Adweek: Television

• newTwitter’s Conversation Improvement Testing Continues With Icons in Place of Labels

  

  Are icons easier for Twitter users to follow than labels? The social network is about to find out. As part of its ongoing efforts to improve conversations on its platform, Twitter began a test in April of adding labels for replies, author, mentioned…
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• newHow These Women Trailblazers Pave the Way to Success for Others

  

  Adweek's Women Trailblazers conference returned this week to highlight women in media, marketing, entertainment and tech who are making a difference. After the event, we caught up with several of them to talk about paying their success forward by giv…
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• newZappos Is Turning the Clock Back on Its Website for Its 20th Birthday

  

  Zappos, the company that made free shipping and returns the norm in ecommerce, is turning 20. To celebrate, Zappos is unrolling a series of marketing initiatives to bring old and new customers into the fold. To start with, the company is reverting it…
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• newWasserman Launches The Collective to Raise Women’s Visibility in Sports

  

  The recent Women's World Cup in France was a global phenomenon. Beyond the headlines about the U.S. victory and subsequent stories about Megan Rapinoe, one of the team's captains, clashing with Donald Trump and pay equity, there was a focus on the hi…
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• newFacebook Users Pondered Sustainability in June

  

  The environment was top-of-mind for Facebook users in June, as biodegradation was one of Facebook IQ's Topics to Watch for the month. Conversation about biodegradation and associated topics hot-melt adhesive, packaging and labeling, polymer, adhesive…
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• newCats Movie Trailer Unites the Internet Under One Shared Message: ‘WTF Did I Just Watch?’

  

  We live in a time when it's hard to find anything that can truly bring people together. There were those first, glorious few weeks of Pok?mon Go, and of course the universal joy of mocking that coffee cup sitting on the table in Game of Thrones. But…
  - 15 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 7:32pm -
• newFox and Jam3 Brought Snapchat AR Filters to 2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego

  

  Fox teamed up with digital production firm Jam3 to create Snapchat augmented reality filters for 2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego this week. A mural featuring shows in Fox's Sunday-night lineup--The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Bless the Harts and…
  - 17 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 5:40pm -
• newWhy Erin Andrews Can’t and Won’t Comment on the NFL National Anthem Kneeling Controversy

  

  It's about to get real busy for Erin Andrews. The Fox Sports NFL sideline reporter is preparing for training camp and reading up on draft picks and returning players. She's also heading back to the ballroom as co-host of ABC's Dancing with the Stars…
  - 18 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 4:22pm -
• newThese 2 Startups Want to Change the Way We Think of Offline Attribution

  

  Ad tech has transformed the way the industry has thought about how outdoor ads can be bought and sold, but it is still grappling with the issue of how to verify such executions can be used to achieve marketing KPIs such as brand uplift, etcetera. How…
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• newPublicis Groupe Remains Optimistic Despite Disappointing Q2 Performance and Lowered Sales Targets

  

  Publicis Groupe is optimistic about the results of its Q2 earnings report released today, despite an anticipated decline in growth in the U.S. and North America as a whole. "My feeling is that we are now clearly living in a world dominated by Amazon,…
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AllThingsD: Media

• The Longish Goodbye: Highlights From AllThingsD Staffers Johnson, Del Rey and Cha

  

  I don't know why you say hello, we say goodbye.
  - 28 Dec 13, 5:40pm -
• Malware Attacks by Syrian Pro-Government Hackers Are on the Rise

  

  The Syrian Electronic Army isn't the only pro-Assad group using hacking attacks.
  - 27 Dec 13, 4:27pm -
• Rdio Killed the Vdio Star
  Not even a year old, and already Vdio is taking a dirt nap. Rdio said on Friday that it is scrapping the nascent video-streaming platform with which it had hoped to take on Netflix and Hulu. "Despite our efforts, we were not able to deliver the diffe…
  - 27 Dec 13, 3:56pm -
• QOTD: Sneaky Snaps
  Back when we had cameras that weren’t in our phones, it would be really strange to just walk up to someone and take a picture of them, or kind of place the camera on the table and try to sneak a picture of someone as they’re ordering food or some…
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• Buh-Bye From AllThingsD! More Staff Highlights: Fried, Goode and "Everyone Likes Mike" Isaac.

  

  Parting is such sweet sorrow.
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• Kids Get New Tablets Over the Holidays? Here’s How to Lock 'Em Down.

