Alex Weprin
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Enthusiast. I write about business, finance, media, sports, and advertising @THR . Previously: @MediaPost , @POLITICO @TVNewser , @BCBeat
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Inbox: ABC will air Black Panther commercial free tonight, to be followed by an ABC News special celebrating the life of Chadwick Boseman.
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Probably the most amazing thing about Donald Trump’s tax returns that I’ve spotted so far is that in 2015 he recorded $12,000 in expenses related to the New Jersey Generals… the football team he owned that went under in 1985.
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Inbox: Gov. Andrew Cuomo will receive an international Emmy award, “in recognition of his leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic and his masterful use of television to inform and calm people around the world.”
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Inbox: Joe and Jill Biden will guest on CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday.
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Oh wow, Brian Flores suing the NFL and NY Giants, alleging racism in hiring. Includes private texts from Bill Belichick
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It appears Instagram and FB owner Meta holds the trademark for "X" as it relates to "online social networking services... social networking services in the fields of entertainment, gaming and application development..."
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Flores says that Stephen Ross, the owner of the Miami Dolphins, offered to pay him $100,000 for every loss during 2019 season to help the team get a better draft spot. Was mad when they kept winning.
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WHOA. James Murdoch has resigned from the board of News Corp. Per the company "Mr. Murdoch informed the Company that his resignation was due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions."
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Elon Musk once again selling billions of dollars worth of Tesla stock.
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Flores' suit includes texts from Bill Belichick that appear to show him congratulating him on getting the Giants job, mistakenly believing he was texting Brian Daboll. This was before Flores' interview with the Giants took place.
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Just in: Disney is pausing all business in Russia, includes licensing of products, linear TV channels, and even sales of National Geographic magazine.
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CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl was hospitalized with COVID-19, she revealed on the broadcast tonight. Now out and recovered.
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Inbox: "Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain."
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Per CNN, 48M people watched last night's debate across TV. But here's a number that stuck out to me. Fewer than 4M of those viewers were age 18-34. It was an old, old audience.
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I'm late to this but: The Oprah/Meghan/Harry interview really showed the power of the long-format interview, which is almost totally gone from TV nowadays. Everything is crunched into tight, fast-paced segments now, to the detriment of all involved IMO.
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Vladimir Putin personally asked President Trump to host Russia's foreign minister in Oval Office, per Susan Glasser:
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Inbox: The inspector general for the NSA is opening an investigation into claims the agency “improperly targeted” a “member of the U.S. media” aka Tucker Carlson.
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Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Meyers will co-host a podcast for Spotify, with all the proceeds going to employees of their late night shows:
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Inbox: Sean Hannity traveling to London to interview Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy. Airs tomorrow.
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Elon Musk sent a new letter to Twitter, saying the spam bot stuff "is a clear material breach of Twitter’s obligations under the merger agreement... Musk reserves all rights resulting therefrom, including his right not to consummate the transaction..."
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Flash: The Walt Disney Co. has filed suit against Ron DeSantis over the elimination of Reedy Creek.
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One of the all-time great unscripted TV moments
the first winner of a million dollars was the best winner of a million dollars — all-time favorite ‘Millionaire’ clip
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Impeachment TV ratings: Between about 10 am and roughly 4 PM, an average of 13.1M viewers were watching, on average, across NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC.
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I follow the news professionally and I can't keep up with what is happening in the world. Imagine how typical news consumers feel.
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Quote from International academy President Bruce Paisner:
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Wow. Media measurement giant Comscore and its former CEO have been charged with fraud by the SEC.
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Trump's executive order regarding TikTok cites the fact that "TikTok videos spread debunked conspiracy theories about the origins of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus" to justify the action.
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Has there ever been a TV show that reached "cultural icon" status that also delivered a universally satisfying series finale? I... can't think of one? Seinfeld, Sopranos were divisive at best.
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I guess they can hope that the "X" is too stylized so as not to apply?
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CNN's New Year's Eve telecast will be hosted by Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, with Don Lemon and Alisyn Camerota taking over at 12:30 ET. Critically, it will also have
@donie
reporting from an Irish pub in NYC.
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So I just logged on to Twitter, and the algorithm fed me 20 tweets in a row all with totally different figures for the stock market, all out of chronological order, and I have no idea what is happening.
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Some context to Mulvaney announcing this on CNBC, he is currently trying to raise money from investors for his hedge fund:
'I can't stay here' — Mick Mulvaney resigns from Trump administration, expects others to follow
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Stanley Tucci launches a new travel food show on CNN tonight. It’s the first CNN show exploring the genre since Anthony Bourdain passed away two and a half years ago.
