewinger /
@micah_loewinger@threads.net: I can't get over the irony of the Tenet media stuff. A group of rw influencers, who cater to an audience obsessed with shadowy international conspiracies, were wrapped up in one themselves! Mercury News: Want to be an ‘influencer’? Texas university launches new degree for digital influencing

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz@threads.net: My Substack post on how we need to stop letting far right influencers cosplay as independent media is featured on Mediagazer! Read it here: https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...

Jonathan V. Last /
The Bulwark: The Tenet Media Guys Are Worse Than Useful Idiots

Jonathan V. Last /
@jvlast@threads.net: This scheme was so shady that SEB GORKA looked at it and said, Bro that money is dirty: 5/6

Jonathan V. Last /
@jvlast@threads.net: TL;DR: These Tenet guys aren't victims. They're not even dupes, or profiteers. They're collaborators. /fin https://www.thebulwark.com/...

Zoe Scaman /
Zoe Scaman on LinkedIn: Taylor Lorenz's latest piece uncovers something we need to be paying attention to: who is funding our creators? …

Pekka Kallioniemi /
Byline Times: Russia Allegedly Spent $10 Million Funding US Media Company and its ‘Superspreader’ Creators to Push Pro-Kremlin Disinformation

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: Without full knowledge of who is financing the creators we follow, watch, and read, how will any of us know whether the content we're consuming is shaped by dangerous hidden agendas or foreign interference? https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ... @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online: Related to guestions about who's behind all this right wing bro content, Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz has an excellent piece out today asking this very question... 'Who's funding these guys?' — https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ... See also: https://mastodon.social/...

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: “The robust financial backing the right wing content creator ecosystem enjoys, allows extremists the ability to fund professional production teams, social media ad buys, and marketing initiatives that give them a competitive advantage online. … @katieboue@threads.net: The way I just GASPED when I heard that number on the radio earlier. For a very, very brief moment I chuckled and thought “get that bag content creators” 😂💀

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz@threads.net: Stop letting right wing influencers cosplay as ‘independent’ media! https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...

Wired:

An analysis of Tenet Media's videos shows frequent use of terms including “white people”, “Black people”, “civil war”, “Elon Musk”, and “illegal immigrants”— A WIRED analysis shows that right-wing stars like Tim Pool …

Discussion:
@wired: Using our interactive tool, you can search terms that were most mentioned in videos by influencers working for Tenet Media like Tim Pool and Benny Johnson. Try it yourself here: https://www.wired.com/... [video]

Katie Drummond /
@katiedrumm@threads.net: Using closed captioning of the Tenet Media videos we downloaded before YouTube removed them, @wired compiled lists of terms frequently mentioned in them, along with a searchable database: https://www.wired.com/...

Steve Thompson /
@SteveThompson@mastodon.social: “What Right-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media Videos” — https://www.wired.com/... “A WIRED analysis shows that right-wing stars like Tim Pool and Benny Johnson focused on topics like Elon Musk and supposed racism toward white people in hundreds of videos allegedly paid for by Russia.” …

Dhruv Mehrotra /
@dmehro: We analyzed hundreds of deleted Youtube videos of right-wing influencers working for Tenet Media—a company the DOJ alleges was financed and guided by a state-backed Russian news network. Here's what the paid influencers talked about: https://www.wired.com/...

Zachary Basu /
Axios: MAGA's media meltdown

Josh Christenson /
New York Post: ‘Secret’ Russian influence campaign paid $10M to prop up right-wing US commentators: indictment

Gerrit De Vynck /
Washington Post: YouTube takes down right-wing channels linked to DOJ Russia indictments

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez /
Fortune: Elon Musk repeatedly interacted on X with right-wing influencers allegedly backed by a Russia-funded company

Nikki McCann Ramirez /
Rolling Stone: Right-Wing Influencers Deny Knowledge of Russian Funding

Colby Hall /
Mediaite: WATCH: Alleged Russian Propagandist Tim Pool Screams That ‘Ukraine is the Enemy of the US’

