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News Corp says it has reached a three-year deal with Facebook to provide news to Facebook users in Australia through the Facebook News product — Expands News Corp-Facebook Connection, Which Began With Deal In US — New York, NY (March 15, 2021) - News Corp announced today that it has reached …
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS broadcast of Grammys drew 7.89M viewers, less than half the audience from 2020, joining Golden Globes and other shows in suffering steep declines this year — Like many other recent awards shows, Sunday's telecast was way down from 2020. — The Grammy Awards joined a host …
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Archie Bland / The Guardian:
Sources say staff are “alarmed and dismayed” after Daily Telegraph editor emailed staff of plans to link elements of journalists' pay to articles' popularity — Guardian has seen email revealing plan, which is said to have dismayed staff who fear it will warp priorities
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Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
Netflix leads 93rd Academy Awards with 10 nominations for Mank; for the first time, two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were nominated for best director — NEW YORK (AP) — David Fincher's “Mank” has led nominations to the 93rd Academy Awards with 10 nods, and for the first time …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Sources: Stewart Bainum weighs bidding for all of Tribune Publishing, after his deal to buy The Baltimore Sun from soon-to-be owner Alden hits obstacles — A Maryland hotel magnate who had a deal to buy The Baltimore Sun is now weighing a bid for all of Tribune's newspapers that could thwart a hedge fund's plan.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
FT CEO says digital ad revenues grew by 30% in 2020 to overtake print in Q4 and outlets can “have your cake and eat it” by using both ads and subscriptions — Financial Times chief executive John Ridding has said news publishers “can have your cake and eat it” but only if they have a “robust reader revenue foundation”.
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Carl Hiaasen / Miami Herald:
Veteran Miami Herald writer Carl Hiaasen retires after 45 years with a stark warning about the state of local journalism in the US — Let's get it over with. This is my last column for the Miami Herald. I didn't plan to write about that because there's actual news to be covered …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
ITV says it will remove images of Daily Mail headlines from Harry and Meghan interview, following a demand from Associated Newspapers; CBS refuses to comment — Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers has demanded that CBS remove a “misleading montage” of newspaper headlines from its ‘Oprah with Meghan and Harry’ broadcast.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
As Piers Morgan weighs options for his next job, British TV execs like GB News' Andrew Neil see a big opportunity in producing more American-style cable clashes — British TV executives see opportunity — and money to be made — in bringing American cable-style clashes to their screens.
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Benedict Evans:
Analysis: Amazon's “Other” business, which is “primarily” ads, had $20B+ revenue in 2020, likely generating between $8.6B and $13.6B in operating income — There's an old and common narrative around Amazon that it doesn't make money, it sells below cost …
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Nadine White / The Independent:
A look at Black media creatives in the UK, who are building their own platforms that cater to Black Britons and challenging the UK press' race problem — Nadine White meets the Black media creatives challenging the status quo and building their own platforms
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Online harassment of female journalists, especially those who cover technology, is deeply destabilizing and increasingly hard to endure — Julia Carrie Wong remembers a time, years ago, when she felt that being a part of digital culture was fun. — “I used to really enjoy online spaces …
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