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Jon Stewart Returns as ‘The Daily Show’ Host, Roasts Biden, Trump and Himself
On his first night back, he joked about Biden and Trump’s ages—and his own
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Tucker Carlson streams interview with Vladimir Putin:
The conservative American journalist has visited Moscow to speak with the Russian leader
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New sports streamer will change TV as we know it — and may start an industry fight. Execs tell me what they really think.
A new sports-focused streaming platform could anger pay TV distributors and sports leagues.
By Peter Kafka
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Tucker Carlson drops Putin bombshell
There has been speculation over why Tucker Carlson is in Moscow. Now he has revealed why he is there.
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Tucker Carlson’s Russia Visit Draws Speculation of Putin Interview
Mr. Carlson would be the first American media figure to land a formal interview with President Vladimir Putin since he invaded Ukraine nearly two years ago.
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TikTok may lose Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and more as licensing dispute grows
Universal Music Group threatens to remove music from social media platform
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Universal Music Group Poised to Stop Licensing Music to TikTok
Universal’s current contract with the social-media app is set to expire Wednesday, and no new agreement has been reached.
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Justin Timberlake’s Air of Desperation
As a musical guest on SNL, the star’s changed status in the pop-cultural universe was hard to ignore.
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LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests
Young journalists of color ‘disproportionately affected’, with many Black, Asian American and Latino staffers laid off, Times guild says
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Journalists of color hit hard in seismic L.A. Times layoffs
“The company has reneged on its promises to diversify its ranks since young journalists of color have been disproportionately affected,” the newspaper’s union says.
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‘I wasn’t murdered. I’m still alive’: Chris Cuomo isn’t done with TV
Cuomo, fired by CNN in 2021, is now the top-rated host on NewsNation. Despite a much smaller audience with the upstart network, he is still making waves.
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Netflix Film Chief Scott Stuber Will Leave to Start New Company
Netflix will now look for a new head of its movie business
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Billionaires Wanted to Save the News Industry. They’re Losing a Fortune.
Time magazine, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times — owned by Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong — are still losing money.
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CNN chief Mark Thompson outlines his plan to transform the network for the future: ‘It’s time for a revolution’
“We need to recapture some of the swagger and innovation of the early CNN,” Thompson wrote
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Congrats, and Goodbye, to Peak TV
The Emmys on Monday night felt in many ways like a bookend to one of the defining features of the streaming era: a never-ending supply of new programming.
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Host blasts star’s ‘insane’ Epstein accusation
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel has gone scorched earth after NFL star Aaron Rodgers’ hinted the comedian would appear in the Epstein documents.
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