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Across several banks of screens in a small TV production control room, a group of American pundits are screaming at each other. It’s a Monday afternoon in mid-November and, naturally, the topic is the election. “That’s me playing the world’s smallest violin for all these crying Democrats!” hollers a red-faced Vincent Oshana, a right-leaning comedian. Shortly after, The Young Turks co-creator Cenk Uygur loudly tells pollster Allan Lichtman that he was “stupidly wrong” for forecasting a Democratic victory and “deserves a tall glass of shut-up juice!”

It could be any angry, spittle-flecked political chat show on cable TV. But while the talking heads are beaming in from around the U.S., the entire operation is being orchestrated out of London. And the host and self-proclaimed “ringmaster” — setting the topics, occasionally goading his guests and sitting back to let sparks fly — is Piers Morgan, one of the most...

Maybe it’s the way his mind works — or maybe it’s the brain worms — but presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a moth to the flame of conspiracy theories. Here’s another one he just can’t seem to quit: the notion that Covid-19 was targeted to spare the Chinese and Ashkenazi Jews its most damaging effects.

Kennedy — whose uncle was a champion of the science that took America to the moon — first uncorked the moonbat notion last summer at a dinner party. In comments that were caught...

Exclusive: Matt Atchity has joined the Story Merchant companies as Associate Manager, according to CEO Ken Atchity, his uncle.

In addition to representing current Story Merchant intellectual properties, Matt will in his new role introduce stories he discovers to the Story Merchant family of companies, which include Atchity Entertainment International (The Meg), Atchity Productions (Mr. Irrelevant), Story Merchant Management, and Story Merchant Books. He will be working closely with Senior Associate Manager Tobe Roberts, who is based out of New York.

“Sam Skelton and the whole gang and I are delighted to welcome Matt to our family of companies,” said Ken Atchity in a statement to Deadline. “His vast knowledge of the commercial story market and cheerful gregariousness and sense of humor will contribute greatly to our expanding presence in the Hollywood marketplace.”

Shared Sam Skelton, Creative Executive and Producer at Atchity Productions and the Story Merchant companies, “Ken and...

Rapper Kanye West went on a horrific antisemitic tirade during an appearance on Alex Jones’ ‘Infowars’ talk show in which the controversial rapper praised Hitler.

It’s the latest in a string of controversial media appearances for West, who has been dropped by brands such as Adidas due to his antisemitic remarks, reports ‘Variety’.

West told Jones that Hitler, like every human being, brought value to the world. He also said he sees good things about the Nazi founder. Later in the interview, West made antisemitic jokes about former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports ‘Variety’.

The rapper’s latest antisemitic remarks were instantly condemned on social media. Writer Mark Harris tweeted: “The Kanye horrors are laughable but also terrifying. When pro-Nazi rhetoric gets this kind of repeated public airing, the discourse eventually edges into ‘Well that was awful, but can’t we at least talk about…'”

“It’s...

Kyle Rittenhouse is cheering the Depp-Heard verdict on Twitter, saying it’s motivating him to move forward with the various defamation lawsuits he’s been threatening — and fundraising off of — for months.

On Friday, he confirmed he’s hired Todd McMurtry, the lawyer already representing Nicholas Sandmann in several defamation cases against major media outlets related to coverage of the Kentucky teen’s 2019 encounter with a Native American protester in Washington.

“Johnny Depp trial is just fueling me, you can fight back against the lies in the media, and you should!

Exclusive: The Young Turks has launched a new venture, Tyt Productions, a film and television company that will develop and produce original non-fiction projects that examine stories of national importance that would be better served through long-form storytelling.

“The launch of our film and television arm, Tyt Productions, will continue to amplify the important stories that match our mission to boldly pursue truth, challenge the establishment, and drive positive change,” said Cenk Uygur, Founder and CEO Tyt, an online news outlet that produces a variety of programs, including its flagship talk show, The Young Turks.

“We pride ourselves in sharing unfiltered commentary in our daily news coverage and we’re going to continue to deliver the same authentic and honest perspective through Tyt Productions.”

The first project under the new label is The Oxy Kingpins, a documentary that is set to premiere at the upcoming 2021 SXSW Film Festival during SXSW Online.

“Parkland Rising,” a new documentary on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting co-executive produced by Katie Couric, will live stream on The Young Turks Monday, Aug. 3, one day before slain student Joaquin Oliver would have turned 20 years old.

