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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Source: Vox Media's 2018 revenues are projected to increase 15%-18% YoY, with the company planning to charge for certain content across its sites — Vice, Vox, and BuzzFeed, among other companies that once heralded the dawn of a new media age, are now grappling with decidedly old-media problems.
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Business Insider, @choire, @dylanmatt, @sophiekleeman, @akm1410, AdExchanger, @laurenrabaino, @jonathanvswan, @williams_paige, @rafat and CNN
Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet says an international investigation is needed to determine who killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi — GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that an international investigation was needed …
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Press Gazette and Mediaite
New York Post:
Sources: Liberty Media is looking to increase its ~5% stake in iHeartMedia to 35% after the latter returns to public markets from bankruptcy in February 2019 — Radio giant iHeartMedia just took a major step toward emerging from bankruptcy — and falling into the clutches of John Malone.
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Music Ally, Music Business Worldwide and AllAccess.com
Hollywood Reporter:
In Dec 2017, June Seley Kimmel tweeted that Les Moonves had sexually harassed her; the CBS board were aware of her account before New Yorker story emerged — June Seley Kimmel, who has recounted her experience with the ousted CBS mogul to company lawyers, recalls her traumatic 1985 encounter.
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@kimmasters, The Wrap and TVWeek.com
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New York Times:
CBS draft report says former CEO Leslie Moonves destroyed evidence and misled investigators to preserve his reputation and save his $120M severance deal
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Better News:
Q&A with editors at the Sacramento Bee and the Bay Area News Group on the outcome of their agreement to pool statehouse and Bay Area sports coverage — Here's an idea to steal and adapt: The Bay Area News Group and McClatchy's Sacramento Bee, two Northern California news organizations, are sharing stories, photos and video.
Jane Coaston / Vox:
Weekly Standard staffers say parent company MediaDC has tried to sabotage the publication over its anti-Trump stance, mine it for assets for Washington Examiner — “This is not about dwindling subscribers. This is about strip-mining TWS for its assets." — The future of the conservative magazine …
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Hit & Run, Politico and Washington Examiner
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: The Weekly Standard's future is uncertain, after months of searching for a buyer; parent company MediaDC has requested a meeting with staff next week
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New York Times, New York Post, @giladedelman, @ericboehlert, @brendannyhan, @kurtschlichter, @scottmgreer, @cjane87, @mckaycoppins, @jayrosen_nyu, @esotericcd, @madbev14, @markdavis, @ezraklein, Politico, Mediaite, @maxboot, @timodc, @oliverdarcy, The Daily Caller, The Hill and The Daily Beast
Nat Levy / GeekWire:
Amazon and Comcast partner to bring Prime Video to Comcast Xfinity X1 set-top boxes, rolling out over the next week — Amazon and Comcast are teaming up to bring the tech giant's video streaming service into the Xfinity cable universe. — Amazon Prime Video will launch on the Comcast Xfinity X1 boxes …
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Variety, Multichannel News, The Verge and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube creators say they're owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by Defy Media, with questions arising about where the company's $70M in funding went — Ryland Adams is one of YouTube's most prominent creators, best known for his collaborative work with boyfriend Shane Dawson …
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@russellbrandom and @loudmouthjulia
Sam Dolnick / New York Times:
How a New York Times story by Sam Dolnick about an octogenarian drug mule inspired “The Mule”, a new Clint Eastwood movie — When I started reporting on an octogenarian drug mule, I had no idea it would inspire a Hollywood film. — Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights …
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Chris Stewart defended Trump's response to the Khashoggi murder on CNN on Tuesday, saying journalists “disappear all over the country” — Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) on Tuesday defended President Trump's response to the killing of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi …
Discussion:
@lawrence_wright, TheBlaze, The Wrap and The Week
Janine di Giovanni / Harper's:
A war reporter reflects on the trauma and sacrifices demanded by a male-dominated field; film, Bearing Witness, captures the struggles better than A Private War — Life during wartime is more complicated than easily digestible, Hollywood heroism — When young women come to me and say …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish says the network is debuting niche video-streaming services using existing content and that there's no merger deal with CBS underway — - ‘We like the configuration we have,’ Bob Bakish says — Viacom Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bob Bakish, facing fresh speculation …
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