Mediagazer: 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 (Committee to Protect Journalists)

11:50 AM ET, November 2, 2021

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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 …

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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 …

Discussion: @petersontee, @simonowens, @twocirclessport and @kayleighjbarber

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.

Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

Established news outlets compete for talent from Substack, Facebook Bulletin, and more as they build out newsletters, digital audio, and video — Substack, Facebook Bulletin pursue high-profile reporters and commentators, creating tension within news organizations

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Ben Smith / New York Times:

The Information's Jessica Lessin analyzes tensions between tech execs including Zuckerberg and legacy media outlets, which execs associate with staff activism — Journalists and tech executives seem to be fighting each other to a draw in a battle that has no end in sight.

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:

Amazon says TikTok's app is now available on Fire TV in the US and Canada and is coming soon to Echo Show devices — Amazon announced today that a TikTok app is now available on its Amazon Fire TV for users in the U.S. and Canada. The app is also coming soon to Echo Show devices.

Discussion: Amazon Fire TV, @jameshercher, Tubefilter, @amazonfiretv, ScreenRant, Variety and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Pinterest to launch a Pinterest TV shoppable live series on November 8, with weekday episodes airing in its app, featuring some of its top creators — The series will feature creators and celebrities, like Olympic athlete Tom Daley and popular makeup artist Manny MUA

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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 …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review

Brodie Fenlon / CBC News:

CBC says it will keep Facebook comments closed on news posts, after turning them off in June and finding it improved the well-being of staff — We hope to make online spaces safer by minimizing harassment and abuse of our story subjects, commenters — Earlier this week …

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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

Source: The Rothermere family is close to taking Daily Mail-owner DMGT private via a deal that involves injecting £400M+ into DMGT's three pension schemes — An agreement that would involve more than £400m being injected into the company's three pension schemes …

Discussion: @markkleinmansky

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 …

Discussion: @mccarthyryanj and Reuters

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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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
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