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Ari Melber Talks About MSNBC Live ’25, Covering Trump 2.0 And A Benefit Of The Pending Comcast Spinoff: “More Independent As A Company” – Q&A

Topnewsplus1 week ago024 mins

As anxieties run high throughout the media business, MSNBC‘s Ari Melber sees the positives in the channel’s pending spinoff from Comcast, meaning that NBC News no longer will be a sister organization. “We always had great advantages from collaborating with a network,” Melber said. “Now we’re completely independent, and sometimes your collaborators will become healthy…

George Clooney On How Murrow V McCarthy Mirrors Jimmy Kimmel & Other Trump Musclings As Magnolia Bows ‘Good Night, And Good Luck: Live From Broadway’ On Prime & Other Platforms

Topnewsplus2 weeks ago042 mins

EXCLUSIVE: Without advance notice, Magnolia Pictures on Friday will release Good Night, and Good Luck: Live From Broadway on Prime Video and other digital platforms. The David Cromer-directed film is is a live-capture of the Tony-nominated play that broke records during its limited Broadway run at the Winter Garden Theatre. George Clooney directed the acclaimed…

As Talks Between Disney & Jimmy Kimmel Continue, Conservative Support Around Free Speech May Tip Scale Towards Show’s Return

Topnewsplus4 weeks ago011 mins

In 2021, Jimmy Kimmel called Texas Sen. Ted Cruz a “moist, gelatinous tubeworm whose elastic-band pants are filled with an inky discharge every time he speaks.” Imagine then that Cruz’s comments, particularly his riff on Goodfellas, earlier Friday concerning Disney’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel could help pave the way for Disney to bring the…

Brendan Carr’s Threats On Networks May Be “Jawboning”, And Courts Don’t Like It, Legal Experts Say

Topnewsplus4 weeks ago014 mins

In the 24 hours after ABC announced it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air, FCC chairman Brendan Carr has made a wave of media appearances, on CNBC, Fox News and a podcast, and he’s made more threats. On Thursday, asked by Scott Jennings what other ABC programming could come under the agency’s scrutiny,…

Inside Gavin Newsom & Alex Padilla’s Media Blitz Of Trump & JD Vance: “Is He Confused Again?” Governor Mocks POTUS

Topnewsplus4 months ago023 mins

EXCLUSIVE: After years of playing polite, California’s governor and senior senator are now taking on Donald Trump with bare knuckled barbs in his favorite forum and looking to do some damage to POTUS and his MAGA agenda — as JD Vance‘s trip to the Golden State on Friday made very clear. “Things really changed for…

Why There Is So Much Worry In Public Media That Donald Trump Will Win Fight To Defund NPR, PBS And Local Stations

Topnewsplus4 months ago013 mins

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday will take up a so-called “rescissions” package that includes clawing back nearly $1.1 billion in funding for NPR, PBS and local public broadcasting stations, a move that has raised alarm bells among public media leaders. There’s ample reason for worry, especially that sentiment has shifted even among those who…