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Report: Apple, Amazon interested in acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
WBD is receiving unsolicited offers from a number of companies interested in acquiring some or all of its entertainment business.
Nielsen: Football dominates TV during second week of October
The top 10 TV programs on broadcast and cable channels involved professional or college-level football.
RATINGS
Comcast’s NBCUniversal invests in NextGen TV group
NBCUniversal has joined the ATSC 3.0 Framework Authority as an investor, supporting the Run3TV platform that powers interactive NextGen TV features.
NBC News eliminates DEI-focused news teams amid layoffs
NBC News has dissolved a number of teams that were focused on reporting centered around DEI topics as part of a broader restructuring of its editorial operation.
Layoffs impact NBC News staffers ahead of Versant spin-out
NBC Universal is moving forward with pink slips at NBC News, weeks before the spin-off of its cable networks business into Versant is expected to move forward.
Joaquin Duro named EVP, Sports and Head of Streaming at Telemundo
Comcast's Telemundo has promoted Joaquin Duro to Executive Vice President, Sports and Head of Streaming at the Spanish-language media company.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
YouTube TV reaches new deal with NBC Universal
The streaming platform will add a new NBC-branded sports channel later this year, and offer Peacock through YouTube Primetime Channels.
YouTube TV loses Univision, makes short-term deal with NBC
YouTube TV has dropped several channels owned by Televisa-Univision after a carriage agreement lapsed with no new deal in place.
CARRIAGE DISPUTE
Hispanic groups push YouTube TV to make deal for Univision, Telemundo
Several Hispanic advocacy groups are urging Google to get back to the negotiating table and make a deal to keep Univision and Telemundo on YouTube TV.
CARRIAGE DISPUTE
YouTube TV may pull two major Spanish networks off platform
A pair of potential carriage disputes involving Google-owned streaming service YouTube TV could leave Spanish-speaking audiences without several major networks at the end of the month.
MSNBC, Sky News form global news partnership
The arrangement, which starts in October, will allow MSNBC to utilize news reports and journalists from Sky News.
MSNBC fires analyst Matthew Dowd over Charlie Kirk comments
MSNBC has fired political analyst Matthew Dowd after controversial comments he made during the network’s live coverage of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.