  

  After $50 in Angry Birds purchases, I'm now the wiser.
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• As AllThingsD Draws to a Close, Here Are Some Staff Highlights -- Part One: Kafka, Hesseldahl, Gannes

  

  How can you miss us if we won't go away?
  - 26 Dec 13, 3:47pm -
• Tech Stocks Hover Near 2013 Highs, Paving Way for 2014 IPOs Like Alibaba, Box and Dropbox

  

  Up is the new up.
  - 26 Dec 13, 1:07pm -
• RapGenius and Google: Tales in Growth Hacking Gone Wrong

  

  A startup gets in hot water with Google's search team. Was it a misstep, or did it just get caught doing what other companies are doing?
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• QuizUp Creator Plain Vanilla Games Raises Another $22 Million
  On top of a $1.2 million seed round, a $2.5 million Series A and then a $2 million extension to that Series A, Plain Vanilla Games has just raised another bundle of money for its mobile trivia game QuizUp: A $22 million Series B, led by Sequoia Capit…
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Fast Company Magazine

• newMy scarcity mind-set actually helped me become a millionaire

  

  Financial experts view scarcity mind-set as being a hindrance to building wealth, but for this author, it equipped her with the habits to do so. When it comes to money and mind-set, it seems like many financial experts agree on one thing—to grow w…
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• newIf the Area 51 raid happens, Bud Light promises to be its official beer

  

  Of course, Bud Light needs 51,000 retweets first, thus proving that absolutely anything is a brand opportunity.The news and social media buzz around the “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All Of Us” event kicked into high gear this week, thanks t…
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• newThis podcast gives voice to working moms of all kinds—including sex workers

  

  From political candidates to punk rockers, “The Double Shift” reflects the wide range of working mothers fighting for equality and work-life balance. Founder and host Katherine Goldstein explains her vision for the show.A punk rocker contemplati…
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• newMen must take an active role in closing the gender gap in corporate leadership

  

  As a candidate for partner at PwC, I was paired with a senior male leader. This is how the sponsorship experience helped advance my career.A recent report from LeanIn.org and Survey Monkey found that 60% of male managers say they’re uncomfortable…
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• newSorry Wall-E, this is now the world’s cutest robot

  

  But it’s not just totes adorbs. This robot may one day save your life.Stand aside Wall-E. Keep quiet, R2D2. There is a new, world’s most adorable robot. It’s a mere two millimeters long–about the same size as the world’s smallest ant–and…
  - 5 hours ago, 19 Jul 19, 5:00am -
• newWhat mountain climbing expeditions tell us about teamwork

  

  A new study mines decades of mountaineering data to measure how groupthink fares against top-down leadership.In principle, the mountaineer’s work is simple: “To win the game he has first to reach the mountain’s summit,” said George Mallory,…
  - 6 hours ago, 19 Jul 19, 4:30am -
• newHow to submit contributed stories to Fast Company and tips on getting published

  

  Want to share your views with Fast Company readers? Here’s how to submit articles for consideration and details on what we look for.Fast Company‘s Work Life section (formerly known as Leadership) selectively accepts outside contributions from in…
  - 6 hours ago, 19 Jul 19, 4:30am -
• newThe rewilding: why wolves and bears are returning to Europe

  

  As farmland and villages are abandoned across the continent, forests are taking over.Rewilding means bringing back the species and habitats that have disappeared from a region. Initially, conservationists imagined creating vast nature reserves that…
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• newThis cozy apartment can be dropped onto existing buildings, and it only costs $11K

  

  Aptly, it’s called the Parasitic house.When you think of a tiny house, you likely think of something like Walden—living amongst nature in spartan accommodations. But there’s plenty of room for tiny homes in cities around the world, if you co…
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• new4 common ways coworkers hurt your productivity, and what you can do about it

  

  Identifying these common pitfalls can help increase your own productivity.It’s frustrating when a coworker misses a deadline or doesn’t hand off critical information you need to get your work done. It’s also easy to blame them for your own pro…
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Financial Times: Media

