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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Facebook has launched a new funding program for Facebook Watch shows pairing publishers and creators, starting with 12 publishers including BuzzFeed, Condé Nast — Facebook is recruiting publishers, including BuzzFeed, Condé Nast and Complex Networks, to produce …
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Adweek and @sarahmarshall
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Speaking on his show on Monday night, Tucker Carlson said he would “not bow to the mob”, but his program had just four ad breaks and few national advertisers — Tucker Carlson took to Fox News Channel's 8 p.m. slot knowing he had the full support of the cable-news network's regular viewers.
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Despite calls for boycotts, Tucker Carlson is averaging 2.9M viewers per episode so far in 2019, far surpassing his direct competition on MSNBC and CNN
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Media Matters for America, Mediaite, @jackshafer, @joehagansays, @ericboehlert, @ritapanahi and @jamilsmith
Washington Post:
A day after releasing audio of Tucker Carlson's misogynist remarks, Media Matters releases second wave of clips in which he uses racist and homophobic language
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Madeline Peltz / Media Matters for America:
Clips surface of Tucker Carlson's calls into Bubba the Love Sponge's radio show from 2006 to 2011, where he often spoke in vulgar terms about women and teen sex
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Facebook pulled ads from Sen. Warren's campaign calling for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants, citing policy violations, but is now restoring them — Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney says its acquisition of 21st Century Fox is expected to close on Wednesday, March 20 — Disney boss Bob Iger had last week said the $71.3 billion takeover of large parts of Fox, including the film and TV studio, would close “soon.” — The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday …
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The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable and Adweek
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Sources: BuzzFeed News employees are growing skeptical of the company's business model, with the future of shows like AM to DM dependent on outside platforms — In retrospect, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti's March 2014 memo to staff, titled “Is History Repeating Itself?” reads like an extended challenge …
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The Guardian:
News Corp's Australian unit tells the Australian competition watchdog that Google should be broken up so that media companies can compete in ad market — Media giant tells Australian inquiry Google's search engine and advertising platform should be separated
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@orskov and @jeffjarvis
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
How Schibsted's news app Peil, which was launched in 2017 and targets 18-25-year-olds, has attracted more young readers and grown retention from 25% to 35% — News publishers are scrambling to get younger audiences acquainted with their brands. Nordic publishing giant Schibsted …
Cameron Faulkner / The Verge:
Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu's ad-supported plan; offer available to new and existing users in the US until June 10 — This is the best deal in music streaming — Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu's ad-supported plan.
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Variety, TechCrunch, The Wrap, CNET and MacRumors, more at Techmeme »
The Daily Beast:
The Breakfast Club, a hip-hop morning show on New York's Power 105.1 radio station, has become known for its interviews with Democratic 2020 candidates — The morning show has hosted a number of Democratic candidates, asking personal questions that draw new eyeballs.
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Mediaite, @jordynjournals, @mutazelnour, @suzykhimm, @maxwelltani, @iansams, @nolandmccaskill, @gideonresnick, @gideonresnick and Vulture
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Donna Lamar, Vice Media's group creative director, is leaving the role after a year and rejoining Twitter, her previous employer, as creative director — Twitter tapped Donna Lamar, a marketing creative director and production pro who most recently spent a year at Vice Media as group creative director …
MSNBC:
Lawyer for former Fox News reporter Smith says Congress can override NDA preventing her from speaking out about how Fox News quashed Stormy Daniels story — In an exclusive news-making interview, the lawyer for a former Fox reporter, Nancy Erika Smith, tells Ari Melber that Congress …
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@arimelber, @thebeatwithari and @kylegriffin1
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Cindy Holland, VP for original content at Netflix, says subscribers spend around two hours a day on the service, mainly on TV and other devices — Cindy Holland, vice president for original content at Netflix, kicked off the INTV Conference in Jerusalem on Monday where she was playfully quizzed …
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
New York Magazine's parent company New York Media lays off 16 full-time employees, with 16 part-time and freelance staffers also being let go — New York Media has laid off 16 full-time staff members, which is roughly 5 percent of all employees in a restructuring.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Becky Brooks, a senior executive at CBS, is joining Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's startup Quibi to lead lifestyle programming — - Critical Role Team, After Record-Breaking Fan Crowdfunding Response, Vows to Make ‘The Best Goddamn Cartoon Anyone Has Ever Seen’
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Fortune, @growonyoutube_, @bradbessey and Tubefilter
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