Tyt partnered with Abramorama for the exclusive stream and hosted conversation around the film from Cheryl Horner McDonough, which looks at the youth-led gun violence advocacy movement born from the 2018 massacre in which 17 people died.

The stream will air at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt on The Young Turks YouTube channel and Tyt.com.

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In a statement, Couric said, “Gun violence is an epidemic in this country. It’s happening more and more, but the public, national will against gun violence and support for stricter gun measures are growing as well. I feel very honored to...

The Young Turks (Tyt) is unveiling tonight the latest original set to air on its just-launched Twitch channel.

The progressive digital news network is premiering Common Room -- a non-political interview series that will live exclusively on Twitch. Common Room will feature Tyt hosts and friends having a conversation over drinks in what Tyt is billing as a digital campfire of sorts. Each episode will break down the week’s top news stories in realms like movies, music, gaming, and relationships.

Rotating hosts will include Tyt staples like Ana Kasparian, Jayar Jackson, John Iadarola, Brett Erlich, and Rick Strom. New episodes will arrive on Twitch on Mondays at 10 pm Et. Eventually, Tyt plans to offer 12 hours of exclusive content on Twitch every month. Common Room joins another Twitch-exclusive, Between Me And Uygur, in which Tyt co-founder Cenk Uygur and a guest will discuss life in quarantine.

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Progressive news network The Young Turks (Tyt) is launching a Twitch channel.

The network, founded by host Cenk Uygur, already boasts a massive presence on YouTube (4.7 million subscribers) and Facebook (3.2 million followers) is foraying onto Twitch -- just as livestreaming is at an all-time high amid quarantine. The move means that Tyt’s eponymous news broadcast with Uygur and Ana Kasparian will be accessible to Twitch viewers, as will John Iadarola’s The Damage Report, and 12 hours of exclusive content each week. Additional shows will be unveiled in coming weeks.

“Tyt is a giant within independent media, and we pride ourselves as a digital campfire because of our lean-in audience,” Uygur said in a statement. “The launch on Twitch is an exciting opportunity to reach an interactive community of 17.5 million average daily visitors."

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Exclusive: Iatse has launched a campaign to unionize the production and post-production workers at The Young Turks, the left-leaning online news outlet that produces a variety of programs, including its flagship talk show, The Young Turks.

The company was founded in 2002 by chief on-camera personality Cenk Uygur, who is running for the House seat vacated by former Rep. Katie Hill.

The website’s crew members announced their decision to unionize in a statement posted today on social media. “We’re proud to work behind the scenes at Tyt to create online content that’s bold, entertaining, and unapologetically progressive,” they said in a statement. “There is no other news and talk network quite like Tyt, and the perspective our network brings to its political coverage is resolutely pro-justice and pro-worker. We’re proud of our content, and we’re proud, too, to put into practice in our workplace the values...

The Young Turks (Tyt), a progressive digital news outlet that rose to renown on YouTube, is looking to pass on journalistic tips and tricks to the next generation of digital reporters.

To this end, the company -- co-founded by flagship host and aspiring politician Cenk Uygur -- is launching Tyt Academy, an online course that will seek to help burgeoning creators report on their local communities. The two-track video series -- with eight videos per track -- will teach the basics of news-gathering and reporting, as well how to produce and publish reports to various platforms. The first track is titled 'Journalism & Ethics, while the second is dubbed 'Video Platforms'. In order to earn a Tyt Academy certificate, participants must pass a final exam.

“Just as Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian are passionate about news at the national level, there are many people out there who are passionate about news at the local level,...

Digital progressive news network The Young Turks (Tyt) has launched a 24-hour linear channel on Comcast’s Xfinity X1, a set-top box and software platform that enables users to access a variety of streaming content.

This isn’t the first time that Tyt, which rose to renown on YouTube, has launched 24/7 programming. Earlier this year, the company launched comparable ventures on Ott service Xumo TV and the Viacom-owned, ad-supported Pluto TV. And prior to that, Tyt rolled out linear channels on YouTube TV, The Roku Channel, and Samsung TV+ devices. Across all platforms (not only TVs), Tyt says that its content generates 200 million monthly views.

