Rise of the news DJs
In 2024, the ascent of AI in news wont lead to a Cambrian explosion of articles written by souped-up autofill algorithms. Instead, well see the beginnings of ultra-segmented news presentations. This evolution will be driven by the genre-redefining changes in search engines were seeing today: AI summaries of query results that make clicking through to...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 2:43:55 PM
The future-of-journalism crowd stops ignoring local TV news
Take The Breakfast Club or Fast Times at Ridgemont High or High School Musical, or any other Hollywoodized version of high school. Now map this on as a metaphor for local news ecologies. Local TV journalists are the beautiful, popular people in this hierarchy — with local newspapers and local nonprofits some version of the...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 2:43:52 PM
Journalism prepares for a post-search, post-social future
The journalism industry has to prepare for an imminent post-search and post-social world. While news organizations have come to rely over the past decade on digital intermediaries such as Google and Meta to distribute their stories and amplify their reach, this era looks set to come to an end. Both technology giants have signaled over...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 2:43:44 PM
One issue will dominate election coverage in both red and blue states
Move aside, debate about horse race coverage vs. substantive policy differences. An even more existential issue will dominate coverage of the 2024 election in newsrooms of all sizes, in every corner of the country: Will a multiracial democracy survive an assault without precedent over the past 60 years? Have we ever really had an even...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 2:43:40 PM
Collaboration with ethnic and identity publishers becomes a must
For years, news leaders and funders all but wrote off the publishers of local alt-weeklies, legacy Black publications, and Spanish-language papers. The contemporary wisdom was that these papers — and, by extension, their publishers — would never adapt their business models and their mindsets to the needs and habits of digital audiences. And, indeed, hundreds of these...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 2:43:24 PM
The AI copyright watershed comes into view
Last year — I went back and counted — fully a dozen of these predictions concerned generative AI, a topic I am convinced most Americans hadnt even heard of at that time. A year later, thats only still widely true among those frequenting caves. But comparatively little of the attention around news and AI has...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 2:43:21 PM
Allbritton Nonprofit Plans News Of The United States To Showcase Rising Talent
A high-profile nonprofit is launching a Washington D.C.-focused newsroom early next year that promises to publish deep reporting and act as a training ground for young reporters. The Allbritton Journalism Institute said on Wednesday that in January 2024, it plans to launch News of the United States, or “NOTUS,” a new publication that will explore Washington and the 2024 election.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 1:56:42 PM
Five Revisions Later, Big 4 Composite Falls To +4.3% This Year, +5.8% Next Year
Following five semi-annual revisions since it was first benchmarked in July 2021, the Big 4 agency holding company forecasting composite for worldwide ad-spending growth for this year has fallen 1.1 percentage points to 4.3%. The composite — a simple average of each holding company's percentage growth estimate for total ad spending — also shows the consensus falling to 5.8% for worldwide growth next year, down from +7.1% when it was first benchmarked in January 2022.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 1:48:41 PM
Dr. Phil McGraw Teams With Christian Broadcaster On TV Venture
McGraws Merit Street Media, which he announced in November, is set to launch on Feb. 26, with Dr. Phil Primetime — a nighttime talk show akin to McGraws long-running daytime show — as its flagship program. Trinity Broadcasting, which owns more than 30 TV stations and has has carriage on several large cable and satellite providers, will help Merit Street distribute its programming; the company also plans to operate free, ad-supported streaming channels and embark on other digital media ventur...
TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 12:59:37 PM
Disney+ Officially Adds Hulu In Beta Launch Of ‘One-App Experience’; Full Rollout Set Fo
Disney has added Hulu as a sixth vertical on the home screen of Disney+, with the integrated “one-app experience” officially launching today in beta. Plans call for the full rollout of the combined app next March. The launch scheme, initially announced last month during Disneys quarterly earnings call, comes as Disney is in the process of buying out Comcasts one-third stake in Hulu and becoming its full owner.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 11:11:41 AM
Norman Lear, Producer Of TV’s ‘All In The Family’ And Influential Liberal Advocate
A liberal activist, Lear fashioned bold and controversial comedies that were embraced by viewers who had to watch the evening news to find out what was going on in the world. His CBS shows helped define primetime comedy in the 1970s, launched the careers of Rob Reiner and Valerie Bertinelli and made middle-age superstars of Carroll O'Connor, Bea Arthur and Redd Foxx. He was 101. ( Chris Pizzello/AP )
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:39:09 AM
Facing Pressure In India, Netflix And Amazon Back Down On Daring Films
When the U.S. streaming giants, Netflix and Amazons Prime Video, entered India seven years ago, they promised to shake up one of the worlds most important entertainment markets, a film-obsessed nation with more than 1 billion people and a homegrown moviemaking industry with fans worldwide. In the last four years, however, a chill has swept through the streaming industry in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modis Bharatiya Janata Party tightened its grip on the countrys political discourse and...
TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 7:01:34 AM
Russia Rejects Significant Proposal To Trade For WSJs Gershkovich, Whelan, U.S. Says
U.S. negotiators made a fresh offer to Russia in recent weeks to secure the release of detained Americans Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal and Paul Whelan, but Moscow rejected the American proposal, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday. The offer involved trading prisoners, people familiar with the matter said, but they didnt offer further details. ( Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP )
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:55:38 AM
Citing ‘Info Asymmetry,’ ANA Calls For New C-Suite Role: Chief Media Officer
The Association of National Advertisers released the second edition in a series of reports analyzing its in-depth studies of the programmatic media-buying supply chain, and one of the top recommendations for advertisers to formalize a new C-level role — the chief media officer — in an effort to overcome one of the main issues identified by the studies: information asymmetry.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:44:04 AM
Frontier Cable TV Is Facing Pressure To Sell Its Business
Frontier Communications is being urged to begin an immediate review of its business and consider a possible sale, according to a letter from investment firm Jana Partners. The firm, which owns a stake in Frontier, warned that the cable companys shares would continue to lag otherwise. “We wish for the Board to pursue whatever option generates the greatest risk-adjusted return for shareholders,” Barry Rosenstein and Scott Ostfeld, the firms two managing partners said in the letter. “We believe t...
TV News Check at Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:00:24 AM
Most readers want publishers to label AI-generated articles — but trust outlets less when they do
An overwhelming majority of readers would like news publishers to tell them when AI has shaped the news coverage theyre seeing. But, new research finds, news outlets pay a price when they disclose using generative AI. Thats the conundrum at the heart of new research from University of Minnesotas Benjamin Toff and Oxford Internet Institutes...
Nieman Labs at Tuesday, December 5, 2023 1:00:54 PM
What Mehdi Hasans Cancellation Shows About MSNBC
Perry Bacon Jr.: The cancellation of Mehdi Hasans show is the latest in a series of recent moves by MSNBC that are pushing the network in the direction of being the television arm of the Democratic Party leadership, as opposed to a news outlet that upholds left-wing values and perspectives. The network should reverse its decision on Hasan and make clear that it embraces progressive criticism of President Biden and other Democratic leaders.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, December 5, 2023 12:06:28 PM
Googles $100 million to Canadas news industry is a small price to pay to avoid regulation
The deal between Google and the federal government to resolve their dispute over paying for news online will come as a relief for the media industry in Canada. News publishers were facing the prospect of disappearing from Google Search and other services — the equivalent of vanishing from the internet — after Google had threatened...
Nieman Labs at Tuesday, December 5, 2023 11:34:18 AM
Over A Dozen Attorneys General Pen Letter To US Media Outlets Over Hamas Coverage, Alleged Terrorist
More than a dozen state attorneys general signed a letter directed toward media outlets like the New York Times and CNN, encouraging them to “follow the law” when it comes to coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict and ensuring they dont give “material support to terrorists abroad.” The letter was spearheaded by Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and signed by 14 state attorneys general, and it was sent to the leadership of CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, and The Associated Press on M...
