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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Longtime Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, who currently co-hosts America's Newsroom in the morning, is taking over the 3PM slot previously held by Shepard Smith — Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer is taking over Shepard Smith's 3 p.m. slot at Fox News, Mediaite has learned.
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Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac:
Report: since Apple debuted Intelligent Tracking Prevention, the cost for advertisers to reach Safari users has dropped 60%+, as such ads are less desirable — In the two years since Apple released Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature that keeps websites from tracking users around the web …
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution demands disclaimer that the film Richard Jewell took dramatic license when portraying its late journalist as trading sex for tips — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is asking Warner Bros. and the makers of “Richard Jewell” to release a statement acknowledging …
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
EU's regulators have sent detailed questionnaires to news publishers asking them to describe the scope, duration, and rationale of their data deals with Google — The European Commission has sent detailed questionnaires to news publishers as it tries to understand whether the way Google collects data …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS joins Open AP, the media alliance that gives advertisers a way to buy impressions from audience segments across media outlets owned by different companies — “Young Sheldon” leads CBS' Thursday-night schedule. Soon it may help to lead advertisers to a new way of placing their commercials.
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Jeff Beer / Fast Company:
Ride Home Media, which creates podcasts that present the day's news for a particular topic, including the Techmeme Ride Home, raises $1M from Tiny Capital — Back in the 1920s, when Time magazine founder Henry Luce and his partners were coming up with the concept for their new media venture …
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
One year after Les Moonves' exit, CBS TV stations in LA, Chicago, Dallas, and Miami also face claims of sexual harassment, age discrimination, and misogyny — Jill Arrington was a star in TV sports. Then, four years ago, the former NFL sideline reporter traded national exposure …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Complex opens an online store called Complex Shop, which will sell sneakers and other items from ~70 brands, as part of its latest revenue diversification plan — Complex started out as a buying guide for people interested in streetwear. Its latest revenue diversification play returns to those roots.
Joanna Piacenza / Morning Consult:
Morning Consult: Fox News is the most-watched cable news channel in 299 of the USA's 436 congressional districts by a margin of at least 2 percentage points — Conservative cable giant is most-watched news outlet in nearly 70% of U.S. congressional districts — Morning Consult Illustration by Vladimir Gorshkov
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Hollywood Reporter:
Golden Globes: Netflix leads film and TV with 17 nominations in both categories; Apple gets three nominations for The Morning Show, including best drama series — ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘The Irishman’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ are among the top film nominees, while ‘Chernobyl,’ ‘The Crown’ and ‘Unbelievable’ lead the TV noms.
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Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Hill-HarrisX poll of 1,001 US voters: 53% say TV is their primary source for news, while 21% prefer the internet, 9% social media, 9% newspapers, and 6% radio — A new Hill-HarrisX poll found that TV is still the most widely used news platform among Americans, despite the rise of the internet and social media.
Bloomberg:
ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says the company is reviewing its real estate portfolio, including a possible sale of CBS HQ, also known as “Black Rock”, in Manhattan — ViacomCBS Inc. hired CBRE Group Inc. to review its entire real estate portfolio, including a possible sale …
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