Brad Pareso

On Wednesday, Disney held its earnings call for the second fiscal quarter of 2022, revealing a gain of 7.9 million Disney+ subscribers, which brings the platform’s total global subscribers to 137.7 million. (Adweek) Disney is qu ...

Israeli forces have shot dead Al Jazeera’s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. (Al Jazeera) Akleh, 51, a longtime Al Jazeera correspondent and a revered figure on ...

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is buying Redbox, another indicator of consolidation in the streaming industry. The all-stock transaction will have the Crackle parent company acquire the platform in a $375 million deal, mo ...

A defamation suit filed against CNN and NPR brought on by former Fox News anchor Ed Henry has been voluntarily dismissed. The lawsuit, filed last summer, was “dismissed with prejudice” by the Southern District of New York cour ...

Brett Weitz is leaving as general manager Of TNT, TBS & truTV. He will be transitioning out of his role in the next 30 days, with his last day marking his 14th anniversary at the TNets. (Deadline) Weitz, who was GM of Turner n ...

Alphabet unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other E.U. countries for their news—and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too. (Reuters) The move follo ...

Bloomberg Media has decided to aggressively court a British audience, the first prong in a retooled global strategy for the business news giant. (NYT)

Hillary Frey, a former executive editor at HuffPost and Fusion, is joining Slate as its new editor in chief, Slate CEO Dan Check announced in a note to staff Wednesday. Frey replaces Jared Hohlt, Slate’s previous editor in c ...

The 2021-22 TV season is drawing to a close—just in time for upfront week—and a new network has taken the ratings crown in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic. (Adweek)

Apple TV+ head of film marketing strategy JP Richards has resigned from his post. Richards notified his team of his departure on Wednesday morning, one insider said. He joined the company in January 2021 from Warner Bros., reporti ...