Notable Tyt programming includes its flagship The Young Turks news broadcast, hosted by co-founder Cenk Uygur, as well as John Iadarola’s The Damage Report. The network has also interviewed 2020 Presidential candidates Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, as well as Andrew Yang.

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Penthouse debuted its new website Thursday by publishing a 15-minute video that attempts to show that director-comedian Judd Apatow’s past jokes, remarks and statements are at odds with his current, progressive persona.

The video suggests that Apatow is hypocritical to call out sexism, jokes about Lgbtq people and other social ills because he has made similar jokes in the past in standup routines, talk show appearances and in storylines in his hit comedies.

Reps for Apatow did not respond to requests for comment.

The video cites Apatow’s recent criticism of comics’ “punching down” to vulnerable targets in society. “I feel like it’s more important to say to kids, and to trans people, ‘Hey, I care more about you than this,'” he said in a recent interview, with the video jumping to clips from Apatow movies like “The 40 Year-Old Virgin” that include scenes that play on Lgbt...

Left-leaning digital news network The Young Turks (Tyt) has added a business-themed podcast to its recently-launched podcast network -- a venture it unveiled in June alongside audio upstart Panoply Media to expand the reach of and cinch sponsors for a number of shows.

The latest series to join the Tyt audio family is Pitchfork Economics, hosted by Nick Hanauer and primarily focusing on issues like income inequality and fair wages -- as told from the perspective of a successful capitalist. Hanauer was the first non-family investor in Amazon, and a company he founded called aQuantive was ultimately acquired by Microsoft for $6.4 billion. Today, Hanauer is the founder of Civic Ventures -- a self-described “group of political troublemakers devoted to ideas, policies, and actions that catalyze significant social change.”

Forthcoming episodes of Pitchfork Economics -- rolling out every Tuesday -- will feature conversations with notable guests from the political and economic realms,...

Sports news website Sb Nation has dropped a writer after learning of past criminal activity including a September 2018 conviction over possession of child pornography. The writer, Iain Kidd, was also dropped by Sb Nation’s Mma and Ufc blog Bloody Elbow.

“Last Friday night, Bloody Elbow became aware of news reports linking one of our writers to criminal activities including possession of child pornography,” a rep for Sb Nation told TheWrap Tuesday.

“As a result, Bloody Elbow and Sb Nation terminated his contract that same day. Sb Nation and Bloody Elbow strongly condemn the types of activities reported and encourage our readers and listeners to visit Protect Children in Canada, Stop It Now in Scotland, and Darkness 2 Light in the United States for more information to support survivors,” it continued.

Also Read: 'Young Turks' Founder Cenk Uygur Apologizes for 'Ugly,' 'Insensitive' Old Blog Posts (Exclusive)

The 29-year-old Kidd,...

Travon Free, a producer of HBO’s new series “Camping” and writer for Showtime’s upcoming “Black Monday,” apologized on Thursday for a series of nine-year-old tweets about Jews and Hitler that he called “stupid and really offensive jokes” he now regretted.

“Nine years ago I tweeted some stupid and really offensive jokes that were intended to be that, jokes. My poor attempts at humor quite understandably have offended and disappointed many people, including some very close to me, and for that I offer my sincerest apologies,” he said in a statement posted to Twitter.

“I’ve matured tremendously as a person, writer and comedian since 2010,” he continued. “Going forward, I will continue to work tirelessly at my job and on behalf of all marginalized communities, some of which, in retrospect, I did a tremendous disservice to with those tweets years ago. Again, my deep and heartfelt apologies.”

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Bette Midler offered an apology Thursday for a tweet in which she called women “the N-word of the world.”

“The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh infuriated me,” she said in an explanation. “Angrily I tweeted w/o thinking my choice of words would be enraging to black women who doubly suffer, both by being women and by being black. I am an ally and stand with you; always have. And I apologize.”

The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh infuriated me. Angrily I tweeted w/o thinking my choice of words would be enraging to black women who doubly suffer, both by being women and by being black. I am an ally and stand with you; always have. And I apologize.

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) October 5, 2018

Also Read: 'Young Turks' Founder Cenk Uygur Apologizes for 'Ugly,' 'Insensitive' Old Blog Posts (Exclusive)

“Women are the n-word of the world,...

The Young Turks slashed more staff this week and ended a number of their non-political programs, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to TheWrap on Tuesday.

