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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Wonder Woman 1984, originally to be released in June, will simultaneously be released on Dec. 25 in US theaters and on HBO Max, with no added fee on HBO Max — One of 2020's last big movies will also be streamed — One of 2020's last big blockbusters, Wonder Woman 1984 …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Linda Pizzuti Henry named CEO of Boston Globe Media Partners, the parent company of The Boston Globe, STAT News, and Boston.com that she owns with her husband — She takes the reins at a time of rising tensions between management and the paper's union. — Linda Pizzuti Henry on Wednesday became …
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Eben Novy-Williams / Sportico.com:
Bally's acquires naming rights to 21 Sinclair's regional sports networks in a ten-year deal that will integrate Bally's content into Sinclair's 190 TV stations — Bally's Corp. has acquired naming rights to 21 of the regional sports networks purchased last year by Sinclair Broadcast Group …
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Nate Rogers / Stereogum:
How a Spotify change in user preferences, setting autoplay to “on” by default, may have helped obscure songs become fan favorites, with algorithmic help — SOUNDING BOARD — A couple years ago, Stephen Malkmus walked into a shop and didn't recognize himself.
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Source: ViacomCBS has cut around 100 jobs in latest round of layoffs as part of a streamlining and cost-cutting push due to the merger — ViacomCBS has been hit with another round of job cuts as layoffs and restructuring continue across big media and entertainment companies.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AMC Networks announces it is laying off nearly 100 people, affecting 10% of US staffers, in a restructuring to streamline linear TV operations with streaming — EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks is letting go 10% of its U.S. workforce, eliminating nearly 100 positions in a reorganization designed …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Apple lowering its subscription revenue cut for those making under $1M/year in App Store will boost some news publishers' revenue; more details coming in Dec. — Instead of taking 30% of new subscribers' payments, it'll take 15%. The money's welcome, but it's also a reminder …
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Associated Press:
Peanuts Thanksgiving and Christmas specials will air on PBS after Apple, which owns the rights, teamed up with the broadcaster to air them ad free — NEW YORK (AP) — The “Great Pumpkin” never showed on broadcast television this year, but after a deal with PBS, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving …
Veronica Villafañe / Forbes:
Following bankruptcy, Fuse Media has been acquired by a Latino-led management group that includes Fuse Media CEO Miguel Ruggero — A Latino-led management group, headed by Fuse Media CEO Miguel “Mike” Roggero, has acquired a majority, controlling interest in the media company that started 16 years ago …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
T-Mobile to shut down TVision Home, its $90/month IPTV cable service, on December 30, as it debuts a new live TV streaming service called TVision on November 1 — TVision Home won't work after December 30th at 3AM ET — T-Mobile is shutting down TVision Home, its IPTV cable service …
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Vox Media will pay all employees, including temporary ones, a $1,000 end-of-year gift and restore merit and promotion increase budgets in 2021 — News: Vox Media employees are getting a $1,000 end-of-year gift: https://twitter.com/...
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Nikki Usher / Medium:
Right-wing news appears legitimate to partisans because it looks and feels like journalism with appeals to expertise and slick, professional news production — Republican media is peddling lies with reason and professionalism — and GOP partisans are never coming back to mainstream news
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