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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Maria Taylor leaves ESPN, weeks after the Rachel Nichols controversy; sources: Taylor is headed to NBC and is expected to be part of its Olympics coverage — Maria Taylor and ESPN are divorcing - and she is expected to end up with NBC and at the Olympics, The Post has learned.
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ESPN Press Room U.S., @espnpr, CNN, TVNewser, Ad Age, Mediaite, The Sun, The Comeback, The Hill, UPROXX, Awful Announcing, NPR, New York Times, @katierosman, Forbes, @andrewmarchand, @bobbymarks42, @nfl_dovkleiman, @andrewmarchand, Variety, Insider, The Wrap, @mrernestowens, @bykimberleya, TVLine, @travonne, @andrewmarchand, @phil_lewis_, @sportney_lyle, @molllymack, Sports Illustrated and Chicago Sun-Times
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Clubhouse is no longer invite-only as it exits beta and says the 10M people on its waitlist will be added to the app over time — The app goes wide — Clubhouse is going wide. Co-founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth announced today that the app is no longer invite-only.
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TechCrunch, Variety, Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, @blackamazon, @clubhouse, @alexeheath, 9to5Mac, @caseynewton, The Wrap, @djnailz and @kerrymflynn, more at Techmeme »
Maria Halkias / Dallas Morning News:
The Dallas Morning News names Katrice Hardy of The Indianapolis Star as executive editor; she's the first woman and Black journalist to lead the newsroom — Fresh off a Pulitzer Prize winning project in Indianapolis, Katrice Hardy will take over the Dallas newsroom Aug. 12.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Bustle owner BDG Media is buying Some Spider Studios, which owns parent sites Scary Mommy, Fatherly, and the Dad, in an all-stock deal valuing Spider at ~$150M — All-stock deal values owner of parenting websites Scary Mommy and Fatherly at about $150 million
Discussion:
axios.com, Variety, @benmullin, @emmarosenblum, @benmullin and @kerrymflynn
Geoff Mayfield / Variety:
TikTok touts two studies that show around 75% of its users discover artists on the service and around 67% seek out songs from TikTok on music streaming services — Unless you've been sleeping as long as Rip Van Winkle, you know TikTok has become the new big man on music's campus and a catalyst for pop culture.
Discussion:
Ad Age, TikTok, Music Business Worldwide and @mattnavarra, more at Techmeme »
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Tumblr starts testing Post+, which allows users to charge their followers a monthly fee in exchange for access to exclusive content, with Tumblr taking a 5% cut — Social platform is the latest to let users earn money from posting — Microblogging stalwart Tumblr on Wednesday began …
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Adweek, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, @anthony, @thestefansmith, @dollydeighton, @sub8u, @arilevine, @anthony and @martinsfp, more at Techmeme »
Abram Brown / Forbes:
Profile of Rhett and Link, creators of YouTube daily series Good Mythical Morning who earned $20M in 2020, as they launch a $5M fund to invest in other creators — YouTube fame tends to be counted in hours, days, weeks or, possibly, months if all goes really right.
Discussion:
@rhettmc, @linkneal and Tubefilter
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
The Video Advertising Bureau, including Fox, ViacomCBS, and others, demands that the Media Rating Council suspend accreditation of Nielsen's ratings service — Companies have battled for months over ratings accuracy
Discussion:
MediaPost, The Wrap, Variety, @annkspencer and Ad Age
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube says it will test a new feature that will allow viewers to shop for products directly from livestream videos, starting with a few creators and brands — YouTube will begin pilot testing a new feature that will allow viewers to shop for products directly from livestream videos.
Discussion:
The Keyword, @glenngabe, MediaPost, @lanceulanoff and @dottotech, more at Techmeme »
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Ofcom launches a formal investigation into BBC's plan to bring back BBC Three to broadcast TV over concerns that it might damage commercial rivals — Corporation aims to attract younger viewers by bringing back channel, but plan has been challenged — The BBC's plan to bring back BBC Three …
South China Morning Post:
Hong Kong police arrest executive EIC of now-defunct Apple Daily, the eighth senior newspaper figure to be arrested, and detain two senior employees — Lam Man-chung is the eighth senior executive from the now-defunct newspaper to have been arrested since sweeping operation …
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
LiveControl, which sells a plug and play package for venues to livestream events, raises $30M Series A, bringing its total raised to $33M — One thing seems certain: The past year-and-a-half has fundamentally transformed the world of live events. The pandemic left plenty of venues scrambling …
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