CBS News is laying off dozens of employees as part of a strategic restructuring announced in a memo from its editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss. The cuts are expected to affect 6 per cent of a roughly 1,100 person staff, according to The Guardian. Previous reports had put the cuts at closer to 15 per cent. “We […]
BIScience, the company behind AdClarity, the AI-driven ad intelligence platform, has announced the launch of its TV Intelligence Suite, bringing US linear TV coverage into AdClarity’s existing digital, social, video, and CTV capabilities. The platform now delivers cross-media intelligence using one consistent methodology and consistent performance metrics. Most legacy ad intelligence providers were built around […]
Frank Biancuzzo, who since 2021 has served as president of Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), has announced that he will retire from the company at mid-year 2026 — capping a career of more than four decades in television, most of it spent with Hearst Television. HMPG, a business unit of Hearst Television, is an independent […]
UKTV has acquired three US dramas from Paramount Global Content Distribution, including the UK broadcast premiere of NCIS: Sydney Seasons 1 and 2 for U&alibi, as well as NCIS: New Orleans (Seasons 1–7) for entertainment channel U&W and SEAL Team (Seasons 1–5) for its free streaming service U. The deal is the latest between UKTV […]
Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, and TKO Group, the sports and entertainment company, have announced a long-term media rights agreement in which Paramount+ will become the exclusive home of Zuffa Boxing throughout the US, Canada and Latin America. Zuffa Boxing is the new professional boxing promotion formed by TKO and entertainment conglomerate Sela, with leadership from UFC President […]
CBS Atlanta announces the official launch of its local newsroom and the debut of its augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) news studio on September 15th – the first of its kind in the area. Leading this next-generation news experience is three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and Atlanta native Jobina Fortson-Evans, who has been named […]
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will be canned in May 2026, its host announced this week. The CBS show was the most watched of the network late shows. The company says the decision is “purely financial”. CBS parent Paramount is in the throws of the merger with Skydance and recently settled a lawsuit with […]
NoParamount Global has agreed to a $16 million (€13.6m) payout to settle Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS and 60 Minutes, regarding its election-time interview with Kamala Harrris. Co-CEO George Cheeks defended the move at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, noting: “The company has agreed in principle to settle the lawsuit, and as reported, it does […]
The head of CBS News has quit, as owner Paramount seeks to settle a lawsuit from US President Donald Trump. “The past few months have been challenging,” president and chief executive Wendy McMahon said in an internal memo reported by the FT. “It’s become clear that the company and I do not agree on the […]
Paramount Global has reported total company revenue decreased 6 per cent to $7.19 billion (€6.39bn) in Q1 2025, which included an 8 percentage point impact from CBS’s broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII in the year ago period. Excluding the Super Bowl comparison, Q1 revenue grew 2 per cent. DTC revenue – bolstered by hit originals, […]