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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
News Media Alliance study, to be given to US House ahead of hearings, claims Google made $4.7B from the work of news publishers in 2018 via search, Google News — $4,700,000,000. — It's more than the combined ticket sales of the last two “Avengers” movies. It's more than what virtually any professional sports team is worth.
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Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin:
[Thread] News Media Alliance study relies on an offhand comment Marissa Mayer made in 2008 to extrapolate how much money Google has made from news publishers — A group called the News Media Alliance got the NYT to run a piece last night saying that Google made “$4.7 billion” from the news industry. And now that the study is out, the number appears to be just as shaky as it initially seemed to a few of us. 1/5 https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@jordan_rubio, @tomgara, News Media Alliance and @mathewi
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO cancels Vice News Tonight; Vice news chief and architect of that show, Josh Tyrangiel, to depart, as Vice hires Jesse Angelo to oversee news, TV, digital — Former New York Post publisher Jesse Angelo is joining Vice to oversee the news, digital and television divisions.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Watergate-era presidential accountability in the age of Trump is hamstrung by huge fragmentation within the media and increasing right-wing propaganda — The question from an audience member made the three network chiefs bristle: — Why aren't the news media holding the White House accountable …
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@bgrueskin, @davidcorndc, @ericboehlert, @radleybalko, @z_everson, @rachbarnhart, @sulliview, @michaelkruse and @sulliview
Matthew Gault / VICE:
InfoWars agrees to pay Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie $15,000 in a copyright settlement after using the cartoon on merch — Pepe the Frog will no longer face Alex Jones in court. — Jones and his lawyers have settled with Pepe creator Matt Furie. Furie sued Jones for copyright infringement …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, The Daily Dot, The Verge, Hollywood Reporter and Alex Jones' Infowars
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Viacom's BET Networks is preparing to launch a streaming-video service with Tyler Perry this fall called BET+, directed at African-American audiences — New service, BET+, to include original movies, TV shows alongside content from other Viacom channels
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Multichannel News, Streaming Observer, Hollywood Reporter, The Streamable, The Wrap, @benmullin and @jackmarshall
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Profile of Bustle founder Bryan Goldberg, who says he wants the new Gawker, launching this fall, to publish deeply reported long-form journalism — One day in 2013, Rachel Sklar, the feminist writer and activist, saw something online that set her off. A 30-year-old media entrepreneur named …
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Mediaite, @mekosoff, @aaronlmorrison, @gerryfsmith, @bri_provenzano, @devindra, @hshaban, @emmagf, @gerryfsmith, @gerryfsmith and @digitalshields
The Daily Beast:
Documents show ThinkProgress is looking at a $3M budget deficit for 2019; source: the site is in a state of slow attrition, with 5+ staffers leaving this year — The outlet has lost five staffers in 2019 and is looking at a $3 million gap between revenue and expenses.
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and @gideonresnick
Sarah Repucci / Freedom House:
In some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist leaders have overseen concerted attempts to throttle the independence of the media sector — Freedom and the Media: A Downward Spiral Key Findings … The fundamental right to seek and disseminate information through …
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@freedomhouse, @dlepeska, @scs_disputes, @scs_disputes, @ifex, @mdiforg, @dabeard, @limlouisa and @nailainayat
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The New York Times is looking to expand The Daily's international audience, currently 20% of its listeners, with a weeklong series of European politics — The New York Times' news podcast “The Daily” is delving deeper into European politics with a weeklong series to help grow its global audience.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Facebook removes far-right conspiracy outlet Natural News, which had nearly 3M followers and promoted vaccine disinformation — Far-right site promoted vaccine disinformation and mass arrests of the left, with more followers than Infowars before it was banned.
Kali Hays / WWD:
Esquire promotes Michael Sebastian, digital director for the magazine, to editor in chief overseeing print and digital; Nick Sullivan becomes creative director — As one source put it, the magazine is getting “the full Cosmo.” — Esquire's June cover with Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino and Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Ad Age, New York Post, @wwd, Adweek, The Business of Fashion and @margoandhow
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