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10:35 AM ET, November 27, 2023

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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Source: the BBC paid a large free upfront to the episodic writers of Doctor Who, shifting away from a residual model, after Disney+ came on board as a partner  —  - Gaumont UK Lands Latest Channel 5 Thriller; Juno Dawson Series For Altitude; Ukrainian Anthology Sales; ZDF Kim Dotcom Drama - Global Briefs
Discussion: Bloomberg
Financial Times:
The UAE's press freedom and media record are under close scrutiny after RedBird IMI, an Abu Dhabi-backed group, bids for The Telegraph's buyout  —  Gulf state funding RedBird IMI's bid for UK newspaper has sought to build English-speaking media assets for past 15 years
Discussion: DeSmog and The Guardian
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
A look at The Gleaner, a local Kentucky newspaper, now a ghost newsroom with no full-time staff, as the loss of local papers grew to 2.5/week on average in 2023  —  Rise of ‘ghost newsrooms’ spawns effort by local news startups to fill the void  —  The Gleaner, the local newspaper in Henderson …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
An interview with Bloomberg's Chief Digital Officer about reaching 500K subs five years after launching a paywall, ad business, engaging with Gen Z, and more  —  Press Gazette caught up with Bloomberg Media chief digital officer Julia Beizer in New York.  —  Bloomberg Media's chief digital …
Rory Smith / New York Times:
A look at Stretford Paddock and other soccer watchalongs popular in the UK, whose livestreams try to recreate the feeling of “watching the game with your mates”  —  Soccer fans are tuning out broadcasts in favor of watchalongs: streaming parties where you hear what you want to hear and see everything except the game.
Discussion: @benhoffmannyt
Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Marty Krofft, a TV producer and co-creator of popular kids TV shows like H.R. Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost, died on November 25 at age 86  —  Marty Krofft, who with his brother Sid produced memorable kids shows “H.R. Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost” — as well as the 2009 feature based on the latter — has died.
Wall Street Journal:
Instagram served salacious Reels, including risqué videos, next to big brand ads to test accounts that follow only young gymnasts, cheerleaders, and influencers  —  Content served to WSJ test accounts included risqué footage of kids, overtly sexual adult videos and ads from major brands
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Paramount Global's UK network Channel 5 pulled a documentary on Thames flooding after allegations a historian posted racist and homophobic social media messages  —  - Paramount's Channel 5 Drops Doc Hours Before Broadcast Over Contributor's Alleged Neo-Nazi Links
Yona Tr Golding / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Paul Caruana Galizia, son of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia of Malta, on writing about her death, choosing his own media career, and more  —  Writing was a compulsion for investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.  Known for her candid and witty prose …
 
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Charles Peters, the founding editor of The Washington Monthly, a small political journal that challenged liberal and conservative orthodoxies, dies at 96
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