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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 some stations or make them digital-only and relocate some staff away from UK, leading to ~382 lost jobs, aiming to save £30M — 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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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Memo: Recurrent Ventures, which recently shut down MEL Magazine, is laying off staff across editorial and other teams, but it is not clear how many are 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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Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:
An advocacy group and 300+ authors demand publishers and trade groups stop undermining libraries, after a suit 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 …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Substack announces new features to help newsletters increase subscribers, including 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, Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie told Axios.
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Roku signs on to use Nielsen One, which launches in December, for four-screen measurement across desktop, mobile, CTV, 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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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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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Report: the number of digital subscribers to local US outlets will pass print subscribers in 2023; revenue split of print and digital subs was 85%-15% in May — Digital subscriptions are providing some glimmers of light for under -pressure local news publishers in the US.
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Ryan Gajewski / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, The New York Times, Frontline PBS, Vice, 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.
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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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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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
YES says the Yankees-Orioles game will not be a Prime exclusive and will air on its network as well, unlike the previous 20 games; Amazon has a 15% stake in YES — This Friday's Yankees game against the Orioles will no longer be exclusively available on Amazon Prime Video, like 20 games before it …
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