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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
NBC says it will not air the 2022 Golden Globes; sources: Tom Cruise returned his three Golden Globes to join the protest against HFPA — EXCLUSIVE: Add Tom Cruise to the chorus of outrage against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Deadline hears that the actor today has delivered …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
WarnerMedia joins Netflix and Amazon Studios in refusing to participate in events related to HFPA, saying it regrets tolerating members' behavior — WarnerMedia is joining Netflix and Amazon Studios in refusing to participate in any more events related to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association until …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Teen Vogue names Versha Sharma, a managing editor at NowThis, as its new EIC — The last person hired as the top editor of Teen Vogue resigned before her start date. Now, the wide-ranging Condé Nast online publication is trying again, with the announcement on Monday that Versha Sharma …
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Pew Research Center:
Survey: Americans across partisan divides broadly agree on which outlets are the “mainstream media”, including ABC, CNN, NYT, MSNBC, Fox News, WSJ, and NY Post — The term “mainstream media” has long been used to refer to established journalism outlets in the United States.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Appeal staff say the outlet announced retaliatory layoffs minutes after a staff email to management announcing a union drive — The nonprofit news site focused on criminal justice reform has a vision for “an America where stability and dignity are within everyone's reach.”
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A look at CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC in the Biden era, as some say cable news may never again reach the peak of “Trumpified interest” — Four years of chaos turned Americans into TV addicts. A new crop of leaders and stars at CNN and MSNBC—and the old hands at Fox News—are trying to keep them tuning in.
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Matthew Ball / MatthewBall.vc:
Successful entertainment companies today shouldn't just create content, but also manage their IP in a way that creates and sustains deep affinity from fans — In the 1960s, Theodore Levitt, a resident economist and professor at Harvard Business School unveiled his theory of “marketing myopia”.
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The Verge:
Clubhouse launches in beta on Android in the US, after more than a year of iOS exclusivity, but will remain invite-only — It's now available in the US and will roll out to other countries soon — After more than a year of iOS exclusivity, social audio platform Clubhouse is releasing its Android app.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Vice, Bustle are no longer exploring IPO via SPAC and BuzzFeed may be the only big digital media company to go public this year, as SPAC market cools — - Buzzfeed may be the only significant digital media company to go public via SPAC this year, sources said.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Post-pandemic, China has activated an international network of journalists and outlets that push its state-backed content, countering US and UK media influence — The government has been using its money and power to create an alternative to a global news media dominated by outlets like the BBC and CNN.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
eMarketer: US advertisers will spend $11.36B on streaming TV commercials on services like Hulu, Pluto TV, and Peacock in 2021, up from $8.11B in 2020 — Ben Chappell was binge-watching The X-Files on Hulu recently when he kept seeing the same ads for sports betting apps again and again.
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Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
Saturday's SNL episode with host Elon Musk was livestreamed internationally on YouTube for the first time ever — “Saturday Night Live” will be available to live-stream internationally for the first time ever Saturday, when Elon Musk hosts. — Musk shared the link for the livestream hours …
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