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Nikole Hannah-Jones declines tenure at UNC and will teach at Howard University: “I cannot imagine working at... a school named for a man who lobbied against me” — - HOME - > - News - > - Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision ... Today, award-winning journalist …
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Preston Padden / The Daily Beast:
Former Fox exec Preston Padden says he has tried and failed over the past nine months to get Murdoch to understand the damage that Fox News is doing to America — The Rupert Murdoch I worked for was brilliant, courageous, optimistic, and a gentleman. Which makes his bile-filled network all the more confounding.
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Kevin Draper / New York Times:
ESPN talent and management have been at odds over the past year, after a white ESPN reporter suggested her colleague got a prized job because she is Black — In comments still rippling through the network, the reporter Rachel Nichols, who is white, said Maria Taylor, who is Black …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A look at the increased competition in weather reporting, with Fox poaching Weather Channel talent in the lead up to the launch of streaming channel Fox Weather — As viewers tune out cable news, Rupert Murdoch is preparing the debut of Fox Weather, a potentially powerful new player in a sphere long dominated by the Weather Channel.
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Murray Carpenter / Washington Post:
Interview with Robin Thurston, owner of Outside and dozens of active lifestyle publications, on bundling the magazines into a $99-a-year Outside+ subscription — Tech entrepreneur Robin Thurston tries to revive the Outside magazine brand with an Amazon Prime-like membership offering the print magazine …
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Ad-measurement company Tenjin: following Apple's IDFA changes, spending on iOS ads fell one-third between June 1 and July 1, while Android spending rose 10% — Android ad prices have jumped, as iOS users opt out of being tracked, early data show — Advertisers have begun shifting …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
In a court filing, India's government says Twitter has lost its liability protection there since it has failed to comply with IT rules introduced in February — Twitter no longer enjoys the liability protection against user-generated content in India, the government said in a court filing …
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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Katy Perry to offer NFTs via Theta Labs, a blockchain-based P2P video streaming network with 1M MAUs that gives out rewards in exchange for unused bandwidth — - Theta has built a peer-to-peer video streaming network — Katy Perry takes stake in Theta Labs, to offer NFTs to fans
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
With changes to their video services, TikTok, Instagram, and others are joining streaming wars to take on Netflix, Amazon, and legacy media players — - Instagram and TikTok both announced changes this week that enhances their video services. — The lines are increasingly blurring …
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Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Comcast hires David Rhodes to lead international business development at Sky, after News Corp's plans to launch a Fox News-like network in UK were scaled back — - David Rhodes moving on after News Corp. TV project scaled back — Comcast's European division Sky faces challenge from Netflix
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Carlos Aguilar / Vox:
A freelance film critic discusses gatekeeping in movie criticism, and the challenges for writers from marginalized backgrounds to enter the profession — I never believed I could be one. That's the problem. — The first time I attended a press screening — an early …
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Wall Street Journal:
After being canceled in 2020, Allen & Co.'s annual Sun Valley conference starts Tues.; sources say executives from Discovery, Amazon, and Netflix are attending — Allen & Co. event brings business leaders together after one-year hiatus due to pandemic, for a gathering rife with deal-making potential
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The Guardian:
UK's Channel 4 says more than 70% of its presenting team for the Paralympics will be disabled — Broadcaster reveals plans for its Games coverage, with Ade Adepitan to host highlights show in Tokyo — More than 70% of the Channel 4 presenting team for the Paralympics will be disabled …
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