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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:

Sources: Disney weighs plans to release three films on Disney+ instead of as theatrical releases, following news that Wonder Woman 1984 will stream on HBO Max — EXCLUSIVE: No final decision has been made, but Deadline hears that the uncertainty of the future theatrical marketplace …

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Memo by Fox Corp.'s Lachlan Murdoch: office reopenings are pushed back to no earlier than April 2021; Fox to pay employee health insurance premiums through 2021 — Employees at Fox Corporation had been told to get ready for a return to their offices as soon as January. Now they will wait until at least April.

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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

Source: Jeff Zucker is expected to leave CNN in the first quarter of 2021, though “a final decision has not been made” — The CNN boss is expected to depart early next year, after his former Apprentice star—we think—leaves the White House. There's been friction …

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Sources: Amazon agrees to pull HBO from Fire TV's Amazon Channels next year; WarnerMedia wanted HBO out to maintain a direct relationship with users via its app — - Amazon has agreed to pull HBO from Amazon Channels in the Amazon Fire TV interface when that agreement lapses next year, sources say.

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Brandon Katz / Observer:

Universal signs deal with Canada's Cineplex shortening theatrical window to 17 days; films with North American opening weekend box office of $50M get 31 days — Cineplex, Canada's largest film exhibitor, and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group today announced a multi-year agreement …

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Mark Jacob / Local News Initiative:

National digital networks are entering local media markets, including Open Campus, which helps fund higher ed reporters and has seven partners in six states — Axios, ProPublica, The Athletic and Chalkbeat Take Different Approaches to Going Local — National digital news organizations …

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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:

Daily news podcasts make up 10% of podcast downloads in the US and 9% in France and Australia; across 6 countries, 37 of 102 such podcasts were launched in 2019 — Daily news podcasts in the wider ecosystem | The growth of daily news podcasting in six countries | The impact of coronavirus on consumption and production |

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James McAuley / Washington Post:

French journalists and advocates are condemning a rule in a proposed security law that would ban filming police, with a fine up to $53,300 and a prison sentence — PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has championed his country as a leading defender of free expression …

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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:

Condé Nast plans to hire ~300 people for engineering and product roles to reach profitability by 2022; sources: Bon Appétit to launch an app like NYT Cooking's — Owner of Vogue and The New Yorker aims to reverse years of losses — When coronavirus hit the streets of Milan …

Discussion: @condenast and @annaknicolaou

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