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Fox's political-ad spending reports show robust spending on programs that figure in Trump's viewing, like Fox & Friends, as advertisers buy ads aimed at Trump — - Commercials offer outreach that competitors can't match — Political foes have also run advertisements to reach president
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's feud with Fox News mirrors pro wrestling's “kayfabe”, or the illusion of a real fight; Fox looks independent and credible, and Trump stays in spotlight — Not for nothing was Donald Trump inducted into the WWE wrestling hall of fame in 2013.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
UBS survey of 1K US consumers: 43% plan on subscribing to Disney+, of which 57% say they'll cancel another sub; 67% of respondents would add it to existing subs — The number of American customers intending to subscribe to Disney+, the streaming service launching November 12 …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Vice says it grew its video ad revenue by 120% globally after launching Video Everywhere, to sell video ads across multiple platforms, in September — Over the last year, Vice Media began selling video ads against its content across multiple platforms by pitching itself to agencies as a place …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Podcasts are being review-bombed in coordinated campaigns aimed at putting thousands of one-star reviews on their Apple Podcasts pages; hosts have no recourse — Justin Drown's true crime podcast, Obscura, always seemed to garner positive reviews. For the first year he hosted the show …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Filings show FT had pre-tax profits of £8.15M in 2018, up 68% from £4.65M in 2017, revenue of £323.6M, while digital subscriptions grew 11% YoY to 796K — Pre-tax profits at the Financial Times grew by three-quarters in 2018 as digital subscription revenues continued to rise.
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: News Corp is considering sale of Unruly, the video advertising platform it acquired for ~£115M in 2015 that now handles all of its digital ad inventory — The owner of The Sun and The Times is working with bankers on a sale of the adtech business it bought in 2015, Sky News learns.
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Brian Barrett / Wired:
A grand jury indicts eight people for allegedly running two of the largest US illegal streaming sites, Jetflicks and iStreamItAll, that touted 37,000+ paid subs — In a sweeping indictment, the feds came down hard on Jetflicks and iStreamItAll, which allegedly crossed a very important line.
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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Rotten Tomatoes says 55% of the 600 critics it added in the past 12 months are women, after changing critics criteria to focus on individual qualifications — Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes announced on Wednesday that it will renew its grant program to help critics from underrepresented groups …
Jack Mirkinson / Splinter:
Bret Stephens and his NYT editors get blasted over his latest column, which references bedbugs and Nazis; critics view the column as a clear jab at David Karpf — New York Times columnist Bret Stephens' meltdown over being jokingly referred to as a “bedbug” reached unbelievable new heights on Friday night …
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Rainesford Stauffer / Teen Vogue:
How teens are closing the news gap for young people through outlets like the text and email newsletter theCramm and the Instagram account dailydoseofwokeness — Teens care about the news. They just don't like traditional media. — In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election …
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Jenni Marsh / CNN:
Profile of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai, whose Apple Daily newspaper, low-cost, populist, and sensational, has never shied away from an anti-Beijing stance — Hong Kong (CNN)Jimmy Lai has been a public target for decades. — It all started after the Hong Kong business tycoon — a refugee from China …
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