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In Dispute With Disney Over ESPN, Spectrum Owner Says Model Is Broken

One of the biggest cable companies in the United States has a message for media companies: The traditional cable-TV model is broken, and it needs to be fixed or abandoned.Cable […]







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How ESPN Went From Disney’s Financial Engine to Its Problem

ESPN has been Disney’s financial engine for nearly 30 years, powering the company through recessions, box office wipeouts and the pandemic. It was ESPN money that helped Disney pay for […]




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Plot Twist at Turner Classic Movies Upsets Film Fans

For many people in Hollywood, including lions like Steven Spielberg, Turner Classic Movies is not a cable channel. It is an extension of their identity.And it took a beating this […]




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Does CNN’s Turmoil Mean There’s No Room on Cable for Independent News?

The Warner Bros. Discovery chief, David Zaslav, was clear from the day he took control of CNN in 2022 about what he wanted for the cable news network. Publicly and […]







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Tucker Carlson Wants to Return to TV Before 2025. Will Fox Let Him?

News of Mr. Carlson’s breakup with Fox immediately stoked speculation in right-wing media circles about his next steps. Mr. Carlson’s nightly perch on Fox News has made him a power […]




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Hollywood Writers Go on Strike, Halting TV and Film Production

Hollywood’s 15 years of labor peace was shattered Tuesday, as movie and television writers went on strike, bringing many productions to a halt and dealing a blow to an industry that […]




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As Carlson and Lemon Exit, a Chapter Closes on Cable’s Trump War

They were on very different networks and did very different things to draw very different ratings.But the synchronous exits of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon from the cable news landscape […]