TIME INC'S 'MOTTO' LANDS FORMER FOX NEWSER AND THE WOMAN WHO TOOK DOWN ROGER AILES GRETCHEN CARLSON
While guest co-hosting the third hour of the Today show
on Tuesday
morning, former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson revealed that she will
be writing a column for Time Inc.’s Motto — their site geared toward
millennial women — starting on
January 16.
A Time Inc. spokesperson confirmed to the Cut that the installments
will be occurring on at least a monthly basis. Carlson said that the
column will be “about empowering women and issues surrounding that.
IN OTHER FOX NEWS RELATED HAPPENINGS, STAR ANCHOR MEGYN KELLY IS LEAVING THE RUPERT MURDOCH OWNED CABLE NETWORK FOR NBC NEWS
Megyn Kelly wanted out of Fox News.
On Tuesday
she stunned the television news world by defecting from Fox, her TV
home for the past decade, and joining NBC News. Later this year Kelly
will start hosting a daytime news program on weekdays and a prime time
program on Sundays, both on the NBC network.
TIME INC,DEPENDS ON LOWER LEVEL EMPLOYEES TO HELP FIGHT INTERNAL FRAUD
Insiders at the giant publisher were surprised in recent days to see
posters in their offices exhorting staffers to turn in colleagues they
suspected of fraud, bribery or harassment. At least one of the posters
featured words in a handwriting font that asked employees to be on the
lookout for colleagues padding their expense reports.
THE LAST OF SPIN MEDIA'S WEBSITES HAVE BEEN SOLD, OFFICIALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE COMPANY
CPXi, a digital ad company headed by Michael Seiman, said it is buying
the last of SpinMedia’s sites, including Celebuzz, The Frisky and The
Superficial from MC Partners. Though the acquiring company appears to
derive most of its money from ad marketing, it does have a fledgling
media division that includes three sites: PressRoomVIP, HipHopMyWay and
Warped Speed.
DISNEY TOPS $3 BILLION AT DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE
Disney crossed $3 billion at the domestic box office in 2016, the company reported
on Tuesday,
making it the first Hollywood studio in history to so. The feat was
helped by hits “Finding Dory,” “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and
“Captain America: Civil War.”
MEXICO'S TELEVISA CLEARED BY FCC TO UP ITS STAKE IN UNIVISION
Televisa owns 14.4 percent of the voting interest in Univision and 10
percent of the equity but needed the regulatory okay to increase its
stake beyond the 25 percent limit that Uncle Sam places on foreign
ownership of US media companies. Televisa, controlled by Emilio
Azcarraga Jean, one of the world’s richest men, supplies about 35
percent of Univision’s TV programming.
BONNIER INSTALLS WATER SPORTS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Editor, photojournalist and lifelong water sports enthusiast Garrett
Cortese has joined Bonnier Corp. as editorial director of water sports
brands
Wakeboarding and
WaterSki, it was announced
today by Shawn Bean, editorial director for Bonnier Corp.’s Active
Interest Network. This position is effective immediately. In this newly
created position, Cortese will take a hands-on approach with
Wakeboarding,
overseeing day-to-day editorial operations, print and digital content
creation, special issues, and brand extensions. Additionally, he will
act as managing editor for
WaterSki, bringing in guest editors from within the industry to develop compelling, timely content for the brand.
TWITTER ACCEPTS ITS IDENTITY AS A NEWS COMPANY
If you’re wondering whether Twitter views itself as a media company or
not, take a look at its careers page. Twitter Careers currently displays
three open roles for editors, and another for an associate producer for
online video. According to Twitter’s job descriptions, editors — who
will work on the company’s Periscope video product — should be
“experienced multi-lingual media junkie[s].” Meanwhile, qualified
producer candidates must “know how to get a show ‘on air’ and keep it
there.”
TIME WARNER CEO JEFF BEWKES TALKS SHOP
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes will walk a tightrope in 2017 as he steers
his conglomerate through the political theater of securing federal
approval for its planned $85.4 billion merger with AT&T. While that
drama unfolds, Bewkes and his top lieutenants also have to make sure
Warner Bros., Turner and HBO keep humming along.
COMCAST IS BUYING WATCHWITH, A VIDEO METADATA COMPANY
In move that tacks on technologies that will drive deeper search and
discovery capabilities into its X1 platform, Comcast has acquired
Watchwith, a company that has built a video metadata platform that can
decipher what’s happening
inside a movie, TV show or sporting event.
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