One late-night show, "Gutfeld!" on Fox News Channel, will continue producing episodes and isn't affected by the writers strike because its writers aren't covered by the striking union
.
@Outkick
, founded by
@ClayTravis
, just had one of its most-successful months ever is and is now one of the top sports and pop culture brands online today
Some scary moments during a match between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees on Wednesday after YES Network cameraman Pete Stendel was struck in the head by the ball. (Video: Prime Video / MLB)
Alternate angle of the errant throw that struck YES Network cameraman Pete Stendel during the matchup between the Orioles and the Yankees on Wednesday. (Video: MASN/MLB)
New prices starting in October:
Disney+ (ads): $8/month
Disney+ (no ads):$14/month
Hulu (ads): $8/month
Hulu (no ads): $18/month
ESPN+: $11/month
Hulu (Live TV): $77/month
Hulu (no ads/Live TV): $90/month
Hulu & Disney+ Bundle: $10/month
Hulu & Disney+ Bundle (no ads): $20/month
Local ABC, NBC and CBS stations have interrupted daytime (West Coast) and early evening (East Coast) programming to carry breaking news coverage of former U.S. President Donald Trump's criminal indictment.
Disney CEO Bob Iger says company is taking that bundle that offers Hulu with Disney Plus and turning it into a single app, so consumers don't have to leave Hulu to watch Disney Plus and vice versa.
But Hulu and Disney Plus will also exist as separate apps. $DIS
VIDEO: WFAN's Gregg Giannotti of "Boomer & Gio" goes on impassioned rant after caller says he should handle mental health issues by "sucking it up." [WFAN/CBS Sports]
Upstart cable network
@NewsNation
trying to differentiate themselves tonight by counting down the hours until everyone on the OceanGate submarine is presumed to have suffocated to death.
The Roku Channel becomes the first free streaming TV platform to offer local news content from all four network-owned station groups (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) tip
@mediagazer
One of our stories was recently picked up by a foreign news outlet, whose reporter accidentally used an errant translation of our name.
Hello to all our new readers in South Korea, from your friends at "The Counter."
Don Lemon once threatened former CNN anchor Kyra Phillips with an ominous text message he thought was anonymous:
"Now you've crossed the line, and you're going to pay," he wrote after Phillips was assigned to cover conflict in Iraq, a gig Lemon wanted.
Sinclair will close at least five local newsrooms this month, and several others in the coming months, a source familiar with the strategy told The Desk on Monday tip
@mediagazer
FCC fines Jacob Wohl, John Burkman $5 million over illegal robocalls that tried to scare voters from mailing in ballots two months before the 2020 presidential election tip
@techmeme
New York is the only state in the country with a blanket ban on cameras in the courtroom, which means the criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump won't be televised.
#TrumpIndictment
Hawaiian Telcom files FCC complaint against Nexstar (
@NXSTMediaGroup
), accusing the broadcaster of engaging in bad-faith tactics during negotiations for a new contract to carry KHON, NewsNation and other channels
#BREAKING
: Australian judge tosses defamation lawsuit brought by businessman Ben Roberts-Smith in major win for Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times tip
@mediagazer
NEW: Nielsen ratings show CNN went from 3.1 million total viewers during Trump town hall to 538,000 viewers during the same time slot on Thursday (just one day later). HGTV beat CNN in the ratings Thursday.
Twitter owner Elon Musk told NPR's
@BobbyAllyn
that the platform has a policy of reassigning an account's username if it doesn't regularly post.
That's wrong. Twitter has no such policy. It only requires users to log in every 30 days to be "active."
#BREAKING
: FEMA says it will coordinate with the FCC to carry out a nation-wide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts system (WEA).
The test is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time.
"I will always have a hard time understanding how one mistake in a 20-year broadcasting career is cause for termination, but I know something better is in my future," Glen Kuiper said hours after his firing by NBC Sports.
Twitter has quietly updated an inaccurate "state-affiliated" label on the main account of
@NPR
.
The label now claims NPR is "government-funded," which is grossly misleading.
.
@ACAConnects
CEO
@GRANTatACA
is criticizing plans by Fox, ESPN and WBD's TNT Sports to launch a sports-inclusive streaming service: "The ‘house of cards’ in the video marketplace continues to wobble." $FOX $WBD $DIS
The popular news aggregate NewsBreak published a story over the weekend that claimed Los Angeles radio station KNX had stopped airing its news programming on its AM radio signal.
