Phil Donahue, a pioneering talk show host whose novel issue-oriented show lasted 29 years, dies at the age of 88 (Mike Barnes/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer: Phil Donahue, a pioneering talk show host whose novel issue-oriented show lasted 29 years, dies at the age of 88 (Mike Barnes/The Hollywood Reporter)

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The Hollywood Reporter:

Phil Donahue, a pioneering talk show host whose novel issue-oriented show lasted 29 years, dies at the age of 88— The 11-time Daytime Emmy winner presided over his program for 29 years and forged a path for Oprah Winfrey and others to follow. — Phil Donahue, the talk show innovator …
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Ryan Schwartz /
TVLine: Phil Donahue, Legendary Talk Show Host, Dead at 88

Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: Iconic TV Talk Host Phil Donahue Dies

Marc Berman /
Forbes: Phil Donahue, Daytime Talk Show Trailblazer, Dies At 88

Josh Dickey /
The Wrap: Phil Donahue, Titan of Daytime Talk TV, Dies at 88

Carmel Dagan /
Variety: Phil Donahue, Pioneering Talk Show Host, Dies at 88

Paige Albiniak /
Next TV: Talk-Show Host Phil Donahue Dies at 88

Alex Sundby /
CBS News: Phil Donahue, daytime talk show pioneer, dies at age 88

Fred A. Bernstein /
Washington Post: Phil Donahue, long-reigning king of daytime television, dies at 88 Associated Press: Phil Donahue, Cleveland native whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died

Clyde Haberman /
New York Times: Phil Donahue, Talk Host Who Made Audiences Part of the Show, Dies at 88

Shelby Stivale /
Us Weekly: Phil Donahue Dead at 88: Longtime Talk Show Host Suffered ‘Long Illness’

Francesca Bacardi /
Page Six: Phil Donahue, trailblazing talk show host, dead at 88

Rishma Dosani /
Metro.co.uk: ‘King of daytime TV’ Phil Donahue dies aged 88 @sagaftra: Trailblazer. We celebrate the life of Phil Donahue, who pioneered daytime talk shows with audience participation. The journalist received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in May. Our condolences to his family and friends. #SagAftraMember since 1967. https://www.today.com/...

Michael Scherer /
@michaelscherer: RIP Phil Donahue. Hard to imagine a single MSNBC host today disagreeing with his then controversial opposition to the Iraq invasion in 2003, when his show was taken off the air. Network said ratings. He always maintained it was politics. Watch him explain: https://m.youtube.com/...

Radhamely De Leon /
Decider: R.I.P. Phil Donahue: Legendary Talk Show Host Dead At 88

Beth Willon /
@bethwillon: Phil Donahue was bold - he understood the power of television better than anyone & he knew how to use it. He shook up the format & made it interactive to the delight of viewers. He had a journalistic backbone & delivered with humor & finesse making him so likeable. RIP Phil

Michael Shure /
@michaelshure: When I was an NBC page, no one among the on air personalities at 30 Rockefeller Plaza was kinder or more respectful of those of us in the peacock logo, crested blazers, than Phil Donahue. He always took the time to ask about our goals and interests. He didn't have to. Good guy

Clay Cane /
@claycane: Rest in peace, Phil Donahue. His interviewing style had a huge impact on me. Interviewing is truly an art, and Donahue mastered it—he also knew the significance of the audience, watch below: [video]

Courtney /
@flaxenbeauty: Katharine Hepburn not knowing Phil Donahue while being interviewed by Phil Donahue. 🕊️ [video] @playerinthgame: RIP, Phil Donahue. “In 2003, the legendary television host Phil Donahue was fired from his prime-time MSNBC talk show during the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The problem was not Donahue's ratings, but his [questioning of the Iraq war].” Interview: https://www.democracynow.org/ ... [image]

David Moscrop /
@david_moscrop: Phil Donahue has died and I'm thinking about how he opposed the Iraq war and suffered for it but was proven right — after everyone came to pretend they'd always opposed it or fell silent. Funny how time does that. It'll do it again.

Brian Niemietz /
New York Daily News: Daytime talk show host Phil Donahue dead at 88

Dawn Burkes /
Los Angeles Times: Phil Donahue, the pioneering daytime talk show host of long-running ‘Donahue,’ dies at 88

Deadline:

ABC News names Almin Karamehmedovic, executive producer of ABC's top rated World News Tonight, as its next president, succeeding Kim Godwin— ABC News has tapped Almin Karamehmedovic, executive producer of its top rated World News Tonight, as its next president.

