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A federal judge blocks Penguin Random House's bid to acquire Simon & Schuster, saying the DOJ demonstrated that the merger might substantially harm competition — The government's case blocked the merger of two of the United States' largest publishers and reflected a more aggressive approach to curbing consolidation.
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Sources: Elon Musk told Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that may be ready by the end of 2022; Twitter acquired Vine in 2012 and shut it down in 2016 — Elon Musk has instructed Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that could be ready by year end, multiple sources tell Axios.
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The Wire says the Delhi Police searched its office and the homes of four editors due to a complaint by BJP's Amit Malviya alleging cheating, forgery, and more — The searches were conducted in relation to a complaint filed by BJP leader Amit Malviya, founding editor of the website MK Venu told Scroll.in.
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Chartbeat: in 2022, traffic from Google News and other aggregators fell to ~14% of traffic referred by social, search, and links, down from 18% to 20% in 2020 — Three years ago, publisher analytics firm Chartbeat saw news aggregators becoming the fastest growing traffic referral source.
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith becomes a senior advisor to Emerson Collective, one of the top local news funding sources that has given $60M+ in grants since 2016 — Evan Smith, the CEO and co-founder of the Texas Tribune, will be a senior advisor to Emerson, which has emerged …
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Lynette Rice / Deadline:
Peacock partners with Hallmark Media to stream live and on-demand programming from the Hallmark Channel, Movies & Mysteries, and Drama, its first such deal — Peacock has closed a pact with Hallmark Media to stream live and on-demand programming from Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama.
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Daniel Rosney / BBC:
The BBC plans to cut 48 jobs in local radio, causing 39 networks in England to share programs from 2PM to 6AM, as the broadcaster prioritizes digital content — BBC local radio stations will have a significant number of programmes cut under new plans, the corporation has announced.
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Amazon plans to launch a 12-hour daily lineup of sports talk shows, with seven shows available for free on Prime Video and its other audio and visual platforms — MORE FROM: — In its continued effort to become a full-time destination for sports, Amazon will have its own lineup …
Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
Bloomberg launches Audience Accelerator, a first-party ad platform built using a data lake with info about its 450,000 subscribers and 5M registered users — Bloomberg Media just turned off third-party ads on its site. But as it shuts the door to open-market programmatic, Bloomberg is opening a first-party data advertising platform.
Ben Smith / Semafor:
A look at a complaint against The China Project, alleging the US-based news company acts as a “foreign agent” and China influenced its coverage, which it denies — Shannon Van Sant's career neatly tracks the American media's romance and disillusion with China.
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@john_hudson, @changxche, @limlouisa, @aadilbrar, @limlouisa, @aaronmcn, @semaforben and The China Project
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Hearst plans to launch its commerce marketplace FirstFinds on November 1 after its beta launch on October 24 with 1,000+ products picked by a five-person team — Hearst's new commerce platform, FirstFinds, wants to solve the social media shopping problem once and for all.
Kevin Rawlinson / The Guardian:
A UK high court judge dismisses a libel claim brought by James Dyson against Channel 4 over allegations of worker exploitation at Dyson suppliers' factories — Billionaire sued broadcaster over allegations of worker exploitation at one of his suppliers' factories
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