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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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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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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Sources: News UK CEO Rebekah Brooks will lead a reunited News Corp and Fox, taking over for News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, who is expected to step aside
Sources: News UK CEO Rebekah Brooks will lead a reunited News Corp and Fox, taking over for News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, who is expected to step aside
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
C-SPAN resumes using government-operated video feeds, after capturing days of candid US House Speaker election drama through its own cameras in the chamber — If you enjoyed getting a front-row seat via C-SPAN to the drama surrounding House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) bid for the gavel …
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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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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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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.
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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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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Free London business newspaper City AM ends its Friday print edition as commuters continue to prefer working from home on Fridays, and says no jobs will be lost — The business daily will continue to print on Mondays to Thursdays. — Free London business newspaper City AM is closing …
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@jamesrbuk, @pressgazette, @silvesterldn, @pressgazette and City A.M.
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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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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