Mediagazer: E.W. Scripps is rebranding Midroll Media as Stitcher, adopting the name of its podcasting app for its full audio programming business (Cale Guthrie Weissman/Fast Company)

4:05 PM ET, September 12, 2018

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Memo: 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager is leaving CBS amid allegations of inappropriate conduct; CBS News president says Fager violated company policy — Story alleges a darker side of ‘60 Minutes’ — Jeff Fager, the veteran executive producer of “60 Minutes,” …

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Michael Sheetz / CNBC:

Verizon says Oath CEO Tim Armstrong will depart at the end of 2018; K. Guru Gowrappan, Oath COO, will assume CEO responsibilities — Verizon's head of media and advertising Tim Armstrong will leave at the end of the year, the company announced Wednesday. CNBC reported Armstrong was in talks to leave as of Sept. 7.

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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:

Under the EU's new copyright directive, streaming services like Amazon and Netflix will be forced to pay higher copyright fees to filmmakers — The European Parliament passed a wide-ranging digital copyright directive Wednesday that will give film and TV writers and directors the possibility …

Discussion: Julia Reda, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, Business Insider and Fortune

James Vincent / The Verge:

EU Parliament approves controversial internet copyright law, including Articles 11 and 13, dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter” — Key provisions were amended to reduce potential harm, but critics say vote is ‘catastrophic’ — The European Parliament has voted …

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Linda Bloodworth Thomason / Hollywood Reporter:

TV writer Linda Bloodworth Thomason, one of CBS biggest hitmakers, claims Les Moonves blacklisted her from the network for many years — Linda Bloodworth Thomason, one of CBS' biggest hitmakers, reveals the disgraced mogul kept her shows off the air for seven years: “People asked me for years, ‘What happened to you?’

Discussion: New York Post, TVWeek.com, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, Jezebel, TV Tattle and Wonkette

Sinéad Baker / Business Insider:
In SEC filing, CBS says it will do what it can to ensure the findings of its internal investigation into allegations against Les Moonves are not made public

Discussion: New York Times, CNBC, Variety, The Wrap, NPR, Vox, Decider and @blackamazon

Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:

Curtis Ingraham, brother of Fox Primetime host Laura Ingraham, claims his sister was influenced by their father's alleged sympathy for Nazis — Curtis Ingraham wants people to know that his sister, the right-wing Fox News host Laura Ingraham, is the ultimate ‘hypocrite.’

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Brian Steinberg / Variety: Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, and other major hosts to have regular roles on Fox Nation, the network's standalone streaming service expected Q4

Tony Maglio / The Wrap:

AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said he has no concerns about the DOJ's appeal of AT&T-Time Warner merger — AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson brought out the big guns — or at least the big metaphors — Wednesday morning at Goldman Sachs' Communacopia conference.

Discussion: Adweek

John Lynch / INSIDER:
Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Netflix is the “Walmart” of SVOD, while HBO is “Tiffany”

Discussion: Business Insider

Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:

Black-ish creator Kenya Barris discusses Disney and ABC's reluctance to air an anti-Trump episode which led to him leaving for Netflix — The Emmy-nominated showrunner details the battle all of Hollywood has buzzed about, including the Spike Lee-narrated episode that led to his departure …

Discussion: The Wrap, Business Insider, Decider, Vanity Fair, @mlcalderone, @thrmattbelloni, Jezebel, @moryan, The Week, @thr and TV Tattle

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Hulu signs a deal with Discovery to add 4,000 episodes of Discovery's shows to its on-demand library as well as five Discovery TV networks — Hulu and Discovery this morning announced a wide-ranging partnership that will see Discovery's live and on-demand programming added to Hulu's streaming service.

Discussion: Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Broadcasting & Cable, Adweek, Multichannel News, @dieselbrostv and @streetoutlaws

Daniel Victor / New York Times:

NBC cancelled comedian Norm Macdonald's appearance on “The Tonight Show” following comments he made defending Louis C.K., others — NBC canceled Norm Macdonald's appearance on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday after he made comments defending several entertainers accused of wrongdoing …

Discussion: The Wrap, TVWeek.com, USA Today, Mediaite, Vox, @onlxn, @reignofapril, @hughhewitt, @yogadgaf, @ditzkoff, @mrjoncryer, Vanity Fair, @saalon, @janeygodley, @sarahclapp, @rgay, UPROXX and Jezebel

Josh Barro / @jbarro:

Senior editor Josh Barro is leaving Business Insider and says he'll announce his next step in the coming days — This is true! I've greatly enjoyed my time at BI (both of my times, actually). I have an exciting next step that will be announced in the coming days. https://twitter.com/...

