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9:15 AM ET, May 7, 2020

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Ellen Hammett / Marketing Week:
Study: half of the money brands invest in programmatic advertising never reaches online publishers; 15% of the money is unattributable to supply chain players  —  A new study by ISBA has found that half the money advertisers invest in programmatic advertising never reaches online publishers …
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Alan Rusbridger / OneZero:
Some will inevitably see Facebook's Oversight Board as a fig leaf, but in my view, there's no excuse for not trying  —  Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger on why the social media giant ‘needs independent, external oversight’  —  Alan Rusbridger was the editor in chief of The Guardian between 1995-2015.
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New York Times:
Facebook announces the first 20 members of its Oversight Board, out of a total of 40, including ex-Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger  —  The company's independent oversight body will focus on challenging content issues, such as hate speech and harassment.  —  The authors are co-chairs of Facebook's oversight board.
Radio & Television Business Report:
Sinclair Broadcasting agrees to pay a $48M penalty and abide by what the FCC calls a “strict compliance plan” in order to close three FCC investigations  —  The FCC late Wednesday afternoon announced the largest civil penalty involving a broadcaster in the agency's 86-year history.
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Gannett Q1: $99.1M in adjusted earnings; revenue of $939M; print ad rev $268M, down 21% YoY; circulation rev $375M, down 7.5% YoY; digital subs up 29% to 863K  —  USA TODAY owner Gannett reported a net loss in the first quarter as the spread of the coronavirus reduced advertising spending …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish lost 413K subscribers in Q1, including 281K Sling TV subscribers; the company now has 2.31M Sling TV subscribers and 11.32M total subscribers, down 6% YoY  —  Dish Network reported its worst-ever quarterly loss of subscribers, shedding 413,000 total pay-TV customers in the first three months of 2020.
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Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
Axel Springer to merge eMarketer and Business Insider Intelligence to form Insider Intelligence  —  eMarketer, founded in 1996 and acquired by German publishing company Axel Springer in 2016, is being merged with Business Insider Intelligence, a research and reports division launched in 2015 …
Discussion: Digiday
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Fox beat estimates with $3.44B in revenue for the quarter ending March 31, aided by Super Bowl ads; net income fell to $90M from $539M in same quarter of 2019  —  The Super Bowl may have been bad for the San Francisco 49ers, but it was good for Fox.  The 54th iteration of the NFL's title game drove Fox …
 
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Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Campside Media, with three journalists and a screenwriter-producer, was formed in part to capitalize on Hollywood interest in podcast stories as adaptable IP
Tom Jones / Poynter:
Reporter describes harassment by Trump supporters for wearing masks outside a Honeywell plant while Trump was inside thanking staff for making masks
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Fox News signs a deal with Spotify to distribute its more than 20 podcasts and three syndicated talk radio shows
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CNN:
In Trump's first TV interview outside the Fox-verse since the start of the pandemic, ABC's David Muir let Trump float brazen misinformation to millions
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
NYT Q1: net income up 8.9% YoY to $32.8M on revenue of $443.6M, up 1% YoY, ad rev fell 15.2% YoY, digital subscriptions grew 39.6% YoY to 5M of 5.8M total subs
Bloomberg:
Spotify CEO expects Apple to “open up” its platform more to 3rd-party apps, after Spotify's antitrust complaint with the EU, but sees it as a long-term process
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The union representing Chicago Tribune newsroom staff and other Tribune workers is trying to unseat 2 board members representing hedge fund Alden Global Capital
CNBC:
Disney reports $18.01B in Q2 revenue vs. $17.8B expected, up 21% YoY, estimates COVID-19 impact on Q2 operating income for parks and experiences was about $1B