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Warner Bros. Discovery names Mark Thompson, the former New York Times CEO and BBC director-general, as the chairman and CEO of CNN, starting on October 9 — Mr. Thompson, who oversaw a period of growth at The New York Times, will lead the network during a pivotal period.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver debut Spotify podcast Strike Force Five; proceeds will go to their out-of-work staff — ‘Strike Force Five’ limited series features Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver
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Amrita Khalid / The Verge:
Q&A with SiriusXM SVP Adam Sachs on heading the entertainment, comedy, and podcast programming unit, leveraging radio, comedians embracing podcasts, and more — It's only Tuesday, and it's already been a packed week for podcast news. Shortly before hitting publish on this issue of Hot Pod …
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Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo:
CoinDesk retracts two opinion pieces criticizing TRON founder Justin Sun and Chainalysis executive Elizabeth Bisbee, citing “highly personalized attacks” — Popular crypto industry news outlet CoinDesk has retracted a pair of opinion articles criticizing the founder …
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Jim Edwards / Press Gazette:
The Mill, a network of local UK journalism newsletters, raised £350K from Mark Thompson, Axios' Nicholas Johnston, and others, and expects £400K in 2023 revenue — Former New York Times boss Mark Thompson invests in The Mill. — Joshi Herrmann, the founder of The Mill …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
ESPN signs a deal with Theater Sports Network to stream dozens of ACC college football games, some playoffs, and the national championship in movie theaters — - College Football Widens Reach In Movie Theaters As ESPN Sets Distribution Deal For ACC Regular Season, New Year's Bowl Games And Playoff
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Reuters:
Similarweb and Data.ai: Meta blocking news in Canada barely impacted Canadians' Facebook usage, backing Meta's claim that news has little value for the company — Meta's (META.O) decision to block news links in Canada this month has had almost no impact on Canadians' usage of Facebook …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Disney, Bloomberg, WaPo, The Atlantic, Axios, ABC, ESPN, Condé Nast, Hearst, Vox, and others join the NYT and Reuters in blocking OpenAI's GPTBot web crawler — Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.
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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Letter: the UFC, the NBA, and the NFL tell the USPTO that the DMCA needs to be updated so live content can be removed “instantaneously or near-instantaneously” — The UFC, NBA and NFL are without a doubt among the most recognizable sports brands in the world.
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Matt Bors / Bors Comics:
The Nib, a 10-year-old site and print magazine for political cartoons and non-fiction comics, ends publication with a special edition on September 1 — After ten years, the comics publication I founded shuts down this Friday. — This week is the final week of The Nib.
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Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Douglas Feaver, an Online News Association founder and a Washington Post reporter who retired as WashingtonPost.com's executive editor in 2005, dies at 84 — As a reporter in the 1970s and 1980s, he specialized in writing about transportation. He also was assistant Metropolitan editor and a business desk editor.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Texas Tribune blames its first-ever layoffs on a budget shortfall after institutions pulled sponsorships and revenue fell 5% YoY; some blame its leadership — Frustration over a lack of transparency has been amplified by the newsroom's status as “the gold standard of nonprofit journalism” …
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