Mother Jones:
A Tenet Media contributor tweeted that Tenet “has ended”; its X, Instagram, TikTok, and Rumble pages are online but haven't been updated since the indictment

Discussion:
MSNBC, NBC News, New Republic, The Atlantic, Deseret News, Nextgov/FCW, Reuters, @taylerusa, @annamerlan, @researchbuzz@researchbuzz …, New Republic and Washingtonian

Discussion:
NBC News: Russian money was funneled to right-wing creators through a pro-Trump media outlet, prosecutors say

Charlie Warzel /
The Atlantic: YouTubers Are Almost Too Easy to Dupe

Chase Martin /
Deseret News: U.S. conservative media company funded by Russian interests, DOJ alleges

David DiMolfetta /
Nextgov/FCW: Russia's influence operations aim to tip US election in favor of Donald Trump, intel official says

Katie Paul /
Reuters: Social media platforms leave alleged Russian influence network largely untouched

Tayler Hansen /
@taylerusa: Announcement: TENET Media has ended after the DOJ indictment and I will now be pursuing other job opportunities so I may continue to report on vital news stories this election season. If you'd like to independently fund my work or think I'd fit in well at another source let

Anna Merlan /
@annamerlan: One day after the DOJ accused Tenet Media of receiving $10 million in covert funding, a “reporter” for the company announced that Tenet “has ended.” Tenet's founder Lauren Chen and her husband Liam Donovan still haven't commented on any of this. Normal! https://www.motherjones.com/ ...

Anna Merlan /
@annamerlan: I wonder if media companies generally roll up like faulty umbrellas and blow away without a single word? @researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host: #politics #Russia #disinformation #propaganda #InformationWarfare #TenetMedia — 'A contributor for Tenet Media announced on Twitter Thursday night that the company has abruptly shuttered, one day after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment that accused it of being covertly funded by employees of a Russian state-controlled media outlet. …

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling /
New Republic: Pro-Trump Media Firm Abruptly Folds After Russia Scheme Exposed

Washington Post:
Most of the six members of Tenet's “talent” team claim they did not know the money they were paid allegedly came from Russia; Lauren Southern has not commented

Discussion:
HuffPost, NBC News, The Wrap, @pkafka@threads.net, Gizmodo, Public Notice, Adweek, @davidfrum, @anneapplebaum, @davidfrum, @anneapplebaum, @urbanachievr, @taylorlorenz@threads.net, Crikey, @renee.diresta@threads.net, @crumbler@threads.net, @drewharwell@threads.net, Fox News, Chicago Sun Times, @renee.diresta@threads.net, @angiebaby@mas.to, Bloomberg, @servelan@newsie.social, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, @aridrennen@threads.net, Raw Story, Newser, Forbes, Boing Boing, Semafor and The Guardian

Discussion:

NBC News:
How some of the internet's most popular pro-Trump pundits ended up as paid messengers for Russian propaganda

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Right-Wing Influencers Claim Victimhood in Alleged Russian Interference Scheme

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka@threads.net: “Even after recruiting their talent, though, the Russians purportedly running Tenet were frustrated with Tenet's lack of success. Like many media executives, they worried that their employees were doing more to promote their personal social media brands than their new outlet.” — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Matthew Gault /
Gizmodo: YouTube Deletes Tim Pool's Embarrassing Kremlin-Backed Videos

Lisa Needham /
Public Notice: Russia's useful idiots

Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Russia Promises ‘a Response’ to Media Charges, Russian TV Presenter Charged, Tenet Media's Connection to RT

Anne Applebaum /
@anneapplebaum: It wasn't even subtle

David Frum /
@davidfrum: “Just asking questions” on every subject except, “Who is paying me absurdly above-market prices for my videos?” and “Why are they doing it?”

