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April 9, 2026
Disney Promotes April Carretta to EVP of Communications, Exec to Lead PR for Dana Walden
Disney elevated April Carretta to EVP of communications, reporting to chief communications officer Paul Roeder. As part of her expanded duties, Caretta will be the day-to-day communications lead fo...
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April 9, 2026
Donald Trump Slams ‘Nut Jobs’ Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones for Opposing Iran War: ‘They’re Stupid People’
Highlighting a rift in the right-wing political spectrum, President Donald Trump lashed out against four widely followed conservative influencers — Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Al...
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April 9, 2026
Thai Randolph Launches NILE & Co., Creator-Driven Media Company That Has Acquired BuzzFeed’s As/Is and Goodful Brands
Entertainment industry veteran Thai Randolph has taken the wraps off her new venture: NILE & Co., described as a content and commerce platform that works with “creators who move culture.” Rando...
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April 9, 2026
Comcast Adds Disney+, Hulu and HBO Max to Xfinity StreamSaver Bundles, Offering Discounts of Up to 45%
Comcast is continuing on its quest to kind-of, sort-of reconstitute the cable TV bundle for the streaming era. On Thursday, Comcast’s Xfinity announced an expansion to its StreamSaver bundles, addi...
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April 9, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Advised to Vote Against David Zaslav’s $550 Million-Plus Golden Parachute ‘Windfall’ Payout From Paramount Deal
Does David Zaslav deserve to receive more than half a billion dollars in connection with the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance? Influential shareholder advisory s...
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April 9, 2026
Paramount Skydance Restructures Debt Financing for Warner Bros. Discovery Deal
Paramount Skydance has completed a series of transactions to restructure the debt financing for its proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. In an SEC filing, Paramount said it ...
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April 9, 2026
True-Crime Podcasts ‘Disgraceland’ and ‘Hollywoodland’ Join iHeartMedia Network Alongside ‘My Favorite Murder’
True-crime podcaster Jake Brennan is bringing his podcasts “Disgraceland” and its celebrity spin-off “Hollywoodland” to Exactly Right Media (ERM), the podcast network behind hit show “My Favorite M...
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April 9, 2026
The Cheapest Way to Stream ESPN? Dish’s Sling TV Debuts $20 Monthly Package With ESPN, ESPN2 and Handful of Other TV Channels
Dish Network’s Sling TV is giving you a way to watch ESPN — for less than Disney. Sling TV has launched Sling Essentials, a new internet-streaming TV package touted as having the “unbeatable price”...
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April 8, 2026
Anime Series Featuring YouTube Streamer IShowSpeed, Written by ‘One Piece’ Showrunner Matt Owens, in the Works at Brian Robbins’ Big Shot Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
Popular YouTube creator IShowSpeed is lending his voice — and high-energy personality — to an anime-style series in the works at Brian Robbins’ Big Shot Pictures production start-up. While plot det...
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April 8, 2026
Patreon Says Podcasters Earned $629 Million in 2025, Up 33%, as Platform’s Biggest Content Category Keeps Growing
Podcasts are booming on Patreon — with revenue generated by podcasters on the direct-to-fan platform hitting $629 million in 2025, a 33% year-over-year increase, the company says. On Patreon, podca...
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April 8, 2026
Khartoon Weiss, TikTok’s Head of Ad Sales for North America, Is Exiting
Khartoon Weiss, VP and general manager of global business solutions at TikTok who oversaw its North American and global brands and agency business, is leaving the company after more than five years...
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April 8, 2026
Comedian Gianmarco Soresi Inks Deal for ‘The Downside’ Podcast With Vox Media
Gianmarco Soresi’s “The Downside” weekly comedy podcast, co-hosted with actor Russell Daniels, is coming to Vox Media’s podcast network. The podcast “embraces the negatives of life with humor and h...
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April 7, 2026
Comcast Names Vicki Williams Human Resources Chief, Leading HR Across NBCUniversal and Cable Businesses
Comcast promoted Vicki Williams to the newly created role of chief human resources officer, in addition to her current position as head of HR at NBCUniversal — meaning she’ll lead the human resourc...
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April 7, 2026
Paramount Skydance Confirms Investments by Middle Eastern Wealth Funds for Warner Bros. Deal, Cites ‘Potential for Strategic and Commercial Opportunities’ With Them
David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance on Tuesday confirmed that it has brought on the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi as investors in connection with its Warner Bros. Disco...
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April 6, 2026
Trump Says Journalist at an Unnamed News Outlet ‘Will Go to Jail’ Unless They Reveal Source of Details on U.S. Fighter Jet Crew Member in Iran
President Donald Trump said the “person that did the story” for an unidentified media outlet about a missing U.S. fighter jet crew member who was missing in Iran after his plane was shot down “will...