The story was written by AI tools. And it was 100 percent false.
Nissan marketing: Hey, you know LoFi Girl?
Google: Yeah.
Nissan: We want to do that, but let's throw in a few Nissan logos.
Google: Done.
Internet: This is the greatest thing ever.
#BREAKING
: Nexstar launches internal investigation over anti-LGBT memo penned by
@WOODTV
assistant news director; station employees say the memo was written at the urging of the newsroom's top news executive, Stanton Tang
Talk about attention to detail!
The producers of the 1996 film "Independence Day" commissioned nearly an hour of news broadcasts to run in various scenes, some of which came from actual TV channels.
Christiane Amanpour is one of the few CNN OGs left, a consummate journalist through and through — and, at this point, probably too honorable for the network.
Amanpour says she disagrees with the Trump town hall and had a "very robust exchange of views" with CNN boss Chris Licht over the matter. To the audience, she says, "I can only hope that your trust in us might have been shaken, but not shattered."
T-Mobile will acquire Mint Mobile for up to $1.35 billion, giving hackers even more personal data the next time the Magenta wireless carrier suffers a data breach.
Revisiting our
@TabloTV
ahead of the Super Bowl. Want to watch the big game on your phone? Tablet? Multiple smart TVs? Don't want to pay a monthly fee to do it? Tablo might be for you.
#BREAKING
: Federal prosecutors issued search warrant against Twitter for information connected to an account used by former U.S. President Donald Trump, court documents reveal.
The wildfires in Hawaii have destroyed critical telecommunications equipment, adding to challenges faced by residents, businesses and first responders there. (
@lindahardesty
for
@fiercewireless
)
SCOOP: DirecTV begins offering a limited number of customers access to a new streaming device called the Gemini Air, which could one day replace its current Android TV-powered device for DirecTV Stream
Nielsen data shows the debut airing of “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” on Monday grabbed just 83,000 viewers in the key demo of adults between the ages of 25 to 54.
The inaugural episode was beaten in the ratings by repeat airings of "SpongeBob" and "The Golden Girls."
A California bill that would allow news publishers to charge Facebook and Google for news links has been put on hold until at least the 2024 legislative session
NPR is using its recent decision to break up with Twitter as a fundraising opportunity.
This is an e-mail that was sent earlier today to listeners who use their NPR One app.
Sam Zell showed open contempt for journalists and wanted to turn the Tribune Company into a content farm, but couldn't pull it off and wound up driving the media firm into bankruptcy.
And now, like his career as a media magnate, he's dead.
Charlie Ergen, 2008: We're spinning off Echostar from Dish Network so both companies can grow on their own merits.
Charlie Ergen, 2023: So, yeah, about that... $DISH
Disney says company will launch new "super app" that marries Hulu and Disney Plus content into a single experience.
Company will continue to maintain separate Hulu, Disney Plus and ESPN Plus apps. $DIS
Peacock will stream EVERY 2024 Olympic event LIVE, marking the first time the games and related coverage will be available to stream without a cable or satellite subscription. $CMCSA
Roku CEO Anthony Wood says TiVo not a real competitor in the TV OS wars, says manufacturing own smart TV sets will lead to innovation that helps third party ODMs like TCL, etc. $ROKU
Twitter's plan to charge for access to its API has impacted accounts used by the National Weather Service and other organizations used to publish weather-related emergency notifications.
Two years ago, Spotify was ready to deploy a premium tier of service with higher quality audio streams and a higher price tag to boot.
But those plans were spoiled when Apple Music included better audio streams without charging streamers more.
Major League Baseball will offer Arizona Diamondbacks games for FREE online through mid-July, while also distributing the games on cable, DirecTV and Fubo through the end of the season.
CNN has new lower-third graphics across its domestic programming. The last show to use the old graphics was "CNN Newsroom" overnight; "Early Start" kicked off the new graphics.
You know
@TabloTV
is getting serious when they hire
@JessePalmerTV
and
@EmmittSmith22
as celebrity pitchmen.
Watch the new "It's not fantasy, it's reality" spots right here...
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Texas, California and Missouri will get the most money from the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program in 2023, the White House and U.S. Department of Commerce said on Monday.
The Desk was the first news outlet to report on Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News, beating every business news outlet on the web.
The Desk: 11:34 AM ET
CNBC: 11:37 AM
NYTimes: 11:41 AM
WSJ: 11:44 AM
Reuters: 11:52 AM