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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Apollo Management names Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone as CEO of Yahoo, formerly Verizon Media; Lanzone launched CBS All Access at CBS — Mr. Lanzone will join Yahoo as CEO later this month — Apollo Global Management Inc. is naming Tinder Chief Executive Jim Lanzone the new CEO of Yahoo …
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Wall Street Journal:
Anemic salaries and rising tuition make debt loads from some journalism programs burdensome; USC alums have median earnings of $42K and median loans of $67K — Students take on debt for master's degrees in hope of news jobs even as opportunities diminish — News reporting has lost thousands …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Nickelodeon chief Brian Robbins is expected to take over as chairman and CEO of ViacomCBS' Paramount Pictures, succeeding Jim Gianopulos — Mr. Robbins, head of Nickelodeon, will replace Jim Gianopulos, as ViacomCBS aims to beef up original content on Paramount+
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Apple intends to double its output of TV shows and movies next year to at least one a week and plans to spend $500M+ on marketing Apple TV+ this year — When Apple launched its Apple TV+ service nearly two years ago, executives throughout Hollywood and Silicon Valley snickered about the streaming video service.
Caroline Framke / Variety:
Countless tributes and TV specials marking 9/11's 20th anniversary only renew our dread and exhaustion, leaving open the question of who these specials are for — For anyone old enough to remember it, the insistence that we Never Forget has haunted us ever since.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Amazon is the front-runner for Sunday Ticket rights, for which the NFL is expected to ask $2B-$2.5B/year; DirecTV's contract ends after 2022-23 season — - Amazon has a serious interest in “Sunday Ticket” and is in talks with the NFL about the package, sources say.
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Ethan Jakob Craft / Ad Age:
TV trade body VAB is forming a task force to create a unified approach and standards and an interoperable ecosystem for TV measurement — VAB announces new group dedicated to forwarding video measurement — The TV trade body the VAB is assembling players in the industry to form …
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Apple says Apple Music will use Shazam's technology to identify and compensate DJs, labels, and artists involved in making DJ mixes — Apple Music announced today that it's created a process to properly identify and compensate all of the individual creators involved in making a DJ mix.
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired:
Twitch sues two anonymous users, accusing them of “hate raids” harassing Black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist, and other content — The lawsuit accuses two anonymous users of “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic …
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Alexander Lee / Digiday:
Profile of Jacob Wolf, the Esports industry's 24-year-old star reporter, who has big plans for audio and video reporting via his production company Overcome — Jacob Wolf was 19 years old when ESPN hired him to write for its fledgling esports department. Five years and hundreds of scoops later …
Benjamin Rappaport / Chapelboro.com:
Michael Jordan makes $1M grant to UNC's Ida B. Wells Society to increase diversity in investigative journalism via outreach to aspiring journalists of color — A $1 million grant from basketball legend Michael Jordan and his Jordan Brand's Black Community Commitment will aid the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting.
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CNN:
CNN changes its polling methodology to better account for political differences between those who respond to polls and those who do not — (CNN)The landscape of political polling is changing, and so too is the way CNN carries out its polls. Beginning with Friday's newly released CNN poll conducted …
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