• newPublicis shares slip after it cuts revenue guidance
  Industry suffering as tech companies upend business model and corporates cut advertising budgets
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• newBBC and ITV outline UK launch plan for BritBox streaming service
  Broadcasters hail ‘milestone moment’ as they aim to compete with Netflix and Amazon
  - 7 hours ago, 19 Jul 19, 3:34am -
• newHow Disney became entertainment’s apex predator
  The studio has gone from quaint heritage brand to multi-platform behemoth — and Disney+ is yet to come
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• newGannett in advanced deal talks with GateHouse Media
  Deal would merge the two largest owners of newspapers in the US by circulation
  - 17 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 5:16pm -
• newNetflix strategy questioned after US subscriber loss
  Analyst recants a forecast for customer growth he says now looks ‘downright psychedelic’
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• newMirror parent in talks to buy former Johnston assets
  UK publisher Reach confirms discussions to buy some of the titles
  - 21 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 1:00pm -
• newNetflix stumbles as competitors prepare to swoop
  Shares down more than 11% in midday trading after streaming service loses US customers
  - 24 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 10:31am -
• Brussels clears Vodafone’s €19bn Liberty Global deal
  UK telecoms group wins regulatory backing after concessions ease competition fears
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• Netflix: house of cards
  Losing subscribers punches a hole in the streaming service’s debt-driven business model
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 9:54pm -
• Fight for press freedom or watch it wither away
  Democratic governments are falling down on their responsibilities
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 6:00am -

Huffington Post: US Media News

• newBerkeley City Council Member Rigel Robinson Gives Tucker Carlson A Savage New Nickname
  Robinson declined an invitation to appear on Fox News in no uncertain terms.
  - 5 hours ago, 19 Jul 19, 5:04am -
• Kayleigh McEnany Gets A Brutal Fact-Check On Live TV: 'How Dare You!'
  President Donald Trump’s campaign spokesperson received a lesson about one of the most fundamental rights of every American.
  - 1 day ago, 18 Jul 19, 4:11am -
• CNN Under Fire For Airing Interview With White Supremacist Richard Spencer
  Jake Tapper appeared to defend the segment, saying the reporter who interviewed Spencer "does a great job."
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 1:42pm -
• GOP Senate Candidate Can’t Answer When Asked If He’d Support A Racist
  Kris Kobach, former secretary of state of Kansas, struggled when asked what he'd do if Trump admitted he was a racist.
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 1:02am -
• Jon Meacham: Trump Now Tied For ‘Most Racist President In American History’
  Trump's racist attacks on Democratic lawmakers make him number one in a very ugly category, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian says.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 5:06am -
• ‘Really Good Speller’ Trump’s Handwritten Note Shows Embarrassing Mistakes
  Twitter users mock the president's latest spelling errors.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 3:42am -
• BBC Accepts Iran’s Demand Of Blackout On Its Persian Sites Amid Regime’s Attacks On Press
  A deal to not share reporting from Iran on BBC Persian has angered staffers who see it as complicity with a government that imprisons, tortures and kills journalists.
  - 4 days ago, 15 Jul 19, 8:19pm -
• Los Angeles Times Editorial Board Skewers 'Bigot-In-Chief' Trump For Racist Tirade
  "This is the definition of demagoguery," the board wrote.
  - 4 days ago, 15 Jul 19, 2:26pm -
• Some Media Outlets Still Refuse To Call Trump What He Is: Racist
  Trump's tweets calling on four women of color in Congress to "go back" to other countries were racist, full stop. Not "racially charged." Racist.
  - 4 days ago, 15 Jul 19, 10:37am -
• Geraldo Rivera Launches Tone-Deaf Defense Of ‘My Friend’ Trump After Racist Rant
  The Fox News personality claims Trump is "better than that" after racist Twitter rant against Democratic lawmakers.
  - 4 days ago, 15 Jul 19, 4:39am -

L.A. Times: Entertainment Industry

• Emmy nominee Jared Harris on the timeliness of 'Chernobyl' — and why he's OK with those British accents

  

  Jared Harris talks about his Emmy-nominated role as a Soviet scientist in HBO's surprise hit, "Chernobyl."
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 11:27am -
• Commentary: Fantasy collides with reality as Emmy voters reward 'Thrones,' rebuke Trump

  

  Emmy standouts "When They See Us" and "Game of Thrones" reflect our cultural moment's profound ambivalence.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 7:58pm -
• Richard Madden's fans are none too pleased about his Emmys snub

  

  Actor Richard Madden was shut out of Emmy nominations on Tuesday, but his show "Bodyguard" was honored. Cue the Twitter backlash and memes.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 6:19pm -
• 'Big Little Lies' is missing from the Emmy nominations. Blame the rules

  

  Your favorite TV shows weren't snubbed. They just weren't eligible.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 12:08pm -
• The complete list of 2019 Emmy nominations

  

  The 2019 Emmy nominations have been revealed in Los Angeles
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 11:45am -
• Video: 'Barry' showrunner shares one of the strangest notes he's ever received

  

  "Barry" and "Silicon Valley" showrunner Alec Berg shares one of the strangest notes that he's ever received.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 4:37am -
• Video: 'This Is Us' showrunner shares one the strangest notes he's ever received

