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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic is rolling out its new newsletter program with nine contracted writers, including Charlie Warzel, which will be free until the end of the month — The Atlantic on Tuesday will roll out its new newsletter program with nine contracted writers, including Charlie Warzel, Molly Jong-Fast and Nicole Chung.
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Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
Charlie Warzel on his time on Substack, where he had 16K subscribers and 1.4K paid subs: he wasn't niche enough, didn't do enough “grievance blogging”, and more — (Not going to the metaverse...yet) — Before I get extra self-indulgent, I'll lead with the news.
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Sports publishers make millions on deals with sports betting companies but should remain cautious, as sportsbooks turn into competitors and consolidation looms — The relationships between sports publishers and sports betting companies are increasingly common and the outcome for media companies …
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@petersontee, @twocirclessport, @kayleighjbarber and @simonowens
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Sources: FanDuel and DraftKings are among the companies that submitted bids to buy The Athletic, which is seeking a $750M+ valuation — Fantasy and sports betting providers, FanDuel and DraftKings, are among a number of companies that have submitted bids to buy sports news site The Athletic …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ, RSF, and FPU establish the People's Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists, a six-month initiative that starts today and will feature three case hearings — In an unprecedented effort to achieve justice in the killing of journalists, three leading press freedom groups have launched …
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Columbia Journalism Review
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
Permutive, whose ad platform allows publishers to deliver personalized ads in a privacy-safe manner, raises a $75M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 — London's Permutive has raised $75 million in a Series C round. The eight-year-old company specialises in providing publishers …
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FinSMEs, Permutive and AdExchanger, more at Techmeme »
David Agren / The Guardian:
Two journalists have been killed in Mexico since Thursday, bringing this year's death toll for media workers in the country to nine — Mexican journalists have expressed alarm after two veteran reporters were attacked in their own homes in less than 24 hours, bringing this year's death toll …
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@duncantucker, @mccarthyryanj and Reuters
New York Times:
DOJ sues to stop Penguin Random House from acquiring Simon & Schuster, citing potential harm not only to consumers but to authors too — The Biden administration's rejection of the proposed publishing merger reflects a changing atmosphere in Washington toward consolidation.
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Axios:
Memo: Axios raised a Series D that values it at $430M with ~$85M in revenue in 2021; memo: Punchbowl to make $10M+ in revenue in 2021, $1M+ from subscriptions — D.C.-based media companies that have enjoyed a robust advocacy and corporate social responsibility ad market in the wake of the pandemic are seeing valuations rise.
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@jimvandehei, @marceelias, @carlquintanilla, @jigolden and @pkafka
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Foreign Correspondents Club of China calls for transparency from China's Olympics committee, saying reporters have been denied access, followed, and harassed — Chinese authorities have been accused of “continuously stymying” attempts by foreign media to cover the Winter Olympics …
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@fccchina, @thetowncrier, @williamnee, Insider, @fccchina, China Research Group News and @fccchina
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Netflix rolls out its exclusive mobile games globally to the Play Store and plans to feature them in its Android app starting this week — After early tests in select markets, Netflix announced today its debut lineup of exclusive mobile games will begin rolling out to all members globally on Android devices, starting this week.
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About Netflix, more at Techmeme »
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
With Spotify on pace to cross $1B in ad sales this year, a look at its growing ambitions in advertising and its plans to become the YouTube of podcasting — Millions of people watch videos of Joe Rogan's podcast. They used to do that on YouTube, where Rogan posted full episodes.
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@bloombergasia, @lucas_shaw, @sherlyholmes, @lucas_shaw and @mattdpearce
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