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Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley:
[Thread] Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito uses a Wall Street Journal op-ed to respond to questions from ProPublica, instead of simply issuing a statement — Justice Alito appears to be trying to get out ahead of a new ProPublica report that will address a trip he went on with billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer. Weirdly, it is published as an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/...
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Smosh co-founders Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox buy back a majority stake in the YouTube brand they launched 18 years ago, from Rhett & Link's Mythical — The duo have reunited as onscreen comedy partners and offscreen business associates to acquire a majority ownership stake in Smosh …
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Axios:
Source: GoDigital, a private holding group that owns Latino digital media giant NGLmitú, plans to submit a $300M-$350M bid to buy Vice Media out of bankruptcy — - GoDigital's plan for Vice Media includes bringing it to profitability within 12 months, a source said.
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Source: Spotify plans a more expensive “Supremium” tier with HiFi audio, audiobooks, and more, launching outside the US later in 2023; Premium costs $9.99/month — Spotify Technology SA is planning a more expensive subscription option that's expected to include high-fidelity audio …
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Report: Germany's Bild plans to replace a range of editorial jobs with AI as part of a €100M cost-cutting program expected to lead to hundreds of redundancies — Hundreds of redundancies expected as Axel Springer tells staff certain roles will ‘no longer exist as they do today’
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Gannett sues Google over its alleged ad tech monopoly, claiming that online readership has grown while online ad spending has decreased for publishers — - USA Today publisher Gannett is suing Google for allegedly illegally monopolizing the advertising technology market.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Ryan Murphy, the creator of Glee and American Horror Story, plans to leave Netflix for Disney; Murphy joined Netflix in 2018 for a reported ~$300M — Superstar TV show creator Ryan Murphy is planning to leave Netflix Inc. for Walt Disney Co., where he would be reunited with the executives …
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Jacob Granger / Journalism.co.uk:
A look at programs by FT and Tortoise to train non-journalists and diversify their newsrooms, as a survey shows 91% of UK journalists hold a university degree — With more than 90 per cent of university-educated journalists, the UK media needs to hire from beyond the pool of graduates …
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: staff criticize the BBC for its treatment of five seasoned female presenters, many of whom have been unable to work for months during the restructuring — EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is facing growing pressure to find a resolution for five seasoned female presenters, many of whom have been unable …
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Georgetown Americas Institute launches Spanish-language news podcast Y Esto No Es Todo, with the former host of Spanish-language podcast El Washington Post — “One of our objectives is to make Georgetown more visible in Latin America...the podcast is a perfect fit to achieve that mission.”
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Candle Media partners with TikTok, initially focusing on Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine brand to find and mine authors and literary material from #BookTok — Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs' Candle Media has struck a partnership with TikTok, with an initial focus on Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
WBD begins layoffs in its domestic cable group, affecting ~100 people across Discovery and Turner outlets; more cuts are expected in other divisions this summer — Amid the shuffle, TCM general manager Pola Changnon is leaving the classic movie channel after more than 25 years with TCM and Turner.
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Radio World:
iHeartMedia's Triton Digital acquires Paris-based ad intelligence platform Manadge, which specializes in programmatic advertising — Triton Digital has acquired advertising intelligence platform Manadge, a Paris-based company that specializes in programmatic advertising.
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