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October 14, 2026
’60 Minutes’ Sees Audience Dip Without NFL Lead-In
What was all the fuss about? An average of 6.06 million people tuned in to watch an episode of “60 Minutes” that became the spark of an intense debate between longtime correspondent Lesley Stahl an...
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October 14, 2026
RadicalMedia’s New CEO Wants to Test Business Models That Give Production Powerhouse Stakes in Work It Does for Others
At production powerhouse RadicalMedia, the only thing constant is change. Originally conceived as a way for founders Jon Kamen and Frank Scherma to explore new content formats after many years in t...
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October 14, 2026
Rachel Nichols Will Lead ‘The Story,’ a Daily Show From Sports Illustrated
Rachel Nichols has worked at some of the biggest mainstays in sports media. Now she’s growing her presence at one of them. Nichols, who is a regular at Fox Sports and Monumental Sports Network, wil...
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October 11, 2026
Disney Broadens Super Bowl LXI Plans With Pat McAfee, Next-Gen Stats
Pat McAfee has been turning up in more places on ESPN. Add Super Bowl Sunday to the list. McAfee will lead a growing number of so-called “alterna-casts” built around Disney’s 2027 Super Bowl plans....
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October 10, 2026
U.S. DOJ Will Probe TV Networks Over President Trump’s Pool Coverage
The U.S. Department of Justice has told five of the nation’s biggest TV-news outlets that it plans to investigate whether a recent decision to suspend pool coverage of President Trump after he deni...
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October 6, 2026
’60 Minutes’ Beats Last Season’s Viewership Bar for First Time, But Football Brings Only Small Boost
CBS News’ “60 Minutes” beat a crucial metric for the first time under new and heavily scrutinized managers but only managed to eke out a small boost to its ratings despite a robust football lead-in...
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October 5, 2026
David Berson to Take Over Combined Sports Operations at Skydance, Luis Silberwasser to Exit
David Berson, the head of CBS Sports, will take over the broader sports operations of Skydance once it completes its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery., and that company’s top sports executive,...
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October 5, 2026
Chris Wayland to Succeed Valari Staab as President of NBCUniversal Local
Chris Wayland will succeed veteran Valari Staab as president of NBCUniversal’s local-media operations, elevating the head of the company’s Boston portfolio to oversee a broader array of assets, Sta...
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October 5, 2026
Karoline Leavitt Is Latest Trump Administration Official to Join Fox News
Karoline Leavitt, the former Trump administration press secretary who spent much of her time chastising and denigrating the journalists who asked her questions, is joining one of the outlets that m...
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October 5, 2026
Mark Thompson to Remain at CNN Following Skydance’s Warner Buy
Mark Thompson said Monday that he would remain in charge of CNN following the purchase of the new giant’s parent, Warner Bros. Discovery, by Skydance, a move that may serve to reassure many of the ...
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October 2, 2026
Madison Avenue Makeover: Marketers Face Big Challenges in Bid to Reach Elusive Consumers
Capturing attention — the first job of advertising — has never been so difficult. With consumers distracted by alerts, texts, posts, emails and likes — not to mention the constant churn of daily li...
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October 2, 2026
CBS Sports, Tony Romo Break Up Following Pre-Season Intoxication Incident
CBS Sports kicked off a massive industry spending spree when it lured former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo to its NFL booth in 2017. Now the sports outlet is likely to tamp down on costs by ...
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October 2, 2026
CBS News Taps Steven Baker, Former ‘Nightline’ Producer, to Boost ‘Mornings,’ ‘Evening News’
CBS News is tapping another ABC News veteran to lend a hand with the ambitious task of trying to move its morning- and evening-news programs out of third place. Steven Baker, a former executive pro...
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October 2, 2026
Versant, Verizon Strike Multi-Year Distribution Deal
Versant and Verizon have come to terms on a renewal of the companies’ distribution agreement, a move that means the media company, in its first year since being spun off from Comcast, has renewed a...
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October 1, 2026
Paramount, CNN Chief Mark Thompson in ‘Early Stages’ of Discussions to Keep Him in Post
Paramount Skydance and CNN chief Mark Thompson are in the “early stages” of discussions that could keep him as the leader of the news giant, according to a person familiar with the matter, a sign t...
