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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Chris Licht told staff “there will be more changes and you might not understand it or like it all”, and the Reliable Sources newsletter will relaunch — “You might not understand it or like it at all,” Licht told CNN staffers of future changes after acknowledging …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Insiders say Brian Stelter's CNN exit is an effort to tone down partisanship, based on earlier comments by David Zaslav, Chris Licht, and investor John Malone — The sudden cancellation of the outspoken anchor and media reporter's show, Reliable Sources, may offer clues …
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Eric Vilas-Boas / Vulture:
The CNN Originals hub launches on Discovery+ on August 19 with more than 800 episodes from CNN Original Series, CNN Films, and HLN Original Series — At your service. — “The most trusted name in news” has a new streaming home next to venerable programming like The 90 Day Fiancé and Mermaids: The New Evidence.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
CNN is canceling the weekly media show Reliable Sources, and host Brian Stelter is leaving the network; Reliable Sources' final episode will air on August 21
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO Max removes about 200 older episodes of the kids' show Sesame Street; as of now, 456 episodes remain, with only 29 of those from the earliest seasons — Bought to you by the letters G-O-N-E: The content purge at HBO Max continues as the streaming platform has pulled about 200 older episodes of classic kids' show “Sesame Street.”
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Selome Hailu / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery lets go of four top executives at OWN, the cable network that Discovery and Oprah Winfrey started as a joint venture — Grant-Selma serves as general counsel for the network, while Giddens is chief marketing officer. — Additionally, Nicole Nichols …
Alexander Gladstone / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Cineworld, owner of Regal Cinemas, is preparing to file for bankruptcy in the US after struggling to rebuild attendance since the pandemic — Theater admissions aren't recovering fast enough for the world's second-largest cinema chain to avert insolvency
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Max Tani / Politico:
WaPo media reporter Paul Farhi was suspended for five days in March, as management said he jeopardized a colleague's safety; his union is challenging the action — The Washington Post quietly suspended one of its longest serving reporters, Paul Farhi, this past spring …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix's original kids programming and new original movies will stay commercial-free in its ad-supported tier launching early next year — Netflix Inc.'s kids programming and new movies will stay commercial free when the company introduces its advertising-supported service, according to people familiar with the plans.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Paramount renews its US media rights to Champions League in a deal valued at $1.5B+ over six years, more than double the size of its previous contract — Paramount Global renewed its US media rights to Champions League football matches in a deal valued at more than $1.5 billion over six years …
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Lizbeth Diaz / Reuters:
Human rights organization Article 19 says 18 journalists have been killed in Mexico so far in 2022, four have been forcibly displaced, and two went into exile — This year will be the deadliest on record for journalists in Mexico, with 18 killed so far, human rights organization Article 19 said in a report Thursday.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch debuts a tool to check if an Android device has been hacked by one of several spyware apps, after its probe into TheTruthSpy — TechCrunch today launched a spyware lookup tool that allows anyone to check if their Android device was compromised by a fleet of consumer-grade spyware apps, including TheTruthSpy.
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Karen K. Ho / The Cut:
A profile of Alex Wagner, who has taken Rachel Maddow's MSNBC time slot after stints at culture magazines, a nonprofit, and earlier shows at MSNBC and Showtime — Alex Wagner has no chill. We're talking about the upcoming midterm elections in a small, undecorated corner office at 30 Rock …
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