TV News Check at Tuesday, December 5, 2023 10:11:17 AM
CBC To Sut 600 Jobs Over Next Year
CBC/Radio-Canada said on Monday that it plans to cut about 600 union and non-union positions over the next year, as the national broadcaster implements cost-saving initiatives. The proposed job cuts will help manage about C$125 million (US$92.32 million) in budget pressures forecast for the 2024–25 fiscal year, the broadcaster said. CBC and Radio-Canada will each reduce about 250 jobs, while the remaining roles will be trimmed from the technology and infrastructure divisions. Additionally, about...
TV News Check at Tuesday, December 5, 2023 9:37:37 AM
NAB: FCC Needs To Let Top TV Stations Combine
The National Association of Broadcasters continues to press for TV station ownership deregulation, saying a federal rule that bars the common ownership of some of the most successful TV stations in a market needs to go. NAB lawyers made their latest appeal for a market-driven ownership approach in a Nov. 30 meeting with an aide to FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel. A federal appeals court has ordered the FCC to finish its TV station ownership review by Dec. 27.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 4, 2023 7:16:08 PM
Heres how 13 news outlets are using LinkedIn newsletters
“LinkedIn is cool now” is something Ive been saying a lot (sometimes received with side eye!) since August when Bloombergs Sarah Frier first said it in an in-depth piece making the case for the platforms future. “As other networks stagnate, shift their algorithms or burn themselves to the ground, LinkedIn is becoming a site where...
Nieman Labs at Monday, December 4, 2023 11:43:47 AM
Five Lessons From Successful Local News Startups
More than 70 local newsrooms launched during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, according to Penny Abernathy, professor at the Medill School of Journalism, but challenges remain. Startups have been concentrated around metro areas. Lower-income regions are less likely to see a replacement when their local outlets fold, Abernathy says. And “what really worries me about the digital startups is how weve been stalled right around 550,” she adds, noting that for practically each fledgling enterpris...
TV News Check at Monday, December 4, 2023 4:57:08 AM
Can Cable Offer TV Stations A La Carte Like DirecTV Wants From Tegna?
DirecTV is looking to establish a new regime for the distribution of TV stations, one it says would arrest the tide of TV station-caused price hikes and consumer anger over blackouts before the big game. The satellite TV provider with 11.8 million subscribers nationally is proposing a new a la carte model for the industry. The company wants to jettison the “retransmission consent” requirement in current law that says DirecTV must negotiate carriage with TV stations, even if it means losing stati...
TV News Check at Monday, December 4, 2023 4:48:55 AM
News Outlets Turn To Reddit As Musks X Descends Into Chaos
As Twitter continues to decline as a place to post news, media companies have been seeking out alternative platforms to promote their work, and more are turning to Reddit. But by promoting the article in a prominent snark subreddit, Business Insiders Reddit account has raised questions about how media companies should navigate a new social media landscape dominated by freewheeling, self-policed groups.
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TV News Check at Saturday, December 2, 2023 8:55:35 AM
Apple And Paramount Discuss Bundling Their Streaming Services
Apple and Paramount Global have discussed bundling their streaming services at a discount, the latest attempt by rival entertainment giants to team up as they look to make their offerings more affordable and attractive. The companies have talked about offering a combination of Paramount+ and Apple TV+ that would cost less than subscribing to both services separately, according to people familiar with the discussions. The discussions are in their early stages, and it is unclear what shape a bundl...
TV News Check at Friday, December 1, 2023 2:00:49 PM
Late Payments, Underpayments For Digital Ad Buys Reaching New Highs
Mixed economic signals continue to cloud the visibility of the near- and long-term advertising marketplace, including just released data from OAREX Capital Markets showing a rise in the percentage of digital media payments that are made late or are underpaid. The data, the first of a new quarterly snapshot developed by OAREX for MediaPost, complements its more granular semi-annual reports, and does not break out payments made by agencies vs. the programmatic supply chain, but it shows that the d...
