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Aubrey Allegretti / The Guardian:
Paul Dacre pulls out of the race to chair media regulator Ofcom, despite UK ministers rerunning the process to give him a second chance — Former Daily Mail editor announces decision not to proceed with second bid and takes swipe at civil service — Paul Dacre has pulled out of the running …
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Filing: shareholders vote December 2 on BuzzFeed's SPAC merger, with stock trading as soon as December 6; Q3 net loss was ~$3.6M on revenue of $90M, up 20% YoY — If you want to own a piece of BuzzFeed, just wait till the first week of December. — The publisher's plan to merge …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WarnerMedia plans to offer its own audience-measurement data in 2022, and is in talks with 10 to 15 vendors, as Nielsen's efforts come under scrutiny — Now WarnerMedia wants to be judged by a different yardstick. — The owner of popular media outlets like HBO, CNN and TNT intends to offer …
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SlashFilm, @sportstvratings, @nina_metz, @davidclinchnews, Digital TV Europe and @bristei
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Judge orders NYT not to publish any Project Veritas “privileged materials”, despite precedent against prior restraint; NYT seeks immediate review of the ruling — WASHINGTON — A judge in New York on Thursday took the rare step of temporarily blocking the New York Times …
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Stephen Singer / Hartford Courant:
Andrew Julien, the publisher and EIC of the Hartford Courant, is named executive editor of the New York Daily News — Andrew Julien, editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hartford Courant, has been appointed executive editor of the New York Daily News, Tribune Publishing announced Friday.
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Roku to develop 50+ original shows in the next two years; sources say Roku plans to spend ~$250K-$750K/episode for unscripted and $500K-$5M/episode for scripted — Streaming-media hub looks to turn Roku Channel into destination for free content — Roku Inc., the nation's biggest pathway …
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New York Post, @aaron_renn, @djtgallagher, @jbflint, The Streamable and @plantmath1
Max Willens / Digiday:
A look at Philly Inquirer's Gameday Central, a live pre-game NFL show, which attracts thousands of viewers and that the paper hopes to expand to other sports — The Philadelphia Inquirer is hoping it can turn one of its important beats into a launchpad for a new crop of virtual event franchises.
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@evanbenn and Barrett Media
New York Times:
Theranos trial testimony shows how media coverage of tech companies became more probing as reporters had to revise glowing articles they wrote about the startup — Testimony in the fraud trial of Ms. Holmes, the founder of the blood testing start-up Theranos, shows how much coverage of the tech industry has changed over the years.
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@eringriffith, @parismarx, @baburkhwaja, Bloomberg, @parismarx, @libshipwreck, @jathansadowski, @erinkwoo and The Verge
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Omnicom forecasts $13.4B in CTV ad spend in 2021 vs. $9B+ in 2020, but says it's noticed “fundamental flaws” in measurement that open the door to ad fraud — Laura Molen is using November to pitch Madison Avenue as if May were just around the corner.
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@bristei, @bristei and @aquinas82nd
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
Thinkarete Lifestyle, cited by Facebook as Q3's most widely viewed Page in the US, seems to be a barely active drop-shipping scheme with stolen content — Unmasking The Most Viral Page On Facebook — My podcast co-host Luke Bailey and I are back with a new content investigation.
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@caseynewton, @broderick and @imbadatlife, more at Techmeme »
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Disney will bundle Disney+ and ESPN+ with Hulu + Live TV from Dec. 21 and raise its monthly price by $5 to $70 for the ad-supported tier and $76 for ad-free — Softening the blow of a monthly price hike, Disney is offering subscribers to Hulu's live TV service access to Disney+ and ESPN+ at no extra charge.
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Rest of World:
Mailchimp temporarily banned three independent Cuban news outlets, likely due to an overzealous enforcement of its ToS, which state users can't be based in Cuba — Though the accounts were eventually restored, the episode showed how the U.S. embargo can do Cuba's censorship for it. — • HAVANA, CUBA
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@restofworld, @dlberes, @rankingrights, New York Times, @alexgonzor and @restofworld
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