TV Networks Line Up Behind Open AP’s New Audience-Segment ID in Weeks Before TV Upfront

Cruz Beckham made his magazine cover debut in a big way this week!

Piers Morgan has bashed Vladimir Putin after Russia launched a "full-scape invasion" on Ukraine. According to reports, Ukraine's interior ministry has said they are already "hundreds of casualties" in what many are flagging could be the most disastrous European war since 1945.

Celebrities who were born in Ukraine have been speaking out about the crisis happening in their home country.

Joy Behar has come under fire for her tone deaf comments about the Russia’s invasion and attack in Ukraine.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are in the middle of planning their upcoming wedding and a new source is opening up about what the couple has planned.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy is seeking out safety while preparing for another attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Spain for kidnapping, torturing, murdering, and burying alive businessman Jose Antonio Delgado Fresnedo, 54.The judge sentenced them both to 25 years in prison for murder, six years for kidnapping, and three for fraud.An investigation found that the victim went to Luceni in Zaragoza Province to meet Arrieta after arranging a meeting on the dating app Badoo.However, instead of the young woman, Achraf approached Delgado Fresnedo and beat him before stealing his personal belongings and his Mercedes 220.The couple took Delgado Fresnedo to the town of Pedrola where they lived and had a workshop.There, they demanded that the businessman hand over his bank cards and passwords and beat him when he refused. They then assaulted him with blunt objects.The next day, Achraf put the victim’s Mercedes up for sale on an online portal and agreed a price of €21,000 (£17,666) with a buyer.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky put on new outfits after the Gucci fashion show to step out for a late night dinner in Milan!

Bethenny Frankel is shipping off some hope to Ukraine, following the attacks by Russia earlier this week.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAMC Networks said first quarter profit rose even as it navigated declines in revenue and operating income in the midst of a challenging environment.The New York owner of the AMC, IFC and Sundance cable networks said net income came to $87 million, or $2.02 per share, compared with $68.7 million, or $1.22 per share in the year-earlier period. Earnings came to $2.98 per share when debt and impairment charges are taken into consideration.Revenue fell 5.8% to $691.7 million, compared with $734.4 million in the year-earlier quarter.Like many other media companies, AMC Networks placed emphasis on its efforts to lure consumers who are migrating to streaming video.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViacomCBS said first-quarter profit surged as the company enjoyed the benefits of ad sales associated with Super Bowl LV and lured 6 million new subscribers to streaming outlets such as Paramount Plus.The New York owner of CBS, Showtime and Nickelodeon said revenue increased 14% to $7.41 billion, up from nearly $6.5 billion in the year-earlier quarter.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorYou don’t have to be perpetually “live, from New York” to flourish these days at “Saturday Night Live.”In years past, the show’s cast members focused their all on the venerable late-night program and, when outside opportunity knocked or contracts ran out or media economics forced a tightening of the group, they left. This season has provided the clearest indication yet that those rules are changing: cast members are increasingly taking on new projects even as they continue with the NBC show.On Thursday, HBO Max will launch a six-episode comedy-sketch series led by Michael Che, who also happens to be one of the head writers at “SNL” and a co-host of the program’s long-running “Weekend Update” segment.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWalter Cronkite held forth from New York and Washington for CBS News. His heirs at a new ViacomCBS unit will do the same, while also monitoring Sacramento, Minneapolis and Dallas.The two executives named to head a newly fashioned division that combines the CBS local stations with CBS News and the team that manages the CBSN live-streaming news service offered their early vision for how the operation will function.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNielsen and the networks it serves have long been at odds, like a student might be with a particularly tough college professor who always offers a B- but never an A.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDiscovery revealed the big challenge behind getting involved in the media industry’s streaming wars: A new broadband hub can bring in millions of new customers — but it also requires millions of dollars in investment.The New York owner of Food Network, HGTV, TLC and its flagship Discovery cable outlet said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit slumped after it ramped up spending for content and marketing related to Discovery Plus, the streaming-video outlet it launched in the U.S. on January 4.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN examined the 1990s Chicago Bulls in a celebrated documentary series and probed the fortunes of the 1970s New York Yankees in a serialized drama. Now the sports-media giant has big plans for the New York Mets.ESPN Films plans to release “Once Upon a Time in Queens,” a four-part series on the 1986 Mets, later this year on both ESPN and ESPN Plus.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN recently tested a “BetCast” for NBA fans interested in sports wagering and a “KidsCast” of a Little League championship game aimed at the younger set. Now it’s going to try what might best be called a “MarvelCast.”The Disney sports-media giant on Monday, May 3, plans to air an “NBA Special Edition,” a game between the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans that will weave elements from an original Marvel story and characters including Iron Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Captain America, Black Widow and Doctor Strange into the live action.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGeneral Motors, one of the nation’s largest advertisers, is trying to build new roads for minority-owned media outlets, part of a broader push on Madison Avenue to address a large gap between what is spent on large national media properties and media companies operated by owners from diverse backgrounds.The nation’s largest automaker said it intends to hold an “upfront” with minority-owned media outlets that will give those companies a chance, essentially, to make a pitch for some of its ad dollars.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBaseball’s own cable network plans to test a new way of broadcasting the national pastime.When the Cleveland Indians take on the New York Yankee this Sunday at 1p.m. from Progressive Field, a group of former players and current broadcasters on MLB Network will describe the action in a different way.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIce-T drives an electric car. He has solar panels on his house.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDuring a year when the TV industry is worried about how many viewers will return to watch ABC’s annual Oscars broadcast, Verizon will definitely return to advertise during it.The telecommunications giant will sponsor the ceremony for the fourth consecutive year, and not just with TV commercials.