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Thom Geier / The Wrap:
Disney pulls 20 TV channels, including ABC, ESPN, and FX, from the Dish Network and Sling TV, after failed negotiations; Dish said Disney wanted nearly $1B more — Disney on Saturday pulled its 20 television stations — including ABC, ESPN and FX — from the Dish Network and Sling TV services …
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Radley Balko / @radleybalko:
[Thread] Radley Balko is leaving The Washington Post's Opinion section on December 1 and launches a Substack on civil liberties and the criminal justice system — So after nine years, I'm being let go by the Washington Post. This is disappointing but not surprising. In recent years, the Opinion leadership has made it increasingly difficult to do the reporting & in-depth analysis I was hired to do — in favor of short, hot takes.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at Spokane, Washington-based Range Media, a worker-owned local news outlet that says it's on track to reach ~2,000 members paying $10/month or $100/year — “Are we moving fast enough for the length of runway we have to lift off? Or do we need to, you know, keep paving and quickly build more runway?
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@sarahscire, @ben_a_goldfarb, @niemanlab, @rangemedia4all, @evonnyoh, @corinne_podger and @tesszeeks
Ryan Gajewski / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bruce Willis refutes a report that he sold his digital likeness rights to Deepcake, which confirms and says the company created his “digital twin” for 2021 ads — Recent reports claimed that the star had become the first Hollywood figure to sell his rights to a company …
Tina Isaac-Goizé / New York Times:
A look at the €500/year weekly newsletter Glitz Paris, launched this week in English and French to turn an investigative lens on the luxury fashion industry — The newsletter Glitz Paris is turning an investigative lens on fashion. — PARIS — This fashion week, Philippe Vasset …
The Citizen Lab:
New Pegasus abuses against Mexican activists and journalists from 2019-2021 are found, after President López Obrador claimed Pegasus was no longer being used — Key Takeaways — Mexican digital rights organization R3D (Red en los Defensa de los Derechos Digitales) …
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@jsrailton, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
A profile of Noah Shachtman, a year in as Rolling Stone's EIC, as some staff doubt if his tabloid instincts and scoop obsession are best suited for the magazine — The scoop-hungry, Twitter-happy editor has turbocharged the magazine's digital metabolism—"back in the game," says Gus Wenner …
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@joshsternberg, @imjasondiamond, @hctrudo, @oliverdarcy, @anthony, @noahshachtman, @swin24, @vanityfair and @mlcalderone
Timothy McLaughlin / The Atlantic:
A profile of trade publisher IPVM, which became a principal source of investigative reporting on China's surveillance state, working with major US news outlets — How did a trade publisher in Pennsylvania become a principal source of investigative journalism on the repressive apparatus Beijing uses against the Uyghurs?
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@m_johnston1, @editorbtb, @dahlialpeterson and @marykissel
Mikey O'Connell / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter, a year after selling Hello Sunshine to Candle Media, on upcoming shows, acquisition targets, #MeToo, and more — Hello Sunshine's top creative duo — and THR's TV Producers of the Year — on that $900 million sale, a rom-com renaissance …
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@misssoniarao, ScreenRant and Vanity Fair
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Governor Gavin Newsom signs The Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act, which restricts the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials in California — In a big win for creative expression, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed The Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act, which restricts the use …
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Morgan Meaker / Wired:
A look at the fake online traffic business, as some ad exchanges look the other way and advertisers are embarrassed to admit they purchased fraudulent inventory — Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And everyone is fine with this.
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@smashdawg, more at Techmeme »
Angela Fu / Poynter:
A look at post-hurricane reporting challenges in Naples, Florida, like communicating with co-workers without a physical newsroom and when cell towers are down — ‘Part of your job, even as a journalist, is becoming something of a first responder.’ — As Hurricane Ian approached southwest Florida …
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Editor and Publisher, @matthewkeyslive, @rachel_fradette, @poynter, @angelanfu, @atometich, Deadline and The Desk
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