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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen says it undercounted “out of home” TV audiences since September 2020 due to a “software issue”, and vows to release corrected estimates from mid-January — Nielsen is in the midst of a battle to count TV audiences of the future, but the company …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T plans to sell its Xandr programmatic advertising marketplace to Microsoft; the deal would not include the ad sales business supporting DirecTV — Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox says Jesse Watters was speaking metaphorically when he told a conference audience to “ambush” Dr. Fauci with a “kill shot”; Dr. Fauci calls for his firing — The Fox host was referring to confrontational interviews in comments at a conservative conference but leaned hard on violent imagery: 'Boom!
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
A look at Clubhouse and its competitors, as veteran podcast hosts and new creators decide what works best for them, based on pay, features, and their audiences — The company showed that people would flock to an audio-only social media app. Can it fend off the imitators?
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Meta says over half of its Bulletin newsletter platform's 115 creators have over 1,000 free subscribers, “with many having more than 5,000 or 10,000” — Six months in and there are 115 publications writing on it — A new blog post from Meta marks the six-month anniversary of its newsletter publishing platform, Bulletin.
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Bloomberg:
China's Xinhua News Agency plans to issue news photography collectibles based on NFT tech, despite Beijing largely banning crypto transactions — China's official Xinhua News Agency is planning to issue news collectibles based on technology used in non-fungible tokens even as policy makers …
Politico:
Euronews says its editorial independence is not at risk after being acquired by Portuguese PE firm Alpac Capital, which has close ties to Viktor Orbán — Father of Alpac Capital's CEO has close ties to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. — Euronews says there is no risk …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely steps down as CEO, naming head of communications and marketing Ami Gan as his replacement; Stokely will remain as an adviser — OnlyFans named spokesperson Ami Gan as its new chief executive officer, replacing Tim Stokely, who founded and built the media company …
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Axios:
Source: GSV Asset Management is working on a bid to buy Forbes Media at a $620M valuation, as an alternative to Forbes' planned $630M SPAC merger — Investment firm GSV is working on a bid to buy Forbes Media at a $620 million valuation as an alternative to Forbes' announced SPAC merger, Axios has learned.
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@sarafischer, SPAC Track, @mathewi and @michellemanafy
Reuters:
Biden accuses cable TV personalities and social media companies of making money by “peddling lies” and allowing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation to spread — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused unspecified cable television personalities and social media companies of making money by …
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Swedish video game holding company Embracer Group acquires Mike Richardson's comics publisher and production group Dark Horse Media; Richardson remains the CEO — Embracer Group, a Swedish video game holding company, unveiled plans to buy Dark Horse Media, the comic book and entertainment group founded and led by Mike Richardson.
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Embracer, Crunchyroll!, @paultobin and Game Informer
Kate Clark / The Information:
Redpoint Ventures, which has Stripe and Snowflake investments, plans to launch media outlet Start in early 2022 with a newsletter, podcast, and social posts — Venture capitalists do a lot of things to show entrepreneurs they aren't just a bunch of squares, from wearing hoodies to bragging about their NFT purchases.
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