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Matthew Keys is the award-winning founder and editor of TheDesk.net, an authoritative voice on broadcast and streaming TV, media and tech. With over ten years of experience, he's a recognized expert in broadcast, streaming, and digital media, with work featured in publications such as StreamTV Insider and Digital Content Next, and past roles at Thomson Reuters and Disney-ABC Television Group.
Scripps sells WPIX New York to Mission Broadcasting
Mission is known to exercise shared services agreements with Nexstar Media.
It’s official: SiriusXM to buy Stitcher from Scripps
The satellite radio giant will pay $265 million now and $60 million later.
HBO Max becomes “fully integrated” with TiVo Stream
The Android-based TV streamer says it now fully supports AT&T's blockbuster service.
Viewpoint: Sitcom dads are goofy — and out of touch with parents of today
Today’s dads are putting more time into caring for their children, so why are sitcom dads still portrayed as silly and foolish?
By:
Erica Sharrer
Comcast exec sees few people taking Peacock’s ad-free subscription
Comcast believes most people will pay for Peacock's premium tier or receive it through a partner for free.
Media analyst sees benefit to Charter staying out of streaming space
Unlike rivals Comcast and AT&T, Charter has remained devoted to traditional cable TV offerings.
Candidate Biden commits to restoring net neutrality if elected president
The proposals also call for a bump in rural broadband investment and expanded Internet access through Lifeline.
National Enquirer parent company wins auction to buy McClatchy
Chatham Asset Management emerges as the highest bidder for the assets of the Sacramento Bee's parent company.
Viewpoint: Twitter and the way of the hashtag
From its beginnings as a geeky tool designed to help individual users deal with an increasingly fragmented information stream, Twitter made the hashtag a new and powerful part of the world’s cultural, social and political vocabulary.
By:
Jean Burgess
San Francisco newspaper hiring reporter to cover Disneyland
The job listing says applicants need to like more than just the rides.
Vallejo newspaper will relocate staff to Vacaville office
Officials cite changing media landscape, including struggles brought on by COVID-19, as reason for relocation
SiriusXM customers get cash settlement checks over robocalls
The checks stem from a federal class action lawsuit over automated robocalls made between 2013 and 2019.