Sean Burch / The Wrap:

Despite its failed bid for Fox, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says the company is still interested in making acquisitions in the video space — Despite its failed bid to acquire much of Fox's TV and film businesses, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts presented his company as one ready to strike …

Discussion: Variety and Multichannel News

Seb Joseph / Digiday:

Facebook to debut new brand-safety measures, so advertisers can see where their in-stream video ads appear, including those in Watch and Instant Articles — Facebook is giving advertisers visibility into which publishers their ads might appear on as part of wider push for brand safety on the platform.

New York Times:

US political candidates, especially those running against better-financed rivals and first time candidates, turn to viral videos over expensive advertising — These are not the stories that candidates usually turn to the camera and open up about in ads. — One talked about her father's …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Broadly, @jeffjarvis, @nytpolitics, @votevets and @shannonrwatts

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Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
E.W. Scripps is rebranding Midroll Media as Stitcher, adopting the name of its podcasting app for its full audio programming business

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Ed Meza / Variety:
YouTube launches a number of new shows in Germany on its subscription service, part of its international rollout of original content

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Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC is launching a weekly news show on Facebook Watch, “Cut Through the Noise”, in the US in late 2018, presented mainly from its DC bureau

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
EU proposes massive fines for online tech firms of up to 4% of worldwide revenue for the previous year, if they fail to remove terrorist content within one hour

Discussion: Fast Company, more at Techmeme »

Matt Tullis / The Daily Beast:
How journalism school professors are changing classes in response to Trump: focus on variety of stories, ensure student safety, and focus on accuracy

Discussion: @matttullis, @michaelkruse and @jimlaporta

Caits Meissner / The Guardian:
Pen America makes a case against prison officials restricting incarcerated writers' freedom of expression on “security grounds”

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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
USA Today Network rolls out LocalIQ, an agency-like service for local businesses, and LocalIQ Grader, to give advertisers marketing recommendations

Discussion: Poynter, MediaPost and American Press Institute

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Before EU's top court, the EU's executive arm joined Google in opposing expanding “right to be forgotten” beyond EU; a non-binding court opinion expected Dec 11

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Kali Hays / WWD:
Sources: Condé Nast plans a campaign promoting Google's Pixel 3 phone, with the phone used as the camera for cover shoots of November magazine issues

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
TickBox, which made a streaming device that gave access to stolen content, agrees to $25M judgment and injunction in copyright suit by studios, Netflix, Amazon

Discussion: Variety, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times and MediaPost

Rani Molla / Recode:
A look at the rising prevalence of Amazon ads, as report suggests share of Amazon product page views that came from sponsored ads has roughly doubled YoY to 8%

Discussion: @sub8u, Fast Company, @ranimolla and @carnage4life

Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
European creators should oppose EU proposals to force online providers to create copyright filters and limit users' ability to post links without a license

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Media center app maker Plex announces it's shutting down its Plex Cloud service at the end of November, citing costs

Discussion: Plex Forum, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge and 9to5Mac

Dorothy Musariri / Press Gazette:
BBC Director-General Tony Hall says the corporation will cut some of its “less used” content to focus on services including news and sport

Discussion: The Drum

Melissa Rafferty / KAJ-TV:
Staff at Missoula's weekly independent newspaper, Missoula Independent, have been told the paper is being shut down by Lee Enterprises as of September 11

The Guardian:
The Guardian hires six audio journalists for a daily news and current affairs podcast, launching late 2018 and hosted by joint Political Editor Anushka Asthana

Discussion: Nieman Lab, One Man & His Blog, Bobbie Johnson, @rachel_hump, @matthewwells, @jessicaelgot, @mythilirao and @elizacasss

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic raised another $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary training partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
A UK CMA report finds that Apple's policies hold back innovation in mobile browsers and recommends investigating Apple and Google's mobile ecosystem activities

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Researchers detail a “nearest neighbor attack” by Russia's APT28, which remotely breached a target's Wi-Fi by hijacking a laptop in a building across the street

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