TV News Check at Friday, December 1, 2023 1:33:47 PM
Linda Rene, CBS Veteran Who Paired Big Brands With Survivor And More, To Exit
Linda Rene once proved instrumental in weaving blue-chip advertisers like Anheuser-Busch and General Motors into a fledgling CBS reality competition called Survivor . Two decades later, she is planning to get off the island. Rene, an advertising-sales veteran who has worked at CBS for more than four decades, helped expand an industry practice known as product placement and was pivotal in crafting new deals that not only had advertisers providing vehicles and beverages as set dressing, but weavi...
TV News Check at Friday, December 1, 2023 1:09:15 PM
Meta Sues FTC, Claims Enforcement Action Unconstitutional
Meta Platforms on Wednesday escalated its battle with the Federal Trade Commission by claiming in a new lawsuit that the agency's structure, including its ability to conduct in-house hearings, is unconstitutional. The lawsuit — which comes as Meta and the FTC are battling over teens' data — includes a request to prevent the agency from moving forward with a hearing that could result in an order prohibiting Meta from using teens' data for ad targeting or algorithms.
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TV News Check at Friday, December 1, 2023 5:46:28 AM
NewsTECHForum: In-Person Or Live Streaming Options For Attendees
The conference, which will tackle the theme of Adapting to a Culture of Continuous Crisis, will be accessible via live stream as well as for in-person attendees at the New York Hilton on Dec. 12. Featured speakers are from BBC, AP, CNBC, E.W. Scripps, NewsNation, NBCUniversal, CBS News & Stations, Tegna, Hearst Television, Gray Television, Fox Television Stations, ProPublica the Partnership on AI and much more. Register here .
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TV News Check at Friday, December 1, 2023 4:28:56 AM
Rosenworcel: Congress Needs To Decide Legal Status Of Video Streamers
Streaming services like YouTube TV and Sling TV dont have to worry about becoming the legal equivalent of cable TV or satellite TV companies any time soon through action by the FCC. That was that the implicit message that FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel left with Capitol Hill on Thursday when she was pressed for a regulatory update on the video issue by the leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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TV News Check at Thursday, November 30, 2023 2:48:05 PM
New Orleans Pelicans In Advanced Discussion With WVUE To Show Games
A handful of New Orleans Pelicans games could be coming to over-the-air television this season. There are still significant technical hurdles to overcome before a deal can come to fruition. Bally Sports' financial issues also threaten to alter these plans. Any deal is unlikely to be finalized until mid- to late December. Until that happens, the Pelicans will not be able to decide which of their 10 games will be shown on Gray Television's WVUE.
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TV News Check at Thursday, November 30, 2023 2:28:29 PM
More Consumers Now Launch TV Viewing Via Smart TV Apps Than Set-Top Boxes
When it comes to how consumers opt to launch a TV/video session, smart TV apps have caught up with and even slightly surpassed set-top boxes in a remarkably short time. According to Hub Entertainment Researchs latest annual “Decoding the Default” study, 32% of viewers now report that they initially use a smart TV app when they start watching video content — up 10 percentage points from the 22% who said the same in 2021.
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TV News Check at Thursday, November 30, 2023 2:16:57 PM
Michigans Victory Over Ohio State Draws Second-Largest Audience Ever For Rivalry Game
The rivalry game between the No. 2 and No. 3 teams averaged more than 19 million viewers on Fox this past Saturday, marking the largest audience for their matchup since 2006 (when the teams were No. 1 and No. 2). That game holds the audience record with 21 million viewers on ABC. While this game always manages decent viewership, its likely this is its peak for a while, given the increased interest in Michigan this season due to head coach Jim Harbaughs suspension over an illegal scouting scand...
