Mediagazer: A look at the many ways Apple's Shazam acquisition, the app's data on its 150M users, and its R&D team can bolster Apple Music in its fight against Spotify (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)

8:15 AM ET, September 28, 2018

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Fox News fires contributor Kevin Jackson after tweets calling Kavanaugh accusers “lying skanks” and criticizing Christine Blasey Ford's appearance — Kevin Jackson said that Christine Blasey Ford should stop “opening her legs.” — Radio host and Fox News contributor Kevin Jackson referred …

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Facebook introduces In-Stream Reserve for companies to advertise on premium video and ThruPlay, which charges for ads only if they are viewed for 15+ seconds — - Facebook is adding more ways for brands to be selective about what videos and shows they advertise on, similar to programs Google offers for YouTube.

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Sources: federal prosecutors have opened a probe into ad buying and have begun issuing subpoenas, examining practices including rebates from media outlets — Investigation examines whether advertising agencies received rebates from media outlets — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan …

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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:

A look at the many ways Apple's Shazam acquisition, the app's data on its 150M users, and its R&D team can bolster Apple Music in its fight against Spotify — The MBW Review offers our take on some of the music biz's biggest recent goings-on. This time, Murray Stassen takes a gander …

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

Print readers don't migrate online and read much more content than online ones, according to a study of The Independent's audience after it went online-only — A new study of The Independent's 2016 shift to online-only finds that its print readership didn't move to digital when the newspaper did.

Discussion: @lauraelizdavis

Andrew Roth / The Guardian:

How the investigative journalism sites Bellingcat and The Insider used tips and online search techniques to identify a Salisbury novichok poisoning suspect — Old-school journalism and intuition are behind success of Bellingcat and The Insider sites — The odds of finding …

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Bloomberg:

CBS to open a 260,000 square foot TV and film studio in Canada mid-2019, with six sound stages, production offices, and other facilities — - Site near Toronto is largest for U.S. broadcaster in Canada — TV production is rising in Canada, making space harder to find

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Barbara Allen / Poynter:

The Oklahoman announces it has been sold to GateHouse Media and immediately lays off 37 staffers, with an estimate of 15 staffers from the newsroom — The Oklahoman Media Company, the state's biggest, announced today that it was being sold to GateHouse Media — and laid off 37 staffers.

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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Sources: media startup Tech In Asia, which runs a blog and events business in Southeast Asia, laid off a third of its staff in July after canceling planned ICO — Earlier this month, media startup Tech In Asia surprised its readers when it announced plans to implement an $18 per month paywall.

Discussion: Tech in Asia, more at Techmeme »

Wallace Matthews / New York Times:

After 45 years of broadcasting matches, HBO is dropping live boxing events in 2019 following a decline in viewership — After 45 years, more than 1,000 fights and some of the most lucrative and controversial matches of all time, HBO is throwing in the towel on professional boxing.

Discussion: The Wrap, Awful Announcing, BloombergQuint, The Big Lead, Business Insider, Deadspin, Fightful and TV Tattle

Donnelle Eller / Des Moines Register:

Trump's allegation of Chinese election interference via “propaganda ads” refers to a clearly labeled China Daily ad supplement, akin to ones run in NYT and WaPo — Twice Wednesday, President Donald Trump pointed to a Chinese government-backed advertising insert in the Des Moines Register …

Discussion: @realdonaldtrump, NextShark, @davidmdrucker, New York Times, BuzzFeed News, Financial Times and Fortune

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