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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the spreadsheet that classified job applicants, with rankings of social class, “justice seeking” traits, and more, illustrated the divide within The Markup — There are things about the recent implosion of The Markup that make it unique—in particular, that it raised $23 million …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: top editorial staffers Susie Banikarim, Alex Dickinson, and Tim Marchman are out at G/O Media amid a restructuring that could affect 25+ staffers — As part of a major restructuring effort that could affect 25 staffers. — Several of the top editorial employees at the company formerly known …
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Wall Street Journal:
Cable operator Altice USA agrees to acquire streaming-video network Cheddar for $200M; Cheddar founder Jon Steinberg to become president of the Altice News unit — Cheddar founder and CEO Jon Steinberg is set to become president of Altice News, overseeing Cheddar, News 12 and i24News
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN announces plans to shut down ESPN The Magazine in September after 21 years; the company is considering publishing standalone print issues — ESPN, the sports-media giant with an influence that extends across several types of media, is getting out of one particular venue: print.
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Sports Business Daily, @tommytomlinson, @arashmarkazi, @molly_knight, Ad Age, @_keithfletcher, Deadspin, @alv9n, @ddiamond, @ellabrockway, Folio, Breitbart, @jackiealexander, @megreenwell, @tommytomlinson, Adweek, Awful Announcing, The Spun, The Big Lead, Chicago Sun-Times and New York Post
@the_corres:
The Correspondent apologizes for creating the impression its expansion would be US focused, says it will share plans for the $2.6M it raised in coming weeks — We screwed up: http://twitter.com/...
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Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
In a letter to creators, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube wants to have half of the videos in its trending tab come from YouTube creators — YouTube wants to have half of the featured videos in its trending tab come from streams originating on the company's own site going forward …
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YouTube Creator Blog, 9to5Google, The Verge, Engadget and Tubefilter, more at Techmeme »
Joseph Lichterman / The Lenfest Institute …:
The Detroit Free Press created a unique social media voice by using a sassy persona that makes jokes and tackles serious issues to connect with its community — A few months ago, a hoax Twitter account purporting to be Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib made some waves online.
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American Press Institute, Thanks:@steverubel
John Koblin / New York Times:
The Obamas' new production company, Higher Ground Productions, announces seven projects for Netflix, including an adaption of NYT's “Overlooked” obituary series — Eleven months after striking a deal with Netflix, the Obamas have a slate of programming.
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The Wrap, @brianstelter, The Week, Eater, Fast Company and Talking Points Memo
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Venezuela took CNN off the air by ordering TV providers to block the channel, and a BBC spokesperson said BBC Global news was also taken off the air — New York (CNN Business)CNN was taken off the air by the Venezuelan government on Tuesday moments after the network broadcast a feed …
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TVNewser, @oliverdarcy, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Salem Media Group, home to RedState, bought PJ Media in March for $100K, though radio is the company's primary revenue source with 116 stations in 39 markets — The California-based broadcaster's digital acquisitions have turned heads, but the company's revenues primarily come from 116 radio stations in 39 markets.
Alex Weprin / MediaPost:
Former Roku executives launch Tetra TV, an advertising network that aims to connect buyers to ad inventory from 100+ streaming video channels across platforms — A pair of veterans of the OTT platform Roku are launching a new advertising network, focusing on connected TV.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Variety, PR Newswire and Radio & Television …, more at Techmeme »
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Online engagement platform Spot.IM, with customers including Hearst, Refinery29, Fox News, and Engadget, raises a $25M Series D led by Insight Venture Partners — Spot.IM announced today that it has raised $25 million in Series D funding. — We've written about the company's commenting platform before …
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MediaPost, VentureBeat and MarTech Advisor
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Charter Communications slightly beats Q1 estimates, with $11.2B revenue, up 5.1% YoY; broadband revenue grows 9% YoY to $4B as video subscriptions keep falling — Charter Communications posted rising overall first-quarter results — slightly higher than analysts estimates.
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Light Reading, Fast Company and FierceVideo
Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
YouTube gets exclusive rights to stream 13 MLB games in the 2nd half of the season in the US and Canada on MLB's YouTube channel and a new YouTube TV channel — - Package of 13 games will run through second half of MLB season — YouTube TV has been World Series presenting sponsor since 2017
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Multichannel News, TechCrunch, Variety, The Verge, 9to5Google and Engadget
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter announces live streaming content deals with Univision, WSJ, and Time and new initiatives with previous partners including Viacom, the NFL, and ESPN
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American Press Institute, MediaPost, Multichannel News, Adweek, Radio & Television …, Awful Announcing, The Wrap, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Tubefilter and Deadline
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