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fromBusiness Insider
22 minutes ago

Jimmy Kimmel's suspension fits squarely into the FCC's new pressure playbook

Kimmel, a late-night host who's long criticized and mocked President Donald Trump, had his namesake show on ABC suspended "indefinitely" after his comments about Charlie Kirk, the right-wing influencer who was killed in public last week. Carr, a Trump appointee, suggested on a conservative podcast on Wednesday that owners of local broadcast stations that license ABC programming should pressure the network to cancel Kimmel. He said broadcasters who don't act "in the public interest" could get their licenses reviewed.
US politics
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Film
fromFast Company
3 hours ago

How philanthropist Wendy Schmidt is helping Alex Gibney tell stories that matters-and make sure people hear them.

Independent documentary filmmakers face growing distribution barriers from media consolidation and algorithmic curation, prompting philanthropic investment to preserve audience access.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

Jimmy Kimmel's suspension is an alarming new low for the ongoing culture wars

Back in the 90s and 2000s, much ink was spilled as the major networks grappled for ratings in the now-quaint real estate of post-11PM programming. Johnny Carson retired. David Letterman jumped to CBS. Conan O'Brien was plucked from obscurity, eventually handed The Tonight Show, and then had it essentially clawed back by Jay Leno for a few more years of appalling hackwork.
Television
Television
fromNieman Lab
6 hours ago

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way": Trump's FCC again uses the threat of its regulatory powers to push a critic off the air

Brendan Carr leverages FCC merger and licensing authority to pressure media companies, extracting concessions and silencing critics.
fromemptywheel
8 hours ago

Speech - emptywheel

whose show ABC suspended after Brendan Carr complained about the things Kimmel said about Charlie Kirk's killer. But sure, Kimmel's suspension removes a familiar voice from the living rooms of a certain aging demographic, but more importantly, points to the system of power behind the suspension: not just the cancel campaign to silence discussion of Charlie Kirk's real statements, but Brendan Carr's egregious politicization of the FCC, and in response, the abject cowardice from multinationals like ABC, Sinclair, and Nexstar.
US politics
fromAxios
13 hours ago

Media's MAGA makeover

Driving the news: ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off air "indefinitely" on Wednesday in response to the late-night host's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination. The extraordinary move came after Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr warned ABC that it could face fines or license revocations if it did not "operate in the public interest." Trump celebrated Kimmel's removal - just as he did CBS's decision to cancel Stephen Colbert's show -
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Media industry
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Can Larry Ellison and TikTok Rescue the TV Industry?

Traditional television's cultural dominance is collapsing as short-form mobile platforms like TikTok capture younger audiences, prompting major acquisitions by Skydance, RedBird, and Larry Ellison.
US politics
fromFast Company
2 days ago

Larry Ellison is quickly becoming the biggest media magnate in America

Trump hinted a TikTok deal likely involving Oracle, as Larry Ellison expands media holdings and Paramount Skydance eyes a potential Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

How the US rightwing is taking over news media and choking press freedom

At the same time a long-running family feud among Rupert Murdoch and his children was settled with a deal that will assure Fox News and other powerful media outlets run by the family will retain their conservative bent. The moves deepened concerns among many US media critics and observers of authoritarianism that press freedoms in the US were undergoing capitulation to the Trump administration's rightwing authoritarian leanings.
US politics
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fromBusiness Insider
6 days ago

First Elon Musk, now Larry Ellison: The world's richest men are buying huge media companies - because they can

Larry Ellison is financing his son David's bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, potentially consolidating major media assets including Paramount.
Media industry
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Paramount Skydance reportedly wants to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Here's what the megamerger would mean

Paramount Skydance is preparing an all-cash bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, potentially creating one of the largest U.S. media conglomerates.
#mergers--acquisitions
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds

Global press freedom has declined sharply as democracy weakens, with many countries experiencing worsening media freedoms and attacks on journalists.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Disgruntled NYT journalist to anti-woke' power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?

