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Ben Smith / New York Times:
While autocrats crack down on independent journalism in Malaysia, Russia, China, Egypt, the Philippines, Hungary, and elsewhere, the US looks the other way — Independent journalism is on the defensive, from Hungary to Malaysia. — Like many American media types, I spent a lot …
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Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Chatham Asset Management, McClatchy's largest creditor, has won an auction to buy the bankrupt local news company — Chatham Asset Management, the New Jersey hedge fund that is McClatchy Co.'s largest creditor, has won an auction to buy the bankrupt local news company.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Chatham, which has been in a position to influence McClatchy for some time, seems unlikely to make deep cuts or take other radical action after its acquisition — McClatchy owns 30 daily newspapers across the U.S., including the Miami Herald and The Kansas City Star
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Kevin Draper / New York Times:
Black employees at ESPN, prompted by nationwide conversations on systemic racism, detail their own negative experiences with long-entrenched practices — In meetings and conversations among colleagues, ESPN employees have criticized the career pipeline and diversity of top leadership, eliciting a promise from executives to do better.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Audible's new chief content officer Brad Schwartz is out, after Audible employees found an old sexual-harassment lawsuit at Pop in which he was named — Brad Schwartz was supposed to help the Amazon division challenge Spotify in podcasting — About a month after Audible announced …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
SiriusXM will buy E.W. Scripps' podcast network and producer unit Stitcher for $325M; Scripps says Stitcher had $72.5M in 2019 revenue — According to E.W. Scripps, the $325 million price tag represents a return of more than 100% in its investment in podcasting over the last five years.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
In adapted excerpt from her forthcoming book, former Buffalo News chief editor Margaret Sullivan tracks its decline, a fate shared by newspapers nationally — Over her long career as a journalist, Margaret Sullivan has watched the decline of local news with growing alarm
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Emily Bell / Columbia Journalism Review:
While many news orgs have celebrated the discomfort of Facebook, many haven't joined the ad boycott as few have the scale to forgo Facebook's distribution power — Mark Zuckerberg and Noam Chomsky are strange bedfellows in this political moment, but both found themselves on the same side …
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David McCabe / New York Times:
In a May filing to Australia's antitrust regulator, Google said it doesn't control enough of the digital ad market to overcharge customers or block competitors — A document sent by the search giant to Australian regulators argues that the company doesn't control enough of the digital ad industry …
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Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Mediaocean, which provides TV advertising software, to acquire 4C Insights, which offers ad tools for streaming video and social media, source says for $150M+ — 4C Insights offers ad tools for streaming video and social media — Mediaocean LLC, a firm best known for its TV advertising software …
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
CNN to launch a new team covering race and systemic racism that will contribute to all CNN platforms and be led by Delano Massey, a recent hire from AP — “The recent conversations we've had in our newsrooms have been informative and constructive," says CNN president Jeff Zucker
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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
An overview of how data-driven tech and analytics are reshaping Hollywood's creative development process and market research during the pandemic — Coronavirus and the era of stay-at-home binge-watching is accelerating the entertainment industry's reliance on analytics and data to target …
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