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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
A new bipartisan Senate bill would prohibit companies with $20B+ in annual digital ad transactions from participating in more than one part of the ad ecosystem — The bill, which has some Democratic support, takes aim at conflicts of interest in advertising technology
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
The CW pares down its fall TV shows as parent companies Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global look to sell the network; Nexstar is the lead bidder — The network sets a lineup a week after cutting more series than it has in a decade. — A pair of prequels and a handful of acquisitions …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
After ~30 buyouts, BuzzFeed News will have 70-80 staffers, down from a peak of ~250; the investigations team published five big projects in its last five weeks — The site's prized investigations unit is disbanding and dropping its last bombshells—"a triumphal exit," says the team's editor …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
NBC News correspondent Pete Williams is retiring at the end of July 2022 after 29 years covering the Justice Department and the Supreme Court at the network — A former Pentagon spokesman, Williams made the unusual move 29 years ago to return to hard-news reporting. Many historic scoops followed.
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Report: Netflix had 3.6M cancellations in Q1 2022, up from ~2.5M for each past five quarters; 13% came from subscribers who had the service for over three years — Users subscribed to Netflix for more than three years represented 13 percent of total cancellations
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Leigh Giangreco / Current:
Stel Kline, a transgender former Morning Edition host for South Dakota Public Broadcasting, files a wrongful termination appeal against the state network — A former Morning Edition host for South Dakota Public Broadcasting has filed a wrongful termination appeal against the state network.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Meta promoted VP of news partnerships Campbell Brown to oversee global media partnerships, including with streamers, media companies, and broadcasters — Campbell Brown, the veteran news anchor who has served as Meta's vice president of news partnerships since 2017 …
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
Grant-funded “education labs” in for-profit US local newsrooms are supplementing education reporting, often focusing on investigations and identifying solutions — ‘Education is the core of communities’ — Local education reporters have faced no shortage of news in the past few years.
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Kevin Tran / Morning Consult:
Survey: 57% of US adults prefer low-cost or free streaming services with ads to high-cost, without ads; 24% spend $16-$30 per month on streaming subscriptions — Kevin is the media and entertainment analyst at global decision intelligence company Morning Consult, where he focuses on writing actionable …
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
Sources: Russian state TV depends on weekly meetings with Kremlin officials, where editors of broadcasters and publishers coordinate topics and talking points — Current and former employees describe Russian state television as an army, one with a few generals and many foot soldiers who never question their orders.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
UK publisher Future reports H1 2022 adjusted operating profits up 51% YoY to £134.5M and revenue up 48% YoY to £404.3M thanks to organic growth and acquisitions — Magazine publisher Future has reported record revenues and profits for the first half of its financial year …
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Discovery says Chris Wallace, who had a CNN+ show, will shift this fall to hosting a CNN show in primetime on Sunday that will stream on HBO Max — CNN will also be getting a “reimagined” morning show later this year. — Chris Wallace is coming to primetime …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CEO David Zaslav is quickly putting his stamp on Warner Bros. Discovery including by cutting CNN+ and other costly projects, and forcing out executives
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Organizers of CPAC Hungary, a right-wing event featuring speakers including Tucker Carlson, denied on-site access to the AP, Vice, Rolling Stone, and others — VICE News was barred from the conservative conference, where the star attraction is Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
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