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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Internal memo: CBS News Co-Head Neeraj Khemlani, who oversaw shows like 60 Minutes, is stepping down to work on a multiyear first-look content deal with CBS — The headlines coming out of CBS News will soon be guided by a new executive. — Neeraj Khemlani, who arrived at the Paramount Global unit …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CBS names Wendy McMahon president and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures, following the departure of Neeraj Khemlani — Wendy McMahon will take on sole duties leading CBS News and stations while adding oversight of the network's domestic syndication business.
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Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
CBS names Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews CBS News president, reporting directly to Wendy McMahon
CBS names Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews CBS News president, reporting directly to Wendy McMahon
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Q&A with Marion County Record's owner Eric Meyer, who says his newspaper had been actively investigating the City of Marion Police Chief prior to the raids — Very few stories these days take my breath away, but this one did the trick: Cops in Kansas raided the office of local newspaper …
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Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Police defend their raid on Marion County Record in Kansas, saying the Privacy Protection Act doesn't apply when journalists are suspected of criminal activity
Police defend their raid on Marion County Record in Kansas, saying the Privacy Protection Act doesn't apply when journalists are suspected of criminal activity
Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Police raided the Marion County Record's office, authorized by a local judge, and the publisher's home, after the newspaper ran stories about a restaurant owner
Police raided the Marion County Record's office, authorized by a local judge, and the publisher's home, after the newspaper ran stories about a restaurant owner
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
CNN overhauls its morning, evening, and weekend programming with new hosts, including Abby Phillip in the 10PM weekday slot, to shore up sagging ratings — Abby Phillip, host of “Inside Politics Sunday,” will be the new anchor of CNN's 10 p.m. hour on weekdays.
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
A look at publishers' legal fight against the Internet Archive's book lending program; the Internet Archive agreed to drop the publishers' “full book catalogs” — In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued.
John Koblin / New York Times:
The pause in production of new shows due to the Hollywood strikes will let viewers catch up after the “Peak TV” era, when dozens of shows premiered each month — After years of being inundated with new shows, some are using a pause in production to finally watch all the stuff they missed when it came out.
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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
WGA and AMPTP representatives met on August 11; source: the talks were more productive than the August 4 meeting, and the sides plan to meet again on August 15
WGA and AMPTP representatives met on August 11; source: the talks were more productive than the August 4 meeting, and the sides plan to meet again on August 15
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Frank Chaparro / The Block:
Source: CoinDesk lays off 20 people, or 45% of its editorial team, as its parent company, Digital Currency Group, pursues selling the outlet — - Crypto media company CoinDesk has reduced its workforce as parent company DCG's plans to bring in strategic investors.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Simplify Inventions plans to buy a ~65% stake in Sports Illustrated owner Arena Group; the deal includes a $50M investment and a five-year ~$60M ad commitment — Manoj Bhargava's Simplify Inventions will take a roughly 65% stake in the Arena Group — Manoj Bhargava, a businessman who founded …
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
An interview with Barstool CEO Erika Ayers Badan, on the Penn deal, returning to “being comfortable on the edge”, building the site into a business, and more — As Penn pivots from Portnoy's brand of bro-ish excess to family-friendly ESPN, Barstool is free to be itself.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The New York Times no longer seems to offer new subscribers the news-only subscription option, as the outlet leans into the bundle — If you don't like the word “bundle”, don't listen in on a The New York Times earnings call. — In prepared remarks for the Q2 investor call last week …
Megan Janetsky / Associated Press:
As the free press withers in El Salvador, pro-government YouTube and TikTok influencers grow their audiences, boosting President Nayib Bukele's reelection bid — Douglas Guzmán's TikTok feed was dotted with workout routines and videos showcasing his favorite parts of his country.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
How Disney could spin off its linear TV networks like ABC, Freeform, and FX, whether to include ESPN and Hulu, private equity firms as logical buyers, and more — There is a growing consensus among Wall Street analysts, former employees and industry experts that Disney should split in two.
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix begins a “limited beta test” of its cloud-streamed games on the web, TVs, and streaming devices from Roku, LG, Amazon, and more, in Canada and the UK — Netflix is kicking off the first public tests of its cloud-streamed games. … In a blog post, Netflix VP …
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