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Erik Pedersen / Deadline:
Nikki Finke, the founder of Deadline and veteran entertainment journalist known for telling hard truths and calling out Hollywood wrongdoing, dies at 68 — Nikki Finke, the veteran entertainment journalist who founded Deadline in 2006 and helped grow it into a major player among Hollywood trades …
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Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
The Weather Channel plans to shut down Weatherscan, a 24-hour computer-controlled weather forecast TV channel launched in 1999, on or before December 9, 2022 — Cult-favorite Weatherscan TV service launched in 1999; hobbyists aim to keep it alive. — In the early 2000s …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The UK's LADBible plans to lay off 10% of its staff following a slump in share price for its parent LBG Media, which went public in December 2021 — Online media company, which has seen its share price slump, blames economy for job losses — LadBible, one of the UK's biggest online media success stories …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Netflix reports its UK revenue for the first time, £1.4B in 2021 revenue and £31.7M in profit, after moving UK-based subscribers to its British subsidiaries — US streaming service behind The Crown and Stranger Things also pays record corporation tax of nearly £7m
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Simon Usborne / The Guardian:
How the BBC's archive team is using tech to help digitize, catalog, and publish 23PB+ of content, including random clips that go viral on social media — For years the corporation has been digitising its vast reserve of content, turning up lost footage of everyone from General Eisenhower to Victoria Wood.
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New York Times:
Kantar: ad revenue of the 4 late-night network talk shows fell 16% from $301M in H1 2021 to $253.6M in H1 2022; sources: execs mull changes to Seth Meyers' show — Big changes are coming to the longtime staple of television programming, as the genre struggles to make the leap to the streaming world.
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Samanth Subramanian / New Yorker:
How Narendra Modi's BJP and Hindu nationalist groups pressured Bollywood, Amazon Prime Video, and others into self-censorship and making nationalistic content — The industry used to honor India's secular ideals—but, since the rise of Narendra Modi, it's been flooded with stock Hindu heroes and Muslim villains.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces “handles”, a new way for creators to identify their channel using the @username format across channel pages, comments, and Shorts — YouTube is making it easier for creators to direct viewers to their channels. The company today announced “handles,” …
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The Verge, @teamyoutube and @teamyoutube, more at Techmeme »
Rebecca Ratcliffe / The Guardian:
CNN apologizes after Thai police and journalists criticized its coverage for using footage of the blood-stained floor when covering nursery killings in Thailand — News broadcaster's footage of building's blood-stained floor sparked police investigation — Rebecca Ratcliffe and Navaon Siradapuvadol
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Fox News, Associated Press, Irish Examiner, @reaproy and Al Jazeera
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
More paywalls mean more online readers are cut off from information; blockchains and NFTs could help, but publishers are reluctant to even discuss micropayments — Paywalls are closing off the Internet. Can crypto open it back up? — It wasn't so long ago the web was like a giant bazaar.
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American Press Institute, @jackshafer, @justindoom, @niemanlab, @jeffjohnroberts and @fortunecrypto
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
An analysis of Pornhub's transparency reports shows the site removed 8,547 pieces of content in 2021, down 98% YoY, after adding an uploader verification tool — Pornhub is without a doubt one of the most visited adult entertainment outlets on the Internet.
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@lumendatabase
John Reed / Financial Times:
An in-depth look at the crackdown on freedom of expression in India under Modi, driven by legal threats and intimidation, and its impact on the news media — The income tax officials arrived at the Bangalore office of the Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation on Wednesday, September 7, and stayed until 4:30am on Friday.
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