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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon and WarnerMedia agree to prolong access to HBO on Fire TVs as Jeff Bezos tells Congress he thinks the two companies will come to terms over HBO Max — Amid the stalled talks between Amazon and WarnerMedia over getting HBO Max on Fire TV devices, the two sides reached an agreement on one front …
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Asked whether Amazon is asking for not only money but content in exchange for carrying HBO Max on Fire TV, Bezos said he isn't familiar enough with negotiations — The current throwdown between Amazon and HBO Max got pulled into a tech titan hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
ViacomCBS is adding 70 TV series to CBS All Access from its Viacom cable networks and plans to officially relaunch with a new name in early 2021 — - ViacomCBS is adding content from its Viacom cable networks to CBS All Access, including all seasons of “Chappelle's Show,” “Snooki & Jwoww,” and “Hot in Cleveland.”
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Staffers at Hearst Magazines have voted 241-83 to form a union through Writers Guild of America, East, after a nine-month campaign — New York (CNN Business)A massive union drive at Hearst Magazines, one of the world's largest periodical publishers, finally came to fruition Wednesday …
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Emails from 2016 show Apple agreed to halve its 30% App Store fee for Amazon as part of deal to get the Prime Video app on iPhones and Apple TV — - IPhone maker's Eddy Cue reached 2016 deal with Amazon's Bezos — In 2011, Apple executives weighed 40% fee for subscriptions
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Marc Malkin / Variety:
This year's Emmys will be virtual, producers have told nominees, asking them to prepare to participate from home or a location of their choice on September 20 — Shortly after the nominations were announced yesterday, this year's Emmy executive producers — including host Jimmy Kimmel …
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Boris Johnson is hiring a spokesperson, akin to the White House press secretary, for his government's daily press briefings, which are meant to start in October — London (CNN Business)Boris Johnson is hiring, and he's looking to the White House for inspiration.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
NYT should consider increasing the health of local news a core part of its mission and explore sharing data, ad inventory, content, tech stacks, subscriptions — Meredith Kopit Levien, everyone seems to agree, is the right person to lead the Times into the 2020s.
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Christa Case Bryant / Nieman Reports:
With disinformation campaigns targeting the 2020 election, journalists need to find a way to handle hack-and-leak operations like those that marred 2016 — Russian, Chinese, and Iranian disinformation campaigns are targeting the November vote. Journalists need to figure …
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Rachel Kurzius / DCist:
Interviews with 24 people reveal a pattern of inappropriate behavior by former WAMU reporter Martin Di Caro, who now works for Bloomberg Radio — Repeatedly telling a spokesperson for a D.C. councilmember how he thought she looked in a dress. Sending suggestive, late-night messages to young colleagues.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Moonbug buys Cocomelon, the most viewed YouTube channel, and Blippi, forming the largest network of kids channels on YouTube with 235M subscribers — Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. is building a kids media empire for the YouTube generation. — The London-based company has acquired …
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Shubham Agarwal / Digital Trends:
TikTok says it will pay US creators $1B+ in the next three years, up from the $200M announced before, unveils $70M fund for creators in some European countries — After reports of Instagram poaching TikTok creators emerged, TikTok says it's ramping up its Creator Fund to over a billion dollars …
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