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Piers Morgan is joining News Corp and Fox News, where he will have a TV show in early 2022, and will also be a columnist at The Sun and the New York Post — - New global TV show will air on weeknights in the UK, USA and Australia; — Morgan will publish two weekly columns online for the New York Post and The Sun;
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Press Gazette, @jimwaterson, The Wrap, Variety, The Guardian, @newsuk, Daily Express, The Sun, @davidfolkenflik, @gbnews and @andrewgentry_
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News UK announces the launch of talkTV, a linear and OTT channel featuring news, opinion, and sports shows, in early 2022 — News UK is to launch a new channel, talkTV, in early 2022. — The channel will be streamed live and made widely available on all platforms including linear TV …
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@newsuk, Metro.co.uk, City A.M., The Sun, @ifanmj, @nmsonline, @jimwaterson, @jimwaterson and Guido Fawkes


Next month, Fox News will formally launch Fox Weather, a free streaming weather network with a website and mobile apps; Sharri Berg will serve as president — Fox Corporation is hoping to replicate its success in the fields of general entertainment, news and sports with the launch of a new …
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NYT names a new interdepartmental team to help leadership build audience trust, working closely with the newsroom's Standards department — A new cross-functional team will help the company's leadership establish a vision for how our report can continue to evolve to convey our values and ensure accuracy.
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@cliffordlevy, Talking Biz News, Poynter, @edmundlee, @shearm, @pvolpe, @gustavoturnerx, @blakehounshell, @meslackman, @ashleevance, @meredithshiner, @amit_sankaran, @kenli729, @nyttypos, @meredithshiner, @nytnickc, @tysone, @cliffordlevy, @cliffordlevy, @cliffordlevy, @cliffordlevy, @cliffordlevy and @cliffordlevy


Google News Showcase is launching in Japan and signs partnerships with more than 40 national, regional and local news organizations — In late 2020, Google unveiled a $1 billion news licensing program to support publishers by surfacing card-based content across its platforms.
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Kyodo News+ and The Keyword


YouTube launches its first podcast, The Upload, which will feature interviews with YouTube stars on how they created their businesses — As all social platforms look to implement more ways to enable creators to monetize their on-platform efforts, with a view to keeping them posting to their apps more often …
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The Independent and YouTube Official Blog


The SCOTUS press corps, dominated by older white men, has actively denied the court's shift to the right, clearly shown by extremist shadow docket decisions — The conservative takeover of the Court is putting traditional legal media to the test. The results are not encouraging.
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@perrybaconjr, @jaywillis, @ballsstrikes, @imillhiser, @froomkin, Balls and Strikes and The Guardian


Sources: LeBron James' SpringHill is in advanced talks for an investment from Fenway Sports Group, RedBird Capital, and Nike, valuing it around $650M-$700M — While the NBA legend and his longtime business partner Maverick Carter have expressly told potential suitors they are not looking …
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The Information, Sportico, @sizpatel, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter


A look at National Trust for Local News, which plans to sell local news bonds and build a $300M fund to help local news outlets — Rather than grants, the trust dispenses venture capital and advice, with a goal of growing local support to serve small-town news deserts.
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@spj_tweets, @poynter, @lindashapley, @alanmillernlp, @poynter and American Press Institute


Top newsrooms won't acknowledge the straight line from the Iraq War to January 6 riot because it would involve admitting decades of poor coverage of GOP's lies — (I'm relaunching Press Watch today after taking some time to deal with other things and think about the site's future. Thanks for bearing with me.
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@athenae, @larryglickman, @froomkin, @froomkin and @froomkin


E.W. Scripps will relaunch national news network Newsy on Oct. 1, broadcasting over the air and OTT and led by Kate O'Brian, formerly of ABC News and Al Jazeera — The E.W. Scripps Company is relaunching its national news network Newsy as a 24/7 news outlet that will broadcast over-the-air and OTT.


Quibi settles its legal battle with interactive video company Eko, as part of which Eko will get the IP for the Turnstyle mobile-video viewing feature — But it has lived on as holding company because of a legal battle with interactive-video firm Eko, which alleged Quibi stole trade secrets and infringed Eko patents.
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Deadline, @xpangler, Tubefilter and The Verge