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Sources: Gannett is looking to sell 60+ of its nearly 500 publications, after having sold 100+ since 2020; parent GateHouse aims to cut $300M in annual costs — Earlier this month, Gannett's Michael Reed had an opportunity to set a new course for the nation's biggest newspaper company after disappointing financial results in August.
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A US Senate committee votes to approve the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, letting news organizations jointly negotiate with big tech platforms — A bill that would let most news outlets collectively negotiate with dominant tech platforms for compensation to distribute …


Nielsen says Amazon Prime Video's first Thursday Night Football game averaged 13.03M viewers; Amazon claimed 15.3M viewers after guaranteeing advertisers 12.5M — Nielsen says 13 million viewers watched the Sept. 15 contest on Prime Video and local over-the-air affiliates.


Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi withdrew from a long-planned interview with Christiane Amanpour after she declined his last-minute demand to wear a head scarf — Iran's President cancels interview after Amanpour refuses head scarf demand — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi withdrew …
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Instagram, and now TikTok, have fallen afoul of the “Bootleg Ratio”, as clout-chasing accounts overtake content created by users specifically for each platform — TikTok is changing. … That stuff is still on the platform, but it's largely fallen off my For You page …


The BBC, ITV, and Sky removed five pieces of video footage at the Queen's funeral, featuring members of the royal family, after a veto from Buckingham Palace — Exclusive: Five short pieces of video removed from circulation under agreement between broadcasters and Buckingham Palace
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In a 60-36 vote, the US Senate approves Amanda Bennett to head the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and other broadcasting entities — The U.S. Senate Thursday approved President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) …


An interview with the authors of the book Meme Wars, on what journalists don't understand about the power of memes, damaging manipulation campaigns, and more — In 2019, after BuzzFeed and Verizon Media announced a combined 1,000 layoffs on the same day, many people who had shared their layoffs …
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@tad_walch, @karavoght, @reportbywilson, @janinezacharia and @craignewmark


Q&A with Will Media EIC Francesco Zaffarano on the Italian social media-based outlet, the risks of putting all its content on external platforms, and more — “We have a politics that speaks to itself and newspapers that speak to themselves even more,” says editor-in-chief Francesco Zaffarano


Jake Tapper will host CNN's 9pm show from October 10 through the week of November 8, as part of the network's programming lineup ahead of the 2022 US midterms — John Berman, Brianna Keilar and Wolf Blitzer will fill in during the afternoons, with more changes to come.
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The Wrap, @davidfolkenflik, @alexweprin, CNN, @oliverdarcy and Mediaite


Daily Mail and General Trust CEO Paul Zwillenberg plans to step down, to be replaced by chair Jonathan Harmsworth, the great-grandson of Daily Mail's founder — Great-grandson of newspaper's founder and chair of DMGT will take charge at end of the month — The chief executive …
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BBC Studios hires Vice Studios Global President Kate Ward to oversee its factual portfolio, spanning the BBC's Natural History, Documentary, and Science units — Vice Studios global president Kate Ward is joining BBC Studios to oversee its factual portfolio, Variety can reveal.
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