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5:30 PM ET, June 28, 2022

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Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine:
An in-depth look at why some BuzzFeed stockholders were unable to sell their shares when the company went public, a situation securities lawyers say is unusual  —  Some ex-employees, it turns out, were able to trade while others could only watch the shares plummet.
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney CEO Bob Chapek gets a three-year contract extension, through 2025, in a unanimous board decision  —  Chapek has led Disney since February 2020.  —  The Walt Disney Co. is sticking with Bob Chapek.  —  The CEO, who took over from the well-liked Bob Iger just a month …
Newmark J-School:
CUNY's Newmark J-School names Graciela Mochkofsky, who launched its bilingual master's program in 2016, as dean starting on August 1, succeeding Sarah Bartlett  —  Graciela Mochkofsky, who has distinguished herself as a journalist, author, and academic in two languages on two continents …
Oscar Gonzalez / CNET:
A look at Twitch and YouTube “debate streamers”, who use logic, humor, and compassion to pull people away from far-right conservatism and conspiracy theories  —  They are changing minds one stream at a time.  —  Hunter Avallone makes a living arguing politics with strangers on Twitch and YouTube.
Discussion: @ogreporter and @ogreporter
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
CAA closes its acquisition of talent agency ICM Partners following the DOJ's approval in a deal valued at $750M, reducing the Big Four agencies to the Big Three  —  The deal, which Variety has learned is valued at $750 million, giving a pro-forma valuation of $5 billion to the merged agency, was first announced in September 2021.
Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger:
New York-based Veritonic, an audio ad measurement and attribution startup, raised a $7.5M Series A led by Lavrock Ventures, bringing its total funding to $14M  —  The audio advertising market is heating up, and investors are getting in on the action.  —  Audio analytics platform Veritonic …
Michael Malone / Next TV:
Endangered, a documentary chronicling a year in the lives of four journalists in countries where press freedom has been considered a given, premieres today  —  Film about the challenges facing journalists worldwide premieres June 28  —  Endangered, a documentary about the perils facing journalists around …
Discussion: @localnewsini
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A24 signs a first-look deal to adapt audiobooks and podcasts from Pushkin Industries, Malcolm Gladwell's audio company, for films and TV  —  Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell's audio company, Pushkin Industries, is teaming up with the independent entertainment studio A24 to adapt its works for films and TV.
Tim Baysinger / Axios:
Omdia research: the US is expected to lose 16.9M pay TV subscribers between 2021 and 2027, while India loses 3.4M, Brazil 2.3M, Canada 2.2M, and Germany 2M  —  Exit Content Preview  —  The United States is expected to lose nearly 17 million pay-TV subscribers between 2021-2027, according to a new report from Omdia.
 
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: NBC hasn't made a decision to bring back the Golden Globes broadcast as some publicists representing talent say they aren't satisfied with HFPA changes
Bill Adair / New Yorker:
A profile of Howard Polskin, a news veteran who founded TheRighting newsletter after the 2016 US election to offer a daily roundup of 50 conservative outlets
Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
By overturning Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS has abandoned any pretense of being an apolitical actor, which the media needs to accept to increase scrutiny and coverage
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
MSNBC names Alex Wagner to succeed Rachel Maddow as the host of its weekday 9pm show four days per week, the only Asian American to host prime-time cable news
Aarish Chhabra / NDTV:
Delhi Police arrest Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, on alleged charges of hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Analysis: the top 25 US newspapers' print circulations was down 12% YoY on average in the six months to March 2022; the WSJ fell 11% YoY and the NYT fell 9% YoY
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Shashwat Chauhan / Reuters:
The US CFTC announces that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on CFTC-registered futures exchanges

 
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