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In one sense, the headline is true. President Trump did indeed say that there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea. He said it in a tweet, where he often says things meant to make himself look good. That’s what his comment about North Korea was meant to do, of course: Suggest that he,…
AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner will create a media conglomerate that combines premium content with a vast distribution network to deliver it to consumers. Why it matters: One of its first experiments in marrying the two will be a “skinny bundle” called AT&T Watch, providing Time Warner content (minus sports) to mobile customers. This is…
Technical experts and their peers are considered the most credible for information on social media, according to the latest 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer survey. By comparison, celebrities, corporate executives and journalists are considered far less credible. Why it matters: Trust in traditional institutions — like media, government and business — is declining, so people are…
Comcast and Disney are about to engage in a bidding war for the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox, and analysts tell Axios that Comcast is likely to win because it’s more desperate for what Fox is trying to offload. Why it matters: There is huge pressure on media and telecom companies to compete with…
Thanks for subscribing to Media Trends. Tell friends to follow along by signing up here. Situational awareness: After years of ridicule, Tronc may finally change its name back to Tribune Publishing, according to The Chicago Tribune. The newspaper publishing company has faced a year of high-profile turmoil, including disappointing revenues, union fights, layoffs and sexual harassment allegations. On Monday, the…
Racked, the retail website that was acquired by Vox Media in 2013, is going to be converted from a standalone website into a vertical that will live within Vox (the website), Axios has learned. Why it matters: The move suggests that Vox Media feels that some of its eight standalone brands may be easier to…
Tronc, one of the most lambasted corporate name changes of the digital era, is going to return to its original name, Tribune Publishing. An insider said that the name change for the parent company of the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News was awaiting the completion of the spinoff of the Los Angeles Times,…
Every hour of every day a million little crimes are committed online. And every time it happens, hundreds of legitimate businesses all over the world, with boards and shareholders and mission statements — some of them publicly listed — put the proceeds of those crimes in their own pockets. They do so knowingly. Some people…
A year ago, we launched a new homepage that reconsidered user needs and evolving editorial use cases. Today, we are doing the same with our core product: the article page. The article page is at the heart of what we do at The Atlantic. It is the entry point for millions of users, where people…
Left: Migrant children at a Kansas City detention center in 2014. Photo by AP/Eric Gay, File. Right: Donald Trump. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty When the Trump administration announced this month it would criminally prosecute everyone who crossed the border illegally, which meant jailing immigrant parents and separating them from their children, it effectively manufactured a whole new…