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Emily Dugan / The Guardian:
The BBC “urgently” investigates Russell Brand's behavior while working on BBC radio shows, after allegations of rape and sexual assault spanning 2006 to 2013 — Corporation says accusations span a number of years, including 2006 to 2008, when comedian worked for Radio 2
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One of Russell Brand's accusers tells BBC Radio 4 that a chauffer-driven BBC car took her from school to the star's house in 2006 when she was 16 years old
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: liberal donors like Open Society Foundation donated millions to the National Trust for Local News before the nonprofit acquired Maine newspapers in July — The Scoop — Local media in the state of Maine has emerged as an unlikely and asymmetric battlefield for big American political money.
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Katy Perry sells her music rights to Litmus Music, the Carlyle-backed company co-founded by former Capitol Records president Dan McCarroll, for $225M — After months of rumors, Katy Perry has sold her music rights to Litmus Music, the Carlyle-backed company co-founded by former Capitol …
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Wall Street Journal:
How Spotify and other streaming services have transformed the sound of music: songs are shorter, albums are longer, and artists collaborate more across genres — To succeed on Spotify and other services, songs are getting shorter, albums are getting longer, and artists are collaborating across genres.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Time doubles down on opinion content by launching Time100 Voices, an editorial platform featuring global Time100 leaders, and weekly newsletter Time POV — Time on Monday announced a new editorial platform called Time100 Voices that is dedicated to elevating perspectives from global thought leaders.
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Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Drew Barrymore pauses her daytime talk show's season premiere “until the strike is over”, after facing an onslaught of criticism over her decision — The host had defended restarting production on Friday despite the writers' strike, but changed course on Sunday, saying, “I have listened to everyone.”
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Joyce Lee / Reuters:
Netflix and South Korean ISP SK Broadband end lawsuits over streaming services paying for network usage due to surging traffic, and agree to form a partnership — South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband and Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) said on Monday they were ending all lawsuits with each other …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC Studios, the broadcaster's commercial arm, plans to relaunch its ad-supported international news website ahead of the 2024 US elections, to boost revenue — Rollout will start in US ahead of presidential elections as UK public broadcaster looks to boost advertising revenues
Morwenna Ferrier / The Guardian:
Condé Nast names Chioma Nnadi as its new head of editorial content at British Vogue, the first Black woman to lead the magazine; Nnadi currently edits Vogue.com — Exclusive: London-born editor of Vogue's US website to become first Black female head of the fashion title
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
As The New York Times shuts down its sports section, an ode to newspaper sports pages, where a city's teams and stars were evaluated, analyzed, and discussed — If it seems odd for a sports columnist at one major metropolitan newspaper to lament the shuttering of the sports section …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Disney's motivation to potentially sell ABC, cable networks, and a minority stake in ESPN is a signal to investors to stop thinking about Disney as old media — - Investors may cheer Disney's decision to consider selling some legacy media businesses even if the deal price doesn't break the bank.
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Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
How the 146-year-old ALA, which provides training and tools to most of the 123K libraries in the US, has been pulled into a culture war by the right — They are turning down money and training from a 150-year-old organization they believe is set on promulgating explicit texts to children
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