The company declined to say how many employees were affected, but a second individual with knowledge of situation tells TheWrap that at least 15 people were affected in the latest layoffs, and that since June the company has let approximately 25 people go.

According to the individual, morale is low as the have layoffs affected studio employees such as editors, crew and members of Tyt’s publishing team, as well as entertainment hosts and producers.

Also Read: Young Turks Network Sheds Senior Employees in Staff Shakeup

Among the shows hit were “What The Flick” co-hosted by TheWrap reviews editor Alonso Duralde, “Pop Trigger,” and “Nerd Alert.”

The latest cuts come less than two months after the network ousted some of the channel’s most senior on-air talent,...

The Young Turks (Tyt Network) is continuing to proliferate its distribution model -- this time with the rollout of a native app dubbed Tyt Plus that the progressive news network notes is arriving ahead of the midterm elections.

The app launched on iOS devices last April, and today rolls out to Android -- on which Tyt says it derives 50% of mobile traffic. While some content will be available for free, subscribers can pay $4.99 per month for a fully-stocked ad-free hub of live broadcasts, VOD content, and podcasts. “Tyt Plus lets our fans have all of Tyt in one place, where they spend most of their time online -- on their mobile device,” the company’s CEO, Cenk Uygur, said in a statement.

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A former employee of The Young Turks is taking a racial discrimination grievance against the company to court. Andrew Jerell Jones, who spent six months at the progressive-leaning news and commentary outlet in 2017, is seeking $75,000 in damages after alleging that his manager held him to different standards than his white colleagues.

Much of Jones' lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, is centered around Jonathan Larsen, who oversaw Jones' work at The Young Turks. According to the complaint, as reported by Variety, Larsen displayed "general hostile behavior" toward Jones and held him to "ever-shifting" editorial standards. Jones says he reported these allegations to several higher-ups, including The Young Turks CEO Cenk Uygur (pictured above), but received little support in return. Jones was fired in October 2017 after allegedly refusing to sign a contract that asked him to refrain from making a civil rights claim against the company.

Progressive digital news service The Young Turks Network (Tyt) launched a linear channel on YouTube's live television service in May with a slate of four new shows -- its largest concurrent programming addition ever.

Now, the company is adding three more shows to the lineup -- for a grand total of more than a dozen YouTube TV series. The new shows include: Reasonably Shure, a 30-minute weekly interview program hosted by seasoned political analyst Michael Shure; Rebel HQ, in which host Cenk Uygur will cover the grassroots movement and candidates running to unseat establishment Democrats; and The Jimmy Dore Show, in which the political satirist will skewer corporate-controlled media. While Shure's show is brand new, Rebel HQ and The Jimmy Dore Show are already running elsewhere across Tyt's distribution network.

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Tyt Network has added three new shows to its recently launched YouTube TV channel, building out its programming slate to more than a dozen talk, news and entertainment shows for millennials.

Political analyst Michael Shure will host Reasonably Shure, a 30-minute weekly interview program where he’ll talk with artists, scientists, business leaders and politicians of various backgrounds and political leanings. The show aims to provide fresh insights and alternative viewpoints on topical issues.

The Young Turks Founder and Host Cenk Uygur will cover the grassroots political movement and candidates running to unseat establishment Democrats in Rebel HQ. The half-hour show airs three days a week, featuring interviews with progressive candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old political newcomer who defeated longtime New York Rep. Joseph Crowley in an upset primary victory.

Political satirist and self-styled nightclub comedian Jimmy Dore hosts The Jimmy Dore Show, where he skewers the corporate-controlled media...

YouTube TV is bringing two digital-first media companies — Tastemade and Tyt Network (aka The Young Turks) — into the pay-tv realm.

Google’s internet-tv service is adding 24-hour linear channels from Tastemade, a travel, food and lifestyle media company, and Tyt, which focuses on news commentary, politics and entertainment. Both will join the YouTube TV lineup starting Thursday.

For YouTube, one of the key motivations behind the deals is to tap into the large online followings of Tastemade and the Young Turks, to potentially lure new subscribers to YouTube TV and its core lineup of 50-plus traditional broadcast and cable networks.

“We’ve seen them build huge and engaged audiences over the years [on YouTube],” said Heather Moosnick, director of content partnerships, YouTube TV. “In news and lifestyle, these are really compelling content areas for us. We’re excited to see them join the rest of the best of television, which YouTube TV already carries.

