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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News' subscription streaming service Fox Nation acquires Cops, the reality TV show pulled off air last year amid the George Floyd protests — “Cops,” the reality TV series depicting law enforcement in action, was pulled off the air last year after 32 seasons amid the nationwide protests …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff continues teasing out stories from powerful people in his new book Too Famous, while remaining light on source attributions — In his new book, the author of “Fire and Fury” continues his specialty: teasing out stories from men in power.
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Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Litecoin spiked ~20% after several news outlets, including Reuters and CNBC, reported that Walmart would begin accepting it based on a fake press release — An apparently fake press release said the retailer would begin accepting the cryptocurrency — The Litecoin cryptocurrency saw …
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Rose Hill / Mirror:
Andrew Neil says he has resigned as chairman of GB News — Broadcaster Andrew Neil, 72, has said that he has decided to ‘cut back’ on a number of his work commitments — Andrew Neil has resigned as chairman on GB News, with the channel offering a statement following his sudden exit.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Puck formally unveils its website and says it will soon launch a paywall, which will give readers access to stories, live events, and personal time with writers — Puck was founded by four media veterans in New York. — Julia Ioffe was finishing up a book earlier this year when she decided it was time to get a full-time job.
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Former New York Post gossip columnist Richard Johnson says he is coming out of retirement to write a gossip column for the Daily News — In a throwback to the tabloid wars of yore, the famed (and feared) former New York Post scribe is ditching retirement to dish for the Daily News.
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CNN:
WaPo, CNN, and ABC News have let Flash video and interactive coverage from 9/11 rot, while USA Today and the NYT have restored some old Flash-based content — New York (CNN Business)Journalism is often considered the first draft of history, but what happens when that draft is written on a software program that becomes obsolete?
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ViacomCBS is revamping Paramount Pictures' operations, which will see its movie and TV production arms run separately, the latter led by David Nevins — TV veteran David Nevins will oversee Paramount TV in new alignment — ViacomCBS Inc. is revamping the operations …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Three media companies linked to wealthy Chinese exile Guo Wengui, including GTV Media, reach a $539M+ settlement with SEC for offering unregistered securities — - The SEC has charged three media companies linked to wealthy Chinese exile Guo Wengui with illegal unregistered securities offerings.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Washington Post relaunches its 202 newsletter suite with shorter, digestible newsletters that are personality-driven and adds an email focusing on climate — The Washington Post is relaunching its 202 newsletter suite with a new email around climate, new authors and an expanded product suite.
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Live Nation resumes its delayed acquisition of a 51% stake in Mexico's largest concert provider Ocesa Entretenimiento for around $444M — Live Nation has resumed its acquisition of a 51% controlling interest in Ocesa Entretenimiento, a leading promoter in Latin America and owner of Ticketmaster Mexico …
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Neha Gupta / WAN-IFRA:
A look at Spain's El Diario, founded in 2012, which had 2020 revenue of €9.7M, is economically independent, and offers free memberships for those who cannot pay — 2021-09-09. El Diario, a Spanish online-only news company, was founded in 2012 with the primary aim of reconnecting society with journalism.
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