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Sarah Jeong / OneZero:
Q&A with Casey Newton on leaving The Verge to start a newsletter on Substack called Platformer, after many years as The Verge's Silicon Valley editor — Sarah Jeong talks to Newton about the details of his deal, subscription journalism, and the magic of email
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Variety:
Variety parent company Penske Media reaches a deal with MRC to operate Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter under a newly formed joint venture called PMRC — MRC brings to the venture its production infrastructure. The MRC banner is home to the Netflix drama “Ozark” and has produced such feature films as …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a rally, Trump again mocks Ali Velshi for being hit with a rubber bullet amid protests and adds a vague story to mock another reporter thrown aside by police — Donald Trump again mocked MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi for the moment when he was struck by a rubber bullet while covering protests in June …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: substantial job cuts are expected at NBCUniversal in the coming months as it thinks channels like E!, Oxygen, and Syfy don't have a long-term future — With channels like E!, Oxygen and Syfy on borrowed time, media company pushes deep cuts and centralizes program decisions
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The News Product Alliance launches as a community for people who work in news product management — The News Product Alliance launches today — The News Product Alliance launched today, offering a community for people who work in news product management. — What's that again, you might wonder?
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Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
Facebook confirms it will let US political campaigns run ads from November 4, potentially letting Trump place ads claiming victory before all votes are counted — Facebook banned political ads a week before the election, but it's the period after the election that it should be worried about.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
UK press regulator Impress launches The Public Interest News Foundation, a charity to support public interest journalism through donations — British news outlets are to be supported by a new charity which will take advantage of tax breaks to funnel donations into public interest journalism across the UK.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Ad Council has generated nearly $370M of donated media support for coronavirus PSAs in six months, nearly triple the amount it typically manages in a year — The Ad Council, a 75-year-old non-profit, has nearly tripled the amount of media support for public service announcements (PSAs) …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN is shutting down its short-form video subsidiary Great Big Story — CNN launches many stories each day, but one of them has come to an end. — The AT&T-owned news operation is shuttering Great Big Story, a streaming-video hub that launched in 2015 to some attention …
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
ViacomCBS launches a First Time Directors program that will produce 50 films from BIPOC and women filmmakers — The company will pair BIPOC and women directors with A-list producers including Salma Hayek, Idris Elba and Eva Longoria. — ViacomCBS is launching an effort to give more people …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Norway's Schibsted built podcast tools into its own platform so its outlets can publish podcasts behind paywalls before releasing them on third-party platforms — The podcast landscape in Norway is still nascent, but news group Schibsted is gearing up an attempt to turbocharge that growth.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Political journalists at Fox News, ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC say they are preparing for an election night without an immediate decision in the presidential contest — “And Wisconsin goes for . . . nobody, yet.” That's the kind of inconclusive message you may hear often on election night …
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