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8:45 PM ET, November 17, 2022

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@nicolemfoy:
Memo: Gannett plans layoffs, a month after imposing furloughs, giving the news division notice on December 1 and December 2; other divisions will also face cuts  —  another round of Gannett layoffs announced today, planned for Dec. 1 and 2 https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times names Steven Ginsberg, a managing editor at the Washington Post, as executive editor of The Athletic, starting on January 3  —  Mr. Ginsberg, a longtime editor at The Washington Post, will start in the newly created role in January.  —  The Athletic, the sports website owned …
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Internal email: Morning Brew CEO Austin Rief says the outlet plans to lay off 14% of its staff due to “uncertainty” among its advertisers as the economy evolves  —  Morning Brew is laying off 14% of its staff, per an internal email this morning. CEO Austin Rief says the cuts are due to “a lot of fear and uncertainty” in the economy which is spooking advertisers. https://twitter.com/...
DFRLab:
DFRLab found 43 Facebook accounts with fake profiles that ran coordinated online campaigns to malign Moroccan journalists; Meta removed the accounts in May 2022  —  Facebook removed a network of user accounts with potential links to Morocco-based campaign de-platformed in 2021
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
iSpot.tv: crypto brands spent $84.6M on TV ads in February, vs. $3.5M from August to October; experts expect sports sponsorships will suffer the most post-FTX  —  Bankrupt exchange and crypto peers had spent heavily on advertising since 2021  —  How FTX Went Bankrupt: What Went Wrong
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Hasbro decides to sell most of Entertainment One, whose content is for adults; sources: EOne's media assets generated ~$1B in 2021 revenue, or ~16% for Hasbro  —  Hasbro Inc., which has been weighing options for its Entertainment One media division, has decided to put most of the business up for sale.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
How BuzzFeed built a media empire by repackaging content from social media sites like Reddit and Tumblr, a strategy now less effective as it is no longer unique  —  BuzzFeed built a digital media empire in part by aggregating viral content from social media.  A decade later, what's next?
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Omnicom Media Group strikes a deal to integrate TelevisaUnivision's data graph into its Omni ID tool to help advertisers better reach Latino customers in the US  —  Omnicom Media Group has struck a partnership with TelevisaUnivision to expand its reach among Latino customers in the United States via use …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
 
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