Fox News Media To Launch Streaming Weather Service In 2021

Christmas just got a lot less festive for Fox News Channel, Newsmax and Rudy Giuliani because of a threatened big bucks defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems.

Rick Squire, a marketing executive for NBC, CBS and Fox, died Thursday of heart failure at his home in Long Beach, California, a family spokesman said. He was 68.

Mogwai have announced a live-streamed show to mark the release of their upcoming new album ‘As The Love Continues’.Following on from 2017’s ‘Every Country’s Sun’, the 11-track record will arrive on February 19, 2021 via the band’s own Rock Action label.Today (December 17), Mogwai took to social media to share details of a “worldwide live performance” directed by their longterm collaborator Antony Crook.Filmed at Glasgow’s Tramway, the concert will air on Saturday, February 13 at 8pm GMT.

EXCLUSIVE: Journalists Rembert Browne and Jewel are to co-host a podcast examining the political forces at work in Georgia responsible for the state flipping blue.

Fox News has signed its primetime opinion host Laura Ingraham to a new multiyear deal.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News said it extended primetime host Laura Ingraham’s contact with the network, ensuring her 10 p.m. program, “The Ingraham Angle,” will remain in its lineup for the foreseeable future.Fox News characterized the new pact as a “multi-year deal.” Ingraham joined Fox News Channel full-time in October of 2017 after establishing herself with a long-running radio program.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTwitter announced that it will phase out Periscope, the live-streaming video app it bought more than five years ago, by March 2021.Twitter bought the startup behind Periscope in January 2015 in a deal reportedly worth up to $100 million, betting that the personal video live-streaming would be a complement to its main social service.According to Twitter, Periscope has seen declining usage — and that, essentially, the cost to maintain it outweighs its value.

Anti-Semitic images, slurs and songs were posted on the website of a Jewish school in Long Island on Monday in an apparent hack, video shows. The North Shore Hebrew Academy High School’s homepage was splattered with a Swastika and clip of marching Nazi SS guards, according to the footage posted on Twitter.

Barring a huge legal surprise that keeps President Trump in the White House, he leaves with positive ratings for his handling of the economy, but mixed reviews from voters on other issues -- and for his performance overall.

Foo Fighters and Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden have formed a new band.The two drummers have been working together under the moniker Nighttime Boogie Association since they both participated in a tribute concert to late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell in 2019.The band have shared their first two tracks, the driving ‘Long in the Tooth’ and ‘The Path We’re On’.

Fox News wants to talk more about the weather. On Wednesday, the Fox News Media division unveiled plans for an advertising-supported streaming weather service, Fox Weather, to debut in the third quarter of 2021 and complement the traditional news operation.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIf the winds are shifting around cable-news in the aftermath of the 2020 election, Fox News Media intends to cover them: The company plans to launch an advertising-supported streaming weather service in the third quarter of 2021.Fox Weather will debut initially as a mobile app next year, accompanied by a website and streaming service that features local, regional and national weather updates, as well as live programming.

Fox Corp. chief financial officer Steve Tomsic has a warning to outgoing President Donald Trump or anyone else looking to launch a new conservative cable news network to cut into Fox News' audience share.

Fox News Channel has named Tom Lowell executive vp and managing editor of news. In the new role Lowell will be responsible for managing the channel's daytime news programming.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTon Lowell, a veteran producer whose ties to anchors like Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly put him in charge of some of Fox News Channel’s best known programs, has been named executive vice president and managing editor of news, and will oversee all daytime news editorial content and resources at the Fox Corporation-owned cable-news outlet.“From creating the top-rated morning news program ‘America’s Newsroom’ in 2007to leading newsgathering, Tom has made a formidable

Tom Lowell has been tapped as executive vice president and managing editor of news at Fox News, where he will oversee all daytime news editorial and news resources.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have cancelled their 2021 UK & European tour due to ongoing coronavirus concerns.The tour, in support of the band’s acclaimed 2019 album ‘Ghosteen’, was initially set for spring 2021 before they were forced to postpone the upcoming shows due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.Rescheduled dates for spring 2021 were then announced in April, but the tour has now been called off entirely.“We are very disappointed to announce that the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 2021 UK and