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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
A look at the opportunities that free, ad-supported streaming TV, for which revenue is forecast to reach $4.1B by 2023, can provide small networks like Buzzr — At a time when linear channels are fading into the shadows and a handful of supersize streaming services dominate …
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@willmckinley, @tvmojoe, @jesse_horne, @simulmedia, @vulture, @noelmu and @buzzrtv
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Sources: Roku's deal to carry Amazon's IMDb TV is up for renewal in 2022 after the 2019 deal to bundle with Prime Video; viewer data may be a bone of contention — First it was Google that took a swipe at Roku, threatening to take YouTube, the most popular video-streaming service in the U.S. …
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@joshua_sisco, @richlightshed, Cord Cutters News and The Streamable
Delia Cai / Vanity Fair:
Q&A with EIC Nilay Patel on The Verge's 10th anniversary, tech media's advance from early breathless gadget reviews, subject-source relationships, and more — After a decade covering the Zucks, Googles, and Ubers of the scene, the Verge editor in chief reflects on tech's troublesome relationship with the rest of the world.
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@brandyzadrozny, @reckless, @profchalmers, @mostlymartha, @mikelizun, @briankung, @nick4iezos, @beckylehmann, @nick4iezos, @kevinmnye1, @travelinganna, @danielleiat, @whitneyarner, @bkurbs, @dawnxianamoon, @waltmossberg, @tasharobinson, @waltmossberg, @catholicdems, @niemanlab, @gabosama, @jaconi, @armstrongcbc, @whet, @kevinroose, @benyt, @harmancipants, @pierce, @voxmedia, @voxmedia, @joannastern, @caseynewton and @pierce, more at Techmeme »
Karen Maniraho / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Mohammed El-Kurd, The Nation's first Palestine correspondent, on seeking a Palestinian viewpoint in news coverage, his new role, and his book of poems — This summer, more than 500 journalists, many of whom are people of color, signed an open letter calling for changes to US media coverage of Palestine.
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@omarsrashad, @wdspattmuscol, @maniraho, @cjr and @mathewi
Ross Barkan / New York Magazine:
Profile of Matt Taibbi, the polarizing journalist that critics say turned into a “red-pilled culture warrior” on Substack, where he has 30K paying subs — Obviously, I'm anxious about why I'm being profiled," Matt Taibbi said at the end of our phone call this summer, which had already lasted an hour and a half.
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@ggreenwald and @ne0liberal
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Information expands creator economy coverage amid high demand for its newsletter on the topic, says coverage generated multiple “six-figure” revenue lines — The creator economy has made millionaires out of ordinary people, and it could do the same for the publishers that cover it.
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@lauramandaro, @kendallostrow, @ericporat, @adweek, @markstenberg3 and Talking Biz News
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC Studios consolidates its Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East, and Africa distribution regions into a Global Markets unit headed by EMEA lead Nick Percy — BBC Studios has consolidated its APAC and EMEA Distribution units into one single unified business, promoting Nick Percy to oversee …
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WORLD SCREEN, Broadband TV News, C21Media, Televisual, Realscreen, TBI Vision and Variety
Nieman Lab:
Survey of 500 Nieman Lab readers on why they canceled news subscriptions: 31% due to money, 30% due to ideology, 13% because content wasn't satisfactory — What was the last news subscription you canceled, and why? — Media Twitter may be full of people threatening to cancel their …
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@laurahazardowen, @sarahjebner, @bmorrissey, @charliemagne, @knieriemen, @amberwaves, @kiminsley, @stopfundinghate, Nieman Lab, @tiagodf, @niemanlab, @ants000, @jennyrogersdc, @dmitryshishkin, @mariaestorino, @klingebeil, @scmitchp, @efindell, @laurahazardowen, @shaynenuesca, @sarahfromttupm, @niemanlab, @niemanlab and @hanaatameez
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Two employees who openly criticized Netflix's support of Dave Chappelle's comedy special file charges with the NLRB, claiming retaliation — B. Pagels-Minor and Terra Field say the company retaliated against them for engaging in protected activity — Two Netflix employees at the heart …
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@rkgwork, @rainofterra, Insider, @imarajones, IndieWire, @alissapagels, @zoeschiffer, @zoeschiffer, Variety, The A.V. Club, The Daily Beast and The Wrap
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at CatchLight, a California nonprofit that offers financial support and training for photojournalists and newsroom partners to combat “image deserts” — CatchLight, a California-based nonprofit, was launched in 2015 to create opportunities and support for photojournalists …
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@spj_tweets, @lharriswrites, @esmcintyre, @calmatters, @anjdelgado, @niemanlab and @lharriswrites
Caleb Pershan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Yahoo, Yahoo Finance, and Markets Insider ran 100+ sponsored articles syndicated from finance outlet Benzinga without disclosing it was paid content — June 22 was a great day for Alfi, Inc, a tech company in Miami Beach, Florida, which sells facial recognition advertising software.
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Talking Biz News, @mathewi and @cjr
Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia:
Tencent invests $264M for a 6.86% stake in Japan's Kadokawa, which publishes about 5,000 book titles per year and also runs video sharing site Niconico — Chinese internet conglomerate to become third-largest shareholder — TOKYO — Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent Holdings will acquire …
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