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6:25 PM 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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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 …
Laura McGann / Vox:
To hold up to scrutiny, #metoo reporting has been built on extraordinary amounts of evidence and multiple accusers, factors missing in the case of Tara Reade  —  Tara Reade, a former staff assistant in Joe Biden's Senate office, on April 11.  Max Whittaker/New York Times/Redux
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?
New York Times:
Publishers and marketing execs say some advertisers essentially boycotted serious journalism unintentially by blocking ads from running near certain keywords  —  The Home of the Whopper, Verizon and Amazon are among the relative few that haven't been afraid to run ads near coverage of the coronavirus.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: @dylanbyers
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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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
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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
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
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
Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
Axel Springer to merge eMarketer and Business Insider Intelligence to form Insider Intelligence
Discussion: Digiday
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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