This Mouse Swallows Part Of A Fox: Disney Buys Most Of Murdoch Empire
Rupert Murdoch would keep Fox News and Fox TV but sell off other entertainment assets in the face of digital competitors and dynastic tensions.
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Tina Brown To The Max
The journalist and editor has a new book that looks back at the early years of her legendary career.
3 Major Deals Point To A Maturing, And Global, Music Startup Landscape
Two acquisitions and one equity-sharing deal could show that the music business, long known for its insularity, has fully entered a new era.
Simeon Booker, Dean Of Washington's Black Press Corps, Dies At 99
Booker chronicled the civil rights movement, and is credited with helping to deliver the 1955 story of Emmitt Till's murder to a national audience.
'X-Men' Director Bryan Singer Accused Of Sexual Assault
The director has been accused of forcing himself on a 17-year-old boy during a party aboard a yacht in Seattle in 2003.
MPR Cutting Ties With Longtime Business Partner Garrison Keillor
Last week, Minnesota Public Radio announced it was severing ties with Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor. Separating long-term business arrangements also carries emotional baggage.
#MeToo Movement Is Person Of The Year, 'Time' Says
It created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process.
ABC News And NBC News Dealing With Turmoil In The Wake Of Unrelated Incidents
Two major network news divisions are addressing problems at the organizations after unrelated incidents. ABC News president James Goldston denounced his own journalists on Monday for a botched story about the federal investigation of President Trump's inner circle. NBC News is facing skepticism from staff as the organization addresses the backlash over the Matt Lauer sexual harassment scandal.
Russia Slaps Restrictions On 'Voice Of America' And 'Radio Free Europe'
Moscow has made it clear that the move comes in direct retaliation for the U.S. Justice Department's decision to require the Kremlin-funded RT America to register as a "foreign agent."
Billy Bush: 'Of Course' It's Trump's Voice On 'Access Hollywood' Tape
The former NBC host who is the other off-camera voice heard on the lurid tape says reports that the president now questions the recording's authenticity "hit a nerve."