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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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@stopfundinghate, @mazjobrani, @azi, @davetroy, @sinanaral, @egavactip and Rolling Stone


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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Sources: ABC's The View will name former Trump 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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Daily Mail, Variety, Mediaite, The Hill, The Wrap, New York Post, TVLine and Page Six


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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@politico, Politico, @jmartnyt, @barbaracomstock, @jeremymbarr, @oliverdarcy, @farhip and @karaswisher


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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Adweek, Axios, Yahoo Finance, @wsjcmo, Broadband TV News, @beet_tv, @megancgraham, Reuters, Tremor Video, AdExchanger, MediaPost and Next TV

[Thread] If Substack figures out bundling, mainstream papers should ditch op-eds, which they render homogenous and grant an undeserved imprimatur — Once Substack figures out bundling, there will be no reason to have op-ed pages at mainstream media publications anymore. But mainstream media will still be very important for news; I don't think Substack can replace that.
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@maharafiatal, @rsingel, @stephenfgordon, @dmarusic, @dangillmor and @mckonomy


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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@charliemoloney, Bloomberg and @pressgazette


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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@nytopinion, @katiekings, @klerner, @elwasson and New Lines Magazine


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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Al Jazeera, @politico, @annmarie, @jgedeon1 and @linaabuakleh


The UK's CMA publishes its music streaming report, saying the market being dominated by a handful of major players 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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TechCrunch, GOV.UK, Billboard, @cmagovuk, @mintroyale, @ivorsacademy, Complete Music Update and @wavesblog, more at Techmeme »


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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@saroff_nyc, @spj_tweets, @joshuadschwartz, @msteib, @jeffjarvis, @saroff_nyc, @arctictony, @sarafischer, @martinsfp, The Wrap and TechCrunch


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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Insider, @silvermanjacob, Waivly, @cz_binance, @quinnypig, @coindesk, Blockworks, Crypto Briefing, Benzinga, Decrypt and Watcher Guru, more at Techmeme »