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The gatekeepers are gone,” Colin Jost told the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 27, before pivoting to a punchline: “Did you know that 90 percent of people now get their news exclusively from social media? And that must be true because I saw it in a random guy’s TikTok.” For those (ever fewer) media gatekeepers who have major reach, trust is currency. And, in good news, there’s a halo effect for network stars — particularly evening and morning show anchors for NBC and ABC, a new THR/Morning Consult poll shows. Lester Holt, who has held the NBC Nightly News chair for nine years, has the highest share of respondents, 65 percent, saying they placed “a lot” or “some” trust in the anchor, leading the poll. Among the most trusted…
58% of respondents who identify as Joe Biden voters in 2020 say they “tend to consume news from a wide variety of sources,” which is about 6 percentage points higher than self-identified Donald Trump 2020 voters. 52% of respondents say it’s “very” or “somewhat” important that the outlet where they get their political news is also “entertaining.” 40% of those surveyed “stopped watching a news program” because they “disagreed with a political view presented.” Of the 18-34 age group, that figure is higher, at 46%. 39% of respondents say they get their political news from social media daily — no surprise, but it’s a higher percentage than all other traditional news types (network news, cable, radio, online sites, newspapers). 20% of respondents say it’s “very important” when deciding where to get…
Simon Kinberg The multihyphenate is in talks to produce a Star Trek feature for Paramount, which could open the door to his taking active creative roles on the franchise’s film side. Kevin Costner The director’s bold gamble to unveil his Western Horizon at Cannes is greeted with a 27 percent Rotten Tomatoes critics score while he searches for funding to make sequels. Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner The showrunners’ game adaptation Fallout catches fire, topping Nielsen’s streaming chart two weeks in a row in a win for Prime Video. Angela Kang Amazon scraps the showrunner’s Marvel drama Silk: Spider Society while greenlighting another Spidey spinoff from Sony, Noir, starring Nicolas Cage. Showbiz Stocks $429.04 (+2.7%) MICROSOFT (MSFT) The tech giant unveiled a suite of AI-powered co-pilot features for its products,…
MEGA Deal of the Week In the last week of March, NFL officials and team owners huddled at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando for the league’s annual winter meetings. The gathering is an important date on the NFL calendar, with changes often made to the rulebook and its media deals always a hot topic. This year, commissioner Roger Goodell revealed that with Christmas on a Wednesday in 2024, the league would be breaking out two games to play on the holiday, creating a new package that it could bring to market. It wasn’t long before Netflix reached out, according to Hans Schroeder, the NFL’s executive vp and COO of media. The results of those talks were made public May 15, when Netflix and the NFL unveiled a three-year deal that will…
AMAZON The home of Thursday Night Football, the tech giant was the first streaming platform to secure exclusive NFL rights, though its games still run on local broadcast stations in the markets of the teams playing. Amazon also has an annual Black Friday contest, where it leans into shopability ahead of the holidays. This season, it will get its first playoff game, a wild card matchup. ESPN+ The ESPN streaming service hosts one exclusive game this season as part of a Monday night doubleheader (ESPN has Monday Night Football). NETFLIX The league’s newest digital partner, Netflix will air two Christmas Day games this year, with at least one in 2025 and one in 2026. The NFL is the first major sports league to reach an agreement with Netflix, which until…
No one could blame the box office for needing an imaginary friend right now. For the first time in more than a decade — excluding the worst period of the COVID-19 crisis — no movie opening during the first six months of the year has come close to hitting the $100 million mark in its domestic launch. In 2023, for example, three films had accomplished this feat by the time Memorial Day rolled around, including The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which debuted to $146.3 million in April on its way to earning $1.36 billion worldwide. To date, the top opening of the year belongs to March tentpole Dune: Part Two, which started off with $82.5 million. In fact, it’s nearing the one-year anniversary of the last film to open to…
