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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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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.
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 …
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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Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap:
The SEC sues two ex-MoviePass CEOs, charging them with misleading investors about profit potential, data operations, studio relationships, and revenue sources — The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against two former CEOs of MoviePass, charging them with misleading investors …
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Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
A look at the fate of comics pages in the US, as Lee Enterprises says its papers will reduce them to a half-page 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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American Press Institute, @jeffjarvis, @natcartoonsoc and @raju
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
A New York-based artist received copyright registration on their comic featuring artwork by Midjourney, the first known US copyright for latent diffusion AI art — Registration of AI-assisted comic comes amid fierce online debate about AI art ethics. — In what might be a first …
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@angelclarksays, Gizmodo, Plagiarism Today, @ccskeleton and @profjohanna
New York Magazine:
On her new podcast, Kara Swisher interviews Chris Cuomo about his upcoming show on Nexstar's NewsNation, rebuilding trust, interviewing Andrew Cuomo, and more — Kara Swisher has a long, frank talk with the former CNN anchor. — Chris Cuomo is attempting a comeback — or at least, he's …
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Medill:
McCormick Foundation announces $7.5M in grants to Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois, Injustice Watch, and Medill to launch a local news accelerator — CHICAGO — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation today announced investments in Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois, Injustice Watch …
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Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
OpenAP says advertisers can now buy linear TV and digital video commercials programmatically using OpenID, whose audiences have been integrated into three SSPs — FreeWheel, Magnite, Xandr enable buyers — starting with GroupM — to transact on linear, digital inventory
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
AOP and Deloitte report on 12 UK digital publishers: revenue grew 12.3% YoY to £154.8M in Q2 2022, driven by recruitment classifieds, which grew 70.3% to £6.3M — Digital publishing revenue in the UK was up by an average of 12.3% year on year in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the year before.
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What's New in Publishing, @pressgazette and MediaPost
Leila Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Guatemalan officials are using a femicide law to target journalists, often alleging “psychological violence” against the family members of corrupt officials — It was a landmark piece of legislation for Guatemala: a law that established stiff prison sentences for violence …
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