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October 1, 2026
Screenvision Shakes Up Movie-Theater Pre Show in Bid for Gen Z Ad Dollars
Some of the puzzles and trivia moviegoers see when they arrive before showtime at the cinema may be going the way of Good N’ Plenty and Jujubes. Movie screens under the aegis of movie-ad titan Scre...
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September 28, 2026
NBC Taps 100th Anniversary to Hook More Advertisers With Tentpole Events
The network is 100 years old. The commercials, however, are new. NBCUniversal is trying to expand the sponsorship model it used for the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” in 2025 and customi...
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September 24, 2026
Carat Names Sarah Stringer, Brian Meuleman to Global Roles
Carat named Sarah Stringer and Brian Meuleman to key global roles aimed at helping bridge gaps between strategic theory and commercial results. Stringer was named global chief strategy and innovati...
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September 23, 2026
CNN Chief Says He’s ‘Enthusiastic’ About Staying Under Paramount, but Not Sure He Can
CNN’s top executive told staffers Wednesday that he wants to stay at the news giant, but has little knowledge of what the outlet’s soon-to-be new corporate parent has in store. “I am enthusiastic a...
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September 23, 2026
‘Today’ Snares Top Two Positions in Morning-News Battle for First Time in 14 Years
NBC’s “Today” is back on top in TV’s never-ending morning wars. The A.M. news franchise finished the 2025-26 broadcast season with the most viewers overall among morning programs and the most viewe...
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September 22, 2026
‘60 Minutes’ Notches Ratings Gain Over Last Year, but Cedes Viewers From Season Premiere
CBS News’ “60 Minutes” shed some of the viewers it snared during its much-anticipated Season 59 debut as it grappled with the effects of CBS’ football programming on its audience, even as it notche...
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September 22, 2026
A Geico Holiday Special? Insurance Giant’s New CMO Widens Spotlight on Entertainment
Geico’s famous animated Gecko used to turn up only in TV commercials. He recently enjoyed guest-star billing on a podcast. The cartoonish figure with the sophisticated accent appeared in June on WN...
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September 22, 2026
Billy Bush to Join Fox News as Contributor
Billy Bush, the longtime entertainment-news correspondent, is expected to join Fox News Media as a contributor, a potential sign that the outlet is growing more eager to cover the worlds of celebri...
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September 21, 2026
MS NOW, CNN, Politico Allege White House Violated First Amendment in New Suit
MS NOW, CNN and Politico said they filed suit against the federal government following a decision by President Donald Trump to ban the three news organizations from newsgathering at the White House...
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September 15, 2026
Creator-Media Entrepreneur Hopes to Help Influencers Expand Appearances in Ads
Why dispatch replications of Amish farmers, wise elderly doctors or financial gurus to various TikToks and other short-form videos when real people can do the exact same thing? A technology company...
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September 15, 2026
PGA Tour Names Tyler Rutstein Chief Marketing Officer
Tyler Rustein, who has held positions with sports-focused apparel companies as well as the alternative Overtime sports leagues, will join the PGA Tour as its new chief marketing officer on October ...
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September 14, 2026
Dan Harris Once Delivered Headlines. Now He Helps MS NOW Subscribers Not Worry About Them
Dan Harris, a former TV journalist who left prominent perches at both ABC News’ “Nightline” and the weekend editions of “Good Morning America,” is getting back into the TV-news business. Sort of. H...
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September 14, 2026
’60 Minutes’ Kicks Off Much-Scrutinized 59th Season With Old Ticks, Tricks
CBS News says it needs to push “60 Minutes” into the future if the show is to survive, but the first telecast of the 59th season following a shocking overhaul of its on-air and behind-the-camera st...
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September 12, 2026
NFL TV Favorites Like Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Greg Olsen, Kirk Herbstreit Could Play for New Teams Next Season
The NFL is ready to kick off its first Sunday of a new season, but a good part of the game won’t be taking place on the field. Even as play-by-play stalwarts like Fox’s Greg Olsen, ESPN’s Joe Buck ...
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September 11, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel in Talks to Renew Late-Night Show at ABC
Jimmy Kimmel and Disney’s ABC have entered into negotiations about keeping the host in late-night after the new TV season, a process that might ordinarily be the most normal of business practices, ...
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