Discussion:
Mediaite, New York Times, Radio & Television …, The Wrap, Reuters, TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter, Next TV, @jbflint, @bristei and Variety

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Aidan McLaughlin /
Mediaite: BREAKING: ABC News Taps Executive Producer to Serve as New President

Benjamin Mullin /
New York Times: ‘World News Tonight’ Producer Named President of ABC News

Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: ABC News Goes With Division Veteran For Top Role

Adam Chitwood /
The Wrap: ABC News Taps Almin Karamehmedovic as New President

Harshita Mary Varghese /
Reuters: Disney names veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic president of ABC News

Ted Johnson /
TVNewsCheck: Almin Karamehmedovic Named President Of ABC News

Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: ABC News Names Almin Karamehmedovic as President

Michael Malone /
Next TV: Almin Karamehmedovic Named ABC News President

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: Memo from Disney/ABC senior exec Debra OConnell on naming of Almin Karamehmedovic as new president of News. Team, I am thrilled to announce the promotion of Almin Karamehmedovic to president of ABC News. I have had the pleasure of working with Almin for more than a decade

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: Immediate reaction inside ABC News is puzzlement. Despite hard won journalism credentials, Karamehmedovic is said to have little experience with Good Morning America, The View, Tamron Hall and the business that supports such programming, critical to the economics of the news unit

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Disney Names Almin Karamehmedovic President of ABC News

New York Times:

The Star Tribune renames to The Minnesota Star Tribune, and plans to expand its statewide coverage, as part of an effort to boost its paid digital subscriptions— The newspaper in Minneapolis is expanding its statewide coverage and changing its name to The Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: The Star Tribune unveils a Minnesota-wide rebranding and a new opinion mission

Dan Kennedy /
What Works: The Strib shakes up its opinion pages with community voices and an end to endorsements

Richard Tofel /
@dicktofel: Very impressive, comprehensive reboot for the ⁦Strib, now re-branded as the Minnesota Star Tribune. Especially smart to focus areas of coverage, and to roll out all of these changes at once. https://www.startribune.com/ ...

Alex Mahadevan /
@alexmahadevan: One thing that struck me about some focus groups @Poynter did with @UMN_HSJMC / @BenjaminToff: One of the participants knew the name of the Star-Tribune publisher.

Sarabeth Berman /
@sarabethberman: Close watchers of local news should watch @StarTribune. As of today, the “Minnesota Star Tribune” — a move to cover the entire state. A smart and important approach by one of the few remaining locally owned regional papers that is making investments in growth.

Cory Bergman /
@corybe@threads.net: Great to see a newspaper taking “a big swing” and expanding its footprint. (Helps to have a billionaire owner.) https://www.nytimes.com/...

Jason DeRusha /
@derushaj: Can I still call it the Star Tribune? Newsrooms HATE change. But more coverage of greater Minnesota, end of endorsements, actively seeking new voices to share opinion, cleaning up the website - lots of good stuff going on over there.

Mia Quagliarello /
@miaq@threads.net: Exciting to see @sdgrove11 and his work at Minn Star Tribune featured today in @nytimes but why no mention of his significant stint at YouTube / Google? https://www.nytimes.com/...

Greg Mees /
@mees_greg: Introducing the Minnesota Star Tribune. Redesigned, renewed and relaunched on all platforms beginning today. “We're not a paper. We're a fabric. One that can unite, incense, connect, frustrate, represent and reflect all of us.” [image]

Marta Jewson /
@martajewson: Star Tribune rebrand broadening to “Minnesota” in the moniker. They've expanded statewide coverage in the last few years. (And perhaps a nudge at the St. Paul Pioneer Press across the river.) Have to say I prefer the old font though. [image]

Semafor:

A look at Ezra Klein's rise during this election cycle, from his early call for Biden not to run to his increasingly popular podcast, now #8 on Apple Podcasts— The News — When Ezra Klein visited 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. early this year for a series of off-the-record meetings with top officials …

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@semaforben, @matthewstoller, @mcopelov, @jeffnesbit, @awprokop, Columbia Journalism Review, @alexparkerdc, @ajlamesa, @mattzeitlin, @tomphilpott, @jptormey, @nick_field90 and Bustle

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Ben Smith /
@semaforben: A correction, and I managed to insert my own false memory into @maxwelltani's excellent Ezra Klein piece. He supported the US invasion of Iraq back in '02. https://www.semafor.com/...

