Christine Zosche

The U.S. Justice Department unveiled 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, saying he unlawfully published the names of classified sources and conspired with and assisted ex-Army intelligence ...

Jay Fielden is leaving Hearst Magazines after more than three years as editor of Esquire. (Adweek) The change at the venerable men’s publication, which started in 1933, is part of a reshuffling under Troy Young, who became presi ...

Facebook disabled more than 2 billion fake accounts on Facebook in the first quarter of 2019 alone, nearly the same amount of total monthly active users the company has, the company said Thursday in a report about how it is enforc ...

Critic aggregator and movie website Rotten Tomatoes is rolling out new measures for its audience review functions to combat “bad actors” and online trolls that exploit the public review system. (THR) The Audience Ratin ...

Fresh off its summit in Arizona nine days ago, Fox Nation, Fox News’ on-demand subscription-based streaming service, announced that it’s rolling out a new slate of programming next month, including new shows hosted by Greg Gut ...

Facebook said it stopped paying commissions to employees who sell political ads, as the tech giant overhauls how it engages with campaigns ahead of elections in 2020. (WSJ) The company has considered doing away with political ads ...

Instagram’s IGTV long-form video destination debuted last June with vertical videos tailored to smartphones, and the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network said creators had been asking for a landscape option. Ask, and ...

After nine months on the sale block, Condé Nast appears to have finally found a buyer for fashion bible W Magazine. (New York Post)

On many days, wringing humor out of the current news cycle seems a fruitless task. CNN is going to give it a try. (Variety)

Lionsgate on Thursday unveiled fourth-quarter financial results that swung to a loss on lower overall revenues, even as Starz, the subject of takeover speculation, topped 4 million domestic over-the-top subscribers. (THR)