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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: tech news website Protocol, launched by former Politico owner Robert Allbritton in February 2020, will close later this week and lay off its ~60 staff — New York CNN Business — Protocol, the upstart technology news website launched by former Politico owner …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
David Zaslav says the ad market is weaker than at any point in 2020 and that HBO went from making $2B in 2019 to losing ~$3B in 2021 as content spending surged — - Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav spoke Tuesday at RBC's 2022 Global TIMT Conference in New York.
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The New York Times' bizarre SBF profile presents the disgraced founder through a gauzy lens, fails to challenge him, and gives him the benefit of the doubt — FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019 …
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Axios:
Sources: the consortium in exclusive talks to buy Forbes includes investment firms GSV Ventures and SUN Group, in a deal that values Forbes at ~$800M — After a chaotic path ended in a failed SPAC IPO earlier this year, Forbes Media is now in exclusive talks to sell to a consortium of investors …
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Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
Israel says the US DOJ opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, calling the probe a “grave mistake” — Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Monday the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: European PE firm CVC and media collective Group Black are pursuing a joint bid to buy Vox Media, though Vox is not looking to sell — CVC Capital Partners and Group Black are pursuing a joint bid to buy Vox Media, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Financial Times:
YouTube introduces Shorts shopping features, letting users buy products while scrolling through videos, diversifying its revenue streams during a weak ad market — World's biggest online videos platform seeks new forms of revenue — YouTube is ramping up its push into ecommerce …
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Noam Bardin / Post:
Waze founder Noam Bardin unveils Post, a social network where users can buy individual articles from publishers, tip creators, and more, with a waitlist signup — Remember when social media was fun, introduced you to big ideas and cool people, and actually made you smarter?
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Netflix is rolling out a feature to let account owners identify and remotely log out of devices they do not recognize or no longer want signed in — Want to kick your ex off your Netflix account without having to change your password? A new Netflix feature will make that possible.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Techdirt will no longer use Twitter's embed feature, due to Twitter's “unpredictable situation”; it will instead use screenshots and the text of the tweets — I sent this notice around internally here at Techdirt, but figured it might be useful to state this publicly.
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $103.7M, a $27M net loss, vs. $3.6M YoY, time spent down 32% YoY to 151M hours, and ad revenue flat YoY at $50.4M — Total revenue reached $103.7 million for the quarter, representing a 15 percent year-over-year increase.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The editor of the UK's Tortoise says podcasting is profitable for the slow news publisher and the “bedrock of everything we do”, despite huge investment costs — The editor of Tortoise Studios, Ceri Thomas, has told Press Gazette how podcasts went from an experiment …
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