Tyt Network, the digital outfit behind The Young Turks progressive news brand, has tapped a brand new top executive. Deanna Brown, who most recently served as the entrepreneur-in-residence at Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, has been named the company's very first president and COO.

Brown, a 30-year digital media veteran, will work alongside founder and CEO Cenk Uygur to direct new business initiatives and growth strategies, according to Variety, while Uygur will continue to oversee the company’s overarching vision as well as all content and coverage decisions. Brown will be based in the company’s Culver City, Calif., headquarters.

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Vox co-founder and senior correspondent Matthew Yglesias joked on Wednesday that the growing split between Donald Trump and Steve Bannon is a lot like a scene from Nazi Germany. “It’s like the Röhm Putsch, except everyone involved is a moron,”Yglesias tweeted Wednesday about the war of words between the president and his former chief strategist. Also Read: Cenk Uygur's 'Young Turks' Had 2016 Panel on 'How to Pick Up Chicks': 'I'm Being a Total Misogynist' (Video) It’s like the Röhm Putsch, except everyone involved is a moron. — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 3, 2018 Yglesias also retweeted this response the comments on his tweet that.

For many a liberal, there’s no greater dream than confronting President Donald Trump in a hail of fiery #resistance protest. In the absence of the real thing however, one man visiting Disney World went for the next best option — heckling Trump’s animatronic figure in the Hall of Presidents. “Cuz I’ll never get this close in real life probs,” tweeted actor and comedian Jay Malsky in his explanation. Also Read: Cenk Uygur's 'Young Turks' Had 2016 Panel on 'How to Pick Up Chicks': 'I'm Being a Total Misogynist' (Video) I protested @realDonaldTrump at the #hallofpresidents cuz I'll never...

The Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur has described himself as an “independent progressive” whose web-based news shows target the 98 percent of Americans “not in power.” But just over a year ago, Uygur led a profanity-laced panel discussion of “how to pick up chicks” in which he discussed hitting on a 19-year-old beauty pageant winner when he was 28 and laughed when Young Turks entertainment/political reporter Hasan Piker bragged about being a “total misogynist.” Piker also told a third panelist, Young Turks sports personality Francis Maxwell, that his Scottish accent was a “built-in f– mechanism.” The roughly nine-minute video, broadcast as part of the.

ABC News journalist Amy Robach is a frontrunner to become the next anchor of “20/20,” after Elizabeth Vargas departs, a person familiar with the matter told TheWrap on Friday. A formal announcement from ABC is not expected until at least next month. Robach would fill the a vacancy left by Vargas, who said Friday in an internal memo that she would step down in May after she wraps up the show’s 40th season. Vargas has been with the program for 14 of those seasons. Also Read: 'Young Turks' Founder Cenk Uygur Apologizes for 'Ugly,' 'Insensitive' Old Blog Posts (Exclusive) “I will be leaving.

“Young Turks” creator and host Cenk Uygur made multiple graphic and disparaging remarks about women in his early days as a blogger, including saying that women were genetically “flawed” because they don’t want to have sex often enough. TheWrap found the blog posts, from the early 2000s, in online archives. In an interview with TheWrap, Uygur apologized and said he deleted the “ugly” posts a decade ago because “I don’t stand by them.” “The stuff I wrote back then was really insensitive and ignorant,” Uygur said. “If you read that today, what I wrote 18 years ago, and you’re offended by it,...

Tyt Network, the digital news giant, is launching this evening a brand new half-hour series that will cover grassroots political movements and progressive candidates who are running to unseat longstanding officials.

Titled Rebel Headquarters, the live show will bow this evening at 8:05 pm Et after the network’s flagship newscast, The Young Turks. Cenk Uygur, founder of Tyt and host of The Young Turks, will also host Rebel Headquarters. He will interview current progressive officials and burgeoning candidates across the country, as well as report on organizations like Bernie Sanders’ Our Revolution. Fellow Young Turks personalities Ana Kasparian and Jimmy Dore will co-host Rebel Headquarters. The show will air from Mon. to Thurs. on The Young Turks YouTube channel, as well as TYTNetwork.com.

