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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Sources: News Corp is making a bid for Simon & Schuster; at least one offer for the publisher is for more than $1.7B, far above the minimum ViacomCBS had set — A sale of the venerable publisher of Stephen King and Hillary Clinton could fetch $1.7 billion and rev up consolidation in book publishing.
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Financial Times, @clairegcoleman, @naomiaklein, @dreamoforgonon, @runwithskizzers, Bookseller News, @rwindrem, @ryanlcooper, @constancegrady, @nytimes, @haymarketbooks, @sarahw, Publishers Weekly, @mariskreizman, @agentemurph, @jeffjarvis, @d_libris, @raju, @lynnjohnstonlit, @tomtaylormade and @alexweprin
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube is introducing audio-only ads for users who listen to music or podcasts in the background and letting advertisers buy ads targeted by mood — YouTube claims to be the world's biggest jukebox — and now it wants to wring more ad dollars from the platform's music fans.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
How Real Clear Politics took a sharp right turn after donations from funds used by wealthy conservatives soared and it made business ties with The Federalist — Real Clear Politics has been catering to campaign obsessives since 2000. It pitches itself as a “trusted, go-to source” for unbiased polling.
Quartz:
After its management bought the outlet from Uzabase, Quartz says it had a record week of signups, adding ~1,200 paying members, for a total of 25,000+ globally — Quartz enjoyed its best week ever for membership last week, adding nearly 1,200 new members. The wave of signups came …
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Talking Biz News and @michellemanafy
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Instagram is considering a plan to create a revenue share program with publishers for IGTV ads; it's funded BuzzFeed and ATTN: content recently — Instagram is mulling plans to pay publishers on its platform as it grows as a news and information source for users, sources tell Axios.
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New York Post, @mattnavarra, @jason_kint and @leratomannya
ProPublica:
ProPublica selects six journalists for the inaugural edition of its Distinguished Fellows program, which will fund their salaries and benefits for three years — ProPublica announced on Monday six local reporters who have been selected as the inaugural members of the ProPublica Distinguished Fellows program.
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@wendi_c_thomas, @propublica, MLK50, @journalismproj, @mollyparkersi, @louisekiernan, @kenwardjr, @jsmithrichards, @nikkiusher, @tracyweber, @kylehopkinsak and @davidhulen
Aurelien Breeden / New York Times:
Radio France Internationale accidentally published about 100 prewritten obituaries for prominent people as it moved its site to a new content management system — Queen Elizabeth II, Pelé and Clint Eastwood were among about 100 celebrities briefly reported as dead online by French public radio.
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@pamelapaulnyt, New York Post, @nytimes, @bmccandless, @sacruikshank, @ebstatto, @clivesimpkins, @hoffm, @greenpnyt, @stanfordc, @ckrewson, The Guardian, Newser and BBC
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Digital advertising service Outbrain launches newsletter curation app Listory, which includes 1,000+ newsletters and has a free tier and an ad-free, $5/mo. tier — Listory, a newsletter curation app created within the content recommendation company Outbrain, is launching this week, executives tell Axios.
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Adweek, @petecashmore, @prsarahevans, @moorehn, @jaycodon, @robleathern, @ysamjo, @sarafischer, @chrisharihar, @ranjanxroy, @rafat, @fuckboisoflit and @ysamjo
Sportico:
Sources: Sinclair is considering selling the naming rights of its 21 regional sports networks, possibly to sports betting partners — Sinclair Broadcast Group is considering selling naming rights to the 21 regional sports networks it acquired from Disney, according to multiple people familiar with the plans.
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Awful Announcing and The Streamable
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Conan O'Brien says he is ending his late-night TBS show in June 2021, then launching a weekly variety series on HBO Max — Conan O'Brien will end his late-night series “Conan” on TBS next year, but he's not leaving the WarnerMedia family. He will then launch a new weekly variety series on HBO Max.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Study: Fox News share of views in a “Partisan Right” group of YouTube channels fell from 17% before the election to 13% after; Newsmax grew from under 1% to 5% — Disinformation about election fraud is thriving on YouTube, and right-wing outlets that most aggressively push false information …
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@wajahatali, @caseynewton and @oliverdarcy
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A roundup of 22 media-related analyses on the 2020 US election, including immediate thoughts, reflections, and early research insights from leading academics — Who says academics can't work on tight deadlines? — A few days after the 2016 U.S. presidential election — you may remember it …
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@karinwahlj, @janebsinger, @jbenton, @mrdenmore, @filippotrevisan, @niemanlab, @shahin_saif, New York Times, POLITICUSUSA and Orange County Register
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