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Eoin Higgins / The Flashpoint:
The Guardian removed a section of a Judith Butler interview comparing anti-trans feminists to fascists; sources say Guardian pulled a series on trans issues — On Tuesday, British newspaper The Guardian published an interview with Judith Butler—and then removed a section …
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Elizabeth Byrne / ABC:
Australia's High Court affirms earlier rulings that media companies can be held responsible for Facebook comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages — The High Court has dismissed an appeal by some of Australia's biggest media outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian …
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Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
How the rise of Politico and its model of insider coverage of DC shifted political journalism off course and exacerbated problems like both sides-ism — Politico's sale last month to the German media company Axel Springer for a reported $1 billion was the culmination of a stunning rise …
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
HBO says HBO Max will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra on October 26, followed by 14 other European countries in 2022 — HBO Max is coming to Europe on Oct. 26, and the first launch markets will be Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra, Variety can reveal.
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Source: Substack plans to spend $30M+ over the next few years to entice popular comic writers using deals that let them keep rights to their own IP — The San Francisco-based newsletter platform plans to spend north of $30 million to entice big comic scribes to leave publishers …
Kendra Clark / The Drum:
Walmart and Meredith announce a partnership as part of which Meredith will launch its first shoppable “bookazine” that pairs recipes with Walmart products — Walmart today announced it is partnering with major media corporation Meredith to simplify the shopping experience with new AI and commerce offerings.
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Shira Springer / Nieman Reports:
The pandemic forced sports desks to go beyond competition-focused coverage, a change that every newsroom should continue into the future — The pandemic forced sports departments to go beyond scores and records. That's a change that every newsroom should carry into the future — ARTICLE BY
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News launches See It Now Studios, led by former President Susan Zirinsky, to create documentaries and more for Paramount+, ViacomCBS brands, and others — The former CBS News president will lead the news and doc studio, which will create programming for ViacomCBS and other networks and streaming services.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
HFPA's board of directors has elected Helen Hoehne as its new president; Hoehne served as vice president since 2020 and was on the board from 2012-2019 — Fighting to stay alive, the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association has elected a nearly 20-year veteran to lead the group into what may or may not be better days.
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
AAM: top 25 US Apple News+ titles had an average circulation of ~1.25M on the service in H1 2021, up 86% from H2 2020; People and Vanity Fair had the most reach — Several US magazines have doubled their reach on Apple News+ this year, new figures obtained by Press Gazette show.
Marc Malkin / Variety:
Netflix signs TikTok star Addison Rae to a multipicture deal; the 20-year-old has 83.3M+ TikTok followers, 39.2M Instagram followers, and close to 5M on Twitter — Netflix thinks Addison Rae is all that. — So much so that the streamer has signed the TikTok star to a multi-picture deal.
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Derek Thompson / @dkthomp:
[Thread] Media's most important public health failure isn't the false Rolling Stone ivermectin overdose story but the vax denial led by Fox News and others — The ivermectin story is being framed as the apocalypse of institutional media, but it's more like a glaring reminder of a few oldish truths 1) Journalism was always a mix of great, good, mediocre, and shitty work. The Internet makes it easier to find and highlight ... all of it. https://twitter.com/...
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