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Sources: NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke to step down next year, likely to be succeeded by Jeff Shell, now chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment — Steve Burke is expected to step down as CEO of NBCUniversal next year and is likely to hand the reins to Jeff Shell, who is now chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment.
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Steve Stecklow / Reuters:
Refinitiv, which distributes Reuters news on the Eikon trading platform, has blocked 200+ Reuters stories since August in China, under government pressure — Under pressure from the Chinese government, the financial information provider that distributes Reuters news to investors has blocked …
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Jennifer Brett / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Olivia Wilde, the actress who plays the late journalist Kathy Scruggs in the movie Richard Jewell, defends her portrayal of Scruggs in a series of tweets — The actress cites “independent research” which didn't include talking to Scruggs' brother or close friends
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Gretchen Carlson / New York Times:
Gretchen Carlson calls on Fox to release employees from NDAs they'd been forced to sign: “buying silence instead of stopping harassment is immoral and unjust” — I still can't talk about what happened to me because of a non-disclosure agreement. — Ms. Carlson is a journalist and author.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: YouTube's premium services have 800K+ subscribers in India and are growing faster than rival paid services including Spotify, Gaana, and JioSaavn — - YouTube said to sign up more than 800,000 users in the country — India is home to the video service's most-subscribed channel
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Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
BBC's reputation has been put to the test ahead of UK's general election, making the broadcaster one of the combatants rather than just a neutral arbiter — The broadcaster is fighting to keep up with the changing rules of the political game. — LONDON — The veteran BBC presenter Andrew Neil turned …
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Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR approves new model for calculating member stations' programing fees, shifting one based on their total revenue and audience to one based on donor revenue — NPR's board of directors approved a new method for calculating its member stations' fees for programming and other services, moving to a model based on station donor revenue.
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David Cohen / Adweek:
Pandora begins testing interactive voice ad functionality, with Nestlé, Comcast, Unilever, and others participating in the initial test group — The audio streaming service has its own native voice assistant — Audio streaming service Pandora is expanding on the Voice Mode native voice assistant …
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Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
Netflix paid for Critics Choice Association members to take four pricey trips this year; critics call the trips a potential breach of etiquette and ethics — When the Critics' Choice Awards, an annual Hollywood ceremony reflecting the taste of hundreds of critics, announced its nominees last Sunday, one company rose above the others.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCU's 42 NBC and Telemundo stations, along with its 9 RSNs, have partnered with TVSquared, which tracks response to ads to determine their effectiveness — NBCUniversal's TV stations want to keep talking to their advertisers even after their commercials have already run.
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Kathryn Hopkins / WWD:
David Carey, who left as president of Hearst's Magazines unit in 2018, is returning as SVP of public affairs and comms, shortly after staff launched union plans — His return comes as magazine staffers are trying to form a union, a move executives do not support. — David Carey, pictured in 2016.
Kali Hays / WWD:
Editors of Out magazine and The Advocate, owned by Pride Media, are leaving; sources: Pride Media CEO is also stepping down, and more departures are expected — The Advocate editor Zach Stafford is out, too, along with executive leadership, leaving insiders wondering if the LGBTQ titles will continue.
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