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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Interview with ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish, who says the combined company's “unmatched scale” in content will give it an advantage against streaming rivals — KEY POINTS — ViacomCBS chief Bob Bakish says the newly formed company's vast content library should help it fight off rivals in the TV streaming wars.
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Hollywood Reporter, Light Reading, TVWeek.com and Variety
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: CBS's and Viacom's TV production entities to remain separate for now, with CBS TV under Joe Ianniello, and Paramount TV under Jim Gianopulos — Because they were once part of one media company that was split into two, the newly reunited CBS and Viacom's assets fit together with little overlap.
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Variety, Multichannel News, @matthewkeyslive, Wall Street Journal and TVWeek.com
Wall Street Journal:
CBS and Viacom to merge in a ~$30B all-stock deal, creating ViacomCBS Inc.; Shari Redstone will be chair and Bob Bakish will be president and CEO
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The Information:
Ben Kaufman is stepping down as BuzzFeed CMO at the end of 2019; sources: company expects to break even this year, partly due to revenue from commerce business — BuzzFeed Chief Marketing Officer and commerce leader Ben Kaufman is stepping down from his position at the end of the year …
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@amir, @benkaufman and @jtoonkel
Middle East Eye:
UK admits that This Is Woke, a “media/news company” that engages in “critical discussions around Muslim identity” is in fact a covert counterterrorism programme — This glitzy, youthful ‘news company’ warns of the dangers of fake news. In fact, it's part of the Home Office's Prevent strategy
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@markdistef, @markdistef, @stefsimanowitz, @are_eb, @joshajhall and @rasmus_kleis
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Interview with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on how the Tumblr acquisition came about, what's next for Tumblr, adult content in apps, and more — Blogging is back, hopefully — It's been a long and winding road for Tumblr, the blogging site that launched a thousand writing careers.
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New York Times, Digiday, @mathewi, @binarybits, @automattic, @reckless, @prettyarbitrary, @brizzyc, @jayrosen_nyu, @reckless and @reckless, more at Techmeme »
Mike Snider / USA Today:
Gannett and GateHouse parent New Media Investment Group have filed more information with the SEC in a move to address concerns of investors — Gannett and GateHouse Media parent New Media Investment Group on Tuesday released more details of its proposed merger, announced Aug. 5 …
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Washington Post, Forbes, @apantazi, @apantazi, @report4america, @apantazi, @apantazi, @apantazi, @apantazi, @rsgaddy18, @amuhs, New York Post, Rochester Beacon, MediaPost, @henderson_mark, @dankennedy_nu and Poynter
Patrick Strudwick / BuzzFeed:
A transgender employee of The Guardian resigned last month accusing it of being “an incredibly transphobic organisation”; a second employee quit weeks later — “It suddenly became real,” one trans staff member told BuzzFeed News. “I'm entering this building with people who are denying my humanity.”
Discussion:
@markdistef and @buzzfeeduk
Rachel Glickhouse / ProPublica:
ProPublica releases a guide on how newsrooms can collaborate around large datasets, announces it is open-sourcing its software and making it available this fall — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter …
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The Keyword
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Inside The New York Times as it debates its coverage of Trump's racism and the well intentioned but ineffective desire to “show and not tell” — New York (CNN Business)Last Friday, employees at The New York Times (NYT) received an email from Dean Baquet, the newspaper's executive editor.
The New York Times Company:
Atlantic reporter Taylor Lorenz to join the New York Times Styles desk on the tech culture beat — Taylor Lorenz, who has written extensively on how humans create art, enact society and concoct businesses on digital surfaces and platforms, is joining the Culture of Tech reporting team.
Discussion:
Longform, @jakelahut, @btaylor, @jwegener, @jbenton, @nycsouthpaw, @caseynewton, @choire, @taylorlorenz and @taylorlorenz
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Sources: when their book deal blew up after sexual misconduct allegations against Glenn Thrush, Thrush kept his advance but Maggie Haberman had to return hers — The first two years of the Trump presidency were a boom time for political books, and one of the boomiest was the deal announced …
Discussion:
Poynter, @juliaioffe, @dylanbyers, @moorehn, @hshaban, @neontaster, @adamweinstein, @rosiegray, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Jezebel
Pew Research Center:
Older Americans, black adults, and Americans with less education are more interested in local news than their counterparts; older adults prefer TV as a source — These groups also prefer to get local news on TV — Nearly a third of U.S. adults (31%) follow local news very closely …
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Nieman Lab, @pewresearch, @tamerzmorsy, @niemanlab, @danaeking, @danmcgowan, @randyludlow, @johngramlich, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @samesfandiari and @galenstocking
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