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New York (AFP) - The legendary American magazine Life, a 20th-century mainstay famous for its photography, will be revived by fashion model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss, the company of which she is CEO announced on Thursday. Bedford Media announced in a statement that the return of Life Magazine in print and digital distribution, as part of an agreement with (publisher) Dotdash Meredith, will lead to the relaunch of Life as a regular publication. The financial details of the deal were not immediately disclosed, nor was a date for the relaunch. In a world of dizzying social and legacy media po...
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New York (AFP) - Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she is leaving the board of WeightWatchers sent the company's shares tumbling Thursday -- the latest sign of trouble for the brand as it struggles to compete with new weight-loss drugs. The departure of Winfrey, who has often addressed her own weight issues during her high profile television and business career, comes after she revealed last year that she was taking prescription anti-obesity medication. A new generation of anti-diabetic drugs, which include Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, have been hailed as an effective treatment for obesity --...
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Brussels (AFP) - There are no current EU talks about imposing sanctions on US talk show host Tucker Carlson, who is poised to air an interview with Russia's Vladimir Putin, a spokesman said on Thursday in response to rumours amplified by technology billionaire Elon Musk. "It's not up to us to try to pre-empt or speculate whether someone will be proposed by a member state or group of member states to be put on the sanctions list," Peter Stano, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, told reporters. The established sanctions procedure was "confidential", he added. "I can say beyond ...
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Washington (AFP) - Influential media provocateur and white outrage generator Tucker Carlson has spent years depicting America as a declining nation under assault by Democrats, Black Lives Matter advocates, 'woke' protesters, and communism. His hit TV show bombarded viewers with grievance politics and repeatedly depicted white conservatives as being in a fight for their very survival -- that is until Fox News pulled the plug on his nightly broadcasts last April. But Carlson, long close to former president Donald Trump, launched his own show on social media platform X, the former Twitter. Now i...
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New York (AFP) - Audio streaming platform Spotify announced Friday it has renewed its partnership with Joe Rogan for his flagship chart-topping podcast. Sweden-based Spotify did not provide financial terms of the deal, but said a Wall Street Journal report that the agreement was worth as much as $250 million was "incorrect." It described the agreement as a ""multi-year partnership." Rogan signed his first exclusive contract with Spotify in May 2020, which the Journal valued at around $200 million. "The Joe Rogan Experience" topped the list of the world's most listened-to podcasts on Spotify in...
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New York (AFP) - Hundreds of unionized staffers at Conde Nast, the parent company behind legacy publications including Vogue and Vanity Fair, walked out Tuesday in protest of looming layoffs. As part of the NewsGuild action, 400 employees walked off the job on the news-heavy day, which saw the announcement of Academy Award nominations and voting in a presidential primary. The union urged people not to cross the digital picket line by refraining from visiting Conde Nast sites, which also include GQ, Bon Appetit, Glamour, Architectural Digest and Teen Vogue. Some 100 workers were manning the pic...
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New York (AFP) - Acclaimed rapper Snoop Dogg will be a special reporter for US broadcaster NBC at the Paris Olympics this year, the network has announced, reprising his star turn at the Tokyo Games that delighted viewers. "I grew up watching the Olympics and am thrilled to see the incredible athletes bring their A-game to Paris," he said in a statement issued late Sunday. "It's a celebration of skill, dedication, and the pursuit of greatness... We're going to have some amazing competitions and, of course, I will be bringing that Snoop style to the mix. It's going to be the most epic Olympics e...
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New York (AFP) - US photographer Elliott Erwitt, renowned for capturing the lighter side of his subjects, their canine companions and celebrities, has died aged 95, the Magnum agency where he was a mainstay said Thursday. "He died peacefully at home surrounded by family," the storied agency, founded in 1947, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The New York Times reported that he passed away in New York on Wednesday. "His images have helped build our general understanding of who we are as a society and as humans, and have inspired generations of photographers despite the changes in the industry and...
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New York (AFP) - Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday pledged to maintain an "active role" in the business as he handed control of his global empire to son Lachlan, amid questions about how Fox News will handle next year's presidential election. After decades running a sprawling news operation in Australia, Britain and the United States, the 92-year-old Murdoch officially became chairman emeritus at News Corp at a shareholders' meeting on Wednesday. He will formally pass the baton to 52-year-old Lachlan -- who is believed to share his father's conservative leanings -- at Fox C...
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New York (AFP) - Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who hands control of his empire to son Lachlan this week, on Wednesday pledged to maintain an "active role" in the business and slammed "intolerant" elites for silencing debate one year before the 2024 election. The 92-year-old Murdoch formally passes the torch to 52-year-old Lachlan at News Corp on Wednesday. He will do the same at Fox Corp on Friday. "I hope to continue an active role in the company," Murdoch, who will remain as chairman emeritus at News Corp, told shareholders at an annual meeting, adding that Lachlan will now be th...
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