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Donald Trump quit SAG-AFTRA two years ago in the wake of Jan. 6, saying he wanted nothing to do with the union. New disclosures show that he continued to take a SAG pension worth as much as $1 million last year.
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Peyton and Eli Manning have signed an expanded deal with Disney, will add alternative broadcasts to UFC and other events.
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Who among us hasn't wanted to mess with the stock market on a quiet afternoon, while resting at home recovering from a transmissable disease?
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Facebook shareholders voted against proposal to create a report on how fake news spreads on the site. 6 billion votes against, 50M votes for
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Tucker Carlson asked President Trump if he talks to anyone before he tweets.
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To be crystal clear: The deal is still on as of right now, but this is the first step in what could be a legal battle to negotiate a lower price, or a termination.
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James Murdoch wrote his resignation letter today. My story:
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Both Larry David and Bernie Sanders are booked to appear on NBC’s “Today” show, tomorrow morning.
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I also think the popularity of podcasts featuring long interviews underscores that there is real demand for this type of format. TV (and any video platform, for that matter) should really bring it back.
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So the SPAC that is funding Trump's new venture is led by a former sugar trading and processing executive (who most recently founded a bunch of SPACs), as well as a Brazilian prince/politico who is a member of Bolsonaro's PSL party.
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Update: This is confirmed. Disney+ will have every Star Wars movie.
Wait a minute... "Star Wars: A New Hope" did Disney buy back rights to the original Star Wars trilogy from WarnerMedia???
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Hmm, I did not see a forecast for shade when I checked the Weather Channel app this morning. Yet here it is.
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ViacomCBS says that two drivers of subscriptions to Paramount+ last quarter were the Super Bowl, and Oprah’s interview with Meghan and Harry.
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Scoop: Meadowlark Media, John Skipper and Dan Le Batard's production company, wants to create its own "30 for 30." A new series called "Sports Explains the World" will include 30 docs and 45 podcasts, its most ambitious content push yet.
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Keith Olbermann left ESPN last week to become a YouTuber. He currently has fewer than 39,000 subscribers.
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“Beginning in March, Hulu will become the official streaming home of FX Networks” Iger says on earnings call. Says Hulu and FX teams have been collaborating on strategy. Will include all seasons of FX shows. FX will also produce original shows for Hulu.
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Here's the new logo for Warner Bros. Discovery, per a press release that just went out.
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According to CBS News, Omarosa tried to get into the White House residence after she was fired, tripping security alarms.
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On inauguration day, Fox News had 15 of the 16 most-watched hours on cable TV.
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Murdoch's name has already been scrubbed from News Corp.'s website:
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And yes I am writing this tweet from the lobby of Advertising Week New York, where a lot of people are looking at their phones slackjawed.
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Donald Trump wants some "form of a trial" for journalists that write unfair things about public figures, if elected.
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Warner Bros. filed new trademarks for "Space Jam" last month. Today announced deal with LeBron James.
http://t.co/WaZ33sXCsY
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Comscore's entire business model is to provide key metrics for media companies, entertainment giants and publishers. Now it is being accused of using artificial numbers fo inflate its revenue.
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Inbox: Bernie Sanders will be a guest on CBS’ “Late Show” this Thursday. Mike Bloomberg and Andrew Yang are booked for next week.
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Meadowlark Media, the content company from former ESPN chief John Skipper and Dan Le Batard, has struck a deal for a BBC podcast. Skipper also tells me their first video project should come after Labor Day.
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Inbox: Jon Stewart will host "The Daily Show" tonight. His guest will be former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.
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Campbell Soup Co. tells investors in an SEC filing that over the past four weeks: sales of Campbell's soup (including Pacific Foods) increased 59.3 percent, Prego pasta sauce increased 52.9 percent, and Goldfish crackers increased 22.7 percent.
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Step one: go to
http://t.co/mK7lm118Ee
Step two: click the period after "drone delivery effort. Step three: enjoy.
http://t.co/2y0HguSVSM
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According to his financing agreement, he is taking out a margin loan (presumably on Tesla shares) is guaranteeing some other cash (likely by selling shares in Tesla) and has debt financing from a consortium of big banks
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Inbox: NBC makes it official, "SNL" cast member Leslie Jones joins NBC's Rio Olympics coverage as a contributor. Starts Friday.
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And, of course: these numbers do not include anyone who streamed the proceedings, which could be millions more people.
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Purely unscientific poll, but: "Cheers," 'MASH' and "Breaking Bad" seem to be leading candidates as major hits with cultural impact/satisfying finales.
