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Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Super Bowl ad prices: Fox charged up to $5.6M for 30 seconds of TV ad time during the game and, sources say, sought $300K-$400K for streaming-only ads — Fox's streaming-only ads for the Super Bowl were priced between $300,000 and $400,000 for 30 seconds of ad time
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
MuckRock announces merger with Outlier Media, a text message-based housing news service in Detroit, to address freedom of information gaps across the US — Two nimble but powerful organizations are joining forces to continue reimagining journalism as a public service.
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Carlos Maza is leaving Vox to focus on his YouTube channel full time, talking about topics like Fox News and the election and using Patreon to find supporters — Maza is leaving Vox to pursue being a full time YouTube creator — Last year, after setting off a firestorm around YouTube's harassment policies …
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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Hulu CEO Randy Freer is leaving the streaming service as Disney continues the reorganization of its direct-to-consumer business — Hulu CEO Randy Freer will leave the streaming service amid a reorganization under Disney's direct-to-consumer chief Kevin Mayer.
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
Zero Hedge posted a scientist's personal info and claimed the scientist created the coronavirus as a weapon; its Twitter account has been permanently suspended — A popular pro-Trump website has released the personal information of a scientist from Wuhan, China, falsely accusing them of creating …
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
AT&T's John Stankey says TNT and TBS will shift to more unscripted programming: “we all know that general entertainment is not performing as well” — AT&T COO John Stankey said programming at Turner's TNT and TBS will shift to more unscripted programming as general entertainment networks suffer in the ratings.
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Variety, @cnschedules and Broadcasting & Cable
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
CBS CEO Joe Ianniello is leaving ViacomCBS and will be replaced by NBCU's George Cheeks, effective March 23 — NBCUniversal alum George Cheeks is set to take the reins of CBS as longtime CBS corporate leader Joe Ianniello departs after 22 years with the company.
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Melynda Fuller / MediaPost:
Daily newsletter Morning Brew says it has grown revenue from $3M to $13M in 2019 and expects to hit 2M subscribers in the spring — Media email newsletter Morning Brew is reporting a surge in revenue, new subscribers and a slate of key new hires as it enters its fifth year.
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@neal_freyman, @buslnessbarista, @hcuccinello, @rafat, @austin_rief, @erikaalpern, @kerrymflynn, @iankar_, @jschulweis, @whatthebit and Talking Biz News
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Maryland's 165-year-old Montgomery Sentinel has shut down; circulation of the editions serving the state's two largest counties fell from 200K in the 90s to 5K — They're closing up the office now, with its musty odor of moldering newsprint and decrepit bound copies stacked neck-high.
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@oliverdarcy, @jrovner, @donaldluzzatto and @domdifurio
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Roku says it has settled its carriage dispute with Fox to distribute Fox channels on the Roku platform ahead of the Super Bowl — At midnight tonight, it was expected that Roku would remove the FOX Now, FOX Sports, FOX News, FOX Business, FOX Nation, Big 10 Network, and FOX Soccer apps from the Roku Channel Store and existing devices.
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Cord Cutters News, Engadget, @jasonlynch and @roku, more at Techmeme »
Tim Dams / Variety:
A look at the effects of Brexit on the UK film and TV industry's access to talent and funding; UK films and TV will count towards European content quotas — After more than three years of rancour and political infighting, the U.K. finally leaves the European Union at 11PM tonight …
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Press Gazette
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
How iHeartMedia's job cuts affected hundreds of on-air DJs, and how the company is using music-mixing AI tech built by startup Super Hi-Fi — The radio conglomerate said its mass ‘employee dislocation’ was necessary as it pivoted to AI. But others say it's the company's human leaders who deserve the blame.
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@drewmikepodcast, @rachsieg, @markseibel, @reedalbergotti, @drewharwell, @jamescornsilk, @mollykinder and @drewharwell
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