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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Taboola says it is buying retail- and e-commerce-focused ad network Connexity for $800M in cash and stock — Taboola, the company that operates a popular grid-based advertising and content recommendation network across media properties, today announced an acquisition to expand its reach further …
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Sam Kille / Rebuild Local News:
Senators introduce Local Journalism Sustainability Act, which would offer tax credits to news consumers, local outlets, and SMEs to advertise in local outlets — Rebuild Local News, a coalition representing more than 3,000 local newsrooms, funders of local journalism, and civil society …
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Martin Matishak / The Record:
Sources: an NSA review finds no evidence for Tucker Carlson's claims the agency spied on him; Carlson's name was “unmasked” after third parties mentioned it — The NSA has found no evidence to support Tucker Carlson's accusations that the agency had been spying on him in an effort …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
The couple behind EcommerceBytes has sued eBay and ex-CEO Devin Wenig, as some members of eBay's security team face criminal charges for targeting them — Filing in bloody pig mask case says “morning shots of alcohol” were common at eBay. — A former eBay security official who pleaded guilty …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
In his final Media Ink column, Keith Kelly shares stories from his 23 years at NY Post, about David Remnick, David Carr, Graydon Carter, Jane Mayer, and others — This is my farewell column for Media Ink, which is going out of publication with my retirement.
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Mike Juang / Ad Age:
NBCU is adopting the Ad-ID identifier, which helps reduce ad repetition and separate competitors' ads by assigning a trackable code to each ad — Collaboration between 4A's and ANA expands on existing work on broadcaster's Peacock streaming service — NBCUniversal is looking to clean …
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eMarketer:
Influencer marketing spending in the US is set to grow more than 30% this year and exceed $3B — Influencer marketing spending in the US is set to grow more than 30% this year and surpass a key milestone. According to our inaugural forecast on US influencer marketing spending …
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Chris Krewson / LION Publishers:
As local newspapers like Chicago Tribune die, digital ecosystems that unbundle legacy newsrooms have the potential to truly reflect and serve their communities — Digital newsrooms are having a moment — but they're not “replacing” something. They're creating something new, which could do much more.
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Matthew Gault / VICE:
Old stories on news sites including WaPo were displaying embedded porn videos after the domain for the defunct video service Vidme was bought by a porn company — Stories on major news sites like ‘The Washington Post,’ and ‘New York Magazine’ currently have porn embedded in them.
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Susan Elizabeth Shepard / Study Hall:
A look at the showdown between Lee Enterprises and the Buffalo News, as Buffalo union fights for a local copy desk and job security protections — When Lee Enterprises bought The Buffalo News from Berkshire Hathaway last year, it ended the paper's long run of independence.
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
How companies have updated their Olympics ad campaign strategies over the last year, including United, which won't advertise on linear TV — Companies have spent more than $1 billion on ads timed to the Tokyo Games, which will take place in empty arenas as the pandemic lingers.
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ESPN, Metro.co.uk, CBS Boston and Newspitality
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Russia labels Latvia-based The Insider a foreign agent; The Insider, whose staff often work in Russia, helped Bellingcat probe Kremlin's assassination attempts — Move against the Insider seen as revenge for part in revealing Kremlin's role in Salisbury and other assassination attempts
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T Q2: HBO Max and HBO have 67.5M subscribers, up 12M YoY; HBO Max subscription revenue grew 39% YoY to $2B; WarnerMedia income fell 11.3% YoY to $1.7B — For the second quarter of 2021, the company reported a net gain of 2.8 million total domestic HBO Max and HBO subscribers …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Jason Kilar says Warner Bros. will produce at least 10 movies exclusively for HBO Max in 2022
Jason Kilar says Warner Bros. will produce at least 10 movies exclusively for HBO Max in 2022
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