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Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
Billboard report: Bruce Springsteen sells his publishing catalog to Sony Music and Sony Music Publishing for $500M — Bruce Springsteen has sold his publishing catalog to Sony for a reported $500 million, as Billboard reports. — The musician has sold his masters to Sony Music …
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Reddit:
Reddit confidentially files its S-1 with the SEC for an IPO; the number of shares to be offered and the price range have yet to be determined — Reddit, Inc. today announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission …
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Lydia Moynihan / New York Post:
Sources: in the Group Nine-Vox Media merger, Group Nine was valued at $225M, down from $585M in 2016, and Vox was valued at ~$672M, down from $1B in 2015 — Vox Media and Group Nine are keeping the value of their merger private — and that may be because the number isn't as eye-popping …
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Han Zhang / The Guardian:
Profile of Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, a nationalistic tabloid dubbed “China's Fox News”, as he becomes China's most famous propagandist on Twitter — Hu Xijin is China's most famous propagandist. At the Global Times, he helped establish a chest-thumping new tone …
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Agence France-Presse, @williamyang120, @amonck, @tknoll209k and @jgriffiths
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
TikTok is testing TikTok Live Studio, a Windows app that lets users stream directly to TikTok Live from their computer — What if instead of watching your favorite TikTok star stream on Twitch, you could watch them play video games live on TikTok? For the last few days, according to the platform …
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Music Ally, @joshconstine and @bdsams, more at Techmeme »
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
With podcasts selling for millions of dollars, smaller advertisers say they're getting priced out as ad costs soar and relationships become more impersonal — This story is part of a group of stories called — Füm is the type of product that traditionally sells well through podcast ads.
Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the Christmas TV movie war between Hallmark and GAC Family, an upstart cable channel run by Hallmark's former boss that often hires the same actors — GAC Family, a channel run by Hallmark's former boss, also makes Christmas fare, often hiring the same actors; ‘definitely confusing’
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@johnjurg, @lilliannnn and @digitalshields
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Q&A with Sara Silverstein, TheStreet's new EIC, on plans to broaden the audience of investors for The Arena Group's financial publication, and more — Last week, former Business Insider (now Insider) editor at large Sara Silverstein headed to TheStreet, the financial publication owned by The Arena Group …
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Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
Lobbyists for major companies and trade groups covered by DC-based Punchbowl News attended a Washington Football Team game as guests in the outlet's skybox — Where hosting a confab for lobbyists meets journalistic ethics — On Sunday afternoon, the Washington Football Team lost to the Dallas Cowboys …
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Paul Takahashi / Houston Chronicle:
Hearst names Miami Herald President Nancy Meyer as the next publisher of the Houston Chronicle; she starts January 10 as the Chronicle's first female publisher — Nancy Meyer, a veteran newspaper leader and president of the Miami Herald, has been named the next publisher of the Houston Chronicle.
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@loritodd and @lomikriel
Rachel Connolly / Financial Times:
Listeners flock to “friendship podcasts” built on rapport among hosts, who are monetizing them via live shows, merchandising, and even album releases — The podcast, with its associations with talk radio, political wonkery and overproduced true crime, can seem a dorky medium.
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@rachelconnoll14 and @donetodeath
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Australia nominates Gina Cass-Gottlieb, a lawyer with strong ties to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, for new chairwoman of its competition watchdog agency — The nomination of a respected lawyer with strong ties to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to head Australia's powerful competition watchdog agency is drawing scrutiny.
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