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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Memo: Guardian Media Group CEO Anna Bateson tells staff to keep working from home until at least January 23, after a “serious disruption” to its IT systems — Staff have been told to work remotely since the incident began on 20 December. — The Guardian is continuing …
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Axios:
Source: Donald Trump Jr. signs a seven-figure multiyear podcast deal with Rumble, where he has 1M+ subscribers; Rumble reported 71M global MAUs for Q3 2022 — - Rumble went public via a blank check company merger in September that valued the platform at over $2 billion at the time.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Punchbowl News plans to launch text-based breaking news alerts for its paid subscribers in mid-January 2023, adopting Subtext to lessen its reliance on Twitter — Punchbowl News, the two-year-old Congress-focused media startup, will launch a text-based breaking news service this month …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
The NFL postponed the Monday Night Football Bills-Bengals game after Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed and an ambulance took him off the field following a hit — The “Monday Night Football” game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was suspended in the first quarter …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Warner Bros. Discovery signs a deal with VideoAmp to measure its audience as an advertising data alternative to Nielsen, which the company will continue to use — - Warner Bros. Discovery signed a deal with VideoAmp, a significant moment for the startup audience measurement platform as an alternative option to legacy firm Nielsen.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
To cut more costs, HBO Max removes the original Looney Tunes seasons 16 to 31 and The Flintstones seasons 4 to 6, letting Warner Bros. licensing deals expire — Warner Bros. Discovery's content purge of HBO Max continued with a year-end culling of a bucket of classic “Looney Tunes” shorts and “The Flintstones” episodes.
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter says it is relaxing its policy for cause-based ads in the US and plans to expand the political advertising the company permits in the coming weeks — Elon Musk's social media service said it would begin to permit cause-based advertising to “facilitate public conversation around important topics.”
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Similarweb: monthly visits to the top five news sites globally grew 1.8% YoY in 2022, after falling 8% YoY in 2021; Nielsen: cable news viewership fell ~14% YoY — News engagement continued to mostly slow in 2022 relative to 2021, but the drops across various platforms were less precipitous compared …
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@kenvogel, @axios and @sarafischer
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
Cineworld, which filed for bankruptcy in September 2022, intends to sell Regal Cinemas in its entirety, rather than break it up, and denies talks with AMC — Cineworld added that it intends to sell the group in its entirety, rather than break it up. — As well as denying it was in discussions …
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Financial Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and Bloomberg
The New York Times Company:
David French, a senior editor at The Dispatch and a contributing writer for The Atlantic, plans to join The New York Times as an Opinion columnist on January 30 — Opinion announces that the writer and legal scholar David French is joining The New York Times staff as an Opinion columnist.
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The Wrap:
TheWrap promotes Adam Chitwood and Jethro Nededog to co-executive editors, reporting to Editor In Chief Sharon Waxman — TheWrap is delighted to announce that Adam Chitwood and Jethro Nededog have been promoted to Co-Executive Editors of TheWrap, effective immediately. They will report to Editor In Chief Sharon Waxman.
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@theinsneider, @therealjethro, @adamchitwood and @sharonwaxman
Axios:
Refinitiv: the media and entertainment sector's M&A deal value fell 61% YoY to $142.7B in 2022 and the number of deals dipped 10% YoY to 3,247 — Happy New Year, Media Deals readers! — 🇬🇧 Situational awareness: The Guardian's offices are closed until at least January 23 following …
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