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How Deadspin imploded after a long buildup of resentment between journalists and new bosses, with almost entire staff resigning by Thursday — The last meeting for many of Deadspin's journalists took place on Wednesday in a conference room adorned with fake black cobwebs …
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Former Deadspin EIC Megan Greenwell says the site no longer employs a single writer or editor — And with that, it's over. Deadspin no longer employs a single writer or editor. I am gutted but so very proud of this group of people. Deadspin was a good website.
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Drew Magary, “cheerfully profane sports blogger at-large”, resigns from Deadspin — I resigned from Deadspin today. No more Funbag questions. No more Jamboroos. No more telling you why your team, and your children's television program, and the St. Louis Cardinals, and Christmas catalogs, and mayonnaise all suck.
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Sources: NBCUniversal is considering making its ad-supported Peacock streaming service free for everyone, with an ad-free tier available for subscribers — - NBC is considering giving away the ad-supported version of its streaming service Peacock for free to everyone, sources say.
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Apple TV+ launches with nine original titles in 100+ countries for $4.99/month or $49.99/year with a one year free trial on the purchase of a new Apple device — After months of waiting, Apple's TV streaming service Apple TV+ is now live. You can start watching on any platform that offers …
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Twitter's ban on political and issue ads will let companies advertise things like fossil fuel-based products but ban ads from activists advocating against them — The company's feel-good decision is already a mess. — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced on Wednesday that the company …
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Campbell Brown's defense of Facebook not fact-checking political ads: “It should be the role of the press to dissect the truth or lies found in political ads”

[Thread] Twitter will stop accepting all political advertising on its platform globally starting November 22
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Ozy Media raises $35M in new funding led by Marc Lasry, a hedge fund manager who will join Ozy's board, bringing its total raised to $70M — OZY Media, a media and entertainment company led by Carlos Watson, said Friday that it's raised $35 million in new venture capital funding.
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Future, which owns Techradar, Android Central, and others, to buy Ti Media, which publishes 41 UK brands and 220 globally, including Marie Claire UK, for £140M — Magazine powerhouse Future has bid £140m to acquire rival Ti Media as it has the tech and expertise to scale and digitally monetise its brands.
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Digiday, @durranimix, @larakiara, campaignlive.co.uk and WWD


Sources: US launched a national security review of TikTok-owner Bytedance's $1B acquisition of Musical.ly — NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's $1 billion acquisition …
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BBC inadvertently revealed the names of 120 female employees who have pursued gender pay complaints, in documents submitted to Samira Ahmed's tribunal pay claim — Female staff were identified in documents submitted to Samira Ahmed's tribunal pay claim — The BBC has inadvertently revealed …
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Netflix to launch its first original scripted podcast, as a complement to its post-apocalyptic series “Daybreak”, available exclusively on Spotify initially — Netflix is set to launch its first original scripted podcast, Variety has learned exclusively.
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Podnews press releases, Tessa Netting and Digital TV Europe


Sources: Thomson Reuters has rebuffed takeover interest in its news wire from several suitors like Axel Springer and ITN boss Mark Wood — Thomson Reuters has rebuffed takeover interest in its news wire, according to people familiar with the matter, betting instead on a dealmaking media executive …
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Talking Biz News, @financialtimes and @rasmus_kleis


A Polish journalist went undercover for six months at an “ePR firm”, revealing the use of fake Twitter accounts to denigrate criticism of state broadcaster TVP — Katarzyna Pruszkiewicz spent six months running fake social media accounts at self-described ‘ePR firm’ in Wrocław
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