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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Ozy brands itself as identifying people who will be famous and influential ahead of other outlets, but a close examination shows the claim is untrue — Does the site's “signature ahead-of-the-curve coverage” really uncover “the new, the next, rising stars, new trends, that kind of stuff”?
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Variety, @maxwelltani, @bostonabrams, @mr_berman, @jbenton, New York Times and @craigsilverman
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Ozy Media's board of directors has hired a law firm to review the company's business practices and has asked COO Samir Rao to take a leave of absence — Board said it asked COO Samir Rao to take leave of absence during investigation — The board of directors of online news magazine Ozy Media …
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@danprimack, @srussolillo and @benlabolt
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Ozy CEO Carlos Watson steps down as host of the Emmys' documentary segment after NYT's report on an Ozy co-founder impersonating a YouTube exec on a bank call
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New York Times, The Wrap and @shomarihines
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Sources: Ozy Media co-founder Samir Rao impersonated a YouTube exec on a Goldman Sachs call ahead of a $40M deal; Rao is back at Ozy after time off
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Former press secretary Stephanie Grisham says Trump asked her to research ways to permanently evict the press from the Brady Briefing Room — The former press secretary is reflective in her tell-all: “I should have spoken up more.” — WASHINGTON — Stephanie Grisham …
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Washington Post, Insider, Mediaite, Metro.co.uk, Vanity Fair, @jojofromjerz, @glennkesslerwp, @shanselman, CNN, The Week, The Hill, Rolling Stone, The Wrap, @swin24, @byyourlogic, @kimmasters, @highbrow_nobrow, UPROXX, Substack, @joycewhitevance, Gawker, The Daily Beast, Boing Boing and Foreign Affairs
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Netflix acquires its first game studio, Night School Studio, which was founded by Sean Krankel and Adam Hines in 2014 and is best known for the game Oxenfree — A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. — Netflix has acquired its first game studio …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Report: NBCUniversal asked YouTube TV to bundle Peacock as a condition for access to NBC channels, and Google objected; the current contract expires on Thursday — YouTube TV could lose NBC channels when contract expires Thursday. — NBCUniversal recently asked YouTube TV to bundle Peacock …
Catie Keck / The Verge:
At Code Conference, Ted Sarandos shares viewership data for Netflix's top 10 series and movies; 82M accounts watched Bridgerton and 99M watched Extraction — A rare look at Netflix's viewing data — During this year's Code conference, Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos shared …
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Alec Karakatsanis / @equalityalec:
[Thread] NYT's recent reporting on crime engages in the common media practice of relying on police and police consultants as the only experts on policing — Last week, NYT published a major story that suggested falsely that police prevent murder and that one reason for increased murders during a global pandemic was civil rights criticism of police! The NYT did not disclose that the reporter was former CIA/Palantir/police/DA paid.
Capital Gazette:
Judge sentences Capital Gazette gunman to five life terms without parole for killing five people in newsroom shooting — An Anne Arundel County judge on Tuesday sentenced the man who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom and killed five people to six life sentences …
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capitalgazette.com, @capgaznews, @alex_mann10, @johnbking, @tomperez, @govlarryhogan, @connieschultz, CBS Chicago, @brianstelter, @hutzellrick, Poynter, NPR and The Rural Blog
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Six creators from Clubhouse's 25-person creator program say it did not deliver sponsorships for their shows, leading them to look elsewhere — Dozens of Clubhouse creators had been anticipating their first sponsorship meeting for months. As the inaugural class of Clubhouse's “Creator First” …
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@carnage4life, @sokane1, @ashleyrcarman, @nhbnews, @jake_k, @chrismessina, @martinsfp and @evoterra, more at Techmeme »
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump loses arbitration case in which he alleged Omarosa Maginault Newman violated an NDA by publishing a book about her time working for his administration — Donald Trump had filed the case against Ms. Manigault Newman, a former White House aide and “Apprentice” star …
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The Wrap, CNN, @markszaidesq, @keithboykin, @maggienyt, Rolling Stone, @prchovanec, The Hill and @sollenbergerrc
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: in town hall meeting, Group Nine Media says it expects to be profitable this year for the first time, reach $200M+ in revenue, and add 100+ jobs — Group Nine Media told staff in a company-wide meeting last week that the company expects to be profitable this year …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ViacomCBS partners with data company VideoAmp to develop means of tracking ad reach among linear and digital viewers, a potential alternative to Nielsen — The TV industry, long measured by Nielsen, continues to offer up new yardsticks to Madison Avenue. — ViacomCBS said it would take …
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Deadline, @d_kompare, FierceVideo, nexttv.com, Ad Age, MediaPost and Adweek
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