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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: Netflix suspended three employees, including a trans employee who criticized Dave Chappelle in a viral tweet, for crashing a top executive meeting — Terra Field, a senior software engineer for the streamer based in San Francisco, was among those suspended late last week for attending the …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Despite going all in on streaming with Disney+, Disney plans to keep ESPN tied to cable bundles, its biggest revenue driver — - Disney's strategic move into streaming conflicts with ESPN's business, which profits handsomely from linear TV. — ESPN probably won't consider a direct …
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Renée DiResta / The Atlantic:
A look at the rise of “ampliganda”, where the public participates in shaping perception via amplification, as trust shifts away from legacy media to influencers — One Sunday morning in July of last year, a message from an anonymous account appeared on “Bernie or Vest,” …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
A look at a decades-old argument between two journalists who worked at The Boston Globe, and how its core question on the role of objectivity remains relevant — A writer for an alt-weekly called out a Boston Globe editor for his “fealty” to the idea of objectivity in a column that reads as if it were written yesterday.
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
A look at efforts at Nexstar, Sinclair, and Scripps to create news programming for a national audience and gain a foothold in the national ad market — Nexstar, Scripps and Sinclair, which have extensive reach across the U.S., are readying efforts to peel off enough viewers to become viable alternatives to national sources.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook adds an Audio hub to its app in the US, featuring podcasts, Live Audio Rooms, and short-form audio, and rolls out Live Audio Rooms globally — Facebook is expanding its investment in audio initiatives with the launch of a new “Audio” destination in its mobile app in the U.S. …
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
Canadian authorities drop charges against a man featured in NYT's “Caliphate” podcast series, after he said in court his tales of fighting for ISIS were made up — In exchange for the admission of the man, Shehroze Chaudhry, Canada dropped criminal charges against him.
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Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Leaked contract shows Hits magazine offers positive coverage for $150K per year; sources: major talent agencies and labels routinely pay — I'm no Pollyanna when it comes to the trade press. But I've never seen a quid pro quo as explicit as this proposed contract sent to a major talent agency.
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Heavyweight, one of the longest-running Gimlet Media shows, will become a Spotify exclusive next month, two years after Spotify acquired Gimlet — While Patreon is exploring original podcasts — This story is part of a group of stories called — Hello again, welcome to the first week of October.
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The Daily Beast:
ShotSpotter, which detects potential gunshots and alerts police, sues Vice for defamation over articles questioning its practices and effectiveness — SpotShooter alleged in a new complaint that Vice “deliberately” misrepresented the efficacy and implications of their hidden microphone surveillance systems.
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Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey of 324 US papers with <50K circulation: 49% say the number of stories they produce has risen since 2016; 62% say social media has become more important — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — The observations in this report are based on an online survey conducted between Tuesday, August 4, 2020 and Tuesday, September 8, 2020.
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Sources: The Atlantic is recruiting writers with paid newsletters for a newsletter product, offering a base payment while letting them stay semi-independent — Heads up, Substack. But also Twitter. And Facebook. And the New York Times ... Here's a media trend: Journalists setting …
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