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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Some Republican candidates are barring traditional media from events and ignoring debate requests as midterm elections approach, favoring rightwing outlets — GOP politicians are increasingly shirking sit-down interviews, barring journalists from 2022 events, and skipping debates …
The Daily Beast:
Sources: ABC's The View plans to name former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin as its conservative co-host, filling Meghan McCain's slot — At long last, the daytime talk show is set to announce their pick to fill the conservative hosting vacancy left by McCain.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's Q2 ad revenue grew 4.8% YoY to $7.34B, below expectations of a 7% YoY increase to $7.49B and marking YouTube's slowest ad growth in over two years — YouTube still banks a huge bucket of ad bucks — hitting $7.34 billion in the second quarter — but the video giant's growth …
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Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet's $69.69B revenue marks its slowest sales growth since Q2 2020, missing estimates by almost $190M, as macroeconomic pressures mount on the ad market — Online advertising remains in focus for investors as an industry critical to the health of many internet companies
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
In his first TV appearance since CNN fired him, Chris Cuomo announces he will host a prime-time show on Nexstar Media's cable news network NewsNation this fall — Veteran TV journalist Chris Cuomo is coming back to cable news with a new prime-time program on NewsNation starting in the fall …
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Ruchira Sharma / The Guardian:
TikTokers and teenagers say young news consumers want bite-size stories shared by personalities on Instagram and TikTok, while critics warn about disinformation — As Ofcom confirms that young people now stay informed through Instagram and TikTok, we meet the online newshounds
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Research: 31% of images accompanying ~250 pieces of online news covering a 2019 heat wave in four countries were positive, showing people having fun in the sun — As heatwaves become more common, more intense, and more lethal, the contrast between news articles that spell out the impact …
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Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News:
Four former ByteDance employees say the company promoted pro-China content to Americans in its now-defunct news app TopBuzz; ByteDance denies the claims — Former employees claim the company placed pieces of pro-China content in its now-defunct US news app, TopBuzz, and censored negative stories about the Chinese government.
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
How the Genesis Communications Network, a talk radio network that has syndicated Alex Jones' show since 1999, built a lucrative business peddling 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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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
TelevisaUnivision reports revenue up 7% YoY to $747.5M, as profit slipped due to the launch of the free Vix streaming service on March 31 and Vix+ on July 21 — In its first full quarter of results, TelevisaUnivision reported a modest uptick in revenue and reiterated its belief in having …
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Alexandra Turner / Press Gazette:
Study: between September 2020 and July 2022, 33 local UK newspapers have shut down while 27 have launched, and three news sites closed while 41 launched — Thirty-three UK local newspapers have closed since September 2020 but new launches in print and digital outnumber this figure.
@erikwemple:
[Thread] A judge grants judgments in favor of the NYT, ABC, Gannett, CBS, and Rolling Stone in Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann's defamation lawsuits — A federal judge in Kentucky today granted summary judgment motions from five media companies (NYT, ABC News, Gannett, CBS News and Rolling Stone) in defamation cases from Nick Sandmann.
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