Media & Marketing

Journalists covering the unrest in major U.S. cities stemming from the death of George Floyd are coming into harm’s way, with dozens claiming they have been beaten, chased or even shot at while on the job.

Newspapers and television stations that post their own articles on Facebook are responsible for other Facebook users’ defamatory comments on those posts, an Australian court ruled.

With cinemas a distant memory, this easy home-theater strategy can bring upgraded movie nights to your living room.

News Corp said it would stop printing more than 100 Australian newspapers, closing 36 outright and moving the rest solely to the Internet, in its latest response to media shifts accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Social-media companies such as Twitter seem to feed off the very contempt they breed in their users.

Billionaire Bernard Arnault agreed to take a stake in the holdings of the controlling shareholder of media conglomerate Lagardère, giving a financial lifeline to a longtime friend whose debts were undermining his control of the company.

Team Whistle, a digital media company known for its sports and entertainment programming on social platforms, has acquired the marketing firm Tiny Horse, partly to capture more business from intensely competitive video streaming services.

The emergence of dozens of new coronavirus cases around a northeastern Chinese city has prompted authorities to lock down the area and replace some officials, a limited return to strict controls at a time when the government is trying to spur economic activity.

Joe Rogan is taking his podcast exclusively to Spotify Technology in a licensing deal worth more than $100 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.

One of the country’s last independent voices could soon be stifled as Putin expands political control

Congress is looking to help struggling local newspapers, TV and radio stations qualify for federal coronavirus aid, according to people familiar with the matter.

The White House plans to dramatically tighten rules governing Chinese journalists working in the U.S., the latest move in a tit-for-tat media feud that comes at a time of deteriorating relations between the two nations.

Digital-media company LiveXLive Media will acquire PodcastOne parent Courtside Group in a bet that bigger is better amid the coronavirus pandemic and that ad revenue for podcasting will continue to soar.

News Corp said revenue declined 7.8% in its latest quarter as strong digital gains at Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones were offset by weakness at its foreign-news and entertainment operations.

ViacomCBS reported a drop in quarterly revenue, but the company’s shares rose sharply as its streaming business grew and its results came in ahead of Wall Street’s expectations.

John Malone’s Liberty Global agreed to combine its U.K. telecommunications business, Virgin Media, with Telefonica’s O2, pooling the two companies’ 46 million video, broadband and mobile subscribers.

Thursday’s U.K. megamerger answered one longstanding question concerning the European empire of cable billionaire John Malone. Other questions loom larger than ever.

New York Times Co. reported its biggest quarterly increase in digital subscriptions ever, pushing revenue up slightly, despite a steep slide in advertising revenue that is expected to accelerate in the second quarter.

Andy Lack will exit as head of NBCUniversal’s news operations at the end of the month, concluding a tenure marked by several controversies.