High of the Ticker: By the look of it, the information wheel format popularized by the defunct linear channel CNN Headline Information is slowly making its method to CNN’s free ad-supported streaming channel, CNN Headlines.
The community, in response to Axios, quietly relaunched the FAST service with reside and unique programming, together with two hours of a brand new, reside unique present referred to as “CNN Headline Specific” at 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. ET.
CNN has additionally employed Brad Smith as an Atlanta-based anchor for CNN Headlines. The community says his appointment is a part of CNN’s wider funding in its FAST programming, complementing its present linear, digital, cell, and podcast choices and soon-to-launch streaming service and different standalone merchandise.
The community additionally says new advertisers are latching on to its FAST merchandise and growing new business product improvements to maximise monetization by way of promoting and sponsorship straight or by way of FAST platform partnerships.
Bipartisan Occasion: NewsNation and its sister digital publication The Hill are teaming up for a daylong bipartisan occasion that includes Speaker of the U.S. Home Mike Johnson within the inaugural Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday, July 16, from 8 a.m. to five p.m. ET in Washington, D.C. Along with Johnson, there shall be a powerhouse lineup of one-on-one interviews and panel discussions inspecting the progress and guarantees of the primary six months of President Donald Trump’s second time period in workplace. The whole summit shall be livestreamed on TheHill.com and out there on The Hill TV’s Quick Channel.
Speaker Mike Johnson and a lineup of political heavyweights will focus on key points on the inaugural “Hill Nation Summit” on July 16.
The occasion shall be livestreamed, providing particular protection on @NewsNation and The Hill.
Apply to attend utilizing the QR code within the video beneath. pic.twitter.com/p7aaBglZM0
— The Hill (@thehill) July 10, 2025
Heading to trial: Former CNN anchor Don Lemon’s lawsuit in opposition to Elon Musk and X, previously Twitter, shall be going to trial at a yet-to-be-determined date. Lemon had sued Musk after his content material deal with the social platform was abruptly cancelled in August 2024.
Sports activities Acquisition: Fox Information’ streaming service, Fox Nation, enters the reside sports activities enviornment with a partnership with the Skilled Bull Riders. The streamer would be the unique Friday evening broadcast accomplice for the PBR Tenting World Workforce Sequence, starting August 8, persevering with weekly until the league’s championship opener on October 24 at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. Within the lead-up, Fox Nation will launch season two of Final Cowboy Standing, a sequence the place eight novice bull riders compete for the chance to affix a PBR crew, beginning Friday, July 11.
8 riders. 0 ensures. 1 shot on the @PBR.
Season 2 of #LastCowboyStanding drops FRIDAY. Solely on Fox Nation. https://t.co/H17P98A7mS pic.twitter.com/PHo48v4gEj
— Fox Nation (@foxnation) July 8, 2025
Worthy Recognition: CBS Sunday Morning host Jane Pauley would be the recipient of the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism on Saturday, November 15, in Tampa, Florida. The popularity will happen throughout Poynter’s Bowtie Ball, which celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Poynter Institute. Pauley is being acknowledged for constructing a “deep and significant relationship with the American viewing public, who’ve invited her into their properties as a trusted supply of stories and knowledge for many years,” stated Neil Brown, president of the Poynter Institute.
📣 At this yr’s Bowtie Ball, Jane Pauley will obtain the 2025 Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism 🎉 Dean Baquet & G.B. “Garry” Trudeau will earn Distinguished Service to Journalism Awards. www.poynter.org/news-release…
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— The Poynter Institute (@poynterinstitute.bsky.social) July 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
