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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify is acquiring Chartable and Podsights, two podcast analytics companies that let podcasters and networks include tags in shows to track listeners — Chartable and Podsights are being bought — Spotify is making more podcast acquisitions. The company announced today it's acquiring …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN+ will air a six-part documentary on the Murdochs, based on an NYT Magazine article and co-produced by CNN, NYT, and Left/Right, in the weeks to come — The Murdochs, the media-mogul family that controls Fox News Channel, are about to be the subject of a new documentary series that will be distributed by one of their main rivals.
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Phelim Kine / Politico:
Experts say Otter.ai, the automated transcription app that is a favorite of journalists, and its competitors offer only lax security that could endanger sources — Otter.ai has saved reporters countless hours transcribing interviews. Caveat emptor. — Mustafa Aksu is a wanted man.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs — It says it will give other companies plenty of time to adapt to changes to its Android software. Similar changes made by Apple affected big internet companies.
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John Micklethwait / Bloomberg:
Bloomberg EIC says UK courts are punishing investigative journalists for tabloid excesses and protecting the privacy of only those who can afford it — It is always convenient for editors to pontificate about press freedom when they lose court cases. However, the U.K. Supreme Court's decision …
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Jane Croft / Financial Times:
UK Supreme Court rules that suspects in a criminal investigation have the right not to be named by the media until charged, rejecting Bloomberg's appeal
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
BBC wants to double its editorial team in North America by adding 20 positions, and says the Americas business contributes around a third of BBC Studios sales — The BBC wants to fill more than 20 editorial positions in the U.S. and Canada, which would double its digital news team …
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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, pledges to donate to PEN America a minimum of $100K a year for five years to fight book banning in the US — Markus Dohle, the chief executive of Penguin Random House, said the effort “ties into the future of our democracy.”
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ViacomCBS, which is renaming as Paramount, closed down 17.8% on Wednesday after saying it will boost streaming spending to $6B by 2024, up from $2.2B in 2021 — The stock tumbled more than 20% in early trading Wednesday before closing down 17.8%, to $29.58 per share.
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Andrew Selsky / Associated Press:
Oregon Supreme Court rules ex-NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof is ineligible to run for governor as he doesn't meet the state's three-year residency requirement — SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is not eligible …
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J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
Cinedigm launches a submission site for indie filmmakers to let them distribute their work on its streaming services and third-party platforms like Google Play — Approved films will receive distribution across Cinedigm's streaming channels and third-party platforms like Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play and Xbox.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Many outlets today are poorly ideologically differentiated and seem to be replicating the NYT opinion section, lacking the contrarian takes Slate was known for — We've lost a lot as every publication has become the same — Katie Robertson of the New York Times recently wrote …
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Sources: several jurors in Palin's lawsuit told the judge's clerk after ending deliberations that they couldn't avoid learning that the judge had already ruled — Several jurors tasked with deciding Sarah Palin's defamation case against the New York Times knew that the judge presiding …
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