Rupert Murdoch’s launch of talkTV is about opportunism as much as ideology | Emily Bell

Piers Morgan will be presenting a nightly talkshow in this new venture aimed at outflanking the ailing GB NewsThe human Marmite of British journalism, Piers Morgan, is about to be spread very thinly. He has signed a global commentary deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. A nightly talkshow will be central to the plans of a new venture, talkTV, which is to be launched “early next year”. Morgan’s show will also air on Fox Nation, a streaming spinoff from Fox News, in the US and Sky News in Australia, making him a daily presence on three continents. He can also be enjoyed – or avoided – in print, where a twice-weekly column will appear in the Sun and the New York Post, and in a book deal with Murdoch’s HarperCollins publishers.Morgan, who stagily stormed off the set of Good Morning Britain in March, will seemingly no longer be “silenced” by “cancel culture”. He will instead be given global amplification as part of a new battle for the small but economically significant audiences for right-leaning news. The media village gossip is part of a much larger pattern of change affecting all mainstream newsrooms and challenging how broadcasters think about bias, opinion, news and their own presenters. It is also part of a testing of the generational tensions within journalism, where the hunger for diversity and broader representation is creating economic opportunities for those mining the often older, whiter, righter and richer demographic. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-09-19 17:07:41 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s launch of talkTV is about opportunism as much as ideology | Emily Bell

Piers Morgan will be presenting a nightly talkshow in this new venture aimed at outflanking the ailing GB NewsThe human Marmite of British journalism, Piers Morgan, is about to be spread very thinly. He has signed a global commentary deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. A nightly talkshow will... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Louise Mensch to launch rightwing site for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp

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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has launched a review of anti-corruption controls in several of its publishing arms, including News International in London. Murdoch told News Corp staff in a memo on Wednesday that the company recently launched ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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The Murdoch Method by Irwin Stelzer review – has Rupert Murdoch lost his touch?

A finely balanced assessment of the media mogul’s sprawling empire – written by his right-hand manLike him or loathe him, Rupert Murdoch remains one of the world’s most fascinating characters. He is the subject of more than a dozen biographies and is the central figure in at least a score of... Continue reading at The Guardian

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ALA 2024: An Unparalleled Opportunity: PW Talks with Emily Drabinski

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Emily Bell Joins Astra House as Editorial Director

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Rupert Murdoch, 92, to wed retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova, 67

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Kemi Badenoch failed to declare meeting with Rupert Murdoch

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What fate awaits Rupert Murdoch favourites in the new Lachlan era?

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The Great Unbundling of Rupert Murdoch

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News Corp profits dive 75% as Rupert Murdoch-owned company hints at AI future

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Stunning Rupert Murdoch deposition leaves Fox News in a world of trouble

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Rupert Murdoch Backtracks on Plan to Merge Fox and News Corp

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‘Lachlan gets fired the day Rupert dies’: Murdoch biography stokes succession rumors

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Rupert Murdoch considering merging Fox and News Corp once again

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Rupert Murdoch says Trump should stop focusing ‘on the past’ in rare rebuke

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