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Greg Burns / Local News Initiative:
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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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
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 …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
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.
Eliza Mackintosh / CNN:
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi withdrew from a long-planned interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour after she declined his staff's 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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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
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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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
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 …
Voice of America:
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) …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
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
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Jake Tapper will host CNN's 9pm show from October 10 through the week of the November 8, as part of the network's programming lineup for the 2022 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
Alistair Gray / Financial Times:
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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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
BBC Studios hires Vice Studios global president Kate Ward to oversee its factual portfolio, spanning its 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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Deadline
Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:
Allan Siegal, a former assistant managing editor at the NYT who left a deep imprint on the newspaper's policies and practices, dies at 82 — As a top editor who was both feared and revered at the newspaper for decades, he left a deep imprint as its arbiter of language, taste, tone and ethics.
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