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KPCC public radio reporter Josie Huang was arrested while covering the ambush shooting of two deputies in LA, on charges of “interfering with a lawful arrest” — Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrested KPCC/LAist Correspondent Josie Huang Saturday night while she was covering …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Internal documents from The Intercept regarding exposed source Reality Winner show an extreme level of newsroom mismanagement, hubris, and a whitewashed probe — Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom. — Where were you when you first heard about the Snowden leak?
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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Disney's Mulan brings in $23.2M during its Chinese opening weekend, lagging behind the $30M brought in by Nolan's Tenet, likely due to piracy and media blackout — Disney's “Mulan” is struggling to find a foothold at the Chinese box offic, mustering an opening weekend of $23.2 million …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Warner Bros. delayed sharing daily box office grosses for Tenet over worries they could be misinterpreted, breaking industry norms and angering rival studios — People who closely follow box office earnings have noticed a surprising lack of transparency surrounding ticket sales for “Tenet …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Red Ventures says it has agreed to buy CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500M in a deal expected to close in Q4 2020 — ViacomCBS is offloading CNET Media Group in a $500 million deal with digital-marketing company Red Ventures, which announced the deal Monday.
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CNN:
All major TV networks, including Fox News, stayed outside while Trump held an indoor rally with thousands of mostly-unmasked fans — News outlets exhibited more responsibility than the president. — I understand that Trump's “what pandemic?” attitude is shared by many of his supporters …
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Ronan Shields / Adweek:
Amazon has added Twitch inventory to Amazon Advertising, making it easier for media buyers to include Twitch audiences in their programmatic ad campaigns — The streaming network is now part of Amazon Advertising — Twitch inventory has been opened up to Amazon Advertising customers. Source: twitch
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Vice Distribution strikes a content deal with Hulu covering 100 hours of Vice TV originals, the first agreement of its kind for the new distribution outfit — Vice Distribution, the fledgling distribution arm of the youth-skewing media brand, has struck a content deal with Hulu.
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Taboola and Outbrain CEOs confirm the breakdown of their merger, announced nearly a year ago, over revised terms, as the pandemic depressed ad rates — Taboola sought new deal terms from Outbrain as coronavirus pandemic affected both companies' business — The sharp advertising downturn caused …
Associated Press:
Media access to wildfires varies according to state laws: journalists in California are given free reign in disaster areas while other states limit their access — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Journalists have captured searing, intimate images of active and dangerous wildfires burning in California …
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Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:
YouTube to make engaged-view video ad conversions, which occur after users view 10+ seconds of a skippable ad but don't click, a standard metric this year — Advertisers have been challenged to determine the impact of video ad campaigns on conversions when they can't compare them across ad formats.
New York Times:
Profile of Vanessa Pappas, an ex-YouTube exec and TikTok's N. America chief since 2018, who took over as interim global chief amid its geopolitical predicament — Vanessa Pappas is keeping a focus on the app's community of creators and users as it deals with pressure from President Trump, Beijing and a possible sale.
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