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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Meta details influence operations from Russia, impersonating news outlets to spread anti-Ukraine content in Europe, and from China, targeting the US and Czechia — Russia set up a sprawling and sophisticated network of websites impersonating mainstream media outlets, which it used …
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Fast Company took down its website Tuesday after its Apple News account was hacked to send an obscene push notification; Apple News has disabled its channel — It's been a little while since we had a high-profile media feed hijacking, but tonight someone sent an Apple News notification …
Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
A look at the fate of US comics pages, as Lee Enterprises says its newspapers will cut back to “a half-page of comics” and shift to a “uniform set of offerings” — Is this the beginning of the end for the daily printed comics page in many American towns and cities?
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Medill:
The McCormick Foundation awards $5.1M in total to Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois, and Injustice Watch, plus $2.4M for a Medill local news accelerator — CHICAGO — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation today announced investments in Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois …
Press Gazette:
John Witherow steps down as The Times editor after nearly a decade, becomes the Times Newspapers chairman, and says a successor will be named on September 28 — John Witherow is to step down as editor of The Times after nearly a decade in the role. He has been appointed chairman of Times Newspapers.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Hearst expects $12B in 2022 revenue and TV to be the company's biggest source of profits, of which 40%+ come from its specialty media, data, and software units — Hearst expects revenues to grow close to $12 billion this year, up slightly from the record $11.9 billion it earned last year …
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Rest of World:
Netflix's password sharing crackdown sparked many protests on social media in Argentina, but a source says the country didn't have a mass exodus of subscribers — New prices sparked outrage in Latin America, with some threatening to boycott the platform. — • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A look at tappable podcast ads in mobile games, which trigger episode downloads; source: iHeartMedia got ~6M unique listeners/month through such ads since 2018 — Want more stories like this from Ashley Carman? Podcasters are always hunting for new, flashy places to promote their shows …
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Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
A pension fund and Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder sues the company, saying Warner Bros. inflated HBO Max subscriptions by as much as 10M amid the WBD merger — Warner Bros. cooked its HBO Max subscriber numbers by as many as 10 million and misled shareholders in other ways that violate …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
London-based sports streaming service DAZN acquires Eleven Group's global sports media businesses, pausing its IPO plans to focus on profitability and expansion — DAZN, an international sports streaming company, has put its IPO plans on hold to focus on profitability and expansion …
Annette Nwabeke / KERA News:
North Texas public radio station KERA plans to buy the Denton Record-Chronicle with help from the National Trust for Local News; the paper will be a nonprofit — KERA announced plans Tuesday to acquire the Denton Record-Chronicle, the historical and primary newspaper of Denton County.
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
OpenAP says advertisers can now buy linear TV and digital video commercials programmatically using OpenID audiences that have been integrated into three SSPs — FreeWheel, Magnite, Xandr enable buyers — starting with GroupM — to transact on linear, digital inventory
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