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CNBC cancels The News with Shepard Smith, its primetime general news show, to refocus on business coverage; a source says Smith plans to leave later this month — - CNBC has canceled “The News with Shepard Smith” after two years. — Smith is leaving the network after his show concludes later this month.
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[Thread] Insider's union demands that management bargain with it over changes in writers' metric goals and elimination of roles, as the paywall strategy changes — Yesterday, our @insiderunion colleagues marched on global editor-in-chief @nichcarlson to demand he and other members of @thisisinsider management bargain with us about massive proposed changes to the newsroom. How did we get here? 🧵A thread... https://twitter.com/...
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Substack co-founder says it's time for a “real alternative” to Twitter, and plans features to let writers and readers “hang out”, show their status, and more — It's time you had your own private social network — If you're into writing and reading …
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Substack announces Chat, an opt-in feature letting writers host discussions with their subscribers, available in the Substack iOS app and coming soon to Android — Another company hoping to capitalize on Twitter's upheaval in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover is the newsletter platform Substack.


Facebook expands professional mode, letting all creators globally earn money from various monetization programs, including Reels Play bonuses and subscriptions — Meta has announced the global expansion of its professional mode profile setting on Facebook to all creators.
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Meta lets select Instagram creators in the US test a toolkit for minting NFTs and selling them on and off the platform, and says it won't charge fees until 2024
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Sources: Murdoch is pursuing the Fox/News Corp merger because combining live game broadcasts and sports coverage would help with Fox's sports betting foray — Rupert Murdoch's proposal to recombine News Corp (NWSA.O) and Fox Corp (FOXA.O) and capitalize on sports betting has yet …


A look at how political campaigns are using influencers, a practice the FEC's campaign finance laws do not regulate; the practice is bound by the honor system — Campaigns are using social media influencers as a way to reach young and diverse voters, a novel and mostly unregulated strategy.
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AMC Networks and the Roku Channel expand their partnership; AMC will add 11 free channels to Roku; AMC+, Shudder, and Acorn TV remain premium subscriptions — AMC Networks is bringing 11 new free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels to the Roku Channel — including a selection of episodes from hit series like …
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Dish raises Sling TV prices to $40/month, double the price it charged when it launched the base package seven years ago — Dish Network's streaming television service Sling TV says it is rolling out a price increase on its base plans. — The price increase comes more than a month …
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How The Washington Post, NBC News, and SmartNews are preparing for the 2022 US midterms with personalized local news, better content packages, visuals, and more — News apps and aggregators are gearing up for the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8 by rolling out new features to help readers …
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Advance Publications, owner of 24 newspapers and Condé Nast, plans to stop printing Alabama's three largest newspapers and make them digital-only in February — Advance Publications to make Birmingham News, Huntsville Times and Press-Register digital-only
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The BBC says an episode of The Papers did not meet impartiality standards; host Martine Croxall said she was “gleeful” when Boris Johnson pulled out of the race — Corporation says episode of The Papers hosted by Martine Croxall failed to meet its editorial standards
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