Matt Stoller /
@matthewstoller: @semaforben @MaxwellTami “ by opposition to the Iraq War” False. They supported the Iraq War. That was the big split in the blogs.

Mark Copelovitch /
@mcopelov: You can skip the many fawning paragraphs and just go to the buried ledes in the last one. The whole Nostradamus treatment he's been getting is truly bizarre given how wrong the open contention & Harris takes were, but I guess The Narrative™️ cannot fail. [image]

Jeff Nesbit /
@jeffnesbit: Interesting piece... “The show's growth comes just as the Times is engaged in intense internal conversations about how to distance itself from the movement progressive politics of 2020, and how to avoid being seen as a mouthpiece of the Democratic Party.” https://www.semafor.com/...

Andrew Prokop /
@awprokop: Not entirely clear about the “problem” alleged here, perhaps it is a “Maria being too loud in the convent” kind of problem

Alex Parker /
@alexparkerdc: That Ezra Klein was anti-Kamala is this weird cope that people have to avoid admitting he was right all along....but it's also flatly untrue. Klein praised her in his famous February op-ed! He did a whole podcast about her post-debate. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Anthony LaMesa /
@ajlamesa: “Ezra's piece was the first crack in the dam on which I was trying to shine light, one which began shifting the mindset of the chattering class,” Rep. Dean Phillips, who mounted a failed challenge to Biden in the Democratic primary, told Semafor. https://www.semafor.com/...

Matthew Zeitlin /
@mattzeitlin: Truly beautiful secondary https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Tom Philpott /
@tomphilpott: No shade on current @EzraKlein, but the @semafor writer did not do his homework. Both young Ezra and Matt Yglesias supported the Iraq war. And their views overall were pretty centrist. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

John /
@jptormey: Confiteor: I still listen to Klein's podcast. Not every episode or anything but I think it's useful if you want to know what liberals are thinking. https://www.semafor.com/...

Maggie Bullock /
Bustle: Is Everybody Horny for Ezra Klein?

ABC:

Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen claims their Australian visa application has been denied over Russia's criminal charges of spreading false information— In short: — Russian-American Masha Gessen, a journalist and prominent critic of the Russian government …

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The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, @matthew_sussex, @jamesmassola, @mrseankelly, @groberts_83 and Crikey

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Mostafa Rachwani /
The Guardian: Writer and Russia critic Masha Gessen claims Australia has ‘functionally denied’ them a visa

Gemma Grant /
Sydney Morning Herald: ‘What the Kremlin hoped for’: Prominent author not given Australian visa

Matthew Sussex /
@matthew_sussex: So let me get this straight. Masha Gessen, the prominent Putin critic and essayist, is having their 🇦🇺 visa held up because a Russian court sentenced them to 8 years jail for criticising the Russian military? Home Affairs needs to fix this asap. https://www.abc.net.au/...

James Massola /
@jamesmassola: This is a terrible decision by Home Affairs. Why on earth would they block Masha Gessen from getting an Australian visa https://www.theage.com.au/...

Sean Kelly /
@mrseankelly: “Australia delays Masha Gessen visa over Russia conviction concerns” This seems bizarre at best. “I am shocked that the first allies the Russians have found in this quest to constrain me are the Australian authorities” https://www.crikey.com.au/...

Geoffrey Roberts /
@groberts_83: This is frustrating and troubling. @mashagessen is one of the world's most eloquent critics of the Putin regime. Masha's voice is an essential counterweight to the Kremlin's propaganda, and it's critical that they are permitted to travel to Australia.

Financial Times:

In Q2, Walmart said its ad business grew 30% in the past year; eMarketer says Walmart will claim 6.8% of 2024 US retail media spending, for $3.7B in ad revenue— A high-margin and fast-growing ad business is changing the chain's relationship with brands — Walmart last week reported rising sales …

Reuters:

Italian state broadcaster RAI says two journalists who angered Moscow with a TV report from Ukrainian-held parts of Russia's Kursk region will return to Italy— Two Italian journalists who angered Moscow with a TV report from Ukrainian-held parts of Russia's Kursk region will return to Italy, state broadcaster RAI said on Saturday.

