Mediagazer: The NY Post and the Daily News, already reeling and still largely dependent on newsstands, have never looked more precarious than amid the COVID-19 emergency (Joe Pompeo/Vanity Fair)

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Ellen Hammett / Marketing Week:

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Dade Hayes / Deadline:

YouTube and ViacomCBS expand carriage deal, add 14 new networks, including BET, MTV, and Comedy Central, to YouTube TV this summer — YouTube and ViacomCBS have revealed an expanded, multi-year distribution deal that will add 14 new networks to the tech giant's YouTube TV service this summer.

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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

The NY Post and the Daily News, already reeling and still largely dependent on newsstands, have never looked more precarious than amid the COVID-19 emergency — The Post and the News, crucial pillars of the city's mindset, are reeling, with little hope in site. Could Rupert Murdoch sell the Post?

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Internal document reveals Twitch is looking to fund a slate of original, unscripted series that would be live and interactive on dating, sports, music, and more — - Amazon unit will bankroll slate of unscripted series this year — Use of Twitch has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic

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IJ4EU:

IJ4EU opens applications for cross-border investigative journalism projects in EU and EU candidate countries, providing €1M in grants of between €5K and €50K — One million euros for projects in Europe in 2020 — Read this text in: бълга р …

Discussion: @globalfreemedia

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:

Cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse launches Alamo on Demand, offering movies curated by Alamo for rent or purchase online — From ‘Golden Girls’ to ‘Property Brothers,’ What Hollywood Stars Are Binging During Coronavirus Lockdown — Alamo Drafthouse, the cinema chain that largely popularized …

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Charlie Wood / Business Insider:

Sonos cofounder calls out Spotify CEO's criticism of Apple, says it's “significantly more difficult to work within Spotify's ‘closed’ ecosystem than Apple's” — - The cofounder of smart speaker firm Sonos called out Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for his remarks on Apple's closed ecosystem.

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Hollywood Reporter:

Experts say some media executives who pledged to forgo salaries will be repaid later, making current cuts merely a loan disguised as a financial sacrifice — A slew of top media and entertainment execs pledged to forgo salaries amid cost-cutting efforts, which risks being perceived as a token gesture …

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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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Josh Mabry / Facebook Journalism Project …:

Facebook awards $16M in grants to 200+ local news outlets: $10.3M from the COVID-19 relief fund and $5.4M for participants in its local news accelerator program — Today, Facebook is announcing that more than 200 news organizations will receive nearly $16 million in grants through …

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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

The Register in UK has settled a libel case with a CEO who defamed a reporter and editor in tweets, posts, and a Google ad; CEO has apologized, will pay damages — Technology website The Register has won a libel payout from a computer sales chief executive who accused it of publishing “fake news”.

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