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11:00 AM ET, September 30, 2021

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New York Times:
Katty Kay, a former BBC anchor who recently joined Ozy, resigns, citing NYT's reporting on the company  —  The embattled digital media company Ozy lost one of its biggest stars on Wednesday, when Katty Kay, a former BBC anchor, announced on Twitter that she had resigned.
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Jemima McEvoy / Forbes:
Sources detail how 2019's Ozy Fest would have exposed Ozy's untruths, before it was canceled due to a heatwave and gave the company a large insurance windfall  —  I'm a British-born reporter covering breaking news for Forbes.  —  I cover tech companies for Forbes.
Axios:
Sources: in an extremely rare move, SV Angel, led by VC Ron Conway, informed Ozy that it will give up stock acquired in 2012
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
LinkedIn has blocked the profiles of several US journalists on its Chinese platform, citing “prohibited content” without specifying what it was  —  LinkedIn blocked the profiles of several U.S. journalists from the company's China-based platform this week, citing “prohibited content.”
Mark Stenberg / Medialyte:
As recipe publishers adopt grocery commerce, or g-commerce, some sites sacrifice intuitive design to add more ads for ingredients and tools, curdling utility  —  An untimely pop-up can be the difference between over-easy and over-cooked.  —  A song to read by: “John the Baptist,” by John & Beverley Martyn
Robert Feder:
Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Public Media confirm talks to “become a combined entity”  —  Top executives of the Chicago Sun-Times and the parent company of public radio station WBEZ 91.5-FM confirmed a report here Wednesday that talks are underway on a partnership agreement between the two organizations.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT hires Lulu Garcia-Navarro, formerly host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and Up Next, to anchor a new Opinion podcast  —  The New York Times on Thursday said it has hired Lourdes “Lulu” Garcia-Navarro, the former host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and a former co-host of NPR's morning news podcast …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify says podcast creators using its Anchor service can add interactive polls and Q&As to their programs  —  But you have to be on Anchor  —  Spotify is making podcasts on its platform more interactive.  The company announced today that podcasters who create their shows in Anchor …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Ofcom says British TV and radio broadcasters remain “woeful” at promoting staff from diverse backgrounds to senior management positions  —  Recruitment of people of colour and disabled staff into junior roles yet to be replicated at senior level
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Interview with New Yorker archives editor Erin Overbey, who has worked at the magazine for 27 years, about her tweet thread on the magazine's lack of diversity  —  Erin Overbey took on a painstaking research project for herself in 2019.  Combing through back issues of the New Yorker …
Wall Street Journal:
Profile of Brian Robbins, founder of AwesomenessTV and former actor, producer, and Nickelodeon chief, who was promoted a month ago to run Paramount Pictures  —  The actor-turned-producer is set to guide the iconic studio in the streaming era  —  When “Paw Patrol: The Movie,” …
 
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
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