Media industry

Media industry

This Friday morning, Netflix announced plans to acquire Warner Bros. in an unprecedented deal valued at $82.7 billion. By fall 2026, when the acquisition is likely to complete, Netflix will own its former rival's historic film and TV studios, including the HBO library and the HBO Max streaming service. Our mission has always been to entertain the world, said Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, in a press release announcing the deal.

The acquisition marks a dramatic strategic shift for Netflix, which has never made a deal of this scope. The streaming pioneer grew to become Hollywood's most valuable company, without the benefit of a library or studio, by licensing programs from others and then expanding into original content. With the purchase, Netflix becomes owner of the HBO network, along with its library of hit shows like The Sopranos and TheWhite Lotus.

It may seem like publishers are " pivoting to video " all over again, with news outlets like Time, CNN, The New York Times adding more vertical video to their sites and apps in the last few months. But it's different this time around. The big push into video production 10 years ago was centered on distribution to social media platforms, following Facebook's shift to prioritizing video content.

The paradigm has completely changed in news, and we have so much opinion that the truth doesn't hold value anymore. And what we end up doing is we, as consumers, trying to find the truthwe can't find good old-fashioned facts. And it distresses me so terribly. CBS is a whole different organization than I had worked for. CBS has now been taken over, thanks to greedy owners, Shari Redstone partnering with David Ellison, Larry Ellison's son.

In our hour, 2026 now looms as the critical moment, the time in which we will continue to have free and fair elections or not, will continue to have courts that uphold the rule of law or not, will continue to enjoy constitutional rights of citizenship and free speech and free press or not. For all Americans, very much including for journalists, the question for the year ahead is whether we will rise to the occasion.

"We're thrilled to have Lead Podcasting join The Walrus as part of our suite of podcasts and innovative revenue model,"

The product will offer unprecedented access to their favorite hosts, thoughtful curation, opportunities to join vibrant discussions, and resources to engage in their communities and the fight for American democracy. The network currently features hosts such as Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, Ali Velshi, Jen Psaki, and others. The service will still include a traditional 24/7 streaming access to MS NOW.

The two were once in a relationship and were the talk of Washington, D.C.'s spicy political circles. Nuzzi was the wunderkind who wrote well-received, insider-type profiles at places such as Vanity Fair, New York magazine and The Daily Beast. Lizza, 18 years her senior, had a resume that included work at places such as New York, The New Yorker, CNN and Politico.

And when the people who live right next door are engaging in potentially chaotic behavior-like blowing their leaves onto the street in front of our place, or attaching something to the shared fence with screws that poke through the wood on our side-I put all my energy into convincing myself that I didn't see anything. Sure, I'm conflict avoidant, but I'm also a Scorpio. If I allow myself to notice my neighbors' offenses... baby, you've got a feud going!

Purists mostly prefer subtitles, claiming that audio dubbing strips the story and its characters of personality or life. And sure, bad dubs abound for anime translated from their native Japanese - but there are just as many great dubs, performed by actors who've become the defining voice for iconic characters. Like any voice work, it's an art form so long as it's taken seriously, but even sitting through a bad dub is a small price to pay for accessibility.

It's a year of new challenges, new opportunities and new ways to grow your team's knowledge - and boost their profile. All year long, PR Daily offers a variety of in-person and online events. From our flagship PR Daily Conference, held for the first time in Brooklyn, New York, to awards programs to get your team the recognition they deserve, there are events that fit your needs, style and budget.

He will represent digital creators and podcasters, while also helping drive digital strategies for CAA clients across its film, music, television and sports divisions. Goodfried co-created LonelyGirl15, the pioneering Internet sensation, and co-founded EQAL, a digital content studio for consumer brands and artists like Jennifer Lopez, Bethany Frankel and Lauren Conrad. After selling EQAL in 2013, Goodfried joined UTA as an agent in its digital media department, in 2020 joined up with TikTok and social media star Charli D'Amelio, before launching DamGood Management in 2023.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

Direct-sold ads remain the top revenue source for publishers, with 95% saying in Q3 2025 that they get at least a very small portion of their revenue from direct-sold ads and 56% saying they get a large or very large portion of revenue from this source. These percentages have remained steady over the last few years, according to Digiday's survey data, and lend themselves to how much publishers say they'll focus on growing this part of their business in the next six months:

I used to need about half a day per month to handle my personal business. That amount of time has tripled, mainly due to the skyrocketing degree of ineptitude on the other side of these transactions. AI receptionists, unwanted apps and other substitutes for human interaction have made everything worse. You can't refill a prescription if the AI receptionist doesn't recognize the name of the medication. It's getting harder and harder to get an actual person - someone capable of exercising judgment -

"The work of your magazine and all who contribute are providing a vital service to the transformation that is ongoing in today's world. No other magazine could replace the work you all do, and the unique niche that you are providing to serve the evolutionary shift to a new, more balanced, enlightened culture." - Scott Chausse | Paonia, Colorado Awards & Recognition HCN picked up 10 awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association, including:

Large language models don't sleep. Every minute of every day, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and enterprise AI assistants ingest new content, update their knowledge graphs, and generate answers for foodservice buyers, distributors, and operators worldwide. Food & Beverage Magazine is engineered to be part of that continuous learning loop: and when you advertise with us, your brand is too.

WILL CAIN: A, we so rarely get to see people who have different points of view, but still like each other and are friends. And B, you're both thoughtful. Even though Charlamagne's given me donkey of the day at least once, maybe twice. ANDREW SCHULZ: No! For what? What did you do? CAIN: I was on ESPN defending no, I wasn't even defending they had a big debate during our big race, you know, we're gonna reexamine everything in America period of time.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

DMG Media, the publisher of Daily Mail and other British news titles, is expanding into social monetization and agency services with the launch of a new media venture called, well, DMG New Media. The DMG New Media business includes 60 people, with expectations to crank out more than 100 social media videos per day. Videos will publish under the banners of Daily Mail or specialist brands that DMG operates, like The Spotlight in entertainment and The Respawn for gaming.