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CNN names former New York Times and BBC boss Mark Thompson as next chief executive

Mark Thompson led the BBC between 2004 and 2012 and The New York Times from 2012 until 2020

The Independent UK

Former BBC, ‘N.Y. Times’ Head Mark Thompson Named Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide

Replaces Chris Licht, whose tenure was short-lived

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The Next Text: Why Trump's X 'Views' Don't Really Matter ... But WGA Demands, CNN, Nielsen's Mushy Metrics, Fox GOP Debates and Google's Bundled, Linear TV Biz Still Do

Introducing our new recurring, reactionary, overtly shrill SMS exchange between Next TV writers Daniel Frankel and David Bloom, focused on the past week's TMT headlines

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Barbie’s IMAX release brings the Kenergy with all-new post-credits footage

As if you needed another reason to re-watch Barbie

Total Film

Cinema this autumn looks sicker, and healthier, than ever

The actors’ and writers’ strikes are worrying – but #Barbenheimer showed there’s still a large, engaged audience hungry for good movies

The Guardian - UK

Max plans to add sports streaming but you’ll have to pay more if you want it

Live sports and commentary are coming to Max along with content from CNN, but expect them to come with a price tag.

TechRadar

It’s not just Disney—Warner Bros. Discovery lost millions of streaming subscribers, too

CEO David Zaslav predicted another year of operating losses at its global streaming business in 2023 as rivals struggle to narrow the gap with Netflix.

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Ready for a Barbie party on Max? You've got a long wait on your hands

We won't be saying "Hi Barbie!" on any of the world's biggest streaming services for a few months yet.

TechRadar

Warner Bros. Discovery Seeing Higher Volume in Upfront Market

Company making plans to add sports, news to Max

Broadcasting & Cable

Barbie on streaming: here's (roughly) when you can watch it from your own Dreamhouse

Soon, but not soon enough

Total Film

You can't stream Barbie anytime soon: here's why

Barbie is the hit movie of the summer, but when can you stream Barbie at home? We got our first hints as to when and where to expect it.

WhatToWatch

Warner Bros. Discovery Cuts Red Ink From Streaming in Q2

Direct-to-consumer subscribers fall by 1.8 million, but average revenue rises

Multichannel News

The Hollywood dream job is dead. Did it ever really exist?

Maureen Ryan’s "Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood" portrays Tinseltown as just another brutal, exploitative workplace.

Fortune

Striking Actors, Writers, Hotel Workers Make the Personal Political

With employers stalling, unions seek to build public pressure by spotlighting CEO pay and corporate excess.

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The Independent UK

Variety revises article on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker that was sharply criticized

Under fire this week for an investigative story on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, the entertainment publication Variety made changes to the piece on Friday

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: By the standards of their peers, Hollywood CEOs aren't all that overpaid. That's the problem

The writers and actors union currently on strike in Hollywood have made a big issue out of the extravagant pay packages enjoyed by the studio heads they're fighting.

Salon

It's the Logan Roys vs. Hollywood labor

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher has emerged as the strike's early hero. Now it needs a recognizable heel

Los Angeles Times

How GQ erased its article that was critical of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav

Within hours after it was published this week, a GQ article that took critical aim at David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, had vanished.

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The Independent UK

GQ removes article calling Warner Bros. Discovery CEO ‘the most hated man in Hollywood’

Article was highly critical of media executive

Broadcasting & Cable

Plot Thickens on Missing David Zaslav Profile in ‘GQ’ — Turns Out the Mag’s Editor Is Producing a Movie for Warner Bros.

‘New York Times’ culture writer Jason Bailey’s ’GQ‘ story, ‘How Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Became Public Enemy Number One in Hollywood,’ was inexplicably taken down

The Independent UK

GQ removes article comparing media exec David Zaslav to ‘Succession’ patriarch Logan Roy

Article was highly critical of media executive

Tom’s Guide

Netflix is gaining 5 HBO shows — here’s what you can watch now

Netflix is getting five HBO original series, with Insecure starring Issa Rae available now. Here's what you need to know.

Multichannel News

Hollywood Still Uneasy About TCM’s Future Despite Reassuring Noises

Additions of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Michael De Luca, Pam Abdy, TCM programmer Charles Tabesh help quell uproar over network layoffs

Broadcasting & Cable

The Real ‘One to Watch?’ ‘Insecure’ Arrives on Netflix, First In a Wave of HBO Shows Coming to the Rival Streaming Giant

‘Ballers,’ ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘Six Feet Under’ will soon follow

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How profit-driven turmoil at Turner Classic Movies placed a vast cultural heritage at risk

It wasn't that long ago that the cause of film preservation and film history seemed to be on a roll. Multiple cable channels such as American Movie Classics, Bravo and Encore were devoted to classic films from the 1930s through the 1980s. When streaming supplanted scheduled cable programming, FilmStruck offered…

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