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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.


Nielsen confirms undercount of viewers amid pandemic, after MRC audit found Nielsen's report of total TV usage in Feb. among adults 18-49 was lowballed by 2%-6% — Measurement firm says television metrics were off by up to 6% in February


Facebook says it's testing a prompt that encourages users to open unread articles before sharing them, about a year after Twitter debuted a similar prompt — The new pop-up is being tested starting today — Facebook has announced on Twitter that it will start testing a pop-up that asks users …
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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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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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