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How NBCUniversal Television Thrives on Collaborative Energy Between Studios and Platforms: 'We Cheer Each Other On'
From Donna Langley to Pearlena Igbokwe to Frances Berwick to Liz Jenkins, female executives largely run the show at NBCUniversal. In television, Igbokwe's core team is tasked with overseeing NBCU's television studio imprints — Universal…
Jessica Biel & Paramount TV Studios Adapting 'Coffin Moon' For TV
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Television Studios is developing and adapting Keith Rosson's horror novel Coffin Moon for TV with Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple's Iron Ocean, through the prodco's first-look deal with the studio. The writing and producing…
'Literally state-run TV': Trump launches YouTube channel amid boycott by US networks
Donald Trump's previous television career centred on his role on The Apprentice, but the US president's latest media venture is a rather lower-budget affair: the launch of Trump TV in the wake of his ban on several outlets from covering the White…
14 Terrifying Hotels From Horror Movies and TV
Never After Dark opens this week, and its setting—a former bed-and-breakfast turned private home—got us thinking about the most horrifying hotels we've seen on screen before. The kinds of places where ghosts and other creatures await…
Sir Michael Palin admits 'I'm slowing down' as he addresses future on TV
Sir Michael Palin has admitted his 'struggles' while filming a new travel documentary, set in the Philippines. The Monty Python star, 83, has travelled to North Korea, Iraq, Nigeria and Venezuela for Channel 5 programmes, and is now turning to the…
The Memo: Trump's latest war on the media met with lawsuit, TV boycott
An all-out confrontation between President Trump and the media escalated Monday, as three banned outlets launched a legal fight, Trump compared some reporting to “cancer,” and five major TV networks came together to announce a de…
Trump launches state-run TV 'like North Korea' after humiliating press boycott
US President Donald Trump has announced he is launching his own TV channel after an awkward on-camera moment caused by a press boycott. The boycott is in effect after the US President banned a number of media outlets from the White House grounds.
Trump TV: Can the US president bypass mainstream media?
United States President Donald Trump launched a round-the-clock YouTube channel run by the White House on Monday. The move follows his banning of CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and Politico from reporting from the White House on Friday, prompting…
Patrick Clancy's 60 Minutes Interview Should Have Been the Most Gripping Television of the Year. It's Clear Where the Show Went Wrong.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Bari Weiss' 60 Minutes was never going to change hearts and minds. Since the former New York Times columnist and Free Press…
TV Networks Boycotting Trump
Dan Merica, WaPo (“ TV networks deny Trump the one thing he craves most: Attentio n”): President Donald Trump had a really rough week last week. Crude oil prices kept spiking with no sign of abating. He lost his mail-in ballot case at…
Her Road to the Top: How NBCUniversal TV Studio Chief Pearlena Igbokwe Learned to Balance Business and Creative Instincts
By the time Pearlena Igbokwe was offered the job of president of Universal Television in 2016, she already had an impressive résumé. She'd climbed the ranks over 20 years at Showtime, and then excelled during a four-year stretch as…
Trump's desperate for TV cameras until they tell the truth
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. President Donald Trump, who loves a media hit, may no longer get his moments of glory on television after major news networks ABC…
Trump TV Goes Live as White House Press Pool Goes Dark
President Donald Trump began his second term by ordering the federal government to “secure the right of the American people to engage in constitutionally protected speech” and end federal censorship. Twenty months later — this…
White House launches 'Trump TV' amid media access dispute
The White House has officially launched 'Trump TV', a new 24/7 streaming platform providing dedicated presidential content, amidst an escalating dispute with major news organisations over press access, which President Trump defends by citing…
U.K.'s National Film and TV School and Sean Connery Foundation to Establish Permanent Base in Edinburgh (EXCLUSIVE)
The U.K.'s renowned National Film and Television School (NFTS) has partnered with the Sean Connery Foundation to establish a new Scottish filmmaking center in Edinburgh. The NFTS Sean Connery Institute, which will launch in 2027, will bring…
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