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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Intercept, founded in 2014, is spinning off as an independent nonprofit from its parent company First Look Media and lays off an undefined number of staff — The Intercept, a progressive nonprofit investigative news outlet, is spinning 0ff as an independent nonprofit from its parent …
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The Intercept, @heerjeet, @froomkin, @andrewdfish, @teddyschleifer, @ryangrim and @sarafischer
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
OpenAP, Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount, TelevisaUnivision, Warner Bros. Discovery, and the Video Advertising Bureau form a committee to push Nielsen alternatives — Media ratings collective OpenAP, along with national programmers Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount, TelevisaUnivision …
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Variety, Ad Age, MediaPost, The Wrap, Radio & Television …, Adweek, AdExchanger, @bristei and The Hollywood Reporter
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at Punchbowl News' relationship with Kevin McCarthy, as the outlet's newsletters and Jake Sherman's Twitter drove the narrative around the Speaker's race — The crazy fracas on Capitol Hill Friday night had a few winners: C-SPAN, of course; the right-wing House Freedom Caucus …
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@matthewfoldi, @jamespmanley, @matthewkassel, @maxwelltani, @pegobry, @dicktofel and @ddayen
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Report: Apple VP of Services Peter Stern, who helped build Apple TV+'s business, plans to leave at the end of January, as Apple reorganizes its Services unit — One of Apple's top services executives is departing the company. Peter Stern, Apple's vice president of Services …
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Insider, @claireatki, Bloomberg, @anthony, AppleInsider and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
CNBC:
Email: Disney CEO Bob Iger tells hybrid staff to return to the office four days a week starting on March 1, stressing the importance of in-person collaboration — - Disney CEO Bob Iger told hybrid employees on Monday they must return to corporate offices four days a week starting March 1, according to an email obtained by CNBC.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube plans to begin sharing ad revenue with Shorts creators on February 1, and starts rolling out new terms for all creators in the YouTube Partner Program — YouTube will begin sharing ad revenue with Shorts creators on February 1, the company revealed on Monday.
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Engadget, 9to5Google and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
A look at the Murdoch family's succession dilemmas, questions about plans to reunite Fox and News Corp, and whether heir apparent Lachlan will get free reign — The proposed Fox-News Corp merger could portend a realignment of the interests of Rupert Murdoch's children
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@janinegibson, @tonytassell, @digbijaymishra1, @annaknicolaou, @jderbyshire, @khalafroula, @janinegibson and @aservais1
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Worldwide Ad President Jeremi Gorman says the company is pleased with its ad tier's growth and will add single-show sponsorships and targeting options — Netflix is “pleased with the growth that we're seeing” in its ad-supported tier since its launch nine weeks ago, said Jeremi Gorman, president of worldwide advertising.
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Android Police, TechCrunch and @xpangler
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
An analysis of US publishers' self-reported employee diversity data from 2020 to 2022: media businesses are slowly getting less white and less male-dominated — This article is part of a limited editorial series, called The 2023 Notebook, and is designed to be a guide to marketing and media buying in the new year.
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@blackamazon, @blackamazon, @dcnorg, @jasminedotiwala, @juwanthewriter, @blackamazon, @jason_kint and @digiday
Shaad D'Souza / The Guardian:
Designers for major tours, including Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball and Lorde's Solar Power, discuss creating social media-friendly sets and other considerations — From Lorde to Rosalía, today's biggest stars deliver shows that seem precision-engineered for social media.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
SCOTUS lets Meta's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug to install spyware, allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms Inc's (META.O) WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting …
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TechCrunch, The Register, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, NBC News, MediaPost and @jsrailton, more at Techmeme »
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