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Forecast: Instagram to overtake Twitter as news source

Instagram looks set to overtake Twitter as a news source. The usage of the photo-sharing social media app as a news source has doubled since 2018, according to the 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News report. The trend is strongest among young people, with

June 16, 2020

Paramount cancels Cops TV show

Long-running TV show Cops has been cancelled by the Paramount Network after 32 seasons. The network removed the show amid protests over the police killing of George Floyd. The network has announced it’s dropping the reality show, which was the first to show police chasing down and apprehending suspects. The show has attracted criticism for […]

June 10, 2020

HBO Max removes Gone with the Wind

US streaming service HBO Max has withdrawn Gone with the Wind from its movie library following calls for it to be removed. HBO Max said the 1939 film, which bagged 10 Oscars, was “a product of its time” and depicted “ethnic and racial prejudices” that “were wrong then and are wrong today”. It added the […]

June 10, 2020

FOX News has ‘most-watched week’

FOX News Channel (FNC) continued its reign as the most-watched network in basic cable across with news coverage of the nationwide protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd, according to Nielsen Media Research. During the week of June 1st through June 7th, FNC delivered 2 million viewers and 415,000 in the 25-54 demographic in […]

June 10, 2020

Comcast commits $100m ‘to diversity’  

Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts has written to all staff outlinging a plan to invest $100 million over the next three years to combat racism and advance social justice and equality. Roberts said Comcast EVP and chief diversity officer Craig Robinson will be spearheading the efforts along with himself, and will coordinate with executives […]

June 9, 2020

Law&Crime launches two new daily programmes

Law&Crime Network, the 24/7 live trial and true crime network, has launched two dueling daily special reports as mass protests rock the nation in all fifty states. The two shows, “Justice & Peace” and “Keeping the Peace,” cover the day’s issues from the perspective of protestors and law enforcement officers respectively. On May 25th, Minneapolis […]

June 9, 2020

Sky commits £30m to support the fight against racial injustice

Sky has announced a series of commitments to help tackle racial injustice. To ensure the commitments are delivered, Sky will invest £10million per year across its markets for each of the next three years, and its work will be overseen, implemented and measured by new diversity action and advisory groups. Sky’s commitments to support anti-racism […]

June 9, 2020