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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Joe Rogan's podcast, which he said had ~190M downloads/month in 2019, will become a Spotify exclusive this year; his YouTube will no longer have full episodes — A massive gain for the platform — Joe Rogan, comedian and host of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is taking his show to Spotify.
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Joe Rogan's Spotify deal will likely be worth $100M+; his full 11-year library will hit Spotify Sept. 1 and be exclusive to Spotify before year's end — His full library, dating back 11 years, is to hit the service Sept. 1, and become exclusive to Spotify after that, before the end of the year
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@benyt, CNN, TechCrunch, Discover Pods, Vox, @tylerwinklevoss, The Wrap, @theperezhilton, @wsteaks, @andrewberkshire, @erockradio, @willharrisaoaf, @ctrappe, @shaaddsouza, @shoq, @thomas_m_wilson, @cnyari, New York Post, Tubefilter, Deadline, Forbes, Fast Company, The Week and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
Financial Times:
Inside the mad dash to launch HBO Max during the pandemic and the twists and turns at WarnerMedia over the last year — Creating a rival to Netflix is more urgent than ever for WarnerMedia. Will the HBO Max moonshot succeed? — On the biggest day of his career, John Stankey arrived …
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@annaknicolaou, @lucas_shaw, @ftlifearts, @edmundlee, @alexweprin, @financialtimes, @mattgarrahan, @annaknicolaou and @loudmouthjulia
Megh Wright / Vulture:
ClickHole returns and starts publishing as a new, employee-owned website, about four months after being acquired by Cards Against Humanity — It's been almost four months since the satire site ClickHole was purchased by Cards Against Humanity and published their last article, titled …
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ClickHole, The Wrap, @vulture and @grahamstarr
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Court docs: William Lewis, who quit as Dow Jones' CEO this month and is on shortlist to become BBC's next DG, has been accused in News Group phone hacking case — Exclusive: Former newspaper executive Will Lewis alleged to have played part in email deletions
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Digital TV Europe
Devin Gordon / The Atlantic:
A look at the shoddily produced news channel OAN, whose viewership remains a mystery even as Trump keeps boosting it when he has a lover's spat with Fox News — O, ne America News, or OAN, or OANN—whichever you like, it's all the same thing—is Donald Trump's favorite cable-news channel.
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@theatlantic, @sykescharlie, @devingordonx and @jeffreygoldberg
Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Interview with Bill Simmons on Spotify's vision for The Ringer, creating sports content without live sports, Apple's interest in podcasting, and more — The timing couldn't have been tighter. This year, it was announced that media multi-hyphenate and erstwhile ESPN personality Bill Simmons …
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Awful Announcing, @kerrymflynn, @pierce and Simon Owens's Tech …
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Twitter is testing a feature that lets a tweet's author limit who can reply, giving the options of Everyone, People You Follow, and Only People You Mention — Twitter today acknowledged that it's begun testing a new setting that let users limit who can reply to tweets.
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Twitter and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
David Maas / International Journalists' Network:
Quebec City's Le Soleil, which formed Canada's largest newsroom cooperative after its bankruptcy under a year ago, says it's now flourishing during the pandemic — As COVID-19 has brought newsrooms worldwide to their knees, one French Canadian outlet is flourishing — less than a year after going bankrupt.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
BBC says it is considering bringing back BBC Three as a broadcast channel, four years after it was moved online, as the corporation focuses on young audiences — BBC's annual plan to more than double channel's budget over next two years — BBC Three could make a triumphant return …
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Variety, BBC, @martinsfp, @jackhorwood and @thetowncrier
Annalise Frank / Crain's Detroit Business:
A new nonprofit publication called BridgeDetroit launches with $5M in donations and foundation funding, including from Knight Foundation and Center for Michigan — - Ccommunity engagement mission will drive new media platform — Main supporters include Knight Foundation and Center for Michigan
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@sbagen and @nickrmanes
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
A feud between Barstool Sports and the hosts of its popular podcast Call Her Daddy exposes the issues media companies face when their stars become influencers — The podcast built a loyal audience. So did its hosts. — In just two years, “Call Her Daddy,” a raunchy podcast about sex …
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@taylorlorenz, The Media Nut, Medialyte, @joshpescatore, @michaelbaumann, @alyssabereznak, @nytimes, @toley88, @talyagoldberg, @t_mulc, @kattenbarge, Ad Age and New York Post
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Matt Lauer, fired by NBC in late 2017, accuses Ronan Farrow of “flawed reporting” for his book, Catch and Kill, which includes a rape accusation against Lauer — Matt Lauer, the former “Today” show host who was fired after several women accused him of sexual harassment and assault …
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Mediaite, @ronanfarrow, Mediaite, The Hill, Fox News, @yashar, @sulliview, @junkscience, @jeremymbarr, bookforum.com, @kemc, @zigmanfreud, @yashar, @jkbjournalist, @bendreyfuss, @sulliview, @karaswisher, @seanlavery, @kemc, @lexialex, @blprnt, @maxkennerly, @jeremymbarr, @jeremymbarr, @whitneycummings, New York Daily News, Mediaite and Page Six
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Though Ben Smith says issues with Farrow's reporting stem from demands of “resistance journalism”, it's the cult of journalistic celebrity that hinders scrutiny
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American Press Institute, Vanity Fair, @michaelluo, Poynter, @jon_allsop, @ronanfarrow, Decider, CNN, @traceyspicer, @emilybell, @rogerlynch, @soutikbbc, @whstancil, @lpolgreen, @reporterandrew, Variety, Deadline and @brittanys
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