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YouTube's global head of original content, Susanne Daniels, is leaving on March 1 after almost seven years — Susanne Daniels is exiting YouTube after nearly seven years at the Google-owned global video-sharing company. The YouTube global head of original content will depart in March.
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YouTube says it's winding down YouTube Originals after six years and will only fund programs that are part of its Black Voices and YouTube Kids Funds — YouTube is getting out of the business of originals: The Google-owned video giant said it is winding down its original productions team after more than six years.
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The Arena Group, formerly Maven, will buy AMG/Parade, owner of Parade Magazine, for $16M and expects to report $180M in 2021 revenue, ~60% from subscriptions — The Arena Group, a digital publishing company formerly called Maven, plans to acquire AMG/Parade, the parent company …
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UK Culture Secretary confirms the BBC TV license fee will be frozen at £159 for two years, but says the funding model will be reviewed before December 2027 — U.K. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has confirmed that the U.K. TV license fee, which is the primary source of income for the BBC …
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Profile of Jodie Ginsberg, a veteran British journalist and freedom-of-expression advocate, who will become the CPJ's new president in April — Jodie Ginsberg, a veteran British journalist and advocate, will become the president of the Committee to Protect Journalists at a time when attacks on the press are at an all-time high.


Ex-New York Post digital EIC Michelle Gotthelf sues News Corp and the New York Post, claiming she was fired for revealing ex-EIC Col Allan sexually harassed her — The ousted digital editor claims the Post's former longtime boss sexually propositioned her and later ordered her to scrub a story accusing Donald Trump of rape.
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The Recording Academy reschedules the Grammy Awards to April 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas; sources hope for a full show and a live audience — The Grammy Awards will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 3, Variety has confirmed.
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NewsGuard, which rates the reliability of news sources, expects to be profitable in every quarter of 2022 thanks to licensing deals with advertisers and others — New York (CNN Business)NewsGuard, a four-year-old startup that scans the web and rates the reliability of news sources …
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A journalist was murdered in Tijuana, Mexico after entering a protection program due to threats, becoming the second Mexican journalist killed in 2022 — A Mexican photojournalist died after being shot in the head outside his home in the northern border city of Tijuana, officials said on Monday.


A look at Serbia's media landscape: opposition candidates get very limited and overwhelmingly negative coverage, independent news channels are blocked, and more — With new, less repressive tactics, countries like Serbia, Poland and Hungary are deploying highly effective tools to skew public opinion.

All seven A.V. Club employees in Chicago, who G/O Media told to either move to LA or quit their jobs, choose to take their severance — UPDATE: The seven A.V. Club workers in Chicago have decided to take their union-contract-protected severances rather than move to L.A. without a cost-of-living adjustment. A statement from the union (1/X): https://twitter.com/...
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Over 140 advertisers ran campaigns in 2021 using Insider's Saga data offering, up from 48 in 2020, generating “tens of millions” in revenue, up 175% — Insider got a comparatively early start on its plans to get more out of its first-party data.
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