A.J. Katz is Media Editor at TheWrap covering the business of television, print, digital and social media. He previously spent eight years at Adweek, leading coverage of the television news industry. He later served as editor-in-chief of LateNighter before joining MS NOW in audience strategy and program research.
Experience:
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Trump DOJ Subpoenas NY Times’ Reporters and Relatives for Phone Records in Push to Identify Sources
The newspaper is seeking to quash subpoenas tied to reporting on the president’s new Air Force One
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FIFA Eyes Up to $4 Billion for Next US World Cup Media Rights Deal
Fox, Telemundo, ESPN and streamers are expected to bid for upcoming tournament rights after a successful 2026 World Cup
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How Fox News, MS NOW and CNN Are Building Beyond the Cable Bundle | Analysis
Cable news’ “big three” are investing in streaming, memberships and podcasts as they prepare for a post-cable future
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TV
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Peter Thiel, Who Secretly Bankrolled Gawker Lawsuit, to Receive Axel Springer Award
The German publisher defended honoring the billionaire investor, whose secret funding helped bring down Gawker
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Trump Accuses China of ‘Sinister Election Meddling’ in Biden’s 2020 Win
The president claims in Thursday’s prime time address that newly declassified intelligence shows Chinese cyber activity and intelligence failures
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ABC, NBC Decline to Broadcast Trump’s Address, Shift Live Coverage to Streaming News Platforms
The networks will stream the president’s remarks live in primetime while limiting linear coverage
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Paramount Calls the States’ Antitrust Case Against Warner Bros. Merger ‘One of the Weakest’ in Modern History
The David Ellison-led company says states’ challenge ignores the competitive media landscape and should not block the $110 billion WBD deal
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Beehiiv Bets Independent Media Companies Want One Platform, Not Five
The company’s biggest expansion yet aims to help creators “run your entire content business” from a single platform
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Trump Administration Escalates Leak Hunt as NYT Fights Subpoenas Over Air Force One Reporting
CNN reports Kash Patel and Susie Wiles are leading an investigation into leaks about security concerns involving Trump’s Boeing 747 from Qatar
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Paramount Investors Sue David and Larry Ellison Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The complaint alleges the Ellisons concealed promises to overhaul CNN to help secure approval of Paramount’s proposed WBD acquisition
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MS NOW Takes Annual Fan Event to Texas Ahead of Midterm Elections
More than a dozen network personalities will headline the Sept. 26 gathering
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Brendan Carr Accepted Paramount Gifts While FCC Reviewed Company Deals
A ProPublica report scrutinizes the FCC chair’s acceptance of Paramount-funded gala tickets, amid the company’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery
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Hachette, Scott Turow Sue Google for Using Books to Train AI
Publishers claim the tech giant used millions of copyrighted works without permission to build its Gemini artificial intelligence models
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California’s Paramount Lawsuit Looks More Like Politics Than a Winning Legal Strategy | Analysis
The Media Front: The case may have enough legal merit to get a hearing, but probably not enough to stop the industry’s biggest merger
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President Trump to Make Primetime Address Thursday
The president’s Truth Social post offers no further details regarding the topic of the speech