What is this fight over?On its surface, the quarrel is about how much Disney can charge Charter for its content, and how much Charter’s customers will pay for access to […]
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Back to news homeIn 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 […]
CNN Overhauls Programming Lineup, Aiming to Lift Ratings
CNN, which has battled sagging ratings this year, on Monday unveiled a substantial remaking of its morning and evening programming.The sweeping overhaul is part of an attempt by CNN’s new […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jeff Zucker’s View From Outside CNN: He Could Do Better
The seminar was to be on media leadership. Dozens of students filling a classroom at Yale University in April were there to learn about the business from a man who […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]