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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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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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Matthew Keys / FierceVideo:
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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@matthewkeyslive, Thanks:@matthewkeyslive
The New York Times Company:
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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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
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
Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today:
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
Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
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
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
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
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
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
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
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
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
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.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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