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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
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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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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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