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Roisin O'Connor / The Independent:
Spotify comes under criticism after Joe Rogan interviewed Alex Jones in a three-hour episode of his podcast on Tuesday; Jones was banned from Spotify in 2018 — Jones was banned from Spotify, as well as Facebook, Apple and YouTube, in 2018 — Spotify is under fire after Joe Rogan invited …
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Since 2003, the conservative Bradley Foundation has awarded $1M to current and former members of WSJ's editorial board or to writers on the paper's Opinion side — The Rhode Island senator's “dark money” riff at a SCOTUS hearing drew fire from the Journal's opinion side …
Reid Nakamura / The Wrap:
Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, will host a current affairs series for Apple TV+ as part of a multiyear deal with Stewart's Busboy Productions — Jon Stewart is returning to television with a new current affairs series at Apple, the company announced Tuesday.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
RTL Group sells its stake in Canada-based digital media and tech company BroadbandTV for $120M, as BBTV launches an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange — European media conglomerate RTL Group has sold its entire stake in BroadbandTV, the digital media and tech company, for $120 million.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok says it is working with AP to provide access to an interactive map showing live results for both US federal and state elections in its election guide — TikTok announced this morning it will expand the set of resources provided in its in-app election guide in the U.S. to include direct access …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
DoubleVerify, which provides ad analytics and fraud detection tools to advertisers and brands, raises $350M — Ad-based platforms can face a lot of heat from advertisers when they can't control how and where their ads run: just look back to the ad boycott against Facebook earlier this year …
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
CUNY's Journalism Creators Program, which began in 2010 as a 4-month NYC program, is now fully remote and 100 days long, encouraging smaller community ventures — Here at Nieman Lab in 2010, we were just two years into covering journalism innovation and more broadly, what the future of news would look like.
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Reuters:
Italy's antitrust authority to investigate Google for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the online display ad market, following a complaint by IAB Italy — ROME/MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority is investigating Alphabet's Google GOOGL.O for alleged abuse of its dominant position …
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
ViacomCBS names Bryon Rubin COO of the CBS Entertainment Group; Rubin will also continue as CFO of the division — Rubin, who is currently CFO of the division, will continue in that role as well, overseeing all financial and business operations for the unit.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Sports streaming service DAZN is expanding to 200 countries and territories on December 1 — EXCLUSIVE: Sports streaming service DAZN is expanding to 200 countries and territories on December 1, with initial monthly pricing of £1.99 or less. — Launched in 2016 and backed …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Group Nine's NowThis says it has unionized with the Writers Guild of America East for its 90-person editorial staff — NowThis, a leading producer of video news for mobile use, said Tuesday it has unionized with the Writers Guild of America East. — The parent company, Ben Lerer's Group Nine …
Newslaundry:
Eleven digital news organizations in India form DIGIPUB News India Foundation, a new body to create “a healthy news ecosystem” — To help create a healthy news ecosystem for the digital age, 11 digital news organisations came together to launch DIGIPUB News India Foundation on Tuesday.
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