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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Yahoo's NBA site, to join ESPN after the NBA draft; ESPN intends to hire other The Vertical staffers — The writer and some of his team will join ESPN after next month's NBA draft. — Last week, ESPN cut some of its reporters and on-air personnel.
New York Times:
Some employees saw Ailes lieutenant Bill Shine's presence as sign 21st Century Fox wasn't serious about culture reform — Fox News on Monday announced the exit of one of its co-presidents, Bill Shine, removing a holdover from the Roger Ailes era and signaling that the network is prepared …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sources: Sean Hannity has called a staff-wide meeting for all those who work on his show — Fox News anchor Sean Hannity is calling a staff-wide meeting for everyone who works on his television show, according to people close to his show. — The meeting comes as speculation …
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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy:
Rupert Murdoch statement: Fox News co-president Bill Shine resigned, replaced by Suzanne Scott, president of programming, and Jay Wallace, president of news
Rupert Murdoch statement: Fox News co-president Bill Shine resigned, replaced by Suzanne Scott, president of programming, and Jay Wallace, president of news
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Twitter unveils 16 streaming partners for its live video service, including BuzzFeed, The Verge, Viacom, WNBA, MLBAM, PGA, Bloomberg, and Live Nation — Last year: NFL. This year: Bloomberg, the WNBA, Live Nation and our friends at The Verge. — Yesterday, Twitter announced it was building …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Writers Guild of America, studios reach agreement including 15% increase in Pay TV residuals, ~$15M in increases in high-budget SVOD residuals, and more — It went down to the wire, and a little beyond, but the Writers Guild of America and major studios came to terms on a new contract early Tuesday …
David Gilbert / Vice News:
Chinese gov't recruits 20K people to author online encyclopedia with 300K+ entries, dubbed by an official as the “Great Wall of culture”, to go live in 2018 — The Chinese government is recruiting 20,000 people to create an online encyclopedia that will be the country's own …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
After 18 years, About.com is rebranding as Dotdash and will launch a travel-focused vertical later this month — On Tuesday, About.com is going to change its name. The digital publisher is expected to announce at the Collision Conference that it will henceforth be known as Dotdash (pronounced “dot-DASH").
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Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone:
NYT doesn't release un-subscription numbers, but says just 6% of people canceling in the past three weeks cited Bret Stephens as the reason. — NYT doesn't release un-subscription numbers, but says just 6% of people canceling in the past three weeks cited Bret Stephens as the reason.
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NYT readers are canceling their subscriptions over a column by the paper's new conservative columnist Bret Stephens in which he questioned climate change
NYT readers are canceling their subscriptions over a column by the paper's new conservative columnist Bret Stephens in which he questioned climate change
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Michael Schulson / Undark:
Publisher of Nautilus, award-winning science magazine and website, admits they are having cash flow problems and are late paying contributors — Funding shortfalls at the luxe science magazine have left some contributors waiting months to be paid. They may need to wait a little longer.
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
ESPN isn't dying, but its cable-TV business is declining as the cost of sports programming rises, meaning it will need to transition to a new business model — Last week, ESPN laid off 100 employees, including several well-known SportsCenter anchors and popular writers.
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney launches Disney Digital Network, bringing its own brands and Maker Studios creators together under one umbrella — The Disney Digital Network will combine existing brands from the company, including Oh My Disney and Babble, with Maker talent and its gaming-focused Polaris network.
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Dawn Rhodes / Chicago Tribune:
Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University says it will not pursue renewed accreditation beyond this school year because the process is “flawed” — Northwestern University's main campus in Evanston. — In a nontraditional move, officials at Northwestern University's …
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