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Josh Reyes / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Tribune closes the Daily Press offices in Newport News, VA; filing: Tribune didn't pay rent for April, May, and June for the majority of its facilities — Tribune Publishing will close the Daily Press' office in Newport News' City Center, according to an email sent to staff Tuesday morning.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump says he will be resuming weekly appearances on Fox and Friends, as he did until 2015, though co-host Steve Doocy says Fox hasn't committed to that — New York (CNN Business)President Trump says he is resuming his weekly visits to “Fox & Friends,” the morning show that gave …
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Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Spotify calls on authorities to restrict “Apple's anti-competitive behavior”; Apple says alternatives to its services exist, bundling can save customers money — Spotify released a public statement after Apple's Time Flies event to protest the newly announced Apple One bundle …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Apple One bundles launch with discounts on services including Music, TV+, Arcade, iCloud storage, Fitness+, and News+ and tiers between $15 and $30/month — The hardware giant leans into its software offerings — The long-rumored bundle bringing together Apple Music, Apple TV Plus …
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Sources: the Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether John Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information when he published his memoir — Investigators are examining whether the former national security adviser illegally disclosed classified information.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Off-the-record schmoozefests like the one at Susan Page's house for Seema Verma should end, along with the White House Correspondents' Dinner — From the perspective of the Washington women involved in “Girls' Night Out,” the social gathering was friendly, professionally helpful, and harmless.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast CEO says Peacock has 15M+ subs, up from 10M in July, and that in homes with Xfinity X1 service, it's the third most-used app behind Netflix and YouTube — Comcast Cable is trending to add more than 500,000 broadband subscribers in the current third quarter, which would be a new record …
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Fortune launches Fortune Connect, an online learning platform and community for mid-tier and senior executives, priced at $2,500 per person per year — There is a finite number of CEOs who can tune into Fortune's CEO Initiative virtual conference. And there are only 50 leaders …
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
ViacomCBS will rebrand CBS All Access as Paramount+ early next year and expects to expand internationally, starting in Australia, Latin America, and the Nordics — Announces 5 New Originals, Plans to Expand Internationally in 2021 — It's official, CBS All Access is changing its name to Paramount+ next year.
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eMarketer:
Disney+ is estimated to reach 72.4M users in 2020 and surpass Hulu's audience by 2024 — Nearly one-third of OTT viewers watch Disney+ … According to our latest estimates for over-the-top (OTT) video services in the US, Disney+ will have 72.4 million users this year, representing 32.1% of OTT viewers.
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Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard:
Spotify partners with Songkick and Ticketmaster to add virtual event listings hosted on any platform to artist profiles and to the Concerts hub on the app — Spotify has partnered with concert discovery app Songkick and Ticketmaster to add virtual event listings to the platform …
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Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
Twitch is testing automatically running ads in the middle of streams on affiliate and partnered channels; paying subscribers won't see ads — It'll juice ad revenue, probably? — Twitch has started automatically running ads in the middle of streams for some viewers.
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