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The Ankler’s Ad Revenue Is Up 500% YOY. Here’s How CEO Janice Min Plans to Sustain It
Janice Min discusses covering the business of Hollywood, challenges with building subscribers, and how publishers need to stop seeming so thirsty.
NBCU Parent Comcast Explores Spinning Off Cable Networks
Outside of the record-setting Olympic Games revenue announced by NBCUniversal parent company Comcast during its third-quarter earnings, the company made news by announcing exploratory plans to spin off its cable [...]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search Goes Live, Taking On Google and Perplexity
On Thursday, OpenAI added an artificial-intelligence-powered search engine directly within its popular chatbot, ChatGPT. This move positions ChatGPT to compete with established tools like Google Search, Microsoft Bing, and San [...]
2 Journalists Killed in Separate Incidents in Mexico Within 24 Hours
Two Mexican journalists were shot dead in less than 24 hours in western states, according to authorities, as the country faces a flare-up of violence in the region. (Reuters) Journalist [...]
Amazon’s Ad Business Grew Faster Than the Company’s Overall Growth in Q3
The amount Amazon made from net sales of its advertising services in the third quarter was $14.3 billion, up 19% year-over-year. Ads made up almost 9% of Amazon’s total sales. [...]
Trump Sues CBS News for $10B Over Harris Interview
Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against CBS News Thursday, alleging that the network engaged in election interference by doctoring a 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, [...]
The Economist—a British Publication—Endorses Harris
The Economist is taking advantage of the space vacated by U.S. news outlets including The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, and endorsing Harris in the 2024 [...]
World Series Hits 7-Year Ratings High With Dodgers Victory
The blockbuster World Series matchup of the Los Angeles Dodgers playing the New York Yankees gave Fox an expected ratings boost. Nielsen data showed that the five-game series, which concluded [...]
WNEP Shows Voting Results Test by Accident
Scranton, Pa., ABC affiliate WNEP admitted accidentally showing test results for the upcoming Nov. 5 general election. (TVSpy)
Metrograph, a New York Art House, Starts a Film Magazine
At a time when print media is on the way out and streaming technology has slashed into box-office returns, a band of downtown cinephiles in New York started a film [...]
Pursuing The Post
In the days since Jeff Bezos plunged The Washington Post into unprecedented turmoil by blocking the newspaper’s planned endorsement of Harris, certain media circles have been abuzz about the possibility [...]
Meta Beats Revenue Expectations Amid AI Push, But Ad Sales Growth Slows
Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings report Wednesday. (CNBC) By the numbers, 96% is the [...]
Haiti, Israel Top CPJ List of Countries Where Journalist Murders Go Unpunished
Two small nations with outsized levels of impunity—Haiti and Israel—are the world’s top offenders in allowing the murderers of journalists to go unpunished. (CPJ) According to the Committee to Protect [...]
Roku Q3 First to Exceed $1B Revenue, Stops Reporting Number of Streaming Households
Roku beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue Wednesday, driven by higher advertising sales on its platform. (Reuters) For the third quarter, Roku reported streaming households of 85.5 million, a [...]