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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, and John Bresnahan launch Punchbowl, a political news outlet publishing three daily newsletters and a daily podcast for $300/year — A Beltway school of journalism wants to get back to just-the-facts-ma'am reporting. But how do you cover this Republican Party?
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Insiders say Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer's exit from Politico was due to a rift with some colleagues, as they launch their new venture — Politico insiders say the highly influential newsletter authors' exit was the result of long-simmering editorial tensions between the duo and some of their colleagues.
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Discovery and Vodafone sign a multi-year deal to bring Discovery's content to the UK and 11 European countries, as Discovery+ streaming service launches — Discovery and Vodafone have signed a multi-year deal that will make Discovery TV content and new streamer Discovery Plus available …
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New York Times:
A British judge rules against extraditing Julian Assange to the US, which has accused him of violating the Espionage Act, citing mental health concerns — U.S. officials want the WikiLeaks founder to face charges of violating the Espionage Act. But a judge in London ruled that he was at extreme risk of suicide.
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
ViacomCBS strikes a distribution deal with Hulu to add 14 cable networks to Hulu + Live TV, including Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon — In a new expanded multi-year agreement between Hulu and ViacomCBS, Hulu Live TV will be adding 14 new channels to the service.
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Sources: Quibi is in advanced talks to sell the rights to its short-form content catalog to Roku — Short-form streaming service Quibi is winding down its operations after failing to gain traction — Quibi is in advanced talks to sell its content catalog to Roku Inc. …
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Comscore: North American box office fell 80% YoY in 2020 to $2.3B, behind China for the first time ever, which was down 70% YoY to an estimated $2.7B in sales — For the first time ever, China supplanted North America as the world's top moviegoing market. Yet no country was spared …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Disney says Disney+ will add a Star-branded block from February 23 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada — The series “Big Sky” by David E. Kelley, “Love, Victor” and iconic shows including “24,” “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” are among the programs heading to the Star-branded block …
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Stacey Woelfel / RJI Stories:
Under new FAA rules, news organizations do not need to file waiver requests for drones, a huge boost for night news gathering using drones — Bundled with the FAA's announcement Monday of the long-awaited rules on requiring remote ID from drones were two rule changes that will ease drone newsgathering for news organizations.
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Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg:
Universal Music plans expansion in Africa in 2021 to tap into streaming growth; recorded music revenues for Africa and Middle East grew ~16% to $100M+ in 2019 — - World's biggest music company appoints new regional head — Universal also looking to sign up and promote local artists
Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian:
Netflix and Prime Video are reshaping India's creative landscape amid threats of censorship; Netflix invested $400M in original content in India in 2019 — The streaming giants are making bold TV shows but the threat of censorship looms large — This year's Emmy awards …
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Mark Shanahan / The Boston Globe:
How the non-profit VTDigger, which now has 700K monthly readers, and alternative weekly Seven Days are filling the gaps in local news coverage in Vermont — Could their examples hold the key to fixing ‘The Expanding News Desert’? — Anne Galloway wondered if her journalism career might be over.
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