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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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@newsalliance:
[Thread] AP journalists describe how they report election results and declare winners in about 7,000 races, for White House, Congress, and state legislatures — On Nov. 3 and in the days after, @AP will declare winners from ~7,000 races, from the White House down the ballot through local elections
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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 now says it will reject ads from the Trump campaign that declare victory in the early morning hours of November 4th.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Bob Bakish says Showtime gained more subscribers in H1 than in the last three years and will remain a standalone streamer as sources say it has 27M subscribers — Premium network to remain a stand-alone streaming service, rather than be part of new Paramount+
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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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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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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Joe Rogan's Portland fire comments and reports of tensions between Spotify staff and executives over content show Rogan is already a headache for the company — When Spotify signed The Joe Rogan Experience to an exclusive multi-year distribution deal earlier in the summer …
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@bmorrissey, @nicemangos and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
Zoltan Varga, the owner of one of Hungary's biggest independent media groups, says he faces intimidation tactics because he won't give in to Orban's government — Zoltan Varga was on a business trip abroad when his partner called. A helicopter was flying close to their home in a hillside district of Budapest.
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