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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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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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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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Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Bill Plante, who covered the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and four presidencies as a CBS News correspondent for more than half a century, dies at 84 — He became a fixture of American television sets, covering the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and four presidencies
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Roku signs up to use Nielsen One, which launches in December 2022, for four-screen measurement across desktop, mobile, connected TV, and traditional TV — Today, Nielsen announced that Roku plans to enable four-screen measurement across desktop, mobile, connected TV, and traditional TV.
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Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:
An advocacy group and 300+ authors demand publishers and trade groups stop undermining libraries, after a lawsuit against the Internet Archive's lending program — A group of authors has teamed up with advocacy group Fight for the Future to publish an open letter demanding that publishers …
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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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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Mather Economics: the number of local US outlet digital subscribers will pass print subscribers in 2023; print and digital revenue was split 85%-15% in May 2022 — Digital subscriptions are providing some glimmers of light for under -pressure local news publishers in the US.
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Brent Lang / Variety:
PE firm Centricus buys a majority stake in SK Global Entertainment, the Crazy Rich Asians production company; source: the deal is in the low-to-mid nine figures — Centricus has acquired a majority stake in SK Global Entertainment, the independent film and television production and finance company behind “Crazy Rich Asians.”
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Deadline:
Sources: in a WBD town hall, CEO David Zaslav denied rumors of a merger or a sale: “We are not for sale, absolutely, not for sale”; rumors point to Comcast — The top brass at Warner Bros Discovery held a company-wide town hall Wednesday over Zoom in which they laid out the current state …
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Ryan Gajewski / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, Frontline PBS, Vice, ESPN, Al Jazeera, and others took home awards at the 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards — The first night of the 43rd annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, honoring the winners in the News categories, was held Wednesday in New York City.
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Biden hasn't declassified a full US intelligence report on Jamal Khashoggi's murder despite a government panel recommending its release to the public — Government declassification board found assessment should be released to public in its entirety
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