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Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
ViacomCBS says The Comey Rule mini-series will air in September, ahead of election day, after its director criticized its late-November release date — The series director criticized ViacomCBS's announcement that it would broadcast “The Comey Rule” in late November. On Wednesday, the air date was moved to September.
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Ben & Jerry's, Eddie Bauer, and Magnolia Pictures join Patagonia, REI, and others suspending Facebook ads in July to protest amplification of hate speech — Eddie Bauer, Magnolia Pictures, Ben & Jerry's and others have suspended campaigns over the platform's content moderation practices.
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Sources: Facebook's head of trust and safety policy admits to a “trust deficit” on a call with 200+ advertisers, as the company tries to stem an ad boycott — Social media group hit by mass boycotts over political content moderation — Facebook has admitted to having a …
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@onaircoop and @mshannahmurphy, more at Techmeme »
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Open Technology Fund, the US digital speech advocate that funded Signal and falls under the US Agency for Global Media, faces turmoil amid leadership turnover — 'There are so many countries and individuals who need this support right now,' says former OTF president
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice urges advertisers to stop blocking BLM and related keywords, saying content related to Floyd protests was monetized at a 57% lower rate than other content — Vice Media Group is calling on the advertising industry to review “brand safe” keywords, after the company recently found …
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Adweek, Ad Age, @kelseymsutton and @jasonabbruzzese
BBC:
ABC to cut 250 jobs across “every division”, including its newsrooms, in an effort to find savings of A$84M after budget cuts by the Australian government — The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) says it will shed 250 jobs in an effort to find savings after budget cuts by the Australian government.
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@pia_akerman, @patskarvelas, @emilybell and The Guardian
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Bauer Media is shutting down a few titles in the UK, merging its two golf magazines, and is in advanced stages of negotiations to sell five titles — Magazine publisher Bauer is closing a number of titles as part of a review to “protect the long-term health” the business.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ex-Sunday Times editor Martin Ives named new editor of Times Literary Supplement; Stig Abell named exec editor at News UK's radio and podcast division Wireless — Stig Abell is stepping down as editor of the Times Literary Supplement after four years to take up a new role of executive editor …
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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Source: Amazon is “actively pursuing” licensing deals to add live and linear TV to complement its Prime Video offerings — Amazon is looking to add 24/7 live programming to its Prime Video service, according to multiple job listings posted over the past several weeks.
Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Sources: Howard Mittman was forced out as CEO of Bleacher Report after employees complained about the lack of diversity at the company's executive level — Howard Mittman was forced out as CEO of Bleacher Report after employees passionately objected to the lack of diversity at the company's executive level …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
WarnerMedia and iHeartMedia sign a deal to co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for HBO Max shows, which will be available to stream on the HBO Max app — Comedy ‘Search Party’ and sci-fi drama ‘Raised by Wolves’ are the first TV series to get companion podcasts.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Wondery has launched a free app for iOS with original podcasts supported by ads, and an ad-free version, Wondery Plus, for $4.99/mo; Android version will follow — Streaming-Video Subscriptions Have Risen During COVID-19 — but So Has ‘Subscription Fatigue,’ Study Finds
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@jaycodon, @awilkinson, @sarthakgh, @evoterra and App Store
Erik Pedersen / Deadline:
Conan Doyle Estate sues Netflix, alleging copyright infringement and trademark violations ahead of release of Enola Holmes, a film about Sherlock Holmes' sister — The movie stars Millie Bobby Brown as the much-younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, who proves to be a highly capable detective in her own right.
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