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Cenk Uygur isn’t happy Trump got elected, but he is fine with stealing parts of his playbook. Not the bad moves — just the ones that are, arguably, good. As the main host and co-creator of The Young Turks, a progressive show which began on Sirirus and now lives online, Uygur is after the same slice of the populist pie as the president he so despises. Cenk Uygur isn’t a household name, but perhaps he should be. He is, literally, internet-famous. The Young Turks gets 200 million views a month, meaning he has more fans that a Wolf Blitzer or a Joe Scarborough. […]...

The Young Turks is bringing its viewers along on a trip to the Arctic. The progressive news and commentary outlet, known for its sizable audience across platforms like YouTube and Facebook, is behind True North, a docuseries about climate change that will be distributed through Verizon's Go90 platform.

True North, which will consist of 16 11-minute episodes, will be led by John Iadarola, who co-hosts The Young Turks' ThinkTank channel. Alongside a retinue of scientists, cartographers, and other associates, Iadarola will report from remote Arctic locates in order to ascertain how climate change is affecting local populations and ecosystems.

The Young Turks, as part of its thorough coverage of current events, has often tackled climate change, though True North will be the company's most expansive coverage of the subject so far. Here's what Young Turks' co-founder Cenk Uygur had to say when Donald Trump announced his decision to pull out...

Ifp’s signature event, Ifp Week, has this year expanded to include a slew of public screenings, talks, meet ups, and exhibitions, all centered on cutting-edge independent content for the big screen, small screen, and Internet. This year will play home to faces old and new — including a number of exciting speakers who return to Ifp Week after launching their careers at the annual event, including speakers like Barry Jenkins and Dee Rees.

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Under the leadership of Head of Programming Amy Dotson and producer Erik Luers, the Ifp Week talks and events will run September 17 – 21 in and around Brooklyn, NY at Bric, The William Vale Hotel, and Ifp’s headquarters, Made in NY Media Center by Ifp.

Check out the newest additions to the Ifp Week schedule, including Filmmaker Magazine Talks, the Ifp Screen Forward Conference,...

Organisers introduce Ifp Direct Access & Meet the Decision Makers.

This year’s Ifp Week (September 17-21) in Brooklyn is set to include public screenings, talks, meeings, and exhibitions focused on independent content for the big screen, small screen, and internet.

Anticipated highlights includes kick-off event Filmmaker Magazine Talks @ Bric, when Moonlight director Barry Jenkins and producer Adele Romanski (pictured), Mudbound director Dee Rees, and the Safdie brothers are expected to take part in on-stage conversations.

The Ifp Screen Forward Conference @ Made in NY Media Center by Ifp comprises three days of conversations with storytellers and industry leaders, including Cenk Uygur, Julie Klausner, and Mark Douglas.

Ifp Direct Access & Meet the Decision Makers @ Made in NY Media Center by Ifp is new to Ifp Week, and offers advice from industry leaders through small workshops on how to launch narrative features, documentaries, and serialised content.

The ‘Meet the Decision Makers’ track offers face-time with prominent companies such as [link...

The parent company of progressive digital news network The Young Turks -- co-founded by online host and political activist Cenk Uygur -- has closed a $20 million funding round.

While Tyt Network currently counts 70 staffers and 30 freelancers, Uygur told The Wall Street Journal that new funds will serve to double the size of the company’s newsroom and business operations to roughly 200 total staffers. In addition to hiring more journalists, Tyt is seeking to build an ad sales team and to bolster its paid subscription options. New funds will also be allocated to expanding marketing initiatives and strengthening community engagement.

Tyt's new valuation was not disclosed.

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Newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci will not speak at Politicon after making news with a bizarre, profanity-filled tirade to a reporter from The New Yorker and the convention’s co-founder is still in the dark amid conflicting media reports. Politicon organizers issued the following statement to TheWrap: “While Anthony Scaramucci decided to cancel his scheduled appearance at Politicon this year, the beauty of Politicon is that we have dozens of huge names that political junkies will love, from Chelsea Handler, James Carville, America Ferrera, Cenk Uygur, and Rob Reiner to Ann Coulter, Roger Stone, Tomi Lahren, Ben Shapiro,...

A conservative imitator of The Young Turk’s founder Cenk Uygur unexpectedly took over a session on live streaming at the SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas, on Sunday night. The imitator entered the ballroom at the Austin Hyatt Regency Hotel and began loudly parodying the Uygur’s words. The imitator rushed the stage and initially the audience […]

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During the 2016 presidential primaries, progressive news organization The Young Turks championed Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders by interviewing him multiple times and launching several initiatives on his behalf. Sanders ended up ceding the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton, but his campaign successfully challenged establishment politics and awakened many voters to the political reality around them.

