More....Jared Kushner has been making calls to Hollywood connections on behalf of what's left of his comms staff...Not surprisingly, Hollywood sources tell me there's zero interest.
Well look who I just ran into on the way to work. They came out of the Condé Nast building and headed over to the September 11 Memorial.
#PrinceHarry
#Meghanmarkle
.
ICM joins in. "We are all greatly distressed by the disgraceful and unacceptable tweet from Roseanne Barr this morning. What she wrote is antithetical to our core values, both as individuals and as an agency. Consequently, we have notified her that we will not represent her."
Absolutely thrilled to announce we have hired the super star scoop machine
@claireatki
to be our Chief Media Correspondent on
@businessinsider
! She’ll join
@lmoses
’ ads/media desk in early November. Huge welcome, Claire!
"Everything should be monetized," says WBD CEO David Zaslav, noting that there are Warner shows not being used that could be driving subs and reducing churn. $WBD
$disney is going to spend more cash on programming at Hulu. Audience are as much as 20 years younger than broadcast, says Bob Iger. (Already losses more than $1 billion.) Disney will add general entertainment at Hulu and direct family TV to Disney Plus, says Iger.
Sunday's "Reliable Sources" averaged 769,000 total viewers for the final episode, up 10 percent v last week. It was the most watched
@CNN
show of the day.
I read this book by
@clarissaward
on the way home from France. Some fascinating stories of confronting evil leaders with their lies and of the dangers of giving up on truth. Highly recommend.
#Onallfronts
NEW: Discovery CEO David Zaslav sets priorities for WarnerMedia merger, with plans to marshal streaming power, preserve legacy businesses, and shake up culture via
@businessinsider
Today in upside down news: Fox slammed the president, FCC shot down Sinclair, Amazon's website didn't work and Netflix didn't meet expectations... What else?
Reminder that the Justice Department is still fighting AT&T's merger with Time Warner which owns CNN. Justice argued that AT&T should sell CNN or another major asset.
Breaking: Toby Emmerich, Chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures is staying with the company, according to a source. Other survivors include Gerhard Zeiler, president of international and David Haddad, games boss. $DISCA Story to come.....
I appeared on the final episode of CNN's 'Reliable Sources.' Here's why the show mattered and what's next for the network under CEO Chris Licht.
@cnn
via
@businessinsider
Inside the demise of Vice, from turning away a $3.5 billion Disney offer to a 'painful' downward spiral that has the media giant scrambling for a buyer via
@businessinsider
Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.
There are over 100 characters at DC Comics. Going to focus hard on building a long term plan. On collapsing theatrical in favor of streaming... "The data is starting to show no-way."
EXCLUSIVE: The Inside story of the messy CEO transition at Disney, battles with the board over who was in charge (and a surprise call from Paul McCartney.) $DIS via
@businessinsider
New
@TIMESUPNOW
chief is Lisa Borders, former WNBA president.
“Adversity, for me, is like the agitator in a washing machine. It beats the heck out of the clothes, but they’re clean when they come out,” from her first
@VanityFair
interview.
@RenahsMommy
@claireatki
@RpsAgainstTrump
I need her also to stay in the same time slot. I've conditioned all my friends to not talk to me during her show. I don't have time to retrain them.
NEW: CNN is axing Laura Coates' 11 p.m. anchor slot to save on costs, according to sources, and insiders are concerned about on-air representation via
@businessinsider
5 key challenges for Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav as he integrates three streaming services, fights for sports rights, and navigates $58 billion in debt via
@businessinsider
I just got back from traveling in Europe and US and the level of animosity towards the media astounded me. Almost everyone I met used the term "Fake News," in conversation, and this is before I was asked what I do for a living.
BREAKING: Peacock paid subscribers are now: 18 million. More than double since start of 22, says Jeff Shell. Over 20 hours per month usage on paid. Average revenue per user, approaching $10. $CMCSA
First move for Susan Zirinsky, the new CBS News president? She just shared news with staff that she’s promoting a woman - naming Judy Tygard as EP “48 Hours .”
#CBSNews
MSNBC reports 4.03 million viewers for President Trump's immigration speech and 4.46 million for Schumer/Pelosi response. Did some viewers purposely not tune in for Trump?
Interesting datapoint in Netflix shareholders letter: The company has nearly doubled the amount of $ it spends on marketing itself and its shows. First 6 months of 2017 it spent $545M, first six months of 2018 it has spent just over $1B.
It’s been a huge honor to be part of this fantastic and highly successful show
@ReliableSources
. I know the unstoppable
@brianstelter
will continue his important work.
#cnn
One month in The Media Mix newsletter is already a bestseller. Thanks to everyone who has become a paid or free subscriber. The podcast is also exceeding all expectations thanks to
@JamieMaglietta
and
@GlobalSituation
@BrettBruen
The
#NYTimes
added 265,000 new digital subscribers in Q4. A stunning, 93,000 of those, signed up for Crossword and Cooking and other digital-only non-news products.
If you don't enforce the law, is it even a law? Incredible work from our DC team on conflicts that wouldn't be tolerated by the SEC when it comes to regular investors.
🚨 NEW:
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I feels like in the blink of an eye we've gone from: We can't hire people, there aren't enough workers to we are axing everybody we can and looking for cuts everywhere.
David Zaslav visited the CNN newsroom and told them to think of CNN as a "reputation asset" and not a profit center and wants to go hard on global with potential for multi-language feeds. $WBD.
Two sources said Godwin was offered a co-president's role inside CBS News, but one person familiar with internal conversations said Godwin found the idea of job sharing insulting.
Future of movies file: Cinemark said it has sold 100,000 private rental packages which involve customers renting an auditorium for $99 to watch movies with whoever they want. 1.3 million people have taken part in a private watch party.
I've been tracking David Zaslav's listening tour and it's scope is truly astounding. See here who's in the unofficial kitchen cabinet (a few former Warner bosses and a surprise or two.).... $T $DISCA
NEW FROM ME: Insiders say Tucker Carlson overplayed his hand at Fox but the 'whole universe' of right-wing media is courting him now $FOXA via
@businessinsider
If
@markruffalo
is the only man to talk about gender equality, and no one on the red carpet asks male actors about “Times Up” then isn’t it an opportunity lost?
#GoldenGlobes2018