The Hollywood Reporter:

After the 5,000-strong Animation Guild started negotiations with Hollywood studios on August 12, outsourcing jobs and AI are the major points of contention— As the 5,000-strong Animation Guild starts negotiations with studios, outsourcing jobs and AI are the major points of contention.

Financial Times:

Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a “risk factor” in their recent annual reports, up from 9% in 2022; 90%+ of media firms cited AI as a risk— More than half of the largest US groups cited new technology as a potential hazard in their latest annual reports

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Fortune, more at Techmeme »

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CNBC:

Legacy media companies, which entered the streaming market with a focus on gaining subscribers, now are raising prices to earn a return on their investments— Streaming is finally starting to pay off for media companies, but there's a catch — to get there, consumers are facing higher subscription costs …

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@tvgrimreaper, IndieWire and @albertfong98

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Brian Welk /
IndieWire: Every Streamer That Raised Prices in 2024 (So Far)

Albert Fong /
@albertfong98: You've probably noticed that creeping feeling even more so now with your streaming subscriptions with rate hikes and hidden fees. The promise of being different than cable TV has fallen by the wayside https://www.cnbc.com/... @Justinefisher_ #streaming #television #consumers

CNN:

Some local news radio stations, like New York's WCBS, face an existential threat as listeners and revenue shift, forcing outlets to cut staff and abandon news— New York CNN — — For more than a century, Americans have been turning to a trusted and reliable source for local news: the radio.

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@dicktofel, @tamerspotlight and @alexanderrusso

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Richard Tofel /
@dicktofel: Local news crisis hits hard in the home of much of the national media, NYC: — NY Public Radio cuts at least 8% of staff; —WCBS news radio goes off the air; — NYT continues its retreat from local coverage by foregoing local political endorsements.

Tamer Morsy /
@tamerspotlight: An existential threat looms over local news. Here's what's now more than obvious: 1. Business Model: There's a fundamental issue with the business model of local news (and some would argue, all media). 2.Distribution: Social media is no longer an effective channel for

TechCrunch:

X says it is closing its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened “arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders”; X still remains available— X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said today that it's ending operations in Brazil …

Discussion:
@globalaffairs: Last night, Alexandre de Moraes threatened our legal representative in Brazil with arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders. He did so in a secret order, which we share here to expose his actions. Despite our numerous appeals to the Supreme Court not being heard, [image]

Mehdi Hasan /
@mehdirhasan: When Erdogan and Modi threatened Twitter, Musk rolled over and said he had no option but to comply. But in Brazil he closes down operations. He didn't do that in Turkey or India. Interesting.

Financial Times:
Musk's X to shut Brazilian operation in escalating clash with country's supreme court

Adrian Weckler /
@adrianweckler: Start of X's regional (non-US) closures? X has pulled its operations from Brazil over clash with govt over content. It strongly clashes with EU on content, and is almost certain to get a big fine plus orders-to-reform later this year. ps 10 days ago, X hinted it could exit EU [image]

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert /
Business Insider: X closes office in Brazil amid Elon Musk's censorship feud with Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes

Glenn Greenwald /
@ggreenwald: There are few people in the democratic world more powerful or tyrannical than Moraes. He believes he is Brazilian democracy itself, and thus any criticisms of him are a criminal attack on the state. Brazil's left views him as a deity, since he censors/imprisons their opponents.

Glenn Greenwald /
@ggreenwald: @folha Rumble is already unavailable in all of Brazil. Moraes has blocked all of Telegram from being in Brazil before, only to re-instate once they censor everyone he demands. X is clearly on that path. The key: his censorship orders are all in secret, with no due process or trial.

Linda Yaccarino /
@lindayax: Incredibly sad day for the people of Brazil.

Elon Musk /
@elonmusk: Due to demands by “Justice” @Alexandre in Brazil that would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law, 𝕏 has no choice but to close our local operations in Brazil. He is an utter disgrace to justice.

Claire Cameron /
Semafor: Elon Musk's X shuts Brazil office over misinformation probe

Emelia /
@thisismissem@hachyderm.io: Brazil should take a note from the EU's DSA and impose monetary fines should a company not sufficiently moderate content on their platforms to combat misinformation and disinformation. — X says it's closing operations in Brazil, because Brazil would arrest legal representatives of companies not complying with their laws. …

Simon Druker /
UPI: Elon Musk confirms Brazil X office closure

Dayanne Sousa /