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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Atlantic digitizes its archive of over 1,900 print magazines, dating back to its 1857 founding, available on its website and subject to its standard paywall — The library includes original writing from Twain, Hemingway, Plath and other authors — The Atlantic announced Monday morning …
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J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify buys Heardle, a music trivia game inspired by Wordle, describing it as a “tool for musical discovery” and with plans to keep it as a standalone site — The game, which challenges users to identify a song based on short audio clips, will remain free to play for users.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery is in talks with Amazon about returning HBO Max to Prime Video, if Amazon agrees to terms such as sharing viewer behavior data — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has been in talks with Amazon.com Inc. about restarting a distribution agreement for the online retailer …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Meta launches Sphere, an open-source AI knowledge tool based on 134M public webpages; Wikipedia, Sphere's first user, is using it to verify articles' citations — Facebook may be infamous for helping to usher in the era of “fake news”; but it's also tried to find a place for itself in the follow-up …
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Jennifer Orsi / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
The Herald-Tribune apologizes for publishing a guest column on its opinion page describing the white nationalist group the Proud Boys as “caring school parents” — To our readers: — The Herald-Tribune erred Sunday in publishing a guest column on our opinion page and website with the headline …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: the UK's next prime minister could drop Channel 4's privatization; several Conservative leadership candidates have previously doubted the sell-off plan — As well as ambivalence among Conservative MPs towards the issue, there is uncertainty over what the caretaker government can do
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
IAC's Dotdash Meredith launches product-recommendation sites affiliated with existing Meredith titles, including People, Better Homes & Gardens, and Real Simple — Dotdash Meredith looks to leverage the magazine brands it bought to boost affiliate revenue
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Sources: Netflix interviewed various executives including Pooja Midha, chief growth officer of Comcast's ad unit, to lead the creation of an ad-supported tier — Streaming company plans to bring ads to its service for the first time — Netflix Inc. NFLX -3.96%▼ …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The Evening Standard, which relies on ads for 90% of its revenue, reports revenue of £28M in 2021, down 36% YoY, with a loss of £14M, down from £17M in 2020 — Evgeny Lebedev's London freesheet reports £14m loss for last year as Covid continues to hit advertising
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Information is launching a social network for subscribers, which will include user profiles, a directory, DMs, and a news-feed like page — The Information is rolling out a series of features designed to make it easier for its network of influential tech and business subscribers to connect …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Journalist groups criticize the UK's governing Conservative party for charging up to £1,250 to attend its October conference to “discourage over-accreditation” — Journalist groups and free speech organisations have criticised the introduction of fees for media attending the UK Conservative party conference.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
French TV group Newen Connect plans a push into English-language content and hires a former BBC Studios executive for its UK and North America sales operations — Its distribution arm Newen Connect names Phil Sequeira senior vp, distribution.
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