Mediagazer: Sports-focused streaming service FuboTV adds ESPN and other Disney-owned networks including ABC, ABC News Live, and Disney Channel to its Standard base package (Todd Spangler/Variety)

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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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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 …

Discussion: Adweek, Ad Age, @kelseymsutton and @jasonabbruzzese

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.

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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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:

Twitter has banned the account of Distributed Denial of Secrets, a group that recently made accessible one of the largest dumps of leaked US police documents — Twitter confirmed on Tuesday night that it had permanently banned the account of Distributed Denial of Secrets …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Sports-focused streaming service FuboTV adds ESPN and other Disney-owned networks including ABC, ABC News Live, and Disney Channel to its Standard base package — ESPN at long last will be coming to FuboTV, which launched more than five years ago as a sport-centric streaming service in the U.S.

Discussion: Awful Announcing, The Streamable, Multichannel News and CNET

Pranshu Verma / New York Times:

A lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Open Technology Fund, argues dismissal of heads of OTF and four outlets by Global Media's new CEO Michael Pack was unlawful — The suit is the first legal action taken against Michael Pack after he fired the heads of the technology organization and four journalism outlets under his purview last week.

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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

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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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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.

Discussion: @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.

Discussion: @pressgazette

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.

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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.

Discussion: The Streamable and Variety