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National Geographic's new EIC Nathan Lump says the outlet does not plan to reduce its monthly print publishing schedule and will invest in social video — National Geographic's new editor-in-chief Nathan Lump plans to invest more in social video as the brand continues to modernize, he told Axios in an interview.
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Sources: CNN will no longer produce live programs for HLN and will simulcast CNN This Morning instead of the long-running Morning Express with Robin Meade — HLN, the cable network once known as CNN Headline News, is home to a bevy of true-crime series, endless showings of “Forensic Files …
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Chris Licht tells CNN staff that layoffs are underway as part of a strategy shift, starting with “a limited number of individuals”, mostly paid contributors
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Sources: Netflix plans to expand its pre-release content screening program, the Netflix Preview Club, from 2,000+ users to tens of thousands in early 2023 — Streaming giant plans global expansion of program that helped make 'Don't Look Up' less serious — Netflix's Turbulent Year: How It Reversed Subscriber Losses
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Pathmatics: Apple's Twitter ad purchases grew from $989K in October to $1M+ in November; Elon Musk said Apple “mostly stopped advertising on Twitter” on Nov. 28 — Musk tweeted that Apple had all but stopped buying ads on Twitter. The iPhone maker's ad purchases had actually increased, according to an ad analytics firm.
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The Washington Post plans to stop publishing its Sunday magazine on December 25, cutting the jobs of 10 staffers; some content will shift to the Style section — Executive editor Sally Buzbee said the magazine would end ‘in its current form’ after printing its final issue on Dec. 25.
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NBC News promotes Catherine Kim to SVP of NBC News Editorial, overseeing both TV and digital news — Catherine Kim, a senior NBC News executive who has played a significant role in the evolution of the company's digital efforts, will now have more say over some of its TV work as well.


Gannett begins another round of layoffs, looking to cut 6% of its roughly 3,440-person US workforce, after laying off 400 people in August — The largest newspaper chain is cutting roughly 6 percent of its 3,440-person U.S. media division. — Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the United States …
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15 journalists from digital news outlet El Faro, based in El Salvador, sue NSO Group in US federal court claiming damages from Pegasus spyware infections — When Roman Gressier, an American reporter working in El Salvador, found out that he and his colleagues were being surveilled …


NBCU plans to begin streaming its regional sports networks on Peacock later in 2022 after negotiating streaming rights with teams and leagues — Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal plans to begin streaming the broadcaster's regional sports networks later this year on Peacock, bolstering the programming lineup of its online video service.


How Twitter users in China have been circumventing the nation's Great Firewall and fighting spam to get footage of protests out to the rest of the world — Chinese users employ VPNs to get videos and images out of the country, while fighting spam — Why Tesla's China Ties Could Be a Problem for Twitter


Twitter plans to expand recommended tweets to all users, including those who may not have seen them in the past — Twitter is now pushing more tweets from accounts users don't already follow into their timelines. The company revealed that it's now surfacing recommendations to all its users …
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Australian government review finds the media bargaining code has been a “success to date”: Meta made 13 deals with news outlets and Google struck 24 — The federal government is considering whether it should use landmark media bargaining laws to force tech platforms such as YouTube …
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