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John Shiffman / Reuters:
Review of court records details AT&T's role in creating and funding OANN; 90% of OANN's revenue comes from contracts with DirecTV and other AT&T services — As it lauded former President Donald Trump and spread his unfounded claims of election fraud, One America News Network saw its viewership jump.
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Inside Disney's CEO transition, as Bob Iger lingers while successor Bob Chapek provokes anxiety due to his lack of creative background and data-driven approach — Eighteen months into media's most consequential transition, Disney's respected ex-CEO lingers while successor Bob Chapek provokes creative anxiety …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal names Kelly Campbell as president of Peacock, two days after she quit her job as Hulu president — It's official: Kelly Campbell is the new president of Peacock, NBCUniversal announced. … Campbell will join the Peacock leadership team starting in November and will be based in the Los Angeles area.
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Case study: the collapse of one Iowa newspaper, replaced by community Facebook groups full of rumors and angry takes on national political news — The grain elevator exploded on a cool April morning in 1987, six years before I was born. My father was testing a clay sample in a lab two miles away when suddenly the dial jumped.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Snap expands Snapchat creator monetization programs, including Spotlight Challenges, which pays $25K+ to creators using specific sounds, topics, or AR lenses — Snap is rolling out new ways for Snapchat creators to make money on the app — part of the company's efforts to keep …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Bustle relaunches Mic for a young, “extremely online” audience, with more pop culture coverage and less politics — Under new ownership, the online publication aimed at younger readers unveiled a revamped version of itself on Wednesday. — Mic, an online magazine that was known …
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Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle:
Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more — SOURCE CODES AND USER PAYOUTS AMONG THE DATA RELEASED IN A 128GB TORRENT — An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify says it will let Anchor podcast creators in the US apply to join its programmatic ad marketplace Spotify Audience Network — Earlier this year, Spotify introduced its new audio advertising marketplace, the Spotify Audience Network, which allows advertisers to reach audiences across …
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Chris Stokel-Walker / Wired UK:
How the ICIJ coordinated 150 different media outlets in 117 countries to process 2.94TB of leaked data and report on The Pandora Papers — The Pandora Papers leak includes a colossal 2.94 terabytes of data. Unravelling the contents was no easy task — The Pandora Papers have rocked the world.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Daily Mail Online ran a lawyer's full tweet thread as a sidebar to another story, then after he complained, put the tweets into the main story and paid him — On Tuesday Adam Wagner, a British human rights lawyer and law professor, wrote a tweet thread in response to a BBC article …
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Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Sources: BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 are developing a joint streaming service to defend against US tech giants and a planned UK overhaul of TV laws — - BBC and rivals devise common platform to ensure prominence — HBO Max, Sky smart-TV launch turn up heat on European media
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Fox says its ad-supported weather streaming service, Fox Weather, will launch on October 25 — Fox Weather will launch on Oct. 25, Fox News Media announced Wednesday. The 24/7, ad-supported streamer will be Fox News Media's eighth platform, joining Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Nation, Fox Books and more.
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