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April 6, 2026
Paramount Skydance Secures $24 Billion From Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Funds for Warner Bros. Deal: Report
Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, has received commitments of nearly $24 billion to back its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery from three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, the Wall St...
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April 2, 2026
Fox Corp.’s Red Seat Ventures, Whose Creator Network Includes Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson, Debuts a Podcast Platform for Anyone to Launch Their Own Show
Red Seat Ventures, a division of Fox Corp’s Tubi Media Group, operates a network of shows from personalities including Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Bill O’Reilly and Piers Morgan. Now, as part its ...
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April 2, 2026
OpenAI Buys TBPN, a Daily Tech Talk Show, to Help Drive ‘Constructive Conversation’ About AI
Artificial-intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired TBPN, aka the Technology Business Programming Network, a media start-up that hosts a talk show about Silicon Valley and finance that has streamed o...
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April 2, 2026
Donald Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General
President Donald Trump has fired U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, while praising her as having done “a tremendous job” in cracking down on crime during her nearly 14-month tenure. In a post on his ...
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April 2, 2026
WME Sells Sports Agency 160over90 to Publicis in $500 Million-Plus Deal
WME Group is slimming down: The company is selling 160over90, its sports marketing and creative agency unit, to French advertising giant Publicis Groupe. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Public...
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April 2, 2026
Toonstar Inks Deal to Adapt HarperCollins Titles as Animated Series, Starting With Lisa Greenwald’s ‘Friendship List’ Books
Toonstar, an AI-powered animation studio, inked a multiyear deal with HarperCollins Publishers to co-produce a slate of original animated series based on select HarperCollins titles. The partnershi...
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April 1, 2026
Video of ‘Frozen’ Olaf Robot Collapsing at Disneyland Paris Goes Viral
A free-ranging robotic Olaf, the lovable snowman character from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen” movie franchise, evidently suffered a… brain freeze this week. In a video that has gone viral...
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April 1, 2026
Nexstar and Tegna Claim They Can’t Fully Comply With Court Order Halting Merger Because Certain Actions ‘Cannot Be Undone’
A federal judge ordered a halt to Nexstar Media’s $6.2 billion merger with local TV station group rival Tegna pending the court’s review of whether the tie-up violates antitrust laws. But Nexstar a...
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April 1, 2026
YouTube’s 2026 Upfront Taps Trevor Noah as Host, Chappell Roan to Perform
YouTube is coming back to TV upfronts week with Trevor Noah serving as emcee of its 2026 Brandcast presentation for advertisers, along with a big group of YouTube creators including Dude Perfect an...
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March 31, 2026
Judge Rules Trump’s Order to End Funding for PBS, NPR Was an Illegal First Amendment Violation
A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order last year to end funding for PBS and NPR public media violated the First Amendment. In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Rand...
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March 31, 2026
Tubi Adding 250 Episodes of ‘Sesame Street’ to Free Streaming Service
Tubi is counting all the way up to 250 as Elmo, Cookie Monster and more of the “Sesame Street” gang coming over to the free streamer. Starting Wednesday, April 1, Tubi will add 250 episodes of “Ses...
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March 31, 2026
UTA Agent Paul Coggiola Exits to Head New Creators Division at LIFT Management
Veteran agent Paul Coggiola has left UTA to lead LIFT Creators, a new division of athlete-representation firm LIFT Management focused on digital influencers. Coggiola will serve as president of LIF...
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March 30, 2026
Alex Cooper Sets YouTube Reality Competition Show Featuring ‘Mormon Wives’ Stars Dakota Mortensen, Demi Engemann and More ‘Polarizing’ Figures
Alex Cooper grew to fame as the host of mega-popular podcast “Call Her Daddy.” Now her company is gearing up to premiere its first original competition series — featuring a group of 16 “polarizing”...
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March 30, 2026
Judge Halts Nexstar-Tegna Merger, Ruling That Deal Is ‘Presumed Likely to Violate Antitrust Laws’
Nexstar Media’s $6.2 billion acquisition of rival TV station group owner Tegna is on hold after a federal judge ruled that the proposed merger “is presumed likely to violate antitrust laws based ...
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March 27, 2026
Jazz Musician Chuck Redd Seeks Dismissal of ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ Lawsuit Against Him Over Canceled Christmas Eve Gig
The “Trump Kennedy Center” earlier this month followed through on its threat to sue acclaimed jazz musician Chuck Redd, after he backed out of a Christmas Eve 2025 concert over the Washington, D.C....
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