Peacock has added another 3 million paid users since early October and now touts 18 million subscribers, double the 9 million with which it finished 2021, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell told investors Monday morning. “That’s real subscribers paying us real American dollars,” Shell told the UBS TMT Conference.

With the balance of power in Washington on the line, and hotly contested races in states from coast to coast, there was no shortage of drama as the mid-term election results came in Tuesday night, and viewership was high—with more than 19 million viewers watching across the broadcast and cable news networks. NBC’s coverage just edged ABC for most-watched on the broadcast side, with NBC delivering 3.1 million viewers and NBC right behind with 3 million. CBS’ coverage delivered a total audience of 2.6 million viewers.

Alex Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems, which operates the rightwing conspiratorial outlet Infowars, has filed for bankruptcy in the latest in a string of financial maneuvers by the prominent rightwing conspiracy theorist. The move came at the end of the first week of testimony at a trial in Texas set to determine how much he will have to pay the families of two Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting victims who sued for defamation and won a default $150m judgment against him.

I grew up believing that following the news makes you a better citizen. Eight years after having quit, that idea now seems ridiculous—that consuming a particularly unimaginative information product on a daily basis somehow makes you thoughtful and informed in a way that benefits society. But I still encounter people who balk at the possibility of a smart, engaged adult

The vacancies at cable news companies are piling up as networks and journalists begin to eye streaming alternatives. Why it matters: Primetime cable slots and the Sunday shows are no longer the most opportunistic placements for major TV talent.

Murdoch’s News Corp has spent the past 15 years mitigating its own climate risk while giving media outlets like Fox News carte blanche to deny climate change altogether.

China’s government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday to promote “revolutionary culture,” broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce official morality. President Xi Jinping has called for a “national rejuvenation,” with tighter Communist Party control of business, education, culture and religion. Companies and the public are under increasing pressure to align with its vision for a more powerful China and healthier society.

In a speech delivered at the Munich Security Conference on 15 February 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) noted that “fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous”. In fact, we are in a middle of what the WHO calls an infodemic: “too much information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak”.

In one video, a Taliban official reassured female health workers that they could keep their jobs. In another, militants told Sikhs, a minority religious group, that they were free and protected. Still others suggested a new lawfulness in Kabul, with Talib fighters holding looters and thieves at gunpoint.

Go west, media outlets: The lack of geographical perspective is damaging coverage of matters ranging from national politics to climate change.

Their Facebook posts said cow faeces and urine are not the cure, “science and common sense is.”

Tom Bowker tweets that he has been banned from country for 10 years over alleged irregularities

One of Hungary’s last remaining independent radio stations will be forced off the airwaves and limited to online broadcasts after a court upheld a decision by media regulators not to extend its broadcasting license

Avegan food entrepreneur has major plans to air an advert during a UK TV prime time slot in a bid to reach as many people as possible. Tom Bursnall, the founder of Miami Burger – which makes a range of plant-based products – is currently raising money to pay for the slot via a crowdfunder.

Malalai Maiwand is latest victim of targeted attacks that have created climate of fear in Afghanistan

In a Tuesday blog post, TikTok has announced a plan to remove hateful posts on the video-based social media platform. The company will start cracking down even more on anti-LGBTQ+ content, white supremacist and Nazi content, and videos that spread falsehoods about Jewish people, Muslims, and other minority groups.

James Murdoch resigned from News Corp's board citing 'disagreements over editorial content'.

In 2018, Barbara Fedida, a senior ABC News executive in charge of talent, was sitting in a meeting with colleagues discussing fraught contract negotiations with one of ABC’s biggest stars, “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts.

This visualization explores how each generation's media consumption is changing amid the frenzy of pandemic-induced quarantines.