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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Intercept is spinning off as an independent nonprofit from its parent 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, First Look Media, according to a memo sent to staff obtained by Axios.
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The Intercept, @heerjeet, @andrewdfish, @teddyschleifer, @ryangrim and @sarafischer
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at Punchbowl News' relationship with Kevin McCarthy, as its newsletters and Jake Sherman's Twitter helped drive the narrative around the race for Speaker — 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
CNBC:
Email: Disney CEO Bob Iger asks hybrid staff to return to corporate offices four days a week starting March 1, touting 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.
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, MediaPost, The Wrap, Ad Age, Adweek, AdExchanger, @bristei and The Hollywood Reporter
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Report: Apple VP of Services Peter Stern, who helped build Apple TV+'s business operations, is leaving, 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, is reportedly telling …
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Insider, @claireatki, Bloomberg, @anthony and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
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
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
A look at the Murdoch family's succession wrangling, questions about plans to reunite Fox and News Corp, and whether heir apparent Lachlan will get a free hand — 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's worldwide ad president Jeremi Gorman says the company is pleased with the growth of its ad tier and is planning single-show sponsorships and more — 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
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, Al Jazeera, MediaPost, The Guardian, NBC News and @jsrailton, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter cuts staff in its already diminished trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in a unit for hate speech and harassment — Twitter Inc., under new owner Elon Musk, has made deeper cuts into its already radically diminished trust and safety team handling …
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