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Analysis: “Democrats cheat” and similar ideas have been raised 5K+ times on radio shows in 2022; radio remains perhaps the most influential medium for the right — Election fraud claims from 2020 are widespread on talk radio, contributing to the belief that the midterm results cannot be trusted.


Peter Chernin debuts The North Road Company, rolling up Red Arrow, Chernin Entertainment, and Words + Pictures, backed by $800M, source says at a $1B+ valuation — North Road will house Chernin Entertainment; U.S. assets of Red Arrow Studios; and Words + Pictures, with more acquisitions to follow.
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Variety, The Wrap, @danprimack, @alexweprin, @loudmouthjulia, Axios and @sarafischer


Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros., and others cut costs, staff, movies, and TV shows; the industry released 559 scripted shows in 2021, up by 200+ compared to 2013 — The sudden decline in Netflix's share price and the growing fear of a recession have forced Hollywood into a new period of fiscal austerity.
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@merrillbarr, Digiday, TechCrunch, @mattrosoff, @trengriffin, @lucas_shaw, The Streamable, @nickandmore, mxdwn Television, Tom's Guide, CINEMABLEND and Variety


The CPJ says the US should ensure accountability in Shireen Abu Akleh's killing, after a US investigation found “no reason to believe that this was intentional” — The U.S. government should ensure that those responsible for the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akhleh …


Bloomberg News' investigations team adds Jessica Brice and four members from BuzzFeed News: Anthony Cormier, Jason Leopold, Kendall Taggart, and Alex Campbell — Bloomberg senior executive editor Otis Bilodeau and executive editor Robert Blau sent the following memo to Bloomberg's investigations team on Tuesday:


Survey: Americans' confidence in major US institutions between 2021 and 2022 fell from 21% to 16% for newspapers and dropped from 16% to 11% for television news — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are less confident in major U.S. institutions than they were a year ago, with significant declines …
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New York Times, @elipariser, Reason, @jeffereyjaxen, @patterdude, @edokeefe, @akarl_smith, @mattdpearce, @sahilkapur, WGN-TV, @schwartztv, @oknox, @bijans, @ggreenwald, @sjdemas, @ryanlcooper, @ron_fournier, Mediaite, Monmouth University …, Fox News, Insider, New York Post, The Hill and Opinion Today


Amazon is using its fast-growing Prime Video programming in a promotional push for its core retail business, to sell more goods and drive Prime subscriptions — An exclusive sneak peek at the new ‘LOTR,’ steep discounts on big-screen TVs for optimal football viewing, and other deals are part of Amazon's pre-Prime Day promotions.
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TechCrunch


Former AMC and Fox TV Studios president David Madden joins Wattpad Webtoon Studios as global head of entertainment after his departure from Berlanti Productions — The former AMC and Fox TV Studios topper most recently was president of TV for Berlanti Productions. — David Madden has lined up his next act.
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Variety and WORLD SCREEN


UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries decides not to intervene in Newsquest's takeover of fellow regional publisher Archant — Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has decided not to intervene in Newsquest's takeover of fellow regional publisher Archant. — She made the decision …
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San Jose-based Xperi, which runs TiVo, acquires Oslo-based OTT and hybrid TV solutions service Vewd for $109M in cash and debt, to help with its TiVo+ expansion — The deal will give Xperi an installed European footprint of about 15 million devices and pave the way for an expansion of TiVo+ …
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Light Reading, Digital TV Europe, Light Reading, Next TV and Radio & Television …


Comscore names Jon Carpenter as CEO; Carpenter served as CFO since November 2021 — The executive succeeds Bill Livek, who previously announced his retirement. … Carpenter takes over the role after having served as Comscore's chief financial officer since November 2021.
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MediaPost, Ad Age, Adweek, Next TV and TVNewsCheck


Sources: TikTok abandons plans to expand its TikTok Shop live e-commerce program to Europe and the US, after internal problems and a lack of traction in the UK — Chinese-owned social media platform's foray into livestream shopping in the UK has struggled to gain traction