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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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Digiday, Nieman Lab, @bruceclarkprof, Adweek, Financial Times, @martinjemoore, The Drum, The Media Nut, ISBA, ISBA and Mediatel News
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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Business Wire:
ViacomCBS Q1: $508M net earnings on $6.6B revenue; $471M in streaming and digital video revenue, up 51% YoY; 13.5M streaming subscribers, 24M+ MAUs on Pluto TV — - Sequential Improvement in Operating Income and Adjusted OIBDA, Diluted EPS and Adjusted Diluted EPS, as well as Operating Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow
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Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch, @alexweprin, The Wrap and @alexweprin
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
ViacomCBS CEO says CBS All Access will be rebranded this summer, expand internationally in the next year, and add content from Paramount, BET, and others — UPDATED at 7:35AM PT with more Paramount film details. CBS All Access will get a significant reboot this summer …
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Multichannel News, Variety, The Streamable, Hollywood Reporter, CordCutters, @viacomcbs, Tech Investor News, AdExchanger and @lukewatsonnyc
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 …
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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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The Streamable, MediaPost, Multichannel News, Reuters and Broadcasting & Cable
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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Fast Company, /Film, Deadline, Fortune, Engadget, @davezatz, Austin Chronicle, CNBC and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
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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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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@dylanbyers
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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@kerrymflynn, Business Wire, @kerrymflynn, @kerrymflynn and @kerrymflynn
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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@datadictum, @gazthejourno, @gazthejourno, @markhannamedia, @gazthejourno and @domponsford
Debbie Weinstein / The Keyword:
YouTube to start running ad surveys on the YouTube app for TVs and introduce skippable ads to content cast onto a TV as users increasingly watch YouTube on TV — Viewer attention is shifting dramatically as we spend more time at home-and we've heard directly from many advertisers …
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TechCrunch, MediaPost, Adweek and Broadcasting & Cable
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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American Press Institute, @arusbridger, @evelyndouek, @jodieginsberg, New York Times and The Week
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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
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Oversight Board, The Verge, @hadas_gold, MediaPost, @nytopinion, USA Today, Reuters, Meduza.io, @nicsuzor, @ericnewcomer, The Independent, Columbia Journalism Review, @profgalloway, @josh_hammer, The Guardian, @evelyndouek, @catoinstitute, @matthewstoller, @umairh, @nighatdad, @niemanlab, @oversightboard, @slpng_giants, @dexbarton, @dlberes, @adamboultonsky, @mvzelenks, @jeffjarvis, @rasmus_kleis, @filip_struharik, @jameeljaffer, @sivavaid, @parkermolloy, @kevinroose, @hellethorning_s, @jamalgreene, @evelyndouek, @columbialaw, @broderick, @daphnehk, @caseynewton, NPR, The Week, Reason, About Facebook, Engadget, Politico, CNET, The Verge and Protocol, more at Techmeme »
Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac:
NBCUniversal's streaming Peacock service will be integrated with the Apple TV app at launch on July 15, as well as available through the Peacock iOS/tvOS app — NBCUniversal officially took the wraps off its Peacock streaming service back in January and kicked off a limited release for Comcast and Cox customers in April.
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