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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
In iOS 14, Apple News+ publishers' web links are opened in the Apple News app by default for Apple News+ subscribers, though this feature can be turned off — Apple News in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has a toggle that's designed to open web links from Apple News+ publishers directly …
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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
TikTok announces first round of recipients of its $200M US creator fund, composed of 19 creators, 6 in LA; source: at least one will receive six figures — TikTok on Monday pushed back against rivals eager to poach its U.S. video creators (and to lure their audiences) …
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney changes name of 20th Century Fox Television to 20th Television and Fox 21 TV Studios to Touchstone Television — No leadership changes or layoffs are expected to come with the moves. — To no surprise, Disney is rebranding its TV studios to remove the Fox name from two of them.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sports Illustrated staff describe mismanagement issues under Maven like the CEO hiring his relatives; Meredith has limited Maven's access to SI's photo archive — CUSTODY BATTLE — Staffers at the iconic sports mag feel caught in the middle of a war between the brand's owner and its publisher …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
In the wake of a widely protested election in Belarus, nonprofits say the government has blocked many sites, including those of independent media and Twitter — Twitter, local journalists, and internet freedom organizations report that there are widespread internet blocks in Belarus.
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Kenneth Hein / The Drum:
eMarketer: without in-person events, US B2B digital ad spend will hit $8.14B, up 22.6% YoY, vs. a 1.7% YoY increase in overall digital ad spend — In the silver linings department, we have an unlikely development: B2B digital ad spend is leading the charge.
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Samson Amore / The Wrap:
Women hosted just 23 of the top 109 podcasts that appeared on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts charts in 31 straight days in June and July — Women represent roughly half of podcast listeners nationwide, but an overwhelming majority of the top-charting shows across …
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Kevin Tran / Variety:
Data from 7Park: “Hamilton” on Disney+ reached 37% of US households in July, the largest streaming audience of 2020, ~3X that of Netflix's widest-reaching title — How big was “Hamilton” for Disney+? Far bigger than anything on Netflix in July, according to 7Park Data stats provided exclusively …
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Ethan Zuckerman / The Atlantic:
Trump, who has dominated US media coverage since 2016, and the pandemic, which has dominated coverage in 2020, are crowding out almost all other topics — Over the past six months, it has seemed like every news story is about the coronavirus, or President Donald Trump's failed response to it.
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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Warner Bros. TV Group to consolidate its scripted and unscripted TV production operations, folding its cable/streaming unit Warner Horizon into Warner Bros. TV — In the latest move to come out of WarnerMedia's seismic restructuring that began last week, Warner Horizon will merge its scripted operations with Warner Bros. Television.
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
According to an email sent to podcast producers, Amazon says it will add free podcasts in Amazon Music, for both free and paid tiers, and on Audible — Amazon will incorporate free podcasts into its Amazon Music and Audible products, according to a confidential email distributed to some show producers on Monday.
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Think with Google:
Survey of video watching habits: TV-era quality markers like production value, being on a preferred platform, and famous actors ranked low on reasons to watch — We asked 12,000 people worldwide what they watched in the last 24 hours. Their answers show that our viewing habits are changing.1 70% …