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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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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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Billboard, Variety, @shortformernie, @eddietrunk, @brandonwenerd, Pitchfork, @peterlattman and @jbflint
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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Insider, Axios, @larakiara, @digitalshields and @kerrymflynn
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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@ichartny
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
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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@coreyhutchins, @alex_sammon, @froomkin, @drvolts, @davidsirota, @bendreyfuss, @ddayen, @andrewperezdc, @theprospect, @ddayen and @theprospect
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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Australian Financial Review, Crikey, @mrkrudd, @jeffjarvis, @jbenton, @megjameslat, @ljayes, @margaretsimons, @megjameslat, @vanbadham, @strom_m, @markdistef, @richardaob, @latimes, The Guardian and The Wrap
The Guardian:
Soe Naing, a freelance photojournalist in Myanmar, dies in military custody after being arrested last week while covering protests — Soe Naing was arrested in Yangon while taking photos of a ‘silent strike’ protest against military rule — A freelance photojournalist in Myanmar has died …
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@jm_beck, @niccijsmith, @hninyadanazaw, Committee to Protect … and Reuters
Politico:
Some organizations with legislative interests are running print ads in Delaware's The News Journal to get their message in front of Biden — Interest groups trying to influence the president of the United States will often fork over millions of dollars in order to do so.
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@erickleefeld, @susanpage, @maxwelltani, @owillis, @samstein, @jonlemire, @politico and The Week
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