Anne Applebaum /
@anneapplebaum: I am shocked, shocked to discover that the Russian state funded far-right “influencers” in the state of Tennessee and I am sure they had absolutely no idea where the money was coming from https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Christian Vanderbrouk /
@urbanachievr: these guys see made-up “psyops” everywhere until a mysterious foreigner offers them fantastic amounts of money for practically nothing then they turn into Mr Magoo

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz@threads.net: If I was getting paid $400,000 a month to make shitty youtube videos I would work for exactly one year then retire and delete the internet from my phone

Charlie Lewis /
Crikey: An evangelic candidate for governor bought hundreds of bootleg pornos in the '90s and that's not the weirdest part

Renee DiResta /
@renee.diresta@threads.net: Well-resourced state actors use broadcast&social media simultaneously, across the overt to covert spectrum. At this point there are a bunch of strategies Russia is working concurrently; as one is made more costly/less effective, they leverage others. …

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: The Tenet indictments show how Russia has shifted its election interference tactics since 2016. Will right-wing dupes prove to be more effective than Macedonian teens and bot farms? https://www.platformer.news/ ...

Drew Harwell /
@drewharwell@threads.net: “these guys see made-up ‘psyops’ everywhere until a mysterious foreigner offers them fantastic amounts of money for practically nothing then they turn into Mr Magoo” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Fox News: Conservative influencers linked to company in Russian election influence case speak out, say they're victims

Frank Main /
Chicago Sun Times: How right wing podcaster from Chicago landed at center of federal probe into Russian meddling

Renee DiResta /
@renee.diresta@threads.net: I have read many cases of content creators being approached by state actors, discussing how they were misled. This is a thing that happens. Front media is an old strategy. Professional manipulators succeed in duping the unwitting. But something like this — this is an ethical failure on the part of the creator. …

Angie /
@angiebaby@mas.to: @Mediagazer — “$100K per episode for a channel that gets roughly 4,500 views per video? This seems totally above board, we don't need to do any due diligence.” @servelan@newsie.social: “Chen and her husband, Liam Donovan, are the co-founders of Tenet Media, a previously obscure media company that paid eye-popping sums to right-wing influencers to produce videos that echoed #Russian #propaganda and other right-wing talking points, according to an indictment.” …

Isaac Schorr /
Mediaite: Right-Wing Provocateur Lauren Chen Fired By The Blaze Amid Russian Propaganda Scandal @aridrennen@threads.net: Tim Pool on his future after an indictment alleging that Russia paid him $100K per video: “It will be the exact same show it's always been and will continue to advance whatever it is we are advancing. And it's totally independent and whatever.”

Brad Reed /
Raw Story: Right-wing media group fires contributor after she allegedly took Russian cash

Siladitya Ray /
Forbes: These Right-Wing Pundits Were Allegedly Funded By Russia—What To Know About DOJ Indictment

Rob Beschizza /
Boing Boing: Justice departmen: right-wing influencers paid by Russians

Ben Smith /
Semafor: Blaze Media's CEO says it has ended its contract with BlazeTV contributor Lauren Chen of Tenet Media, which is alleged to have been funded by Russia

The Hollywood Reporter:

As the DirecTV-Disney carriage dispute continues, DirecTV nudges customers to Fubo or Sling and offers a $30 credit, and Disney offers $30 off Hulu with Live TV— DirecTV is offering discounts and a $30 credit toward Fubo or Sling, while Disney is offering $30 off the first month of Hulu with Live TV …

Discussion:

Andrew Bucholtz /
Awful Announcing: DirecTV offers customers credit if they sign up for Sling or Fubo during Disney carriage dispute

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Disney Offers $30 Credits for Hulu + Live TV Plans Amid DirecTV Carriage Dispute

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Amid Disney Blackout, DirecTV Is Offering Customers a $30 Credit Toward Dish's Sling or Fubo Streaming Services

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: DIRECTV Customers Can Get Sling TV For Just $10 a Month or $30 Off Fubo

Jon Lafayette /
Next TV: DirecTV Offers $30 Credit to Subscribers Who Sign Up for Rivals Fubo and Sling to Watch Football Games During Disney Blackout

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: Disney-DirecTV Carriage Fight Grinds On As ‘Monday Night Football’ Debut Looms; Both Sides Point Customers To Pay-TV Alternatives

Matthew Keys /
Matthew Keys on LinkedIn: I'm not surprised to see DirecTV point its customers to Fubo and Sling TV. Keep in mind that executives from DirecTV and Dish (which owns Sling TV) …

