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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing has agreed to be acquired by Alden Global Capital in a $630M deal; Tribune will become a privately held company; Alden to sell Baltimore Sun — Tribune Publishing, publisher of the Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers, has agreed to be acquired by Alden Global Capital in a deal valued at $630 million.
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Christopher Dinsmore / Baltimore Sun:
A nonprofit formed by Stewart Bainum Jr., Sunlight for All Institute, is set to acquire The Baltimore Sun, The Capital Gazette, and several other area outlets — Returning The Baltimore Sun to Maryland hands, the state's largest newspaper and its affiliates will be acquired by a nonprofit formed …
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Vox Media:
Swati Sharma is named editor-in-chief of Vox, starting next month, taking over from Lauren Williams; Sharma is currently managing editor at The Atlantic — Melissa Bell, Co-Founder of Vox and Publisher of Vox Media, announced today Swati Sharma, Managing Editor at The Atlantic …
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Zoe Samios / Sydney Morning Herald:
Sources: Google has agreed to pay Nine Entertainment, owner of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, more than $30M/year for news content in a 5-year deal — Google has agreed to pay Nine Entertainment Co more than $30 million in cash annually for the use of its news content …
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Roku is planning to build out “an expanding slate of original content”, according to a job listing for a lead production attorney — The streaming device maker is hiring to build its own slate of original content. — Not content anymore with just streaming Hollywood's old shows and movies …
Cathy Applefeld Olson / Forbes:
20 music streaming services have paid $424M+ in historical unmatched royalties to Mechanical Licensing Collective; Apple paid $163M, Spotify $153M, Amazon $42M — The Mechanical Licensing Collective has received a total of $424.38 million in accrued historical unmatched royalties …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: former Disney and TikTok exec Kevin Mayer is exploring a deal to roll up several independent media companies, with Blackstone financing the effort — The ambitious venture, on which Mayer is teaming with former Disney chief operating officer Tom Staggs, is expected to focus …
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Nieman Lab:
Ideologically extreme members of the US House get more national cable and broadcast TV time than moderates do, helping stoke TV ratings and conflict — Committee assignments are normally a blessing for new House members. But some of today's newer members, like freshmen Republican …
Greg Evans / Deadline:
CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announces she is leaving the network in April; she has been with the network since 2008 — CNN Newsroom anchor Brooke Baldwin announced her surprise resignation from the news network today, telling viewers that she's leaving in April to focus on …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Forbes quietly launched its first-party data platform ForbesOne in 2020, which it says it can be used to reach about 40% of its audience — Forbes has spent the past several years trying to build out an ecosystem that can attract and support professional communities.
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Gabby Shacknai / Forbes:
Q&A with Bon Appétit EIC Dawn Davis, appointed in August, on her plans for the outlet, including improving diversity and highlighting underrepresented voices — For as long as she can remember, Dawn Davis has had a love affair with food. It was there during her childhood in Los Angeles …
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Freelance journalist Theo Padnos publishes Blindfold, an account of the almost two years he spent captured by jihadi kidnappers in Syria — A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment — In the fall of 2012, Theo Padnos was down and out in Antakya. An American freelance reporter …
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