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NBC says the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics drew a combined audience of 17M across broadcast and streaming in the US, down ~36% from the 2016 Games — Tokyo's kickoff came a year late and without fans because of the Covid-19 pandemic — The kickoff of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo drew …
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the media is covering the Olympics, as COVID restrictions limit reporters' access to events and athletes and the absence of spectators dampen the atmosphere — The Olympic Games officially open today. Thousands of people, including journalists, have faced a gauntlet of health restrictions …
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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with the co-founders of Local Live(s), a live storytelling project that worked with six US newsrooms last year, on humanizing reporters through live events — The Local Live(s) project launched amid the pandemic, partnering with newsrooms to host live online events in which journalists talk about their work.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Universal Pictures has teamed up with Peacock on a $400M deal for a new Exorcist trilogy — The deal, expected to be announced this week, is for more than $400 million and is a direct response to the streaming giants who are upending the film industry's economics.
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The Daily Beast:
Futurism, the tech and culture outlet previously owned by Singularity University, is acquired by Recurrent Ventures, which bought MEL magazine last month — The buyer, Recurrent Ventures, has recently scooped up other popular niche outlets like MEL, Popular Science, Outdoor Life, and more.
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Milly Martin / Journalism.co.uk:
Tortoise, the slow news publication started in 2019, says it now has 110,000 members, with half of new members coming from member referrals — The member-centred approach at Tortoise helped readers to feel connected and empowered against the backdrop of loneliness and gloom
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
How Joe and Anthony Russo turned franchise development into a science, creating universes of film, TV, and more for paid streaming services' growing appetites — Joe and Anthony Russo went from making movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to creating their own worlds. Amazon's Citadel will test their vision.
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Bradley Hope / The Guardian:
An investigative journalist describes the precautions he takes to securely report stories in a world of privatized computer and phone intrusion — When I heard my number was on a leaked data list, I wasn't surprised. Reporters have never been more vulnerable
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Prospect:
Alan Rusbridger, the former EIC of the Guardian, has been appointed as the next editor of monthly current affairs magazine Prospect — The former editor-in-chief of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, has been appointed the next editor of Prospect, the monthly magazine which is a must-read …
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Theo Wayt / New York Post:
Now-deleted job listings for neighborhood watch app Citizen show it is paying people $25/hour in NYC and LA to livestream crime scenes and other emergencies — Want to make $200 a day in New York City? Rush to the scene of a murder, a three-alarm fire or a traffic accident — then pull out your phone and start shooting.
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Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
The rise of opinion and pushback on “objectivity” in US journalism may make politics a more common career path for journalists, like in the UK — The United States is responsible for so many questionable transatlantic exports—The Apprentice, gray squirrels, dressing your dog up for Halloween …
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The Daily Beast:
Tanzina Vega, the host of a popular WNYC news show The Takeaway, leaves amid HR complaints against her; Melissa Harris Perry will take over as interim host — “After three years, I've decided to leave the show,” Vega confirmed Friday on Twitter. — The host of a popular …
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