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“We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators... We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back..."
Spotify to Pull Neil Young’s Music After Artist’s Objections to Joe Rogan
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Filmmaker Amanda Milius, (daughter of John Milius, the writer of "Dirty Harry" and "Apocalypse Now") has secretly been working on a pro-Trump doc "The Plot Against The President." Nunes, Giuliani, Stone, Don Jr. all participated.
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Netflix director (and possible VP pick?) Susan Rice exercised her stock options in the streamer this week, and subsequently sold all the shares, netting her a gain of about $300,000
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Lachlan Murdoch says that streaming of CPAC and the "launch of Tucker Carlson content" grew Fox Nation subscribers by 40% last quarter.
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Endeavor is buying out UFC, will own 100% of the MMA company
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Flash: Elon Musk tells Twitter that he is terminating the proposed acquisition:
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"This opens up a whole new opportunity for many of our clients who are no longer with us,"--Mark Roesler, CEO of CMG Worldwide, whose company controls the likenesses of Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Neil Armstrong and many others.
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Flash: Universal Music says that it will pull its song catalog from TikTok tomorrow at midnight, as the companies are unable to reach a deal on rights. Huge implications.
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Like, Meet the Press was originally a show where one guest would be grilled for half an hour by a panel of journalists. Sunday shows don't do that anymore!
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Emotional monologue from Jimmy Kimmel tonight, as he revealed that his baby boy (born last week) had heart surgery:
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Just in: President Obama will be interviewed on "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" on Monday, Oct. 31.
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The NY Post appears to have inadvertently published evidence that Melania Trump was working in the U.S. illegally:
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Rapper T.I. has been charged by the SEC for promoting a fraudulent Initial Coin Offering on his social media accounts:
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Just in: CNN founder Ted Turner tells me in a statement that losing Larry King “felt like a punch to the gut.” “If anyone asked me what are my greatest career achievements in life, one is the creation of CNN, and the other is hiring Larry King.”
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CNN anchor Chris Cuomo testified as part of the NY AG's investigation into his brother, confirming that he was part of a small team of advisers that helped Gov. Cuomo respond to the sexual harassment claims (pages 112-115):
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Fox News was the most-watched channel for impeachment coverage, it appears, averaging 2.9M, to MSNBC's 2.7M, ABC and CBS' 2M, CNN's 1.85M, and NBC's 1.7M.
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Some news: I’m excited to announce that I have joined The Hollywood Reporter, based in New York City. I’ll write THR’s daily tip-sheet newsletter, Today In Entertainment, and contribute to coverage.
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Disney now says Disney+ will be ad-free. In the past company has suggested there may be limited sponsorships.
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Just in from the Recording Industry Association of America's 2020 music revenue report: "For the first time since 1986, revenues from vinyl records were larger than from CDs."
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Here’s a statement from a Fox News spokesperson on the matter.
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Some *professional* news: I have a new role at THR! I am now our media and business writer. I’ll be covering biz and corporate stories (like a recent merger deal...), the world of TV news, and media companies like Condé Nast and The NY Times, as they evolve for a digital future.
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It's official: HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" returning for a ninth season. Exact timing TBD.
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Confirmed: Trump paid actors $50 to appear at his Presidential launch event and cheer for him:
http://t.co/R9uke89BTq
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When the CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" returns to production this week, they will use the actual spouses of actors as stand-ins for scenes that involve physical contact:
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Inbox: John Oliver will exec produce a new late night topical comedy series hosted by fellow Daily Show alum Wyatt Cenac. Debuts Spring 2018.
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A fitting end to the day. Former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart showed up in a truck and took the NYC subway goats upstate.
Update: Jon Stewart, the 🐐 herder? The former host of the
@TheDailyShow
, seen on the left, helped get 2 goats to an animal shelter upstate Monday. The goats traveled along the N line tracks in
#Brooklyn
in the afternoon. It's not clear how they got there. Video: Farm Sanctuary.
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ABC makes it official: "Roseanne" has been renewed for an 11th season.
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This room at the AMNH is now a mass vaccination site.
The American Museum of Natural History will become a vaccine site. You can get vaccinated directly below the big whale.
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Bill O'Reilly's interview with President Trump before the Super Bowl averaged 12.2M viewers. Obama in 2009: 21.9M.
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!!!! Mike Judge and Greg Daniels in early development on a "King of the Hill" revival.
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Update: Brian Flores will be interviews live on CBS Mornings tomorrow, along with his attorneys. The show is co-hosted by former NFL player Nate Burleson.
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