TV News Check at Thursday, November 30, 2023 1:58:12 PM
Disney Defends Record As Trians Nelson Peltz Teams Up With Former Disney Exec Isaac Perlmutter For
The Walt Disney Co. defended its record as activist investor Nelson Peltz of Trian Fund Management is teaming up with former Disney executive Isaac Perlmutter to mount a potential proxy fight. Trian said it owns $3 billion worth of Disney stock and talked on Thursday with Disney CEO Bob Iger. Trian said Disneys board was willing to meet, but turned down a request to put Peltz, Trians founder and CEO, on the board.
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TV News Check at Thursday, November 30, 2023 1:17:03 PM
Newsonomics: Forget the link tax. Focus on one key metric to “save local news”
Is the link tax dead? The Canadian government, faced by heavy opposition from many news publishers, blinked Wednesday when regulators and Google agreed to an “exemption” from the controversial Online News Act, set to take effect Dec. 18. Google will continue to link to Canadian news online, and will pay about $100 million a year...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, November 30, 2023 11:11:36 AM
Tax Docs Reveal Tucker Carlson Is Finally, Truly Out At The Daily Caller
Former Fox News star turned social media vlogger Tucker Carlson was quietly removed from the board of the media organization he co-founded in 2011 — The Daily Caller — where hed held a chair position for more than a decade, according to a previously unreported tax filing. Carlson seems to have disappeared from the board of The Daily Caller News Foundation sometime in 2022, according to tax documents that the group recently filed with the state of New Mexico.
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TV News Check at Thursday, November 30, 2023 7:12:01 AM
DirecTV Vs. Tegna: Will There Be A Blackout? History Says Yes
For starters, Tegna and DirecTV had a carriage dispute in 2020that led to a 19-day channel blackout before the two sides finally reached a new deal. The disagreement was over how much the satellite service should pay to carry Tegnas signals, just as it is now. But Tegna has been involved in several other fee fights over the last few years. The company clearly has no compunction allowing its channels to go dark if it helps get the best deal possible. Likewise, DirecTV this year had a 10-week bla...
TV News Check at Thursday, November 30, 2023 6:05:11 AM
Streaming Services Will Double Number Of Pricing Tiers In 2024
The top subscription streamers are set to more than double the number of available pricing tiers in 2024, introducing options that include access to premium content, yearly contracts, bundles, and more, according to Deloittes annual TMT (technology, media, and telecom) predictions for next year. “Will there be the right option for everyone, will it help the streamers grow, and will it reduce churn? Or will it be like a restaurant with a 15-page menu … so many choices that consumers cant make u...
TV News Check at Thursday, November 30, 2023 5:13:53 AM
So who are the consistent news avoiders?
When we tell friends and colleagues that we research people who consume basically no news at all, one of the most common questions they ask is some version of “Who are these people?” To committed news consumers, especially those who love news, avoiding news consistently and habitually seems mysterious, possible only for the most radical...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, November 30, 2023 4:15:09 AM
Amblins Dan Berger Heading To Amazon As VP Of Global Media & Entertainment Communications
Dan Berger, Amblins EVP of marketing and communications, is heading to Amazon as its VP of global media and entertainment communications. He will start in the New Year. Berger will oversee communications for both Mike Hopkins Prime Video team and Steve Booms games and music division at Amazon. That latter sector encompasses Wonder, Audible, Twitch and Amazon Music.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, November 29, 2023 2:37:33 PM
Stacy Rader Joins CBS Media Ventures As Head Of First-Run Development & Brand Extensions
In Wendy McMahons first major executive hire since the CBS News chief took oversight of CBS Media Ventures, she has brought in veteran producer and development executive Stacy Rader as SVP, first-run development and brand extensions at CBS Media Ventures. In her new role, Rader, who will be based in New York, will work with senior leadership to create and coordinate CMVs content strategy across platforms.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, November 29, 2023 1:30:33 PM
A picture is worth a thousand words? Meet the nonprofit newsrooms hiring editorial cartoonists
