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WaPo publisher Fred Ryan emails US National Security advisor on behalf of WaPo, NYT, and WSJ to help evacuate their 204 journalists and staff from Afghanistan — Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan sent a plea to the Biden administration on Monday to help evacuate journalists and their families …
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Sources: the homes of at least two female journalists were visited by Taliban fighters on Sunday and several others received threatening calls — The homes of two female journalists were visited by Taliban fighters on Sunday, a contact of the women told CNN, adding that both women were severely shaken psychologically.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
More than 100 journalists employed by US government's radio stations are yet to be evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban take power — More than a hundred journalists employed by the American government's own radio stations remain in Afghanistan as the Taliban take power, U.S. officials and Afghan journalists said Sunday.
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Axel Springer is in talks to buy a stake in Politico with the possibility of a full buyout; Axel Springer and Politico jointly own Politico Europe — Talks between Politico and Berlin-based Axel Springer also include the possibility of a full buyout
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Right-wing media outlets and elected US Republicans distorted phrases by CNN's Clarissa Ward in Kabul to imply that Ward and CNN were rooting for the Taliban — The political right has plenty to work with right now on Afghanistan. The withdrawal from that country has gone poorly …
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Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:
Sources: Forbes Media is in talks to go public via a merger with the Magnum Opus Acquisition SPAC, a deal that would value the company at $650M — - Media company had been in talks with GSV-led consortium — B.C. Forbes founded namesake business magazine in 1917
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Samantha Hissong / Rolling Stone:
TikTok partners with Audius, a music streaming service built on Ethereum, to let users upload their music as TikTok Sounds — It's the blockchain-powered Audius, rather than Spotify or Apple Music, that will let artists share their sounds into TikTok in one click
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at Amazon's plans to expand its ad business by monetizing podcasts, after spending $350M+ buying rights to podcasts over the last 12 months — Amazon.com Inc. announced earlier this summer that it had acquired distribution rights to SmartLess, a popular podcast hosted by actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes.
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insideradio.com, @lucas_shaw and Hollywood Reporter
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
UK-based ad tech startup InfoSum, which helps organizations match customer data in a privacy-compliant way, raises $65M Series B at a $300M pre-money valuation — The Series B funding round from Chrysalis Investments will help the company grow its staff and presence as it plans a future public offering
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans begins promoting OFTV, a free nudity-free app on iOS and Android with 800+ videos by creators, chefs, and others, as it prepares to raise new funding — The most common question customers ask Tim Stokely, the chief executive officer of OnlyFans, is why he doesn't have an app.
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New York Times:
Hachette says it is buying Workman, one of the largest independent publishers in the US, known for titles like What to Expect When You're Expecting, for $240M — Workman, known for “What to Expect When You're Expecting” and other lucrative older titles, is one of the largest independent publishers in the United States.
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Cut:
Profile of NY Post columnist Cindy Adams, ahead of release of the documentary Gossip, which explores gossip reporting and the Murdochization of American media — The penthouse that gossip built looms above Park Avenue guarded by a one-and-a-half-year-old Yorkie, Jellybean …
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