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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Verizon has approached multiple digital media companies, including Group Nine and Vox Media, in the past few months for a potential sale of HuffPost — Verizon has been quietly scrambling to unload HuffPost as it grapples with continued losses at the left-leaning news and culture website, The Post has learned.
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Disney launches GroupWatch on Disney+, a feature that lets up to seven people watch in sync; viewers can react using emoji but can't chat — New York (CNN Business)Pandemic lockdowns have given many people the time to binge watch hours of streaming, but not the ability to do so with friends.
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Shepard Smith on launching a “just-the-facts” news show amid the pandemic, as CNBC's The News with Shepard Smith launches this week — The former Fox News anchor has had to hire a new team and have a set built amid pandemic protocols in preparation for this week's debut …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The way Fox News' news division covered Trump's taxes exemplifies its approach to stories critical of Trump: downplay its importance and focus on Trump's denial — New York (CNN Business)The New York Times' explosive report on President Trump's taxes was, for most news outlets, a serious story worth significant coverage.
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Dean Baquet / New York Times:
Following its bombshell Trump tax investigation, The New York Times will not be “making the records themselves public” to protect its sources
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Profile of Rest of World, Sophie Schmidt's nonprofit journalism startup that launched in May and reports on under-covered tech stories in developing countries — Sophie Schmidt's Rest of World covers technology and its impact on societies outside the U.S. — Sophie Schmidt is looking to build her own big name in tech.
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@jessicalessin, @carolecadwalla, @teddyschleifer, @ericschmidt, @benmullin, @newley and @casacks
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Interview with Jean Ellen Cowgill, GM of Bloomberg's QuickTake, which is expanding into streaming with its inclusion in Bloomberg's OTT app, relaunching Nov. 9 — Bloomberg Media QuickTake — formerly known as TicToc, with the name later changed for obvious reasons — is the company's three …
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Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Vox Media launches Concert Ad Manager, a self-serve ad tool to create, submit, and track ads across properties on its marketplace, Concert — Concert Ad Manager will allow advertisers to reach audiences at scale — Further investing in its offerings for marketers, Vox Media has launched …
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
As fraud in streaming TV surges with fake apps, spoofed devices, and more, marketers are pursuing more direct ad deals to ensure their ads are seen by humans — Some marketers are pursuing more direct ad deals to better ensure their ads are seen by humans — Advertisers are flocking …
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The Drum, @davemorgannyc and @bluff_capital
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pew survey of 12K+ US adults: 26% said they get news from YouTube while only 23% of those said they “often” get news from channels of established news orgs — Around a quarter of U.S. adults, or roughly 26%, say they get news by watching YouTube videos, according to a new study …
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Pew Research Center, Talking Biz News, @evelyndouek, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, VentureBeat, @lbarronlopez, @alxthomp, @mcproulx, @chrissyfarr, @pewresearch, @rach_greenspan, @pewjournalism, @lucas_shaw, The Wrap, Adweek and Radio & Television …, more at Techmeme »
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Internal and external threats to the BBC challenge its role as the anchor of UK media and an effective heat sink for polarization — The BBC functions as a heat sink for polarization — converting potentially dangerous energy into something the system can more easily deal with.
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@jayrosen_nyu, @benyt, Deadline, @amonck, @sewellchan, @amlwhere, @bbcdouglasf, @producerjane, @dangillmor, @_felixsimon_, @fheinderyckx, @jbenton, @jbenton and Digital TV Europe
Marion Renault / Columbia Journalism Review:
Critics have long lost faith in Ohio's The Columbus Dispatch to fairly cover race issues, as its staff remains 95% white in a city of 44% nonwhite residents — The Columbus Dispatch has never looked like the city it covers. Can it change? — The giant, light-up sign visible …
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Margaret Renkl / New York Times:
PBS, which turns 50 in Oct., illustrates how public TV can educate and unite by showing us what it means to be human, across kids shows, documentaries, and news — Next month will mark 50 years of television that aims to educate and unite. — NASHVILLE — On Oct. 4, 1970 …
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