Mediagazer: IAC to sell CH Media, the parent of CollegeHumor, to the unit's chief creative officer; source says 100 will be laid off, leaving 5-10 employees (Bloomberg)

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Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:

Upcoming video streaming service Quibi will be built for mobile, with very short shows and content that works well in both portrait and landscape mode — What the heck is Quibi? That's the question I've been asking myself over the past year, as the Jeffrey Katzenberg-founded streaming …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Quibi will have 50-60 shows at launch in April, with plans for 175 shows and 8,500 “quick bites” within a year; Meg Whitman expects profitability in 2-10 years — Quibi on Wednesday revealed a new mobile video technique called Turnstyle that allows mobile video consumers …

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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Quibi, which had already raised $1B, says it has raised another $400M from undisclosed investors ahead of its April launch

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Bloomberg:

IAC to sell CH Media, the parent of CollegeHumor, to the unit's chief creative officer; source says 100 will be laid off, leaving 5-10 employees — - IAC will keep minority stake in slimmed down company — Barry Diller's IAC/InterActive Corp. plans to sell CH Media …

Ashley Carman / The Verge:

Spotify announces new tools to target podcast ads in real time using user data for its exclusive podcasts — One step closer to becoming a podcast ad network — Spotify is going to start using its copious amounts of user data to run targeted ads inside its exclusive podcasts.

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

The Sun launches a dedicated website for the US, run by ~12 people in NYC, featuring new content and parts of the UK version's entertainment and royal coverage — The Sun, the UK's biggest newsbrand, has officially launched in the US with a website dedicated to publishing news for an American audience.

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Will Oremus / OneZero:

Facebook's deepfakes policy is a good move but remains deeply flawed, covering only certain videos created by AI and creating loopholes for misleading “satire” — It's better than nothing — but just barely — Monday, Facebook announced a new policy against “deepfake” videos.

Discussion: USA Today, @ykomska, @hshaban, @samgregory, CNET, @joshconstine, @willoremus, @willoremus, The Verge and VICE, more at Techmeme »

Washington Post:
Facebook bans deepfakes, but its new policy may not cover simpler forms of deception like with the distorted Pelosi video

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Profile of Fox News' Pete Hegseth, whose military views evolved to mirror Trump; some see opportunism in his shift from views he held as a veterans group leader — The transformation of Pete Hegseth — an Ivy League-educated, decorated Army platoon leader — is a symbol of the Republican Party in the Trump era.

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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:

Twitter suspends accounts that impersonated NY Post reporter Mark Moore and Israeli Haaretz reporter Jack Khoury to push pro-Iranian regime propaganda — It's one of a number of bogus accounts that spread fake news about enemies of the Iranian regime. — Twitter suspended on Wednesday …

Discussion: @arawnsley

Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:

NBCUniversal says it is building One Platform, an all-in-one ad system that merges its TV and digital ad buying capabilities, to be ready by 2020's TV upfronts — More than 300 engineering and platform employees are working on building an all-in-one ad system

Discussion: @michellemanafy, @bristei, @sizpatel and MediaPost

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

After no major Sunday news shows featured guests who voted against the Iraq War, it is time for mainstream media to start spotlighting experts skeptical of war — There she was: Judith Miller, the former New York Times reporter most closely identified with the paper's flawed reporting …

Discussion: @katrinanation

Katherine J Igoe / Marie Claire:

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say they will not participate in the rota system, or media pool of certain British publications, but will work with other outlets — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle resigning — as senior members of the Royal Family, their updated website has some very revealing changes …

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Bloomberg:
Seven senators, including McConnell, back bipartisan bill to grant publishers a four-year antitrust exemption to negotiate financial terms with tech giants

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
In a November deposition as part of a sexual harassment suit by 3 women, Charlie Rose admitted to “inappropriate” relationships with women who worked for him

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