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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple to launch “Apple One”, tiered subscription bundles, which will include Music, TV+, News+, and a new virtual fitness service, as early as October — - Company seeks more customer loyalty with twist on Amazon Prime — Bundles to include video, music, news, fitness and more
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Tribune Publishing is permanently closing The Daily News headquarters at 4 New York Plaza in Manhattan and four other Tribune newspaper newsrooms — Tribune Publishing said that it was permanently closing the tabloid's office in Lower Manhattan. As its journalists work remotely during the pandemic …
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Roger Simmons / Orlando Sentinel:
The Orlando Sentinel says it is leaving its downtown office building, which it has occupied since 1951, in October as staff continues to work remotely — The Orlando Sentinel announced Wednesday it will leave its downtown building, the newspaper's home since 1951.
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Twitter staffers publicly called out an error by Daily Caller and National Review, which wrongly said Twitter hired an ex-Harris staffer to police POTUS tweets — According to leading conservative columnists, Twitter has hired Nick Pacilio, a former staffer for Sen. Kamala Harris …
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Wall Street Journal:
The trust now in charge of National Amusements is unlikely to be an obstacle to Shari Redstone and her ViacomCBS plans as she, her son, and two allies sit on it — Sumner Redstone's death tests stability of family's media empire — For nearly two decades, Shari Redstone fought to ensure …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sumner Redstone, the mogul who transformed National Amusements into a media empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures, and CBS, has died at 97
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Sources: USAGM put 7 senior leaders on leave and pulled their security clearances, in response to a pro-Joe Biden video and a review of foreign worker hiring — President Trump's new leader at the Voice of America and its parent organization made sweeping staff changes this week in response …
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
AMC will reopen more than 100 theaters on August 20 and expects to open two-thirds of its 600+ US theaters by September 3, when Tenet comes out — New York (CNN Business)AMC is finally reopening its theaters, and guests will need to spend just 15 cents to get in.
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Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
A look at major publishers' approaches to audio articles, from developing an automated “voice” at the BBC to training reporters to read aloud at the NYT — New York Times reporters get voice-over training; BBC invests in automated readers designed to sound like humans
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@dollydeighton, @washpostpr and @nytimespr
Ann-Christine Diaz / Ad Age:
Court dismisses $25M defamation suit brought against Adweek and anonymous Instagram account Diet Madison Avenue by former Martin Agency CCO Joe Alexander — The former Martin Agency chief creative officer had been seeking $25 million — The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District …
The Wire:
Visas for resident foreign journalists in India remain suspended even as the country has allowed several other categories of foreign nationals to return — New Delhi: Even as India has relaxed the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus and opened its gates …
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Bloomberg:
Study finds 22 Trump campaign ads ran on YouTube channels linked to the Chinese government, showing how hard it is to control where ads end up on YouTube — - Ads also ran on channels with links to Kremlin, Omelas says — Review finds one Biden ad on video from China-backed outlet
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@mhbergen, The Keyword, Washington Post and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Daily Mail owner DMGT to cut up to 100 editorial and commercial jobs and scrap Mail on Sunday's Event magazine as print ad sales fell 69% YoY in Q2 — DMGT says quarterly print advertising down 69% and digital income down 17% — The publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday …
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