That sort of education is in line with The Young Turks’ own viewers, and the network is taking action to make sure the policies of the Sanders campaign continue to receive attention. It has announced Justice Democrats, an organization co-led by former Sanders team members that will aid progressive political candidates in order to challenge the Democratic establishment.

The four co-founders of Justice Democrats are Cenk Uygur, co-founder of The Young Turks; Saikat Chakrabarti the Director of Organizing Technology for the Sanders campaign; Zack Exley (a Senior Adviser for the Sanders campaign; and Kyle Kulinski, a talk radio host.

Digital news outlet The Young Turks (Tyt) is trying to raise two million dollars to fund the creation of four new investigative journalism teams, and with three weeks left before that crowdfunding campaign’s Inauguration Day deadline, it has passed the $500,000 mark. To celebrate that milestone, The Young Turks has announced two new hires to its team: Nomiki Konst has joined the progressive-leaning network as an investigative reporter, while Shaun King has come on as a commentator.

Konst is a political activist who hosts her own show on SiriusXM radio. In an introductory chat with Young Turks co-founder Cenk Uygur, she praised the efforts of Tyt’s first journalist hire, Jordan Chariton, who has reported from newsworthy locations like Flint and Standing Rock. As the next addition to Tyt’s investigative team, Konst will add to Chariton’s work with some of her own.

King, for those who keep in...

2016 was a busy year for The Young Turks. After hiring reporter Jordan Chariton at the end of 2015, Cenk Uygur’s progressive news network provided wall-to-wall coverage of the 2016 presidential election, and provided key coverage of major events like the Democratic National Convention, the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, and the Indiana lead poisoning scandal.

With a new presidential regime set to launch in January 2017, The Young Turks’ work is far from over, and the network wants to greatly increase the size of its news team in order to provide even more political coverage for its viewers. To that end, Uygur and his team have launched a crowdfunding campaign through which they hope to raise $2 million to support the creation of four new investigative news teams.

Each team would consist of a single reporter, who would be surrounded by editors, producers, and camera people. With an expanded stable of capable journalists, The Young Turks...

On November 8th, the United States turned its eyes to the results of the 2016 presidential election, and one place where its citizens tuned in for their political coverage was The Young Turks. The progressive-leaning news channel had a big night; across three separate live streams -- one each on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter -- it drew more than 4.5 million total hits, smashing its own viewership record.

The bulk of The Young Turks’ viewership came on YouTube, where its hosts, including Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, led a 12-hour broadcast that broke down the election results. At its peak viewership, The Young Turks’ YouTube stream counted 132,979 concurrent viewers. While that is a smaller figure compared to what YouTube drew during the three presidential debates, it is the biggest audience ever for a Young Turks stream, eclipsing the 72,635 viewers the news channel drew for its March 2016 interview with progressive presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Back in September, YouTube launched its #VoteIRL campaign, through which it leveraged the undeniable influence of its creative community in order to urge Americans to participate in their political process. With the results of the presidential election nigh, YouTube brought in its biggest guest star yet. It published a video in which President Barack Obama shared his own #VoteIRL message with viewers.

The video in question in 26 seconds long, making it an appropriate length for distribution as a pre-roll advertising. In lieu of any partisan statements (though his endorsement of Hillary Clinton is no secret), Obama simply encourages Americans to make their voices heard, no matter how they choose to express themselves. “Since the beginning of this campaign, you've made yourself heard in every way,” he says. “Now it's time to take action and decide what you want the future of America to be.” At the end of his spot,...

No matter who you voted for today, the results of the 2016 Presidential Election will have every American on the edge of their seats. And while the most accurate, up-to-date results we can expect will come from the dozens of news outlets covering the polls, there are plenty of entertainers looking to provide updates with their own unique spin. Here’s a guide to some of the most notable players, from cable to Snapchat to public access.

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The Chris Gethard All-Day Election Special

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Network: Manhattan Neighborhood Network

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YouTube has launched a new site-wide social campaign dubbed #voteIRL, which aims to get young out to the polls. The campaign will put registration reminders on YouTube’s homepage, watch pages, and search results pages on National Voter Registration Day, which is Sept. 27. Viewers will also be able to register directly on YouTube using registration tools built by Google.

