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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
NBCUniversal says its ad- and subscription-supported streaming service will be called Peacock and will launch in April 2020 with over 15,000 hours of content — NBCUniversal's upcoming streaming service finally has a name — Peacock — and a whole bunch of newly announced programming.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix acquires the global rights to Seinfeld for five years, starting in 2021 when Amazon and Hulu's rights expire; Hulu was paying $150M a year for US rights
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Cokie Roberts, a pioneering female journalist at NPR and ABC News, has died at 75 — Toggle more options — Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
WaPo launches Zeus Prime, a product that will let companies buy automated ads in real-time and will support a new ad network encompassing other media companies — The Washington Post on Tuesday will unveil Zeus Prime, a product that will allow companies to buy automated ads in real-time, similar to Big Tech platforms.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
HBO Max secures exclusive five-year streaming rights to The Big Bang Theory in the US, and TBS extends rerun rights to 2028; source says deal is worth ~$600M — It is the latest in a string of deals for popular reruns as services battle for content — HBO Max, the new direct …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
A well-reported book offers a thoughtful exploration of the Kavanaugh saga, but its newsworthy information is lost in the furor over a botched NYT excerpt — If you happened to see the excerpt of a new book on Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh in print, you might have flipped right past it.
Joe Otterson / Variety:
SNL says Shane Gillis will not join its cast and that its vetting process was “not up to our standard”, after clips surface of him using racist language — “Saturday Night Live” is officially cutting ties with Shane Gillis. — “After talking with Shane Gillis …
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Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Researcher finds a phishing site, now taken down, that resembled The Guardian's SecureDrop page and tried to harvest credentials and direct viewers to malware — The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site was targeted with a phishing page that attempted to harvest the unique …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Amazon launches Amazon Music HD, offering lossless audio for streaming or downloading, for $14.99/month or $12.99/month for Prime customers — RIP Tidal? — Amazon is launching a new tier of its music service today, dubbed Amazon Music HD. It offers lossless versions of audio files …
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Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Lawsuit filed by investors alleges AT&T employees created fake accounts for DirecTV Now to boost subscriber numbers ahead of its 2018 merger with Time Warner — - Investors claim in lawsuit that AT&T misled them with numbers — Employees allegedly taught to secretly add customer accounts
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Reuters:
Sources: Match Group's Tinder has finished filming its first TV series; spokesperson says making shows is part of a larger strategy to be revealed soon — MEXICO CITY / NEW YORK (Reuters) - Popular dating app Tinder has wrapped filming on its first television series, as owner Match Group Inc seeks …
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
Crypto-exchange giant Binance makes a strategic investment in Chinese crypto media firm Mars Finance, at a post-money valuation of ~$200M — - Mars Finance reached a $200 million post-money valuation — Investors also include Bitmain co-founder's new crypto firm
James Walker / Press Gazette:
Financial Times to drop its paywall for 24 hours starting today to promote The New Agenda, its editorial campaign for “a better form of capitalism” — The Financial Times will make its online journalism available for free for 24 hours globally to promote a campaign for a “better form of capitalism”.
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