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Sources: Hicks Equity Partners, a PE firm with ties to a co-chair of RNC, has held talks in recent months about acquiring and investing in Newsmax — Hicks Equity Partners, a firm with ties to a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, is pitching investors on a new conservative news channel
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Tina Nguyen / Politico:
The race between far-right media outlets like OANN and Newsmax over which will embrace Trumpism the most heats up, as Fox News gets blamed for Trump's defeat — MAGA nation may be turning its back on Fox News — but it doesn't know where to go. — Parler, the “free speech” …
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Clio Chang / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Substack, whose founders insist it is a platform, not a media company, and say there is less need for moderation as readers opt in to newsletters — Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one?
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Will Oremus / OneZero:
A look at the debate over the kind of news Facebook users are reading, after Facebook released more data on top performing link posts in the US — What kind of news does the news feed feed when the news feed does feed news? - Since July, New York Times journalist Kevin Roose …
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Kate Storey / Esquire:
Over a dozen CNN insiders, including Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash, and Abby Phillip, on how CNN covered the longest and most dramatic Election Week in recent memory — As Election Night 2020 bled into Election Week, the talking heads on CNN became something like members of our families.
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Financial Times:
Privacy campaigner Max Schrems files complaints in Spain and Germany claiming Apple's IDFA ad tracking tools unlawfully track users without consent — Austrian activist files complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities — Apple is breaking EU law by enabling iPhone users …
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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Patricia Escárcega, LA Times' first Latinx food critic, denounces the paper, accusing it of paying her significantly less than her white male counterpart — Los Angeles Times food critic Patricia Escarcega denounced the newspaper in a Twitter thread on Sunday, accusing her employers …
Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
WarnerMedia says HBO Max will be available on Amazon Fire devices from November 17 — WarnerMedia-owned streaming service will be available beginning Tuesday — HBO Max will be available on Amazon Fire TV devices beginning Tuesday, Nov. 17, the streaming service said Monday.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Interview with President Macron on free speech and secularism, as he accuses the English-language press of “legitimizing” the violence of terrorist attacks — After terrorist attacks, France's leader accuses the English-language media of “legitimizing this violence.”
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Josh Terry / VICE:
As part of the Justice at Spotify initiative, 18,000+ musicians demand at least a penny per stream, more financial transparency, and an end to royalty lawsuits — Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers explains the ‘Justice at Spotify’ campaign. — JT
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Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
Baidu says it will buy Joyy's Chinese livestreaming business YY Live, which touts 4M paying users who can tip their favorite performers, for ~$3.6B — Baidu Inc. agreed to buy Joyy Inc.'s livestreaming business for China, a deal that will mark the search engine giant's biggest foray into the fastest-growing arena of digital video.
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Elaine Low / Variety:
NBC's co-president of scripted programming Tracey Pakosta is leaving the company to join Netflix as its head of comedy — After nearly a decade at NBCUniversal, NBC's co-president of scripted programming Tracey Pakosta is leaving the company to join Netfix as its head of comedy.
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