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9:10 AM ET, August 30, 2022

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl plans to leave in early 2023 after 12+ years as a senior executive; Google veteran Mary Ellen Coe will replace him  —  Robert Kyncl will exit YouTube in early 2023 after more than 12 years as a senior exec at video giant.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Poynter and NewsGuild: Gannett's August 2022 layoffs cut at least 70 to 90 newsroom jobs, after a 35% drop in the newspaper's workforce from 2019 to 2021  —  The latest cutbacks at Gannett come amid an industry-wide trend of shrinking newspaper newsrooms  —  The only full-time news reporter …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBC launches Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts in 170 countries and regions, with 400+ hours of exclusive programming, for $2.99/month or $29.99/year in the US  —  True crime is among the most popular podcast content categories — and now NBC's “Dateline,” one of the genre's OGs, is looking to cash in.
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National Union of Journalists:
After Reach pay and workload talks break down, the UK's National Union of Journalists plans to strike on August 31 and from September 13 to September 15, 2022  —  Following two days of negotiations over the bank holiday weekend, brokered by ACAS the arbitration service, talks between the NUJ and Reach have broken down with no deal.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Discussion: @jason_kint
Calder McHugh / Politico:
A profile of Jelani Cobb, the Columbia Journalism School's new dean, as some say journalism schools feel slightly anachronistic and students worry about debt  —  Everyone is in their back-to-school finest.  For the incoming Columbia Journalism School class, this means …
Colin Stutz / Billboard:
Sony Music sues Triller, claiming Triller has failed to pay licensing fees for months while continuing to use Sony's catalog after Sony terminated their deal  —  The record label says it's owned millions in monthly payments and for copyright infringement since it terminated their licensing agreement earlier this month.
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
Social media “war rooms” that are set up to fight misinformation and reported on by the media ahead of the US midterms are nothing more than theater  —  Read to the end for a great Reddit post  —  The Election War Room Scam  —  We're less than three months away from the US midterms …
Vikram Dodd / The Guardian:
Some UK police forces are asking officers to disclose personal ties with news reporters; some policing figures and freedom of speech groups oppose the clampdown  —  Freedom of speech groups raise over clampdown, which only came to light by accident  —  Police chiefs have been issuing secret …
Corbin Bolies / @corbinbolies:
Sources: Condé Nast's Allure magazine will end its print edition after its December issue and move to a digital-only model  —  SCOOP: @Allure_magazine will be ending its print run after its December issue, sources said, and it will feature Jennifer Aniston on the cover. The sudden announcement to staff last week had some afraid of layoffs, though a spokes said no changes are planned right now. Read: https://twitter.com/...
Discussion: @jeffjarvis
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at the growing divergence between critics' reviews and viewers' ratings of top movies over the years; 2022 so far has the largest opinion gap to date  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles, wherever you may be.  Earlier this year, I noticed that critics seemed especially critical of the new crop of big movies.
Kurt Gessler:
Tribune Publishing says disabling Google's AMP led to very little impact on mobile search referrals, as year-long drops mostly aligned to broader search trends  —  Ahead of its June 2021 algorithm update, Google made a significant announcement as part of its shift to emphasize overall page experience …
 
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A look at The Washington Post's deal with Imagine and CAA to create content based on its archive and current reporting; four projects are in active development
Brandon Katz / The Wrap:
SEC filing: Triller raised $200M and is targeting a $3B valuation in its IPO before the end of 2022; source: Triller is on track for a $250M run rate in 2023
Discussion: @lthomasnews
The Guardian:
A look at Russia's propaganda drive in the occupied southern Ukrainian city of Kherson through a new TV station and a resurrected Soviet-era newspaper
Financial Times:
Ampere: Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, and Netflix will spend $23B+ in 2023 on original content, up 10% YoY and more than twice the spending of 2019
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Gwendolyn Glenn / WFAE 90.7:
Q&A with The Charlotte Observer's Rana Cash, on her first year as executive editor, reimagining the paper, connecting with communities of color, and more
Jessica Votipka / Grand Island Independent:
In Nebraska, high school administrators shut down a journalism program after students published editorials on LGBTQ topics, which some call an act of censorship