Discovery CEO Received $246 Million in Compensation in 2021, Including Big Options Grant
Around the time of the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger last year, Discovery CEO David Zaslav signed a new contract that runs through...
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Disney CEO Tried to Avoid Politics, Now Finds Himself in Middle of Partisan Spat
On Monday, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Chapek said he didn’t want to wade into politics. He finished the...
WSJ News Exclusive | NBC’s Peacock Is Finalizing Deal to Stream MLB Games in New Sunday Time Slot
NBCUniversal’s Peacock is finalizing a deal with Major League Baseball for exclusive rights to stream games in a new Sunday...
Google-Facebook Ad Deal Is Investigated by EU, U.K.
The European Union and the U.K. opened formal antitrust investigations into whether Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.88% Google and Facebook FB...
Disney Chief Bob Chapek Takes Stand on Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill
Walt Disney Co. DIS 1.44% Chief Executive Bob Chapek reversed course on his policy of staying out of politics and...
Russia Targets Media Outlets With ‘Fake News’ Law, Blocks Facebook
Russia passed a law that threatens prison time for anyone publishing what authorities consider to be false information about the...
Tech Companies Are Reopening Their Offices, but Tech Work Has Changed Forever
Tech companies are inching closer to reopening their offices, but it’s clear the way they work will never be the...
Disney+ to Roll Out Cheaper, Ad-Supported Subscription in Late 2022
Times have changed, and so have the streaming wars. Disney announced Friday that it would roll out a cheaper, ad-supported...
RT sees its influence diminish as TV providers and tech companies take action against the Russia-backed outlet
The actions taken by television providers and technology companies against RT have dealt one of the largest blows to the...
Why journalists covering Ukraine and Russia lean into the many unknowns of war reporting
We're seeing only a small fraction of the action in Ukraine and Russia right now. And some of what we...
Facebook, Apple and Other Tech Giants Face Rising Pressure Over Ukraine
U.S. tech giants are under pressure from both Russia and the West to respond to the conflict in Ukraine, highlighting...
Discovery to Name Chris Licht to Run CNN
Discovery Inc. has tapped producer Chris Licht to lead CNN after it takes over the cable-news channel, according to people...
NBC Draws Lowest Olympics Ratings Ever With Beijing Games
The Beijing Winter Olympic Games drew the smallest average U.S. prime-time audience ever recorded for the Olympics since NBCUniversal began...
CNN Marketing Chief Resigns as Probe Finds Wrongdoing by Three Top Players at Network
CNN Chief Marketing Officer Allison Gollust has resigned from the network, the chief executive of CNN’s parent company said in...
The 2022 Super Bowl Ads Return to Travel, Familiar Faces and New Tech
The second Super Bowl of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday featured a variety of first-time advertisers, including a slew of...
Disney’s Earnings Show Rebound in Disney+, Parks Businesses
Walt Disney Co. DIS 3.33% regained momentum in subscription growth for its flagship Disney DIS 3.33% + streaming service and...
WSJ News Exclusive | Peloton CEO John Foley to Step Down, Become Executive Chair
Peloton Interactive Inc. PTON 20.93% plans to replace its chief executive, cut costs and overhaul its board after a slowdown...
Kashmir journalist arrested under India’s anti-terror laws
Fahad Shah, founding editor of The Kashmir Walla, was arrested Friday in Pulwama, a city in the Indian-administered part of...
Peter Thiel to Step Down From Facebook Parent Meta’s Board
Peter Thiel, one of Facebook’s earliest investors and its longest-serving outside board member, is planning to step down from his...
Cyberattack on News Corp, Believed Linked to China, Targeted Emails of Journalists, Others
News Corp was the target of a hack that accessed emails and documents of journalists and other employees, an incursion...
