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Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium announces buyout offers to everyone in its editorial division and the departure of Siobhan O'Connor, VP of editorial, as it adjusts publication strategy — We announced a buyout and leadership change to the Medium editorial team today. Below is the email I sent to the company. — Team,
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Brands including Ford and Nike are funding long-form branded content for streaming services like Hulu and HBO to reach audiences who no longer see short ads — As streaming video has gained in importance during the pandemic, advertisers have put more focus on Hollywood-level branded content as a way to reach viewers.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku has formed a branded content and advertising studio, which will create commissioned short-form TV programs and interactive ads — Roku has formed what it says is a full-fledged branded-content and advertising studio, after inking a deal with digital comedy producer Funny Or Die to hire several FOD execs and employees.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Verizon Media Group plans to rebrand most media franchises as Yahoo products and group them together on Yahoo+, a subscription platform — Verizon Media Group, the media division within Verizon, has 3 million people that pay for subscriptions across its portfolio of Yahoo-related products …
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Amy Mitchell / Pew Research Center:
Survey of 12K US adults: 43% got political news in the past week from Fox News, 10% from Newsmax, 7% from OAN; vast majority of the latter two also watched Fox — While Fox's audience spans ideologies on the right, its new challengers attract mainly conservatives
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Shinhee Kang / Columbia Journalism Review:
How local, Korean-language outlets covered the Atlanta shooting, focusing on the lives of the victims instead of writing profiles of the killer — Sang Yeon Lee first heard about last Tuesday's shootings in the same way as most others in Atlanta: after dusk fell, a breaking news alert appeared on his television screen.
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Disney revamps its schedule and will release Cruella and Black Widow to Disney+ when they open in theaters, via “Premier Access” with a $30 fee for subscribers — As moviegoing slowly begins to rebound in the U.S., it appears Hollywood studios aren't yet ready to release …
Reuters:
Cineworld, owner of Regal Cinemas, strikes multi-year deal with Warner Bros. guaranteeing a 45-day theatrical window in the US starting in 2022 — (Reuters) - Cineworld's U.S. chain Regal will reopen next month after prolonged closures caused by the pandemic, in time for big-budget release …
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Reuters:
Reporters Without Borders says it has sued Facebook in France, citing a proliferation of hate speech against media and falsehoods about COVID-19 — PARIS (Reuters) -Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France, citing a proliferation …
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
A skeptical look at Tim Wu's ideas about the First Amendment and Big Tech, now that he's at the National Economic Council, and why speech advocates should worry — Columbia law professor Timothy Wu wonders if the First Amendment is “obsolete,” and believes in “returning the country to the kind …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Brat TV, a digital studio that originally focused on YouTube, has licensed its content to Peacock and expects to grow its revenue this year from $15M to $35M — Brat TV, a digital studio that's become Hollywood's go-to producer for Gen Z content, expects $35 million in revenue this year, co-founder Rob Fishman tells Axios.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Paul Brock, a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists, formed to promote better hiring practices and improve coverage of POC, has died at 89 — The National Association of Black Journalists was formed to promote more aggressive hiring practices in the news media and to improve how people of color were covered.
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