A Media Moment: News Organizations Challenged To Win Public Trust In An Assault Of Mixed Messages

Bernie Winter's secret will be revealed in Coronation Street after her ex threatened to expose the truth. As viewers of the ITV soap know, Denny recently came back into her and their children Gemma Winter-Brown and Paul Foreman's lives.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kim Godwin hoped to build ABC News‘ future by cutting out some of its past. Tasked, ostensibly, with shaking up a culture of the Disney-backed news organization that pit anchors against one another and led to claims of intolerable behavior behind the scenes, Godwin was supposed to revamp a storied journalism hub without losing any of the impetus that spurred employees to make shows such as “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America” the most-watched in their category.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kim Godwin, the ABC News president who was the first Black woman to run a broadcast network news operation, is leaving the Disney unit amid increasing concern about the way she was managing the home of shows like “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight.” Godwin told staffers in a memo Sunday that she planned to “retire from broadcast journalism.” Her command had come under increasing scrutiny since a restructuring of ABC News and Disney’s ABC stations had her reporting directly to Debra OConnell, a Disney business veteran who is seen as a valued operator at the company. OConnell will lead ABC News for the foreseeable future, she told employees Sunday evening.

After weeks of speculation, Kim Godwin is leaving her post as President of ABC News. Debra OConnell, who added ABC News to her portfolio in February, will run the department in the interim. She made the announcement internally, with Godwin also addressing her staff. You can read the memos below.

An investigation has been launched over a video which appears to show a police officer 'elbowing' a man in the face as he lay on the ground.

Alec Baldwin doesn’t like a showoff.The “30 Rock” actor, 66, revealed that he took a yoga class with Paul McCartney, 81, in Los Angeles years ago, and he called the musician an “a–hole” because the musician was so good at yoga. “He would do a handstand or a headstand and he had the most lithe body you’ve ever seen, and back then he was in his late 60s, and he was so fit,” Baldwin said on the “Our Way with Paul Anka and Skip Bronson” podcast on Wednesday.

It was a year of pain for the entertainment industry and shareholders of (many) media companies with brutal months-long Hollywood strikes, and layoffs. Linear television continued to decline and a nascent theatrical recovery went sideways. Most CEOs saw pay packages rise in 2023, some by big multiples.

Elisabeth Moss opened up about her experience filming Girl, Interrupted with Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder.

NewsNation is making changes to its top leadership, with Michael Corn becoming president of programming and specials and Cherie Grzech upped to president and managing editor of news and politics.

Jon Stewart and the rest of The Daily Show stars plan to cover the Republican and Democratic National Conventions with their special Indecision 2024.

UPDATED, 2:15 PM: William Hutchinson, who appeared on the Lifetime series Marrying Millions as the suitor of a woman 40 years younger than him, pleaded guilty today to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his Laguna Beach vacation home and was sentenced to 90 days of home confinement in Texas.

Comcast said chairman and chief executive Brian Roberts‘ pay package for 2023 totaled $35.47 million, up from $32 million the year before. It included a $2.5 million base salary, stock awards valued at about $15 million, $9.2 million in option awards and $8.55 million in what’s called non-equity incentive plan compensation – like a cash bonus.

Welcome to ElectionLine’s A View From Abroad series, in which we speak with media figures who don’t live in America but keep a close eye on its politics. Every few weeks, these smart observers will provide a unique perspective on what promises to be a fraught and unpredictable campaign for the White House. This week, our interview is with Richard Madan, the award-winning Washington D.C. correspondent for Canada’s CBC News.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The Onion has a new owner: a company called “Global Tetrahedron,” which is a real thing based on a fake entity invented by the satire site more than two decades ago. G/O Media, a private-equity backed firm that has owned The Onion since 2019, sold the site to a new Chicago-based firm called Global Tetrahedron, which is “made up of four digital media veterans with a profound love for The Onion and comedy-based content,” G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller said in a memo to staff Thursday. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

Alec Baldwin ‘maimed’ her after she attempted to ambush the star this week.On Monday (April 22), the performer went viral for sharing a video in which she accosted Baldwin in a Manhattan coffee shop.Barney repeatedly yelled and swore at Baldwin, demanding him to repeat the words “Free Palestine’. She continued to ambush Baldwin until the 30 Rock star eventually grew frustrated and slapped the phone from her hand.Now, in a new interview with Piers Morgan on his YouTube show Piers Morgan Uncensored, the performer has claimed that she was physically assaulted by Baldwin.“I’ve been waiting for you, Piers fucking Morgan!” she told the former CNN host.Barney appeared on the show wearing a neck brace, with one arm in a sling and the other using a crutch.

called Crackhead Barney & Friends.She continued to accost Baldwin before he went toward the door and motioned for her to get out, the less-than-minute video shows.“Just say ‘Free Palestine’ one time, one time,” she said as he shook his head no and held the door open.The podcast host also brought up his criminal case in New Mexico where he’s facing charges in the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.”It was not immediately what shop this occurred in and when the confrontation took place.

EXCLUSIVE: Noah Media, producer of Netflix’s 14 Peaks and Sky’s Villeneuve Pironi, has restructured to focus on international docs and laid off a small number of staff.

MediaCo Holding Inc. has acquired all of Estrella Media’s network, content, digital, and commercial operations. Among the Estrella Media brands joining MediaCo are the EstrellaTV network and its linear and digital video content business, along with its digital channels.

A TUI flight took off from Manchester Airport then turned around moments later due to a 'minor technical matter'.

the modification of its rules to eliminate the age limit in their annual pageant, women worldwide began fantasizing about the idea of becoming the first Miss Universe over 30 years old; among these women is Iris Amelia Alioto, Argentina’s first 72-year-old contestant, and Haidy Cruz, a 47-year-old mother of two, a health coach, and a fitness expert, who is competing to represent the Dominican Republic in the Miss Universe 2024 pageant. Cruz’s journey to the world stage of beauty pageants is not conventional.