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Inside the week that may have permanently ruptured the bond between Trump and Fox News as sources say Trump has vowed revenge on the network — The last day of Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign began just after 7 a.m., as polls opened on the East Coast, with a call to “Fox & Friends …
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Fox News' Neil Cavuto cut away from Kayleigh McEnany's press conference on Monday after she accused Democrats of “welcoming” voter fraud without evidence — Fox News cut away from a Trump campaign press conference by White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday …
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Spotify acquires podcast hosting company Megaphone for $235M, giving all shows currently hosted on Megaphone access to Spotify's ad insertion tech — - Spotify has been on a podcast acquisition tear in the past couple years, striking deals for shows from those including Joe Rogan …
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Reeves Wiedeman / New York Magazine:
An in-depth look at the reckoning inside The New York Times, as the paper becomes less dispassionate and more crusading, driven by company-wide Slack channels — On October 23, eleven days before the presidential election, Manohla Dargis, one of the movie critics at the New York Times …
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Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Nielsen is adding addressable ads to national TV measurement and will begin sharing data from 55M smart TVs and set-top boxes in the first half of 2021 — Company will begin sharing data from 55 million smart TV and set-top box devices next year — For several years, networks and marketers alike …
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New York Times:
Sources: MSNBC contributor Jon Meacham will no longer be a paid contributor after he failed to disclose on appearances that he helped write speeches for Biden — Mr. Biden urged mask-wearing as he laid out his strategy to fight the pandemic. The incoming administration is starting to make decisions about filling cabinet posts.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Quartz CEO Zach Seward and Editor in Chief Katherine Bell will buy back the company from Japanese financial data and media company Uzabase — CEO Zach Seward, Editor in Chief Katherine Bell will buy Quartz from parent company — The co-founder of Quartz and its editor in chief agreed …
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Chris Burns / SlashGear:
Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH, says it is closing down today and all Slingbox devices and services will become inoperable in November 2022 — Slingbox will no longer function as of November 9, 2022. Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH, announced that they were closing shop on November 9, 2020.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar sends memo announcing a new round of layoffs, though sources say initial reports of a 20%+ cut in costs are too high — A significant round of layoffs forecast last month at WarnerMedia is getting under way today. CEO Jason Kilar emailed staffers this morning …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal partners with PayPal to help viewers purchase goods from shoppable TV segments and shoppable gift guides featured on Syfy and other sites — Will legions of remote-wielding TV viewers start to think of their set-top box or broadband hub as a kind of shopping cart?
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Riverside.fm, which enables users to record studio-quality video podcasts remotely, raises $2.5M seed round; customers include Verizon Media and Hillary Clinton — Riveside.fm is a new startup with an easy-to-use platform for recording professional-quality video podcasts.
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Johannes Hellstrom / Reuters:
Swedish media group NENT plans to expand its streaming service Viaplay, which has 2.8M subscribers, to the US in late 2021 as a service offering Nordic dramas — STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's NENT plans to tap into the demand for Nordic drama by launching its streaming service Viaplay …
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