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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
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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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
In a revolt at Deadspin after the firing of top editor Barry Petchesky, at least 8 journalists resigned Wednesday; 6 of 10 staff writers quit in the past week — On Monday, the journalists at the freewheeling website Deadspin were instructed by its owners to stick to sports.
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Megan Greenwell / @megreenwell:
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:
Drew Magary, “cheerfully profane sports blogger at-large”, resigns from Deadspin
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
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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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Analytics company Jumpshot predicts 1M+ US customers have signed up for Disney+, which launches mid-November, based on data from a panel of online consumers — Disney's new streaming service, Disney+, doesn't launch until mid-November, but it may have already signed up over a million customers in the U.S. …
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The Streamable, Variety and Fortune
Dan Primack / Axios:
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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@tomgara, @rafat and @danprimack
Kevin Webb / Business Insider:
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” — - Campbell Brown, Facebook's Head of News Partnership, said she was “astonished” by the media's response …
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Casey Newton / The Interface:
Twitter's political ad ban will run into enforcement issues on defining issue ads and possibly disadvantage lesser-known or nontraditional candidates
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@jack:
[Thread] Twitter will stop accepting all political advertising on its platform globally starting November 22
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John McCarthy / The Drum:
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, campaignlive.co.uk, WWD, @durranimix and @larakiara
Will Thorne / Variety:
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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Financial Times:
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
Reuters:
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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@tomgara and @oneunderscore__, more at Techmeme »
Brendan Nyhan / New York Times:
Politically connected groups are creating sites that mimic local news outlets but promote ideological agendas, trying to capitalize on trust in local news — A growth in impostor local news that promotes ideological agendas. — The nature of the news misinformation problem may be changing.
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