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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google is in talks with publishers, mostly outside the US, about paying a licensing fee for content that would be in a news product — The search giant is in talks with some publishers about paying a fee for content that would be part of a premium news product
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Facebook to allow influencers to produce sponsored content for US politicians and political campaigns, if the posts are clearly identified as paid partnerships — Bloomberg's bad memes might just be the beginning — Facebook will allow influencers to produce sponsored content …
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
The Bloomberg campaign is working with Meme 2020, whose lead strategist is the CEO of Jerry Media, to create sponsored posts on influential Instagram accounts
The Bloomberg campaign is working with Meme 2020, whose lead strategist is the CEO of Jerry Media, to create sponsored posts on influential Instagram accounts
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
HQ Trivia, the company behind the once popular live mobile trivia game, is shutting down — New York (CNN Business)It's over for HQ Trivia. — The company behind the once-popular live mobile trivia game is shutting down, CNN Business has learned. HQ will part ways with 25 full-time employees.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Text messages, recordings, and interviews show a climate of bullying at Washington Examiner; managing editor Toby Harnden left the conservative outlet on Monday — New York (CNN Business)The shock announcement came on Monday. — Hugo Gurdon, the editor in chief of the Washington Examiner …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Univision is in exclusive sale talks with a bidding group that includes former Viacom CFO Wade Davis and Searchlight Capital Partners — The Spanish-language broadcaster has been running a sales process for months — Univision Communications Inc. is in exclusive sale talks …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK's The House of Lords launches an inquiry seeking information on how journalists can adapt to changing news media landscape and how media can be more trusted — Peers have launched a new inquiry on the future of journalism in the UK. — The House of Lords Committee on Communications …
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UK Parliament, @charliebeckett, @peterbale and @pollycurtis
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Chen Qiushi and Fang Bin, two prominent video bloggers chronicling the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, have disappeared — Two video bloggers whose dispatches from the heart of the outbreak showed fear, grief and dissatisfaction with the government have gone silent.
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Corey Dickstein / Stars & Stripes:
Pentagon acknowledges that its budget proposal would completely cut its $15.6M subsidy to Stars and Stripes, making up about half the publication's annual funds — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday defended the Pentagon's effort to strip Stars and Stripes …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Sinclair Broadcast nears a deal for video streaming service Deltatre to become the digital video provider for Sinclair's 21 regional sports networks — - Deltatre to provide digital video for regional sports networks — Sinclair recently bought 21 RSNs from Disney for $9.6 billion
Nancy Cooper / Newsweek:
Etienne Uzac, a former co-owner of IBT Media and Newsweek Media Group, and William Anderson, ex-CEO of Christian Media, plead guilty to money laundering — Etienne Uzac, a former co-owner of IBT Media and Newsweek Media Group, pleaded guilty Friday morning to money laundering in the second degree …
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Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Storyful launches Storyful Video, a video licensing marketplace, letting media outlets buy content directly from its archive of 17K user-generated videos — Storyful has launched a video licensing marketplace, called Storyful Video, that will allow media outlets and production houses …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Susan Wojcicki says YouTube paid out $3B+ to the music industry in 2019 from ads and subscriptions — - In a blog post, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said more than $3 billion of the company's ad revenue went to the music industry. — The latest figure hints at how much of the Alphabet …
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