All things media + future: A little @McKinsey; a lot @VertereGroup. And a pod @GoodSeatsStill! ➡️ More active on Blue!
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"[I]nvestors, at this point, appear to believe he wildly overpaid for the deal — that the newly merged company, dubbed Skydance Corp., is worth nowhere near the $78 billion in cash Paramount shelled out for WBD." (@xpangler) variety.com/2026/film/news/s…
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Wait, I thought SCOTUS said in Loper Bright (2024) that the courts now *could* exercise independent judgement over an agency's ambiguous federal statute? Are we somehow back to the Chevron deference again? (@AbbieVanSickle) nytimes.com/2026/10/14/us/po…
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Interesting how Carr is selectively amnesic on media law/precedent here; issue probably not explained in his Heritage Foundation guidebook? (via @tedstew) deadline.com/2026/10/fcc-liv…
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to me, should be a two-way street - but that would be too strategic/rational for a giant building that is ablaze with massive debt
@Timhanlon enjoyed reading your column @TVREV: tvrev.com/news/what-happens-… Can you see more CBS local reporters showing up on CNN (instead of CNN sending their own correspondent) as a way for Skydance to cut costs?
"[O]nce you notice that the signature page for Trump’s “morally binding” agreement on AI safety spells 'United States' 'Unites States,' the entire charade becomes more ominous than it already was." (via @emptywheel) emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/in…
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'When people are exhausted & don’t know how to find good information, it opens the door to conflict entrepreneurs who now overwhelm the information stream. The technology that was supposed to democratize information has balkanized it." (@SarahLongwell25) open.substack.com/pub/thebul…
📺 watch the full 1984 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon "live" here: youtu.be/xJdNDkbUOsw?si=5j0M…
"A 20-year-old episode of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen did something Tuesday night that would have been difficult to imagine when it was taped: it beat both Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Tonight Show among adults 18–49." (@JedRosenzweig @latenightercom) latenighter.com/news/2006-co…
"Decision to sever ties from Fox News Edge comes several weeks after Nexstar’s CBS affils ended use of similar service CBS NewsPath. By end of year, Nexstar’s ABC affils expected to end use of that network’s service ABC NewsOne." (@thedesk.net) thedesk.net/2026/08/nexstar-…
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🙏THANK YOU @JanetStilson for including our thoughts on potential broadcast TV station/group consolidation/M&A in your piece today for @TVNewsCheck! 📺 tvnewscheck.com/business/art…
Another thumb on the scale by Herr Carr:
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📺⚖️👀"The FCC's move to lift the 39% national broadcast ownership cap last week is already facing legal challenges, potentially throwing a wrench into broadcasters' consolidation plans." (@sarafischer)
axios.com/2026/08/11/fcc-bro…
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📺"He predicted that allowing broadcasters to increase scale will allow them to attract capital and boost advertising to produce news and other local programming." 😂🤣😂🤣 (@tedstew) deadline.com/2026/08/fcc-rem…
📺🍳Scrambled eggs anyone? (via @TheDeskDotNet) thedesk.net/2026/07/states-d…
⚽️ Chef's kiss article on FIFA's successful World Cup theivery via @DefectorMedia's #LeanderSchaerlaeckens: defector.com/fifa-got-what-i…
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Carr's argument here is completely duplicitous; letting TV stations scale into larger entities like radio stations & newspapers have/did to "stay competitive" will only accelerate the hollowing out of truly local news/content he is purporting to save.🧵1/2 breitbart.com/politics/2026/…
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