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Becky Roberts / What Hi-Fi?:
BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and network operator Arqiva partner to invest £125M in streaming platform Freeview Play over five years, in bid to beat Netflix and Amazon — We are part of The Trust Project What is it? — New Freeview Play development offers some security to the future of free-to-air TV.
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The Drum and Financial Times
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
A group of seven media associations sent Facebook a letter protesting ads policy that would lump promoted news articles with political and advocacy ads — A group of seven media associations June 11 sent Facebook a letter protesting its issue ads policy that would lump news articles …
American Press Institute:
Report: 29% of Americans subscribe to a print or digital newspaper; 42% say news is too commentarial; majority of adults up to 29 say news is fairly inaccurate — This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project — an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
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Nieman Lab, @akurjata, @picardonhealth, @poynter, The Rural Blog, Poynter and Editor & Publisher
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Comcast will formalize its all-cash offer for most of 21st Century Fox's assets if AT&T-Time Warner deal is approved — - Comcast will formalize its all-cash bid for Fox's assets on Wednesday if AT&T's bid for Time Warner is approved, sources say.
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New York Times:
Head of Amazon's TV and movie division Jennifer Salke discusses her strategy of series development, luring talent, and high-risk adaptations — CULVER CITY, Calif. — Jennifer Salke has been the head of Amazon's television and movie division for four months.
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Fortune, Decider and Deadline
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
A look at what happens now that net neutrality rules have been rolled back, including its immediate implications and legal pushback — A field guide to Ajit Pai's internet — As of June 11th, the legal protections against content discrimination on the internet are gone.
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Mother Jones, New York Times, NPR and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Sources: Trump thinks he's gaining ground by trying to set the terms of news coverage; at least one senior aide is sharing fake stories internally to ID leakers — WASHINGTON — President Trump has gone overseas to embark on some of the most consequential diplomatic negotiations of his tenure …
Discussion:
Business Insider, Washington Post, New York Magazine, The Week and Politico
Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
Ex-New York Times columnist Joe Nocera opens up about his struggle with depression and bipolar disorder and how it impacted his work at the paper — Help end the stigma: Let's talk about mental health. — If you spent any time on social media this past weekend, you no doubt saw hundreds …
Rachel Sadon / DCist:
The DCist has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finance its relaunch under its new owner, Washington D.C. NPR station WAMU — Oh hey, there. Welcome back. We're delighted to have you here. — It's been a minute (221 days to be exact, but who's counting?) since DCist went dark …
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Dutch publisher De Correspondent is searching for an editor-in-chief to run its yet-to-be-launched US operation, is in initial talks with potential candidates — This article is a free preview of the new issue of Digiday magazine, our quarterly print publication that's distributed to Digiday+ members.
Discussion:
@digiday, @jayrosen_nyu and @bsd
Julie Reynolds / DFM Workers:
The Knight Foundation invested $13M in Alden Global Capital by 2010, raising questions about what it knew about Alden's slash-and-burn strategy — Former Knight-Ridder headquarters. Much of the Knight family's once-grand newspaper empire was ultimately acquired by Alden Global Capital …
Discussion:
@mattdpearce and @mattdpearce
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Report: advertisers spent ~$314M on podcast ads in 2017, up 86% YoY from ~$169M in 2016, with 35.7% of spending coming from brand-awareness ads and content — Total spending on podcast ads rose 86% last year, but the format remains relatively niche — Marketers are starting to tune in to the growing appetite for podcasting.
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