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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media agrees to merge with Group Nine; Vox CEO Jim Bankoff will run the combined company, while Group Nine founder and CEO Ben Lerer will join its board — Vox CEO Jim Bankoff would run the combined company, which would own New York magazine, PopSugar, The Verge, Vox and Thrillist.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Brian Kilmeade texted Mark Meadows on January 6, urging him to get Trump to tell people to leave the Capitol — Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade expressed alarm, concern, according to messages shared during House select committee hearing.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Former THR co-president Janice Min partners with Richard Rushfield to expand The Ankler, Rushfield's paid Substack newsletter about Hollywood — Janice Min, a media executive in Los Angeles, is joining forces with Richard Rushfield, a show-business columnist, to start a new media business …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
With Chris Wallace's departure, Fox News takes another step toward its destiny as The Tucker Carlson Channel, which has no room for journalists — The Sunday morning farewell announcement from “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace had a narrow feel to it.
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Axios, Poynter, @axios, Politico, New Republic, Friedman of the Plains, MediaPost, UPROXX, @oliverdarcy, Barrett Media and Gay Anon
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CNN:
Chris Wallace will join CNN as an anchor for CNN+, the streaming subscription service set to debut in Q1 2022
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Long-time Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace leaves the network after 18 years, says “I feel we've built a community here”
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@wirecutterunion:
Wirecutter Union reaches a deal that includes a $59K salary floor, the elimination of NDAs in cases of harassment, and monthly remote work reimbursements — 🚨Bargaining Update🚨 We're excited to share we've reached a deal with management on our first contract! After 2 years of bargaining & a 5 day strike, we've secured an agreement that makes meaningful improvements to our working conditions. We came together to demand better & won!
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The NewsGuild - CWA
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix leads the Golden Globes with 27 nominations, after previously saying it won't participate in the event until the HFPA institutes diversity reforms — - Hollywood Foreign Press Association offered nominations Monday — Netflix led all studios with 27 nominations across movies, TV
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The Wrap, Variety, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, @scottfeinberg, Mashable India, @lucas_shaw and IndieWire
Vikas Sn / Moneycontrol:
Netflix slashes all its price tiers in India, with the Basic plan now starting at $2.60/month, down from $6.60/month, amid intense competition — Netflix is reducing its India pricing for the first time since the service's foray in 2016 as it looks to ramp up its user base amid intense competition …
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@netflixindia, About Netflix, Media Play News, @netflixindia, MediaNama, Livemint, Mashable India, @tsuvik, TechCrunch and Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
A Hong Kong court sentences former media mogul Jimmy Lai to 13 months in prison for his role in last year's Tiananmen vigil — The former media mogul and other prominent pro-democracy activists were previously convicted of inciting others to take part in an unauthorized assembly.
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, @nytimesworld, @kenroth, @vwang3 and @senrickscott
A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
Sources: the NYT has re-emerged as a contender to buy The Athletic after previous talks ended in June; at least 15 employees have left The Athletic since April — - The Times and Axios were interested in acquiring The Athletic before talks stalled. — The Athletic tapped LionTree to help facilitate a sale in September.
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@byajperez, @brandonetc, @justin_b_smith, @iancmclaren, @byajperez, @mmccarthyrev, Barrett Media and Awful Announcing
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Graydon Carter's Air Mail raises a $17M Series B, bringing its total funding to $32M; Carter says it has 130K readers and that subscriptions are up 50%+ YoY — Air Mail, the subscription-based digital magazine company launched by former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter …
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@sarafischer, @mikeorren and @claremalone
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Primetime and Daytime Emmy eligibility will be realigned around genre rather than dayparts, as changing habits erode the old daytime/primetime distinction — The walls that long separated the L.A.-based Television Academy and its New York counterpart, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, continue to be torn down.
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The Wrap, IndieWire and Hollywood Reporter
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
A group of New Zealand news publishers apply to the country's competition regulator for the power to engage in collective bargaining with Google and Facebook — A group of New Zealand news publishers has applied to the island country's competition regulator for the power to engage in collective bargaining with Google and Facebook.
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@duncangreive and @wturvill
Sara Fischer / Axios:
TCG invests ~$80M in Food52, which is buying house decor company Schoolhouse for $48M; Food52 is on pace for $120M in revenue in 2021, 88% from commerce — TCG, the investment arm of The Chernin Group, is pouring roughly $80 million into Food52, a cooking and home goods brand …
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Architectural Digest, @food52 and @sarafischer
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