  

  "This Is Us" showrunner Isaac Aptaker shares one of the strangest notes he's ever received.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 4:36am -
• Video: 'Queen Sugar' showrunner talks about her most challenging scene

  

  "Queen Sugar" and "When They See Us" showrunner Ava DuVernay on the most challenging scene she's ever faced.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 4:35am -
• Video: 'Better Call Saul' showrunner says they think about the endgame 'all the time'

  

  In The Envelope's Showrunners Roundtable, "Better Call Saul" showrunner Peter Gould talks about the discussions that take place on how best to wrap up the show.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 4:34am -
• Video: 'Grace and Frankie' showrunner talks about pushing the envelope

  

  In The Envelope's Showrunners Roundtable, "Grace and Frankie" showrunner Marta Kauffman says it's the show that tells you how far to push the envelope.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 4:32am -

London Evening Standard: Media

Media Week News

npr: Media

• Game Mode: Managing Producer Of Narrative, Randy Varnell

  

  The script for Borderlands 2 contained around 500,000 lines of dialogue. Surprised?
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 11:45am -
• Foresight 2020: Senator Cory Booker

  

  The New Jersey senator and former Newark mayor takes your questions.
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 10:06am -
• These Teens Started Podcasting As A Hobby, Then It Turned Into Serious Journalism

  

  An energy company announced a proposal to build a waste management facility next to a school. So these three students turned to podcasting to get to the bottom of what was happening.
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 9:29am -
• Opinion: Report On Racism, But Ditch The Labels

  

  I understand the moral outrage behind wanting to call the president's tweets racist. But I disagree.
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 12:01am -
• Media Organizations Differ In Approaches To Covering President Trump's Tweets

  

  How should media organizations react when they suspect President Trump is baiting them with tweets? Some argue they need to stop, others say you have to cover the news.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 5:16pm -
• Game Mode: Composer Inon Zur

  

  "Fallout." "Dragon Age." "Prince of Persia." Behind these otherworldly games are intricate, otherwordly soundtracks. And behind those soundtracks is Emmy Award-winning composer is Inon Zur.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 11:45am -
• Game Mode: Loot Boxes And The Law

  

  Should the government regulate in-game purchases?
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 11:06am -
• 'Facebook Is Dangerous:' Firms In Hot Seat As Congress Probes Big Tech

  

  Lawmakers in the Senate and House are questioning lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues, including whether they're so big they stifle competition.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 10:42am -
• Yes, My President

  

  The president has a long track record of racist statements. Does it matter to his supporters?
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 10:06am -
• News Media Wrestle With How To Describe Some Of Trump's Tweets

  

  President Trump's tweets regarding four Democratic congresswomen of color were condemned by fellow Democrats as racist. Most media struggled early on whether to call the tweets racist.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jul 19, 5:06am -

NYMag: Media

• A Year of Revolutions

  

  What the Times noticed, and missed.
  - 21 Oct 14, 9:00am -
• Here, Let Ezra Explain

  

  What is D.C.’s most famous young policy wonk doing leaving the Washington Post? Trying to start a news organization he thinks could one day eclipse it.
  - 2 Feb 14, 9:21pm -
• “Most Well-Known and Beloved Chinese Role Model”

  

  Philanthropist, demolition kingpin, and wannabe media mogul Chen Guangbiao’s quixotic quest for the New York Times.
  - 28 Jan 14, 12:27pm -
• Stop Beating a Dead Fox

  

  The conservative news channel’s only real power is in riling up liberals, who by this point should know better.
  - 27 Jan 14, 12:21pm -
• The Devil Models Prada

  

  There’s nothing a glossy magazine likes better than an equally glossy celebrity lending her hand to the editorial process.
  - 26 Jan 14, 8:04pm -
• Old Tricks

  

  Files from the beginning of the Ailes era.
  - 26 Jan 14, 7:58pm -
• Citizen Ailes

  

  When the head of Fox News moved to Garrison, New York, he bought a little newspaper and tried to instill his own brand of American values.
  - 9 Jan 14, 9:25am -
• 16. Because Peter Kaplan Was the Narrator of the City

  

  Peter Kaplan, who was editor of the New York Observer from 1994 until 2009, died last month.
  - 15 Dec 13, 8:10pm -
• Post Mortem

  

  A (somewhat premature) newspaper autopsy.
  - 16 Oct 13, 3:03pm -
• 154 Minutes With Graydon Carter

  

