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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Profile of Discovery CEO David Zaslav as the WarnerMedia merger, expected to close around mid-2022, would make him one of the top media execs in the world — After 15 years running Discovery, the media mogul for Main Street opens up about his upcoming battle with Disney and Netflix.
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Los Angeles Times:
Court docs: in 2011, ESPN's Adam Schefter referred to Washington Football Team exec Bruce Allen as “Mr. Editor” and sought feedback on an unpublished story — Several inflammatory emails by Jon Gruden were filed as exhibits in federal court by attorneys for Washington Football …
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Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters:
Facebook says it now counts activists and journalists as “involuntary” public figures, increasing protections for them against targeted harassment and bullying — Facebook Inc(FB.O) will now count activists and journalists as “involuntary” public figures and so increase protections …
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Netflix reinstates a trans employee and two others suspended for crashing a top executive meeting; trans staffers still plan to walk out on October 20 — The trans employee resource group at Netflix is planning a company-wide walkout on October 20th to protest statements …
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The New York Times Company:
The New York Times creates a Newsroom Culture and Careers department to “demystify” how its employees “thrive and get ahead” — Meet the leaders who will usher in a new era of career development and newsroom culture. Read more in this note from Carolyn Ryan. — Colleagues,
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
AdImpact: 2022 midterm elections CTV ad spend is forecast to hit $1.5B vs. $1.3B for digital ads, as CTV ads are highly unregulated and offer narrow targeting — The phaseout of internet tracking cookies is fundamentally changing political campaigns, which have for years relied …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
ViacomCBS partners with NFT company Recur to sell digital collectibles based on its library of films and TV shows — The entertainment giant has partnered with Recur to develop digital collectibles based on IP from brands like Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, CBS and MTV.
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Ross Benes / eMarketer:
Spotify, with 83.1M users, is the largest digital audio platform in the US, followed by Pandora (54.2M), Amazon Music (49.8M), and Apple Music (36.9M) — Spotify has the most users among digital audio platforms, followed by Pandora, Amazon Music, and Apple Music. Amazon will surpass Pandora in listeners next year.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
London-based The Investigative Journal will close after a court agrees that it misled its ex-EIC about its intentions to covertly support the UAE and Egypt — A London-based investigative news website has closed after its former editor-in-chief successfully claimed in court she had been misled about its intentions and funding.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Scripps National Spelling Bee will leave ESPN after 28 years and move to Scripps-owned broadcast networks ION and Bounce in 2022 — The annual competition will move from the sports TV giant to Scripps-owned broadcast networks ION and Bounce starting in 2022. … But starting in 2022, the Bee will move to a new TV home.
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
UK's The Telegraph says it passed 500K paid digital subscribers this month, up 30% since the start of 2021, and newsletter revenue is up 81% year to date — British publisher The Telegraph is betting that offering fewer, more focused newsletters will actually help grow the number of subscribers to them.
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Catie Keck / The Verge:
Netflix says Squid Game “reached” 111M global accounts in its first 17 days, a record, defined as those who watched for at least two minutes — 111 million viewers tuned into the series during its first 17 days — Netflix's hugely popular series Squid Game has become …
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