At last, the T.J. Holmes-Amy Robach fiasco has come to an end. And so have the industry murmurs about the future of ABC chief Kim Godwin. But a bigger curiosity is now coming into focus.
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SCOOP: Beset by falling ratings and revenue at CNN, Chris Licht is throwing a Hail Mary pass to see if he can recruit his old friend and colleague Gayle King for a weekly primetime show.
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: Chris Licht has approached his old colleague Gayle King to pitch her on hosting a prime time interview show that would still allow her to host ‘CBS Mornings.’ It could be just the sort of narrative-changing move he needs. Will she take it?
Another high-profile exit from CNN: Rani Raad, president of CNN Worldwide Commercial, is leaving after a quarter-century at the network, per internal memo from CNN Chairman Chris Licht
It’s the never-before-reported backstory on the contentious—and nearly litigious—relationship between Politico’s former owner Robert Allbritton and his longtime CEO Fred Ryan.
As told by
: Fred Ryan came close to suing Robert Allbritton for shorting his cut of proceeds from the sale of Allbritton T.V. stations in 2013. Their fraught history underscores some cutting remarks Allbritton made about Ryan earlier this week:
Few more scoops:
1. Reporters from CNN, NBC, etc w/ Trump on his plane for Saturday tour to NH & SC, portending return to old Trump-media status quo
2. Nancy Pelosi, Gina Raimondo & Satya Nadella among those being inducted into Alfalfa Club this weekend >
: The Way We Were: Ryan & Allbritton: The personal and nearly litigious backstory behind one of the most complicated political relationships in Washington media—the bond between Fred Ryan and Robert Allbritton.
Remember when Comcast said in January 2020 that @peacock would breakeven in 2024 @BrandoLightShed
Now they are forecasting 2022 losses of $2.5 billion grow to $3 billion in 2023, with 2023 peak losses
#goodluck$CMCSA
“Reports of the Fox Corp.-News Corp. merger’s death, and Lachlan’s dashed dreams, have been greatly exaggerated, as I’m told the Murdochs are likely to reconsider a merger once the Move deal closes.”
, accusing it of illegally abusing its dominance in digital advertising and violating the Sherman Antitrust Act
— It's the 2nd major antitrust lawsuit filed against Google by DOJ
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Jeff Bezos’s visit to The Washington Post set off alarms in the building. But if the world’s fourth richest man has plans for the nation’s second most important paper, he’s keeping them to himself.
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: WWJD: What Would Jeff Do? Bezos’s visit to The Washington Post set off alarms in the building. But if the world’s fourth richest man has plans for the nation’s second most important paper, he’s keeping them to himself. He’s in listening mode
The streaming wars have paused.
The media world has banded together to fight a bigger threat: slowing growth.
Netflix’s quarter shines a light on a new phenomenon: enemies are now friends. For the moment.
Reed Hastings is stepping aside as CEO, with Greg Peters joining Ted Sarandos. Something (Greg Peters' appointment) many of us saw coming during last earnings' session. twitter.com/loudmouthjulia…
BREAKING: Supreme Court announces its investigation into the Dobbs opinion leaker has come up short. The Court is "unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence."
email tonight: Jeff Bezos was at Washington Post HQ today, meeting w/ C.E.O. Fred Ryan. Visit comes after months of internal frustrations with Ryan’s leadership/fallout between Ryan and executive editor Sally Buzbee, who is in Davos >
Scoop: Sam Bankman-Fried invested roughly $10 million of Semafor’s $25 million round, making him the company’s biggest outside investor. Semafor is buying back his interest and putting that money into a separate account while it raises new $$$
The fallout from Cesar Conde’s questionable “realignment” of the NBC News leadership has left seemingly everyone at 30 Rock searching for answers about who runs America’s most storied news network.
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This is right. CBS News President Neeraj Khemlani, who has been the subject of complaints about rude, dismissive and abrasive way of talking to people for over a year, is under yet another internal review due to HR complaints from multiple, mostly female employees. Review ongoing
Exclusive: CBS News president Neeraj Khemlani has been under an internal review after several HR complaints and other issues. Am told CBS CEO George Cheeks is "very worried" as Khemlani faces an uncertain future at the network. https://nypost.com/2023/01/12/cbs-news-boss-neeraj-khemlani-faces-internal-hr-review/…