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Cuomo files for $125m from CNN

Following his December 2021 firing, Chris Cuomo has launched an arbitration demand with CNN for $125 million (€113.5). “As a result of Turner’s indefensible choice to unceremoniously fire him, Cuomo has been damaged in countless ways,” states a demand for arbitration filed by Cuumo’s attorneys. “Cuomo has had his journalistic integrity unjustifiably smeared, making it […]

March 16, 2022

Sky News, IRN extend distribution deal

Sky News has agreed a new multi-year deal with IRN (Independent Radio News) to continue distributing news, business, sports and entertainment audio content to commercial radio stations across the UK, reaching over 24 million listeners. The renewal means IRN subscribers including Heart, Magic, talkSPORT, LBC, and Radio Clyde, will continue to have access to Sky […]

March 15, 2022

CNN+ debuts March 29 in US

News organisation CNN has confirmed that streaming subscription service CNN+ will debut on March 29th in the US priced at $5.99 (€5.48) per month or $59.99 per year. Early subscribers that sign up within the first four weeks after March 29th directly with CNN+ will have access to what the broadcaster calls the ‘Deal of […]

March 14, 2022

Ukraine, Russia could affect media businesses

The potential problems over Ukraine and the probability of much wide trade sanctions against Russia could impact ‘Western’ media and communications companies, says a note to clients from investment bank Exane/BNPP.  The impact could also extend to the video games industry, says the bank. Of particular interest are the relationships that satellite operator Eutelsat has […]

February 23, 2022

Zucker out at CNN

CNN President Jeff Zucker has quit after admitting to an undisclosed relationship with a colleague. “As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo’s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years. I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. […]

February 3, 2022

OneWeb sued by Trump business partner

A legal action has been commenced in the New York County Court by Giorgi Rtskhiladze, said to be a former business partner of former US president Donald Trump, against OneWeb. The action alleges that Rtskhiladze has not been paid by OneWeb for the role he played in getting approvals for the OneWeb constellation to be […]

January 12, 2022By Chris Forrester

GB News international expansion?

GB News is plotting an overseas expansion according to reports, after its underwhelming UK launch. The news channel, which positions itself as “an alternative to the UK’s liberal media landscape” has seen its viewership plummet by over 60 per cent since its debut in June. Andrew Neil, the former BBC journalist who was the face […]

December 9, 2021

BBC World Service reports increased audience trust

The BBC World Service has published its performance review covering the period of 2016 – 2020. The review, set out in the 2016 Agreement with the Secretary of State for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), examines how the BBC World Service has performed in three key areas: growing global reach, achieving quality […]

October 5, 2021

Estrella Media debuts Estrella News on Amazon News app

Estrella Media, a media company creating Spanish-language video and audio content for multiplatform distribution in the United States and worldwide, has become the first Spanish-language network to launch on the Amazon News app on Amazon Fire TV devices. Streaming influential news coverage from across the United States, Mexico, and Latin America, the Estrella News team […]

August 5, 2021

ByteDance doubles profits; 1.9bn users

Chinese company ByteDance, owner of TikTok, more than doubled its revenues last year as usage of the short-form video app rocketed. The company, which spent a large part of last year battling pressure from then US President Donald Trump to sell its US TikTok operations, reported a 111 per cent increase in revenues to $34.3 […]

June 18, 2021