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Sam Thielman / FOREVER WARS:
Sam Thielman, a freelancer Substack hired to edit several writers, says he was fired in retaliation against a writer he edited who chose to move to Ghost — Edited and With a Coda by Spencer Ackerman — IN JULY, Spencer took this blog off Substack immediately after his contract with the newsletter company expired.
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Jesse Brown / CANADALAND:
Sources: Bell Media's VP of News Michael Melling fired CTV's Lisa LaFlamme for pushing back against his ideas; Melling also interfered with CTV's news coverage — “He doesn't like it when women push back.” — Lisa LaFlamme, chief anchor of CTV National News, was unceremoniously …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Canadian broadcaster CTV's chief news anchor Lisa LaFlamme says she has been forced out of the network; CTV parent Bell Media cites “changing viewer habits”
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen strikes a deal with Amazon to measure Thursday Night Football, the first time a streaming service will be included in Nielsen's weekly TV viewing report — Three-year deal marks first time ratings firm will include viewership of a streaming service's programming in traditional TV report
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Mark Hoffman, CNBC's president since 2005 and chairman since 2015, will step down on September 12; KC Sullivan will return to CNBC to replace him as president — - Mark Hoffman told CNBC employees he is stepping down next month. — Hoffman has increased CNBC profitability in 16 of his 17 years running the business media division.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Spotify is testing an audio feature in Vietnam that prompts users to record reactions to playlists, which will be posted as podcast episodes — After testing new in-app podcast recording tools for users in New Zealand, Spotify is now trialing a new audio feature in Vietnam …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
To expand into niche areas, Morning Brew debuts a creator program letting independent writers work for the company full time while keeping their distinct brands — Morning Brew, the business media company that caters to millennials, has launched a creator program that allows independent personalities …
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
A group of journalists and lawyers sued the CIA on Monday over allegations the agency spied on them during visits to Julian Assange at the Ecuador embassy — A group of journalists and lawyers sued the CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo over allegations the intelligence agency spied …
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Reuters:
Walmart partners with Paramount to include the $4.99/month ad-supported tier of the Paramount+ streaming service as part of its Walmart+ subscription — U.S. retailer Walmart Inc (WMT.N) on Monday struck a deal with Paramount Global (PARA.O) to offer Paramount+ streaming service to the subscribers …
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Anya Schiffrin / Poynter:
Former chair of the commission that began Australia's news bargaining code: AU$200M+ from Google and Meta is being injected into Australian journalism annually — Outlets big and small are being paid for their content, and a government review aimed at improvements is underway
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Jezebel, The 19th, The Cut, and other women-centric publications that support abortion rights have seen a surge in readership since SCOTUS reversed Roe v. Wade — The surge of readers has buoyed a part of the digital media world that has gradually declined in recent years.
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
BuzzFeed says 50%-75% of its US ad transactions use first-party data product Lighthouse, as the service expands to the UK, Canada, Australia, and Latin America — BuzzFeed, Inc. is expanding its first-party data services suite Lighthouse to international markets in the U.K., Canada, Australia and Latin America.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Analysis: over the past year, top pay TV providers had a net loss of ~5.425M subscribers; Q2 marked the second consecutive quarter with over 1.9M in net losses — Comcast, Charter, Cox, Altice, DirecTV, Dish, Verizon and Hulu's live TV tier all lost subscribers this past quarter.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Nexstar will absorb The CW's debt but won't pay any cash or stock up front for its stake and wants to make The CW profitable by 2025, partly through cost cuts — As it transitions to new ownership, the CW will likely not look dramatically different in the near term, but Nexstar Media Group intends …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Nexstar plans to buy a 75% stake in The CW from Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery, both of which will retain 12.5% stakes and supply scripted content
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