Mackenzie Tatananni /
The US Sun: Amazon Fire Stick down from $50 to $29.99 in ‘limited time deal’ and shoppers can claim 6-month streaming freebie too

Matt Tamanini /
The Streamable: How to Watch Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State 2024 Football Game Live Without Cable

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Disney, DirecTV Offering $30 Credits to Satellite Subs as Carriage Dispute Enters Second Football Weekend

Bloomberg:

Sources: Shari Redstone will get $180M in severance and other benefits on top of $350M from the sale of her 20% stake in National Amusements— Shari Redstone, chair of Paramount Global, will get $180 million in severance and other benefits on top of hundreds of millions from the sale …

Discussion:
Quartz, The Media Leader, Los Angeles Times, Advanced Television, Financial Times, Reuters and New York Post

Discussion:

Bruce Gil /
Quartz: Shari Redstone is reportedly set to make $530 million from the Paramount-Skydance deal

Sabrina Quagliozzi /
The Media Leader: Tech billionaire Larry Ellison to control Paramount

Samantha Masunaga /
Los Angeles Times: Larry Ellison to control Paramount Global after Skydance deal closes

New York Times:

The judge in the Google monopoly ruling says he'll take until August 2025 to determine remedies in the case and asks the DOJ to propose fixes by the end of 2024— After ruling against Google last month, Judge Amit P. Mehta said he would take until next August to determine fixes that the company must make.

Discussion:

Maxwell Zeff /
TechCrunch: Google to receive punishment for search monopoly by next August, says judge

Martin Peers /
The Information: Benioff Comes Into His Own

Michael Liedtke /
Associated Press: Federal judge gives DOJ deadline to decide Google's antitrust punishment

Jennifer Elias /
NBC News: Google's second antitrust trial could help shape the future of online ads

Sabrina Willmer /
Bloomberg: Google Judge Eyes August for Decision on Remedy in Monopoly Case @itnewsbot@schleuss.online: Remedies to Google's Search Monopoly Will Be Decided by August 2025, Judge Says - After ruling against Google last month, Judge Amit P. Mehta said he would take until next... - https://www.nytimes.com/... #regulationandderegulationofindustry #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #suitsandlitigation …

Barry Schwartz /
@rustybrick: So another year or so from now until the DOJ will come up with the punishment for Google's monopoly ruling...

Louis Ashworth /
Financial Times: How to fix Google search

Charles Arthur /
@charlesarthur: That'll definitely teach Google a lesson won't it.

Lauren Feiner /
The Verge: The DOJ wants info on Google's AI strategy to bust up its search monopoly

Tyler King /
@tylerking.bsky.social: Sure. No hurry. What could they possibly harm in the mean— Oh, I'm being told they have a monopoly on internet search and searching the internet is important. [embedded post]

Ethan Baron /
SGV Tribune: Future of Google search rests with judge who will strip away monopoly power

CNBC:

The UK CMA objects to Google's ad tech practices, and says Google's “self-preferences” on its own ad exchange harms competition, advertisers, and publishers— LONDON — Britain's competition watchdog on Friday issued a statement of objections over Google's ad tech practices …

Discussion:
GOV.UK, BNN Bloomberg, The Sun, The Information, The Media Leader, Damien Geradin on LinkedIn, UPI, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Drum, MediaPost, AdExchanger, The Register, Quartz, Engadget, Press Gazette, Lara O'Reilly on LinkedIn, Advanced Television, Associated Press, Reuters, London Evening Standard, TechCrunch, City A.M. and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Ashley Armstrong /
The Sun: Google using its dominant position to rig the online advertising market, watchdog finds

Sabrina Quagliozzi /
The Media Leader: Google heads back to court to defend ad empire

Damien Geradin /
Damien Geradin on LinkedIn: The sending of a statement of objections by the Competition and Markets Authority to Google is another important development in Google's adtech saga. …

Doug Cunningham /
UPI: Britain's CMA finds Google is using anti-competitive practices in ad tech