Last month, federal regulators approved the long-anticipated merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global, positioning David Ellison the founder of Skydance and the son of megabillionaire Larry Ellison as one of the most powerful figures in US media. Paramount Skydance Corporation, as it is now officially known, is one of a small handful of American media conglomerates, with Paramount Pictures, cable networks such as Comedy Central and MTV, and CBS all under its umbrella.
Media industry
Media industry
fromTheWrap
1 week ago

Creators Get Bigger Star Treatment Across Entertainment - and Brands Are Noticing

The creator economy has matured into entrepreneurial modern media companies, with creators attracting major investment, TV-level viewership, and expanding revenue opportunities.
Media industry
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Scott Galloway Sounds the Death Knell for Cable News: This Business Is Not Coming Back'

Cable news is a declining industry unlikely to recover; survival requires consolidation, aggressive cost-cutting, and abandoning expensive, cosmetically driven strategies.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
1 week ago

The Stack: Legal Wins and Digital Shifts

Regulators fined and sued major tech and media firms, media consolidation accelerated, and AI advancements prompted new safety rules and platform controls globally.
Television
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Yesterday's Fishwrap

The Paper portrays the collapse of local journalism and post-truth drift, showing how renewed local civic attention can restore community connection and purpose.
Podcast
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Can There Ever Be a Podcast Canon?

Ambitious narrative audio podcasts have declined while video-first talk formats and celebrity-driven appearances now dominate the podcast landscape.
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Integrity, Intelligence, Incorruptibility: You Might Call It Old-Fashioned, I Just Call It Above The Law - Above the Law

Almost immediately I began to get intensely pressured about the contents of my columns, not from anyone within ATL, but from the partnership at the law firm where I was then employed. My God, what if someone realized their lawyer wasn't the intellectual equivalent of a genital-less Ken doll and was instead a real, live person with agency who actually had opinions about things?
Media industry
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

Trump Rails Against ABC, NBC, Suggests They Should Lose Broadcast Licenses

As US President Donald Trump late on Sunday lashed out against the American media and threatened to pull broadcasting licenses from networks for their alleged "biased" coverage of him, media experts said the danger to the news media lies partially in corporate outlets' potential capitulation to the Trump administration.
US politics
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fromPortland Mercury
3 weeks ago
Portland

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Political Shenanigans, Oregon's Shrinking Newspapers, and the Heroes Keeping Portland Weird

Conflicts of interest in county politics, media consolidation impacts, cultural events, and entertainment reviews dominated Portland's news this week.
fromPortland Mercury
3 weeks ago
Portland

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Political Shenanigans Lead to Unemployment, Oregon's Shrinking Newspapers, and the Heroes Keeping Portland Weird

County commissioner's staffer fired for leading Future Portland PAC while managing commissioner communications after organizing PAC event during work hours.
fromPortland Mercury
3 weeks ago
Portland

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Political Shenanigans, Oregon's Shrinking Newspapers, and the Heroes Keeping Portland Weird

fromPortland Mercury
3 weeks ago
Portland

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Political Shenanigans Lead to Unemployment, Oregon's Shrinking Newspapers, and the Heroes Keeping Portland Weird

Television
fromFast Company
4 weeks ago

Nexstar Media Group is buying broadcast rival Tegna in $6.2 billion deal

Nexstar Media Group will acquire Tegna for $6.2 billion, consolidating major U.S. local television operations and networks.
E-Commerce
fromDigiday
1 month ago

Two agencies merge with PE help to grab a larger share of a maturing marketplace

Podean is acquiring Commerce Canal to create the largest independent marketplace agency.
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Trump's FCC Considers Supercharging Corporate TV Consolidation

FCC Chair Brendan Carr is accused of undermining local TV ownership rules to benefit corporate media,
Television
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Colbert gets cancelled - and with him, satire itself

The cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert signifies political appeasement disguised as a financial decision rather than a genuine assessment of its viewership and value.
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