There is also, of course, a creator component. Top YouTube talent -- including Anna Akana, Philip DeFranco, Hank Green, Laci Green, Hannah Hart, Kingsley, Bethany Mota, Rancesca Ramsey, Cenk Uygur, and Mark Watson -- have lent their hands to an anthem video encouraging young people to vote.

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YouTube has picked up a new ally in its battle against the music industry. Cenk Uygur, the co-founder and co-host of progressive news and commentary channel The Young Turks, criticized several of the arguments recording industry big shots have wielded in their fight against YouTube.

In a 10-minute video, Uygur primarily focuses on the arguments presented by music manager Irving Azoff in a May 2016 open letter. In his letter, Azoff attacked YouTube’s Content ID system, which he called “meaningless,” and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s “safe harbor” provision, which he said gives YouTube an “unfair advantage.” Several top music acts, such as Taylor Swift and U2, co-signed Azoff’s comments.

For Uygur, those arguments don’t hold up. He notes that sites like YouTube "can't police the entire Internet” makes a comparison to Twitter, which would never survive if it were to be held responsible for the comments on its platform.

No one could have predicted that the big story coming out of the first day of the Republican National Convention would revolve around speech plagiarism.

Earlier on Monday, the top news coming out of Cleveland was the group of anti-Donald Trump delegates attempting to force a roll call vote. When that was denied, the Colorado delegation left the arena floor.

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But then came Melania Trump’s primetime speech. Blatantly obvious similarities between her speech and one Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic convention quickly became the top story coming out of the Rnc as Monday turned into Tuesday. (Yes, that means Scott Baio’s and Antonio Sabato Jr.’s quick speeches became quick afterthoughts.)

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After Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, told Jimmy Kimmel that he would be willing to debate Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders -- if Sanders or a television network airing the debate would donate money to charity -- one of Sanders’ most ardent digital supporters has weighed in with a lofty offer.

Cenk Uygur, host and co-founder of The Young Turks, said that the digital news network would donate $1 million to charity if Trump and Sanders debated on its airwaves before the California primary. “We’re all in,” tweeted Uygur, who has interviewed Sanders before and is also sitting down with him this evening at 6 p.m. Est for a discussion that will be broadcast live on The Young Turks’ YouTube and Facebook pages.

Uygur, who has been introducing Sanders at rallies across California in recent weeks ahead of the primary on June 7, also noted that The Young Turks had...

[caption id="attachment_48737" align="aligncenter" width="590"] The Young Turks TV show on Fusion. Image courtesy of Fusion./caption]

The Young Turks TV show is coming this fall to Fusion TV. A weekly news show, The Young Turks is hosted by Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola, with a live audience. The hosts will be joined on the road by talent including Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Dore, Ben Mankiewicz, Hannah Cranston, and Kim Horcher.

The Young Turks began on Sirius Satellite Radio in 2002. It later expanded to YouTube. The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur aired on Current TV (now truTV) from 2011 to 2013.

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FiveThirtyEight founder and editor in chief Nate Silver famously predicted all 50 states of the 2012 election — but when it came to predicting Donald Trump’s chances, he wasn’t so accurate. He’s not the only one. Political pundits, newscasters and celebrities have doubted Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy back on on June 16, 2015. They have called him everything from a “comical figure” to a “blowhard” and compared him at times to Hitler. Also Read: 'Apprentice' Contestants Bash Donald Trump at Manhattan Press Conference Those who doubted Trump include Glenn Beck, Rachel Maddow, Stuart Stevens, Cenk Uygur, Sam Stein, Bill.

FiveThirtyEight founder and editor in chief Nate Silver famously predicted all 50 states of the 2012 election — but when it came to predicting Donald Trump’s chances, he wasn’t so accurate. He’s not the only one. Political pundits, newscasters and celebrities have doubted Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy back on on June 16, 2015. They have called him everything from a “comical figure” to a “blowhard” and compared him at times to Hitler. Also Read: 'Apprentice' Contestants Bash Donald Trump at Manhattan Press Conference Those who doubted Trump include Glenn Beck, Rachel Maddow, Stuart Stevens, Cenk Uygur, Sam Stein, Bill Kristol,...