Kendra Barnett /
The Drum: UK regulators accuse Google of self-preferencing its ad exchange in new antitrust charges

Laurie Sullivan /
MediaPost: Google Takes Another Blow From UK Regulators For Anti-Competitive Behavior

Alyssa Boyle /
AdExchanger: The CMA Objects To Google's Ad Tech Practices Ahead Of DOJ Antitrust Trial

Richard Speed /
The Register: Competition watchdog accuses Google of abusing ad dominance

William Gavin /
Quartz: Google has abused its power over the ad tech sector for almost a decade, British regulator says

George Shealy /
Press Gazette: Google ad tech practices harming ‘thousands of UK publishers and advertisers’, watchdog believes

Lara O'Reilly /
Lara O'Reilly on LinkedIn: Interesting timing. The CMA just released that it “has provisionally found that Google is using anti-competitive practices in open-display ad tech.” …

Colin Mann /
Advanced Television: CMA objects to Google's ad tech practices

Paul Sandle /
Reuters: Google abusing power over website ads, UK regulator says

Natasha Lomas /
TechCrunch: Google faces provisional antitrust charges in UK for ‘self-preferencing’ its ad exchange

CNBC:

In a letter, Kamala Harris is endorsed for president by 88 corporate leaders, including media execs James Murdoch, Peter Chernin, Mark Cuban, and Barry Diller— @IN/MEGAN-CASSELLA-BA02A160/ @MMCASSELLA — Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a new letter Friday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

Discussion:
Variety, Reuters, Axios, @mmcassella, @levie, @mattyglesias, @shannonrwatts, Semafor, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, Raw Story, Quartz, CoinDesk, CNN and Deadline, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Kamala Harris Endorsed for President by 88 Business Leaders Including James Murdoch, Peter Chernin, Mark Cuban, Jeff Bewkes

Sareen Habeshian /
Axios: Dozens of high-profile business execs endorse Kamala Harris

Megan Cassella /
@mmcassella: @CNBC @KamalaHarris On the list of Harris backers: -A dozen+ Wall Street alums, including fmr Blackstone COO Tony James -Laurene Powell Jobs & Dustin Moskovitz, Harris backers from her CA days -DC sports magnate Ted Leonsis -3 former Treasury secs: Blumenthal, Rubin, Summers https://www.cnbc.com/...

Aaron Levie /
@levie: Current and former CEOs of Costco, Ford, American Express, Merck, PayPal, Autodesk, Lyft, Asana, Yahoo, Sunshine, Docusign, Box, IAC, Yelp, DuPont, Sony, Pepsi, Zillow, Twilio, LinkedIn, Dreamworks, Infor... https://www.cnbc.com/...

Matthew Yglesias /
@mattyglesias: Business for Harris, good to see https://www.cnbc.com/...

Shannon Watts /
@shannonrwatts: Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a letter Friday endorsing Kamala Harris for president, including the CEOs of Costco, Ford, American Express, Merck, PayPal, Autodesk, Lyft, Yahoo, Docusign, Yelp, DuPont, Sony, Pepsi, Zillow, Twilio, and LinkedIn. https://www.cnbc.com/...

Joseph Zeballos-Roig /
Semafor: Mark Cuban is Kamala Harris' on-call billionaire. What's he after?

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Barry Diller, James Murdoch Among 88 Business Leaders Endorsing Kamala Harris in Open Letter

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: James Murdoch, Barry Diller Among Media Execs Endorsing Kamala Harris in Open Letter

William Gavin /
Quartz: Kamala Harris just got endorsements from 88 business leaders, ranging from Yelp's CEO to Magic Johnson CNN: James Murdoch, Mark Cuban and dozens of other business leaders endorse Kamala Harris for president

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: James Murdoch, Barry Diller, Peter Chernin And Michael Lynton Among Corporate Execs Endorsing Kamala Harris In New Open Letter

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Sinclair ousts Ken Solomon, CEO of the Tennis Channel since 2005, citing his time spent advising Dr. Phil McGraw's company as a growing distraction— As the tennis world focuses on the U.S. Open, the network is embroiled in off-court drama.

