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Sources: The New Yorker's letter firing Erin Overbey notes “previous incidents” of “baseless accusations against colleagues”; she calls the accusations “absurd” — This reporting appears as one of several scoops featured in this week's edition of Confider …
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[Thread] Erin Overbey, who last week tweeted that The New Yorker punished her after she spoke up about gender inequality at the outlet, says she has been fired
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How the Genesis Communications, a talk radio network that has syndicated Alex Jones' show since 1999, built a lucrative business through misinformation — The Genesis Communications Network built a lucrative business alongside the radio host, whose show the company has syndicated for more than two decades.
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WSJ's and NY Post's condemnation of Trump don't necessarily indicate a change for the Murdochs as Fox News, which has a much greater reach, remains supportive — Listen — Gift Article — The New York Post and the Wall Street Journal on Friday published scorching editorials …
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Digital ad company Tremor International plans to buy adtech firm Amobee's TV platform and demand-side platform for $239M from Singtel, set to close in Q3 2022 — Amobee parent Singtel said last year it was reviewing its investments after the pandemic hurt performance
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Cuadrilla Capital acquires Chartbeat, a content insights service used by web publishers to measure and analyze traffic; Chartbeat has raised $31M over 12 years — Chartbeat, a content insights platform that's used by web publishers to measure and analyze traffic, was purchased by Cuadrilla Capital …
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Blinken will meet with family of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, which says US' care for its journalists depends on their origins and where they were killed — When she closes her eyes, Lina Abu Akleh is with her aunt. They could be doing anything, but they were probably bingeing a new show on Netflix.
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UK's Reach reports H1 revenue of £297.4M, down 1.6% YoY, and operating profit of £47.2M, down 31.5% YoY, due to record energy prices upping the cost of print — Mirror and Express publisher Reach has seen a multi-million pound drop in profits for the first half of 2022 in the face of a UK consumer downturn.
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The New York Times renames Sunday Review as Sunday Opinion, with the back page of the section devoted once a month to a longer piece of first-person writing — - Give this article- - - Read in app … Starting tomorrow, there will be a brand-new section in the paper: Sunday Opinion.
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Warner Bros. Discovery cancels the TBS late-night show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, as it cuts its content spend for big cable networks like TBS and TNT — “As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we've made some difficult, business-based decisions,” TBS said in a statement.
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sues Bloomberg Businessweek's Hong Kong publisher for defamation, claiming a June 23 profile depicted him as running a “Ponzi scheme” — It's not the first time Zhao and Binance have sued the media. — Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao …
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UK's CMA publishes its report into music streaming services, saying the market is dominated by major players but this is not “currently causing consumers harm” — The music streaming market dominated by a handful of major players is giving consumers a fair shake …
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Movies are grossing more in 2022 than 2021, but ticket sales are down almost 40% from 2019 as the share of movies released on 2K+ screens is down 30%+ from 2019 — Movie studios are the most optimistic they've been in years. The business has bounced back from the depths of the pandemic …
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