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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Report: the cost of distribution rights for every major televised sport in the US is larger than the ad revenue TV channels earn from airing them — The cost of distribution rights for every major televised sport in the United States is more than the ad revenue TV channels get from airing those sports …
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Mike Shields / Business Insider:
Mic disputes comScore data that shows Mic traffic fell from 21.5M visitors in Dec '15 to under 10M this July, says comScore's missing views on social networks — - Mic's monthly audience has plummeted, according to comScore. Mic says comScore data is increasingly irrelevant.
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Comcast says its Watchable business is moving away from original content and streaming app, but hopes to use Watchable streaming tech elsewhere — Two years ago, Comcast launched Watchable, a streaming video platform focused on delivering the best of web video.
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Catherine York / Poynter:
Sullivan, Sill, Abramson, others on possible reasons why women comprise 2/3 of journalism and communications graduates, yet only one-third of media industry — Margaret Sullivan remembered standing in front of a class of Northwestern University journalism students.
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Hollywood Reporter:
NFL TV ratings have slid 12-15% in the opening weeks of the season, following an 8% drop last season; analysts and pundits are struggling to explain the decline — CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC will generate about $2.5 billion in NFL advertising revenue this season, but a 10 percent shortfall …
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Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Profile of Emanuele Farneti, the 42-year-old editor of Italian Vogue and an outsider in the fashion world — In January, not long after returning from his winter holiday, Emanuele Farneti, the 42-year-old editor of Italian GQ, was chatting with a media friend when the subject of Italian Vogue …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Univision used WhatsApp group chats to distribute news and information during Hurricane Irma and is doing the same for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico — Meet your audiences where they are — in Univision's case, preparing to weather a major storm, or evacuating in a car with only a phone in hand.
Seth Harp / Columbia Journalism Review:
In Mexico, journalists have more to fear by reporting on the government and politicians than they do by covering the drug cartels — Journalists arrange pictures of slain Mexican colleague Candido Rios during a demonstration in Mexico City on August 24, 2017.
Julia Fioretti / Reuters:
Twitter removed 300K accounts in first half of '17 for promoting terrorism, a 20% decline from previous six months with 75% suspended before posting first tweet — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said that its internal controls were allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the …
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
US regulators approve Disney's acquisition of majority stake in BAMTech, which will be key in Disney's planned launch of an ESPN-branded streaming service — Will provide platform for ESPN and Disney branded OTT — The federal government has signed off on Disney's purchase of a majority stake in BAMTech …
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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Steven Spielberg, chairman of DreamWorks parent Amblin Partners, will assume CEO role as Michael Wright steps down — Michael Wright, Amblin Partners' top executive, is stepping down from his role as CEO, the company said Tuesday. — “I have always enjoyed working with Michael …
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
The Republican Governors Association has launched an online publication that looks like a legitimate news source, only added disclosure after query from AP — ATLANTA (AP) — Republican governors are getting into the “news” business. The Republican Governors Association has quietly launched …
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