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Bernie Sanders is holding live-streamed town hall events, while others have started podcasts or even their own local news sites, bypassing traditional media.

The only solution to “the Facebook problem,” a Republican political campaign consultant said last month, is to break up Facebook. It’s simply gotten too large, too dominant, too “scary powerful,” he said. Of course, he and his clients still continue to use it, and he’s not willing to publicly attach his name to the idea that the social network needs to be dismantled because, well, he still needs to play ball with it.

Thanks largely to the ubiquitous access of mobile devices, the total time people spend consuming media continues to grow, and according to the head of forecasting at Publicis’ Zenith unit, will max out around total awake time. Zenith’s new forecast estimates the average American will spend 636.6 minutes daily with media this year, or about 70% of the time we are awake.

WTVT, the Fox O&O in Tampa, Fla., leads in social media actions in the market over the last six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee. John Hoffman, WTVT’s news director, says the key to his station’s success on Facebook is that it is selective as to what it posts, partly in response to changes Facebook made in its algorithms.

TVNewsCheck’s Cybersecurity for Broadcasters Retreat will take on the divide between traditional TV engineers and the industry’s growing ranks of IT executives, managers and professionals during a panel session in Atlanta on June 21. Executives from Fox, Disney ABC TV Group, WGBH Boston and KQED San Francisco will share their experience at getting the two groups to collaborate on enhancing security.

The president and the king of gossip, TMZ’s Harvey Levin, have a relationship that’s paid off for them both. Never more so than when Trump almost lost the election.

What began as frustrated swipes at the press during earnings calls last year blossomed into full-blown fury on Wednesday when Musk attacked the “holier-than-thou” media on Twitter for a litany of perceived abuses.

A broad set of new data privacy regulations descending on Europe is leaving internet companies in the U.S. scrambling to overhaul their practices to avoid steep penalties.

CEO Lowell McAdam says company will partner with an existing player that can integrate digital content from Oath, the unit that runs Yahoo and AOL.

Netflix’s stock market value ballooned to a record $153 billion on Thursday and eclipsed Walt Disney Co. for the first time, making it the world’s top entertainment company and underscoring a monumental shift by viewers away from cinemas and cable television.

With deep-pocketed Netflix poaching hitmakers Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy with nine-figure paydays, rivals are “going bats— crazy” and leveraging their broad assets to secure creators amid “insane” bidding wars.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Bateman and Tony Hale are apologizing for comments they made in defense of their “Arrested Development” co-star Jeffrey Tambor, who has been accused of harassment […]

Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, is helping HiNet further expand its extensive TV network. HiNet is the data communications business group of Chunghwa Telecoms, the largest […]

After introducing its AirTV player device that blends over-the-air broadcast television with its Sling TV vMVPD, Netflix and other streaming apps, Dish Network has launched a Wi-Fi-centric device that extends the AirTV environment to the whole home. The new $119.99 AirTV iteration can be placed anywhere in the home that has particularly good reception of over-the-air broadcast networks.

At issue are requests by defendants accused in a San Francisco slaying who wants videos and other content posted to Facebook and Instagram by the victim and a witness. The defendants say their constitutional right to a fair trial entitles them to the social media records to prepare their case. Attorneys for the companies say a federal privacy law prevents the release of user content, and the defendants have other ways to get the material.

Instead of partnering with veteran TV production studios out in Hollywood, Vox Entertainment is making its shows internally. This has meant forgoing quick co-production deals with studios, which can quickly land development deals that go nowhere. And by self-producing its TV and streaming shows, Vox has greater control over the quality and direction of the content.

There is a universal belief that local TV news ratings are down — and it’s certainly true. But, as with much in life, the precise numbers are a bit more complicated that just “down.”

Kathy Zhang, a newsroom and product analytics manager at The New York Times, discusses how analytics tools help her better serve readers.

Netflix surpassed Comcast in market value on Wednesday in a possible sign of consumers’ growing preference for video streaming services over traditional television subscriptions. On Wednesday, Netflix ended the trading day with a market capitalization of about $152.8 billion, overtaking Comcast’s market value of $147 billion.

Netflix has the advantage in speed, price and scale, while U.K. broadcast players have local knowledge.

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday that President Trump’s practice of blocking Twitter users who criticize him was improper.

TVNewsCheck’s Cybersecurity for Broadcasters Retreat in June will kick off with a “Developing and Implementing a Strategy” session led by David McLeod, chief information and security officer at Cox Enterprises and Cox Media Group and featuring Shane Miner, senior director, media technology at WGBH Boston, and John Reilly, executive director, IT and enterprise systems at KQED San Francisco.

The social-media giant is deploying AI and thousands of moderators to fight bad content. But will the clean-up efforts create a new mess over user privacy?

The marketing services arm of the management consulting company has launched a Programmatic Services unit, encompassing planning, buying and management of media. It’s led by Scott Tieman and follows a recent uptick in client demand for help with their programmatic ad-buying.

Nexstar’s WDTN-WBDT Dayton, OH is looking for a national sales manager. Nexstar also has an opening for a digital media manager at WHBF-KGCW Rock Island, IL. CW Richmond needs an account executive, in this historic part of VA. To see all job openings, visit our Media Job Center here.