Mediagazer: Print magazines and digital media companies are joining forces for more digital scale plus the potential of trusted media brands and premium print products (Todd Spangler/Variety)

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Print magazines and digital media companies are joining forces for more digital scale plus the potential of trusted media brands and premium print products — The paper magazine has increasingly become a luxury good, as more publishers jettison titles into digital lifeboats.

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

FT launches a six-month fellowship for aspiring black, Asian, and minority ethnic production journalists in memory of sub-editor Maisie Hylton — The Financial Times has launched a fellowship for aspiring ethnic minority journalists in memory of “much-loved” sub-editor Maisie Hylton.

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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:

HuffPost laid off 11 full-time employees and two contractors in its video department on Thursday, citing new strategy to focus on “high audience engagement” — About 11 full-time employees — including five managers — were cut as HuffPost “realigns its video strategy,” the company said.

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Subrat Patnaik / Reuters:

Thomson Reuters buys B2B events specialist FC Business Intelligence, which it will rebrand as Reuters Events and operate as part of the news division — (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) (TRI.N) said on Friday it had acquired business-to-business events specialist, FC Business Intelligence (FCBI).

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Brent Lang / Variety:

Elisabeth Murdoch, former 20th Century Fox CEO Stacey Snider, and UK TV producer Jane Featherstone launch Sister, a global content production company — Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone are joining forces to launch Sister, a global production and development company …

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Supermarket giant Aldi will no longer sell newspapers or magazines in its UK stores; in the US, Kroger will stop carrying free papers and magazines October 15 — You can still get a wine advent calendar at an Aldi store in the U.K., but you can't buy a newspaper to go along with it.

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Frank Pallotta / CNN:

Sesame Street is moving from HBO to HBO Max in 2020 and will produce five new seasons; as before, it will air for free on PBS Kids after it premieres — New York (CNN Business)"Sesame Street" is heading to WarnerMedia's new streaming service, HBO Max. — Sesame Workshop …

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Writers of works like Terminator and Beetlejuice are terminating copyright grants made to studios 35 years after publication, as allowed by law — Warner Bros., Disney and Skydance receive copyright termination notices over existing IP, potentially giving other studios an in.

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

TikTok says it is banning political ads because they don't fit with its “positive, refreshing environment” — Already under fire for advancing Chinese foreign policy by censoring topics like Hong Kong's protests and pro-LGBT content, the Beijing-based video app TikTok …

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