Netflix is gaining 5 HBO shows — here’s what you can watch now Netflix is getting five HBO original series, with Insecure starring Issa Rae available now. Here's what you need to know. Tom’s Guide · Jul 5, 2023
Hollywood Still Uneasy About TCM’s Future Despite Reassuring Noises Additions of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Michael De Luca, Pam Abdy, TCM programmer Charles Tabesh help quell uproar over network layoffs Multichannel News · Jul 3, 2023
The Real ‘One to Watch?’ ‘Insecure’ Arrives on Netflix, First In a Wave of HBO Shows Coming to the Rival Streaming Giant ‘Ballers,’ ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘Six Feet Under’ will soon follow Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 3, 2023
Michael Hiltzik: How profit-driven turmoil at Turner Classic Movies placed a vast cultural heritage at risk It wasn't that long ago that the cause of film preservation and film history seemed to be on a roll. Multiple cable channels such as American Movie Classics, Bravo and Encore were devoted to classic films from the 1930s through the 1980s. When streaming supplanted scheduled cable programming, FilmStruck offered… Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2023
A trio of directors including Steven Spielberg will help at TCM after a shakeup from Warner CEO David Zaslav Fans worried about the future of the classic movie channel after parent company Warner Bros. Discovery announced layoffs and a leadership shakeup. Fortune · Jun 29, 2023
Turner Classic Movies looks to the future with help from Paul Thomas Anderson, Scorsese, Spielberg Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson are stepping up to help curate programming for Turner Classic Movies, amid a tumultuous week of layoffs and leadership changes that had fans worried about the future of the channel The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023
TCM programming chief to remain following backlash over cuts to classic movie channel Warner Bros. Discovery has reversed its plan to lay off the programming chief for Turner Classic Movies and announced moves to help bolster the channel, after incurring the wrath of film fans with planned cuts. Los Angeles Times · Jun 28, 2023
If you love film, you should be worried about what's going on at Turner Classic Movies Warner Bros. Discovery recently announced a shake-up at the network, which for years has offered a well curated film selection. Critic David Bianculli says TCM wasn't broken — and didn't need fixing. WEKU · Jun 28, 2023
Are management cuts at Turner Classic Movies a sign of bad things to come? ATLANTA — Turner Classic Movies last week was the latest target in efforts by Warner Bros. Discovery to cut costs, and its future is now in question. Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023
Will TCM be gone with the wind? Last week's reports of TCM's death may have been exaggerated but movie buffs, classic and otherwise, should worry Salon · Jun 26, 2023
Hollywood Heavyweights Speak Out Over Uncertainty at TCM After layoffs at classic film net, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson seek assurances from Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Multichannel News · Jun 22, 2023
After layoffs at Turner Classic Movies, David Zaslav reached out to Hollywood's top directors to ease fears Filmmakers voiced concerns as layoffs hit the company’s cable/TV division. Fortune · Jun 22, 2023
CNN’s future cloudy in wake of management change CNN, under Ted Turner throughout the 1980s and 1990s, aspired to be about news first, not personality. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
A Fiery CM Punk Returns to AEW His presence gives AEW the sort of boost it sorely needed this summer. Sports Illustrated · Jun 20, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Jun 19, 2023 ‘The Flash’ fizzles at the box office amid Ezra Miller controversy, studio woes Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ “The Flash” opened in first place at the domestic box office over the weekend, grossing $55.1 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore.
Reason · Jun 13, 2023 Chris Licht Ouster Shows How Cable News Has Become a Cope The journalistic crusade against "bothsidesism" is an unsubtle attempt at enforcing political orthodoxy.
Salon · Jun 11, 2023 A wild idea to fix CNN after Chris Licht Winning back the right can't be done. Neither will persuading them that CNN isn't a villain. Time to move forward
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023 How Chris Licht’s botched effort to drag CNN to the right ended with his own stunning downfall The one-time wonderboy of breakfast television had a vision to make CNN the most trusted source in news. But he failed to gain the trust of his newsroom, Bevan Hurley writes
France 24 · Jun 7, 2023 CNN ousts CEO Chris Licht after Trump town hall, tumultuous tenure CNN ousted chief executive Chris Licht after a tumultuous year leading the struggling news network that culminated in a damning magazine profile and the growing realization that he’d lost the confidence of the network's journalists.
Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 7, 2023 For CNN, the Real Damage of the Chris Licht Era Was the 13 Wasted Months CNN could have been spending the time reinventing itself as an always-on digital lifestyle brand, a la the 'New York Times'
Salon · Jun 7, 2023 CNN boss out after Trump town hall mess Licht gets the axe — but he was merely executing the vision of top executives, media watchdog says
Axios · Jun 7, 2023 Chris Licht out at CNN Licht’s leadership became untenable following a damning profile published by The Atlantic.
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023 CNN head Chris Licht out at news network after brief, tumultuous tenure Chris Licht is out after a year as chief executive at CNN, following a series of missteps and plunging ratings
Barchart · Jun 6, 2023 Warner Bros. Discovery’s Mistakes Keep Piling Up CNN CEO Chris Licht looks like he could be forced to walk the plank for the sins of an ego-driven and highly overpaid boss in David Zaslav. Either way, WBD stock remains a dud.
Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 5, 2023 CNN’s Licht Apologizes to Newsroom Following Disastrous ‘Atlantic’ Profile; Staffers Privately Say, ‘He’s Done’ CNN’s embattled CEO declares intention to ‘fight like hell’ to win back staff’s trust as WBD chief David Zaslav appears to lose confidence in him