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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney announces a major reorg, says its “primary focus” for entertainment will be streaming, as the pandemic has dramatically impacted its theatrical business — - Disney is restructuring its media and entertainment divisions. — In order to further accelerate it's direct …
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Kathryn Hopkins / WWD:
New York relaunches Curbed, the last Vox property to move to the magazine, where it will feature regularly in print, be placed under a paywall, and focus on NY — Real estate site Curbed has officially relaunched as a New York Magazine vertical. — When Vox Media acquired New York Media …
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Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
Profile of The Babylon Bee, a conservative answer to The Onion, which initially mocked Trump but now finds itself with an “insatiable desire to own the libs” — The comedy site, a conservative answer to ‘The Onion,’ used to have Trump squarely in its cross hairs.
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CNN:
How Fox News personalities such as Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson are helping Trump campaign launder unverified Russian information about top Democrats — (CNN)While most of the nation was largely fixated over the past week on President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The NYT, WSJ, WaPo, and other major outlets are refusing to send reporters to travel with Trump this week amid lack of assurance of COVID-19 safety protocols — Newspapers and networks are wary of exposing their staff members to the president and his aides, saying they do not have assurance …
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
AMC Theatres says existing cash resources would be “largely depleted” by the end of 2020 or early 2021 due to reduced movie slate and attendance, down 85% YoY — New York (CNN Business)Illustrating how dire the situation is for the movie theater industry, the world's largest theater chain …
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Jim Roberts / The 74:
Former Cheddar EIC Jim Roberts has joined The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education in the US, as its new publisher and chief strategy officer — Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the United States has measured its impact in terms of the many thousands lives lost …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
WaPo's new election modeling tool will help determine where votes remain uncounted and if election is too close to call, as outlets move away from calling races — The Washington Post has created a vote modeling tool that will help the newsroom determine with reasonable confidence if an election …
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder has made a comeback after demonetization last summer, gaining nearly 1M subs, showing the unevenness of YouTube's enforcement — A year in YouTube's penalty box worked out well for Steven Crowder. — Crowder—one of the most popular conservative voices …
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Ben Golliver / Washington Post:
A reporter reflects on covering the NBA from inside its COVID-19 protective bubble, an experience both whimsical and grueling — KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Ninety days after I checked into the NBA's restrictive bubble at Disney World, I find myself with a recurring daydream: I slide into the back seat …
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Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable:
Netflix has stopped offering its 30-day free trial across all markets — It's either you're all in or you're all out with Netflix as the streaming giant has removed their free trial. — As first spotted by Phil Swann, the streamer is no longer giving users a chance to try the service for free.
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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
How Netflix reinvented its marketing on social media through a series of accounts for Black, Latinx, LGBTQ+, and other subsets of its audience — How do you market a product to the world if you already have close to 200 million committed customers? For Netflix, the answer has been to realize that its audience is not a monolith.
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