The San Diego-based nonprofit newsroom inewsource has published in-depth accountability reporting since 2009. The vision? “Betrayals of the public trust are revealed and rectified, wrongdoing is deterred, and inequities are illuminated thanks to inewsources deep, dogged, fact-based reporting,” according to the site. Recent series have looked at the toll of Border Patrol chases, prisoner deaths...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, November 29, 2023 10:49:55 AM
Brian Wieser Boosts Ad Outlooks Nearly A Percentage Point
Days ahead of Monday's year-end updates from the Big 3 agency holding companies, former agency insider and renowned ad industry forecaster Brian Wieser of Madison and Wall is upgrading his own outlooks for 2023 and 2024 by nearly a percentage point each. Wieser, who in September projected U.S. ad spending would rise 5.0% and 4.3%, respectively, in 2023 and 2024, now predicts they will expand 5.9% and 5.2%, respectively.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, November 29, 2023 9:22:27 AM
Michigan To Join State-Level Effort To Regulate AI Political Ads As Federal Legislation Is Pending
Campaigns on the state and federal level will be required to clearly say which political advertisements airing in Michigan were created using artificial intelligence under legislation expected to be signed in the coming days by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat. It also would prohibit use of AI-generated deepfakes within 90 days of an election without a separate disclosure identifying the media as manipulated. ( Alex Brandon/AP )
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TV News Check at Wednesday, November 29, 2023 7:20:15 AM
Mark Cuban Selling Majority Mavericks Stake In NBA Stunner
Cuban has agreed to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to Miriam Adelson, the wife of late casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, at a valuation of approximately $3.5 billiona. Cuban will retain a minority stake in the team and also still preside over basketball operations. Cuban, who made his fortune selling the website broadcast.com to Yahoo in the late 1990s, bought the team for $285 million in 2000.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, November 29, 2023 5:57:06 AM
Friends Viewership Surges Following Matthew Perrys Death; Suits Gives Up No. 1 Nielsen Spot To
For the first time since June, Suits did not manage to surpass 1B minutes viewed during the week of October 23-29. With 997 million minutes viewed, the USA Network legal drama came in second on Nielsens streaming charts during this interval. This brings to an end its 18-week streak of reaching over 1 billion minutes, which, while impressive, is actually not the record holder. Audiences also took some time to commemorate the life of Matthew Perry, following the actors sudden death on Oct. 28.
TV News Check at Wednesday, November 29, 2023 5:25:28 AM
Rupert Murdoch To Be Deposed In Smartmatic Defamation Case Against Fox
Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of voting technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp. over coverage of debunked vote-rigging claims involving the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a person familiar with the matter said. Murdoch will be deposed in Los Angeles, according to that person, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The deposition does not appear on the public docket for the case.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 28, 2023 1:56:27 PM
Jeff Grossman, Amy Kuessner Upped To EVP Programming For Paramount+, Pluto TV
Paramount Streaming has elevated the top programming executives at flagship platform Paramount+ and free, ad-supported service Pluto TV. Jeff Grossman, most recently EVP, content & business operations, Paramount Streaming for Paramount+, has been named EVP, Programming, Paramount+. Amy Kuessner, most recently Pluto TVs EVP, content strategy and global partnerships, has been named EVP, programming, Pluto TV. Both report to Tom Ryan, president-CEO, Paramount Streaming, and will closely collab...
TV News Check at Tuesday, November 28, 2023 1:46:31 PM
Guy Fieri Signs New $100 Million Multiyear Deal With Food Network
This fresh pact means that Fieri retains his title as the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable channels highest-paid talent and bests his most recent multiyear deal, which closed in 2021 for $80 million. This fresh pact means that Fieri retains his title as the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable channels highest-paid talent and bests his most recent multiyear deal, which closed in 2021 for $80 million.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 28, 2023 1:37:34 PM
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