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Nexstar CEO Perry Sook is back in the news since he, reportedly, was the one who gave the order to his local TV stations to drop the late-night Jimmy Kimmel (…)

The word “Casting Director” first entered the lexicon around 1814, and described the person tasked with selecting actors for parts in stage productions. In the movie business, it began being (…)

“The Sunday Styles” section of the September 14 edition of The New York Times featured a full front cover story, “Fashion’s Historic Shake-up,” which spanned seven pages and introduced big (…)

By Dom Serafini

John Malone, who, not long ago, was considered a modern-day Godot because he was widely talked about but rarely ever seen, has an autobiographical book out: Born to (…)

How much energy does AI use? According to the popular AI-powered answer engine Perplexity, ChatGPT or similar large-language models consume about 2.9 watt-hours per query. It also added that this (…)

Lately, it seems like the job of fact checkers (those in the media who uncover wrong or false information) is taking a beating even from the mainstream press. On May (…)

MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo returns to Rome from October 6 to 10, 2025. This year, nearly 500 projects from 81 countries were submitted to the Co-Production Market and Pitching (…)

By Mike Reynolds

October 11, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of NBC’s late-night show Saturday Night Live, but in recent weeks some industry insiders have been wondering if the show will (…)

The MIP Africa TV market opened on September 1, 2025 on a cool, sunny day in Cape Town, South Africa, where it is the end of winter. But it’ll be (…)

By Mike Reynolds — While the U.S. Television Critics Association (TCA) may not be having its twice-a-year press tours, at least its press members are actually watching TV enough to (…)