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The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Disney held talks with betting operators about a partnership with ESPN, with BetMGM, Caesars, and DraftKings seen as frontrunners — Now that major leagues are getting on board with gambling, the family-friendly Hollywood giant is eyeing that revenue and may start with a splashy ESPN licensing deal.
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@erik_hayden, @stearnsseattle, @news_maker and @mediaevan
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail editor Geordie Greig steps down; Ted Verity will become Mail Newspapers editor with responsibility for Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and You magazine — Daily Mail editor Geordie Greig is leaving his role this week, with the Mail on Sunday's Ted Verity stepping up to take charge of a new seven-day operation.
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The Guardian, @pressgazette, @jimwaterson and @jimwaterson
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
US agrees to provide renewable yearlong visas to Chinese journalists, while China lets WSJ, WaPo, and NYT reporters return — The deal tones down a diplomatic confrontation that led Beijing to expel some American reporters during the last year of the Trump administration.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix expands its Top 10 lists to display the most-viewed shows and movies, for English and non-English titles, ranked by aggregate viewing hours — Netflix says it's heard the complaints about how it “cherry picks” the self-reported data it releases about content viewed on its platform.
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@netflix, CNET, About Netflix, Variety, @mikeisaac, @richlightshed, C21Media, @thebeaconsea, @david_j_roth, @nickcicero, @joshspero, The Bamboo Splinter, Hollywood Reporter, @deggans, @annelaumen, New York Times, Digital Trends, nexttv.com, The A.V. Club, Mumbrella, The Wrap, New York Post, Waivly, The Streamable, MediaPost, Ad Age, Axios and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Miramax sues Quentin Tarantino over copyright infringement for selling NFTs based on Pulp Fiction screenplay excerpts; Miramax says it owns screenplay rights — Miramax filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Quentin Tarantino of copyright infringement by selling NFTs based on the screenplay for “Pulp Fiction.”
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Antoinette Siu / The Wrap:
Substack expands its health insurance program to all writers in the US making more than $5,000 in gross annualized revenue on the service — Substack on Tuesday expanded its health insurance program to all writers making $5,000 a year on its newsletter platform.
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Substack and @caseymlewis
Giving Compass:
Institute for Nonprofit News Index finds 90%+ of ~400 nonprofit newsrooms tracked over the last 12 years are alive; ~70% have four or more sources of revenue — Earlier this year, residents in Southwest Memphis received some good news. An oil pipeline project they were fighting against was called off.
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@michellemanafy
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify expands Podcast Subscriptions from the US to 33 new markets globally and now includes 20 price points for creators, from $0.50 to $150 — Just a few months after launching support for podcast subscriptions to U.S. creators, Spotify today is making the service available to creators in global markets.
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Variety
Rebecca Davis / Variety:
In a five-year plan, China wants domestic films to make up 55% of box office, encourages film companies to invest abroad, plans for 100K movie screens, and more — Over the next five years, China plans to expand its fleet of movie screens to more than 100,000 and release …
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@zeeshanaleem, @mattzeitlin and @comfortablysmug
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep:
[Thread] Complaints that journalists should have published Trump info sooner rather than holding it for books is mistaken, as reporting with context takes time — A complaint about the Trump books—that writers held back information they could have reported sooner—is understandable but mistaken, I think. Our most pressing need is for context, careful reporting, understanding. It's not to file stories instantly on every incremental tidbit.
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@digiphile, @scarylawyerguy, @owillis, @nprinskeep, @dangillmor, @nprinskeep, @nprinskeep, @nprinskeep, @norsemythnews, @digiphile, @nprinskeep, @nprinskeep, @ericboehlert and @brianstelter
Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences says the Children's & Family Emmy Awards will be a standalone show starting 2022 — After a couple of years of tweaks to how the children's Emmy categories were presented, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said Wednesday …
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Variety, nexttv.com, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
Micah Singleton / Billboard:
Tidal launches a free tier in the US and direct-to-artist payments with fan-centered royalties based on streaming activity of individual HiFi Plus subscribers — Tidal is launching a free tier in the U.S. and is introducing a user-centric payment model for its premium subscription offerings, the company announced Wednesday (Nov. 16).
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@tidal, Engadget, Music Ally, PR Newswire, The Verge, @micahsingleton, 9to5Mac, @tidal, @alex, @aaronesilvers, @tidal, Digital Trends, @jack and Music Business Worldwide
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Google partners with PBS Student Report Labs and other journalism organizations to create programs that promote media literacy — Over the past few years, Google has been trying to repair its reputation as a source for disinformation by launching multiple programs, particularly the Google News Initiative.
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