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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Marvel Entertainment chairman Isaac Perlmutter is laid off as part of Disney's layoffs, after he was part of an unsuccessful attempt to shake up Disney's board — The move was part of a company cost-cutting campaign and came after Mr. Perlmutter was part of an unsuccessful attempt to shake up Disney's board.
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Adam B. Vary / Variety:
Disney absorbs Marvel Entertainment, which is separate from Marvel Studios, into other units; the divison's president Dan Buckley will now report to Kevin Feige — Along with Perlmutter, Marvel Entertainment's co-president, Rob Steffens, and chief counsel, John Turitzin, were also dismissed.
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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
Substack's fundraising email, absent of any real financial information, reads like a cynical ploy and is not a good omen for the platform's longevity — Substack is desperate, huh? That's what I understand from their fundraising email, anyway. They're now hitting up retail investors …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Inside The Messenger's acquisition of Grid News, which came as a surprise to some Grid staff, who say they were told the startup had a two- to three-year runway — Grid News, a one-year-old start-up, shuttered this week after getting acquired by The Messenger, which launches next month.
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Amanda Terkel / NBC News:
Newly released Dominion court presentation slides show Fox News aired 2020 election conspiracies despite its fact-checking “Brain Room” deciding they were false — A presentation from Dominion Voting Systems show emails detailing the Fox News fact checks, which were released Wednesday …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Sources detail the tensions between Tucker Carlson and Suzanne Scott, as Carlson is unaccountable to leadership and operates in his own fiefdom at the network — As Fox News finds itself beset by an internal crisis fueled by Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation suit, long-simmering tensions …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The UK publishes its draft Media Bill that could see Netflix, Disney+, and other US streamers fined up to £250K for breaking harmful material rules under Ofcom — The UK government has published its long-awaited draft Media Bill to bring the U.S. streamers under its regulatory framework …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
The YES Network, which airs New York Yankees, Brooklyn Nets, and New York Liberty games, launches a streaming service for $24.99/month in its regional territory — The Yankee Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network, a regional channel that broadcasts games from the New York Yankees …
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Justin Ling / Wired:
Docs: investments in 4chan include $800K from owner Hiroyuki Nishimura, $4.8M from his company, and $2.4M from Tokyo-based Good Smile, which makes Disney toys — Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board.
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Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:
Google launches an Ads Transparency Center, showing all the ads from verified advertisers on its platforms, in the formats, the regions, and the dates they ran — Users will be able to search all ads on the platform within 30 days of them running. … Get out your library cards and pay those late fees: Google is playing librarian.
Jeff Stone / Bloomberg:
Mandiant: suspected North Korean hackers posed as New York Times and Voice of America staff to gather strategic intelligence from US and South Korean officials — Suspected North Korean hackers are posing as journalists and trying to gather intelligence about international officials' approach …
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@nytimesguild:
[Thread] The New York Times CEO and top five executives made millions more in 2022, as NewsGuild members, who are negotiating a new contract, didn't get raises — The @nytimes recently disclosed the latest compensation packages for our top executives. Among the highlights: Our C.E.O., @meredith_levien, was paid $7.6 million in 2022, up from $4.4 million in 2020. That's a 73% increase.
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