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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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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Maher delays resuming production on his weekly late-night show “for now” as the WGA and the AMPTP agree to resume labor negotiations — The comedian says he'll delay the HBO show's return “for now” as negotiations between striking writers and media companies are set to begin again.
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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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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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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.
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Reuters:
Putin signs a decree transferring publishing assets controlled by Nobel Peace Prize-winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to “temporary state management” — Russian President Vladimir Putin has transferred publishing assets controlled by Nobel Prize-winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC will air ten additional Monday Night Football games than previously expected this season, simulcasting them with ESPN, to help its strike-hampered schedule — “Monday Night Football” was for many years a staple of ABC's Monday-night line-up before it moved to ESPN in 2006. This fall, it will be so again.
Joyce Lee / Reuters:
Netflix and South Korean ISP SK Broadband end their lawsuits with each other over whether Netflix should pay for network usage, 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
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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Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney has held preliminary talks with potential buyers like Reliance Industries for its Indian assets, including Disney Star and Disney+ Hotstar — - US giant weighs unit sale, piecemeal deal involving sports — Disney mulled strategic options after losing IPL streaming
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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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