  Morning coffee at home on Vanity Fair’s centennial.
  - 15 Oct 13, 12:43pm -

PBS: Media

• PBS NewsHour Podcasts and RSS Feeds
  This PBS NewsHour feed has been retired. You may be interested in other podcasts and feeds on our subscriptions page.PBS NewsHour
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The Economist: Media

• Bello: Why Latin America has no serious separatist movements
  Print section Print Rubric:  Explaining the absence of separatism in Latin America Print Headline:  Why no Catalonias?…
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• Rupert stops the presses: The last media mogul stuns his industry with talk of selling
  Print section Print Rubric:  In signalling that he may sell a lot of 21st Century Fox, is Rupert Murdoch rolling over or regrouping? Print Headline: …
  - 23 Nov 17, 10:52am -
• Held to ransom: Why has Iran imprisoned Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe?
  Print section Print Rubric:  What lies behind Iran’s imprisonment of a British citizen? Print Headline:  Held to ransom…
  - 16 Nov 17, 10:58am -
• It’s complicated: Publishers are wary of Facebook and Google but must work with them
  Print section Print Rubric:  Publishers are wary of Facebook and Google’s heft, but have no choice but to work with them. The second in our series on the future of journalism…
  - 9 Nov 17, 10:48am -
• Dropped connection: Trouble for the AT&T-Time Warner deal
  Print section Print Rubric:  As media giants look to consolidate, the climate for mergers gets chillier Print Headline:  Dropped con…
  - 9 Nov 17, 10:48am -
• The Fourth Estate: A randomised trial shows that the power of the press is real
  Print section Print Rubric:  A randomised trial shows that the power of the press is real Print Headline:  Hold the front page!…
  - 8 Nov 17, 4:48pm -
• Restless soul: Joseph Conrad, the first novelist of globalisation
  Print section Print Rubric:  The first novelist of globalisation Print Headline:  Restless soul Print Fly…
  - 2 Nov 17, 11:51am -
• Insta iambs: Rupi Kaur reinvents poetry for the social-media generation
  Main image:  RUPI KAUR made her name on Instagram by attacking Instagram, a fitting ascent for the provocative 24-year-old poet who releases her short verses onto the slippery, react…
  - 1 Nov 17, 11:26am -
• Funnel vision: How leading American newspapers got people to pay for news
  Print section Print Rubric:  The first in a three-part series on journalism’s future examines how leading American newspapers got readers to pay for news in the internet era…
  - 26 Oct 17, 10:47am -
• Page-turners: As big magazines lose readers, home-made “zines” are springing up
  Print section Print Rubric:  As famous titles lose readers, home-made efforts are springing up Print Headline:  Page-turners…
  - 12 Oct 17, 10:51am -

WSJ: Media & Marketing

Newser: Media

• More Fallout Over Essay on Buttigieg's Sexuality

  

  Despite apologizing for an "inappropriate and offensive" opinion piece on Pete Buttigieg, the New Republic has lost a sponsor. The League of Conservation Voters was to be one of the hosts of a New Republic forum on climate change in September with th…
  - 5 days ago, 14 Jul 19, 9:47am -
• Jaws Drop Over Bizarre Essay About Pete Buttigieg

  

  A shocking essay about Pete Buttigieg got yanked from the New Republic 's website after a reporter noticed it was there, Mediaite reports. The post, by novelist and critic Dale Peck, scorns the presidential candidate for coming out as gay only four y…
  - 6 days ago, 13 Jul 19, 11:25am -
• Matt Lauer's Wife Files for Divorce

  

  It’s splitsville for Matt Lauer and his wife, former Dutch model Annette Roque. Roque filed for divorce in a New York state court on Tuesday, nearly two years after Lauer was fired by NBC following sexual misconduct claims. The "uncontested" divorc…
  - 8 days ago, 11 Jul 19, 7:56am -
• Fox's Ed Henry Delivers Emotional On-Air News

  

  When Fox & Friends came back from a commercial break on Sunday morning, chief national correspondent Ed Henry delivered some unexpected news: "So, I'm going to donate part of my liver on Tuesday," he told his co-hosts, per Mediaite . See the clip her…
  - 11 days ago, 8 Jul 19, 7:11am -
• New Trump Attack on Media Has Surprise Target

  

  Not surprising: President Trump went after the New York Times on Twitter on Sunday, accusing it of writing "phony and exaggerated" stories about migrant detention centers. More surprising: Trump also went after Fox News in a three-tweet barrage—or…
  - 11 days ago, 8 Jul 19, 1:10am -