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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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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.
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A.J. Katz / Adweek:
Several TV news correspondents and anchors, including Wolf Blitzer and Andrea Mitchell, reflect on how 9/11 changed the course of their careers — The 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is tomorrow, and television news, as one might expect, is delivering wall-to-wall coverage …
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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:
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+
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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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney commits to debuting all remaining 2021 films exclusively in theaters, following the box office success of the theatrical-only release of “Shang-Chi” — - Disney says all remaining 2021 films to debut in cinemas first — Most are scheduled for exclusive 45-day theater showings
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Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Variety:
Nielsen: Thursday's NFL kickoff game drew 26M viewers, the most-watched since 2015, with streaming contributing an average minute audience of ~1.6M, up 64% YoY — It was also the most-streamed NBC NFL game to air on linear TV as well as Peacock and NBC Sports Digital, according to preliminary Nielsen estimates.
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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.
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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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Stuart Schuffman / BrokeAssStuart.com:
SF Weekly to stop print publication indefinitely at the end of Sept. to focus resources on SF Examiner; Clint Reilly Communications bought both papers in Dec. — Well, SF Weekly is shutting down. Maybe not permanently, but certainly indefinitely. The unfortunate news came down from management on Friday.
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Lily Waddell / London Evening Standard:
Channel 4 strikes a deal with Amazon, reported to be worth seven figures, to share the broadcast of US Open final in the UK — E — mma Raducanu's US Open Final against fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez will be shown for free in the UK on Saturday evening.
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