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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Cox Enterprises plans to acquire Axios, sources say for $525M, later in August; Axios expects $100M+ in 2022 revenue and will spin off its software arm Axios HQ — The digital media company's founders, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz, will continue to run the company.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz plan to stay on Axios' board and maintain control of the company's editorial direction and day-to-day operations — Axios has signed a deal to sell to its most recent lead investor, Cox Enterprises, Inc., the companies announced Monday.
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
An interview with Rachel Maddow on her decision to step back from MSNBC's daily prime time slot after 14 years to focus on a WWII-era podcast and other projects — The cable juggernaut signed a multimillion-dollar contract to not be on the air five nights a week.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Hollywood's streaming evangelism seemingly ends, as WBD shelves Batgirl and David Zaslav says costly movies going straight to streaming offers no economic value — Five years almost to the day after it began, Hollywood's evangelistic fervor for streaming has been extinguished this week by the “Batgirl” imbroglio.
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Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
John Oliver criticized Warner Bros. Discovery on his August 7, 2022 show, saying his “new business daddy” is “burning down my network for the insurance money” — Last Week Tonight host John Oliver went after Warner Bros. Discovery during his Sunday broadcast …
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Jack Stebbins / CNBC:
Apptopia: Netflix's games have 23.3M downloads and average 1.7M DAUs, under 1% of Netflix's 221M subscribers; Netflix plans to have 50 games by the end of 2022 — - Netflix plans to expand its video game catalog from 24 to 50 by year-end, marking a significant investment.
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TechCrunch, Input, The Streamable, @counternotions, Dan's Stack, CNET, @davezatz, The Verge, @chrismlacy, 9to5Mac and Next TV, more at Techmeme »
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
A look at the diverging fortunes of The New York Times and Gannett, as a recent internal memo shows 88% of Gannett's subscription revenue still comes from print — Where Gannett has spread itself too thin, the Times has found overwhelming success with its longstanding digital-focused plan
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Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
Lyft forms Lyft Media, a business unit to consolidate and expand its ad offerings, and plans to show more ads in cars, on its app, and at bike-share stations — Through its Lyft Media unit, the ride-hailing company plans to offer more ads inside cars, on its app and at bike-share stations
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Lyft, @counternotions, @itstheannmarie, @nandoodles, @om, @patrickcoffee, @kenanhsaleh, @tkawaja, TechCrunch, @megancgraham and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Gannett, Warner Bros. Discovery, The New York Times, Paramount, and other US media firms have noted a Q2 2022 advertising slowdown and headwinds in Q3 guidance — Warner Bros. Discovery, New York Times and Paramount Global warn of pressure on ad revenue — U.S. television networks …
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Digiday, @dwaynelaf, @michaelmiraflor, @blackamazon, @jason_kint, @newley and American Press Institute
Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg:
Some companies are hiring B2B influencers, mostly on LinkedIn, to pitch to other companies; LinkedIn says 11M+ users have enabled “creator mode” as of July 2022 — Bernard Marr, 49, who has degrees in business, engineering, and information technology, is interested in topics …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK events and publishing company Informa sells Lloyd's List, the maritime information service launched in 1734, to Montagu Private Equity for £385M — B2B giant Informa has announced the sale of maritime information brand Lloyd's List to Montagu private equity in a £385m deal …
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
How mainstream outlets boosted right-wing commentators Alex Jones, Tomi Lahren, and others to the point of manifesting the rising star narrative they created — When mainstream media outlets decide to interview right-wing trolls like Jones, they're paving the way for the fringe's future success.
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@dceiver, @bykatesmith, @sr_lazarus, @alanmairson, @orlagleans, @parkermolloy, @parkermolloy, @jdhughez, @parkermolloy, @mimmymum and @mimmymum
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Jack Queen / Reuters:
A jury says Alex Jones must pay two Sandy Hook parents $45.2M in punitive damages, on top of $4.1M in compensatory damages, for claiming the shooting was a hoax
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Houston-based Betr, created by Jake Paul and Simplebet founder Joey Levy to make content for sports betting fans, raised a $30M Series A and a $20M Series A1 — Jake Paul, the YouTube star-turned-boxer, has raised $50 million alongside sports betting entrepreneur Joey Levy to launch a new company called Betr.
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Bloomberg, Tubefilter, The Hollywood Reporter, Front Office Sports, betr, @kerrymflynn, Sportico and Variety
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