Discussion:
The Desk, @jbflint, @christophclarey, @benrothenberg, TVNewsCheck and Front Office Sports

Discussion:

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Sinclair fires Tennis Channel CEO Ken Solomon over Dr. Phil's media company

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: Not all the tennis drama is at the US Open! Ken Solomon out as CEO of Tennis Channel after spat with owner Sinclair over Solomon's ties to Dr. Phil's media business. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ

Christopher Clarey /
@christophclarey: Surprising news in the midst of the #USOpen. Ken Solomon, the driving force at Tennis Channel since 2005, is being relieved of his duties as chairman and CEO by parent company Sinclair Inc, citing concerns about outside roles Solomon a key figure in #tennis

Ben Rothenberg /
@benrothenberg: Strangest Mad Libs of a tennis headline I can remember: “Tennis Channel Ousts CEO, Citing Ties to Dr. Phil” WSJ reports Sinclair ousted longtime Tennis Channel head Ken Solomon over concerns about spending too much time on Dr. Phil's company's projects. https://www.wsj.com/...

Variety:

NBC plans to cut The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon from five to four original episodes per week in the new season, the last to join its late-night rivals— The last of TV's big five-original-nights-a-week late-night show is giving up 24 hours out of its schedule.

Discussion:

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: NBC's ‘Tonight Show’ to Drop Friday Show in Shift to Four-Day Schedule

Wesley Stenzel /
Entertainment Weekly: Here's why we'll be seeing less of Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show

Marc Malkin /
@marcmalkin: Whoa... NBC Pulls Back ‘Tonight Show’ to Four Nights Per Week https://variety.com/... via @variety

Jay Kelley /
@doctor_hue: Don't tell me streaming hasn't hurt network tv. When I was a kid, the “Tonight Show” was 5 days a week and 90 minutes per night. https://variety.com/... via @variety

Ruthie Rader /
@ruthiesky: And Johnny Carson is just spinning in His grave•••• NBC will pull 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" to four nights a week as TV networks look to shore up declines in late-night economics Source: Variety https://search.app/...

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: NITE OWL: NBC pulls back ‘Tonight Show’ to four nights a week, the latest in a series of moves aimed at shoring up the economics of late night as linear audiences decline https://variety.com/... via @variety

Laura Hurley /
Cinemablend: As NBC Makes A Major Cut For Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, Here's How Long The Host Is Sticking Around

Jennifer Zhan /
Vulture: Jimmy Fallon Might Be Laughing a Little Less Than Usual

Bill Bradley /
Adweek: NBCU Cuts Back on The Tonight Show to 4 Nights Per Week

Loree Seitz /
The Wrap: ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ Cuts Back to 4 Nights a Week on NBC

Nellie Andreeva /
Deadline: ‘The Tonight Show’ Drops Friday, Goes Down To Four Originals A Week

William Hughes /
AV Club: The Tonight Show is dropping to four new episodes per week

Columbia Journalism Review:

The decline of local news has made it harder for political campaigns to connect to locals and forced them to run on national issues to get cable news attention— At a post-Memorial Day event earlier this year, Elissa Slotkin, one of the nation's top Democratic candidates for US Senate …

Adweek:

AdImpact: the NFL kickoff game averaged 48.9M US viewers, up from 40.1M in 2023; YouTube and YouTube TV had 16% of the audience, and other streamers had 34%— The NFL kickoff game on Thursday averaged 48.9 million viewers, according to AdImpact — The Kansas City Chiefs may have won …

Discussion:
USA Today, Front Office Sports and Tv Technology

Discussion:

Michael McCarthy /
Front Office Sports: Chiefs-Ravens Is Most-Watched NFL Kickoff Game Ever

George Winslow /
Tv Technology: NFL Opener Draws 48.9M Average Audience

Reuters:

Sources: Starboard files a shareholder resolution to end dual-class shares that give Rupert Murdoch control of News Corp; Murdoch has ignored similar proposals— Hedge fund Starboard Value has filed a shareholder resolution to do away with the dual-class shares that allow Rupert Murdoch …

Discussion:

Svea Herbst-Bayliss /