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Alex Zalben / Decider:
Trevor Noah is leaving Paramount's The Daily Show after hosting for seven years; the news was announced to his audience on September 29 and surprised the staff — Trevor Noah, who began on The Daily Show as a recurring contributor in 2014 and was elevated to host, taking over from Jon Stewart in 2015 …
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CNN:
Maggie Haberman's book details Trump berating George Stephanopoulos over interview questions about Russia, Murdoch revealing his successor to Trump, and more — Maggie Haberman's highly anticipated magnum opus on Donald Trump is less than a week away — and the book is already making waves.
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Former eBay execs Jim Baugh and David Harville get 57 and 24 months in prison for a 2019 cyberstalking campaign against the producers of a critical newsletter — Two former eBay Inc (EBAY.O) security executives were sentenced to prison on Thursday for carrying out a campaign to harass …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Substack announces new features to help newsletters increase subscribers, including web prompts and a referral program, and acquires email marketing startup Yem — Substack has acquired Yem, a small startup that helps newsletter writers grow their email lists through email marketing campaigns …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC World Service plans to close or make some stations digital-only and relocate some staff away from the UK, leading to ~382 jobs lost, as part of a £30M cut — UPDATE 03:46 a.m PT: The BBC has confirmed the relocation of some of its World Service journalists away from the UK …
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
A look at the possible reasons for 2022's slow ad sales: the economy, the decline of annual ad buys, Apple's ATT rules, and a normalization after the 2021 boom — Four theories on why ad sales are plummeting even as the economy is doing fine. — Not every truism is true …
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Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
An investigation shows how self-publishing platform Wattpad's lack of moderation, age verification, and safety features helps sexual predators exploit teens — For many teenagers, the reading and writing platform is a creative and educational outlet. But a Forbes investigation found …
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Phil Collins and his Genesis bandmates sell their music rights, including publishing copyrights and masters, to Concord Music Group, a source says for $300M+ — Concord to buy solo and group works by English rocker and other band members — Take a look at Phil Collins now.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Crooked Media hires Lucinda Treat, Vice Media Group's chief legal officer for four years, as CEO, and announces Soros Fund Management has taken a minority stake — Crooked Media is looking to take its progressive-politics podcast empire to the next level. — The L.A.-based media company …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Songs are staying on the US top charts for longer than ever; in July and August, the average Spotify top 200 song was there for 39 weeks, up 11 weeks over 2019 — Morgan Wallen was supposed to be canceled. The 29-year-old country star was dropped by his talent agency and banned by radio stations …
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@tpcarney, @lucas_shaw and @anildash
Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Memo: Recurrent Ventures, which shut down MEL Magazine in July 2022, lays off staff across editorial and other teams; it is not clear how many were affected — - Layoffs have hit Recurrent Ventures, the private-equity-backed owner of digital media properties including Popular Science and The Drive.
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TechCrunch:
Amazon rolls out its QVC-style livestream service Amazon Live in India, running ~15 per day hosted by 150+ creators from 10am-1am, covering electronics and more — Amazon has launched a QVC-style livestream shopping in India, the company said Friday, broadening its offerings in the key overseas market …
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