Creators and commentators are more anxious than ever about their safety. Some are wondering whether they should continue to make themselves so accessible.
Category: Media
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Air Mail, a Digital Weekly, Is Expected to Be Acquired by Puck
Graydon Carter, a former editor of Vanity Fair, had been shopping around his media start-up for a year.
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CBS News Weighs Major Role for Bari Weiss as Part of Deal to Buy The Free Press
The talks with Ms. Weiss, a founder of The Free Press, are the strongest sign yet that the new owner of CBS News intends to make major changes.
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CBS Taps Conservative Policy Veteran for New Ombudsman Role
Kenneth R. Weinstein, who will review complaints about CBS News, was head of the right-leaning Hudson Institute, a think tank, and has no experience overseeing news coverage.
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Murdochs Reach Deal to Resolve Succession Fight
Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father’s media empire will retain its conservative slant.
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He Paved the Way for CNN, Fox News and the Internet. He’s Not Sure We’re Better Off.
John Malone helped create the modern media industry over the last half century. In a new memoir, “Born to Be Wired,” he looks back on what he has wrought.
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‘Vice Is Broke’ Review: The Rise and Crash of a Fleeting Empire
This documentary by Eddie Huang is an angry but loving lament about the Montreal zine that became a billion-dollar empire before hurtling toward bankruptcy.
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TV Giant Nexstar Agrees to Acquire a Rival, Tegna, for $6.2 Billion
To close the deal, Nexstar will need approval from the Federal Communications Commission, which could cement its position as the biggest provider of local TV in the U.S.
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The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
The Knight Foundation and other top organizations are aiming to provide $50 million to stabilize the stations most at risk from the recent federal government funding cuts.
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Why Did Shari Redstone Give Up Control of Paramount?
The media mogul spoke at length for the first time about selling her family’s empire, Paramount’s settlement with President Trump — and getting her reputation battered along the way.
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Paramount Strikes Seven-Year Deal to Stream UFC Fights
The seven-year $7.7 billion deal is an early win for the company’s new chairman, David Ellison, who took over last week. CBS will also show some marquee fights.
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What Will Be the Next Big Media Deal?
As Skydance completes its acquisition of Paramount, the stage is set for more deal making in the crowded streaming wars.