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Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
The BBC says Newsnight will become a “30-minute interview, debate, and discussion show” and cuts 30+ jobs to save £7.5M as part of plans to make £500M in cuts — More than half of jobs at flagship BBC Two political programme to be lost as corporation diverts money to digital platforms
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The BBC plans to cut ~127 jobs across BBC News and Current Affairs, but will create 147 digital-focused roles and expand BBC Verify with new reporting roles — 127 jobs cut across BBC News but 147 new digital roles created. — Newsnight is being hit in the latest BBC cuts …
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC plans to produce nine fewer hours of BBC2 documentaries, cut BBC News' Our World, and move BBC News at One to Salford and extend the show by an hour — - Andrew Lloyd Webber-Backed Drama School ArtsEd To Launch External Review Amid Bullying Allegations
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Music and culture outlet Paste Magazine buys Jezebel, with plans to start publishing today, and Splinter, the political news site shut down by G/O Media in 2019 — The pioneering feminist website is being sold to Paste by G/O Media, which had shut down the site this month.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix plans to add Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy to its mobile app, the App Store, and Google Play on December 14, available to its users at no extra charge — The three classic titles in “Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition" will be available Dec. 14 for Netflix customers …
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Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
Spotify reveals 2023's most-streamed artists, albums, songs, and podcasts: Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus' Flowers, The Joe Rogan Experience, and more — Spotify has revealed its annual Wrapped campaign for 2023, announcing the top-streamed artists, albums, songs and podcasts …
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Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify launches Spotify Wrapped 2023, adding a Me in 2023 feature that assigns users one of 12 themes to describe their listening habits, on mobile and desktop
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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says ABC is not for sale, despite his earlier comment that it might not be “core” to Disney, and he'll “definitely” step down in 2026 — Walt Disney (DIS.N) Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Wednesday he would “definitely” step down when his current contract ends …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Mailchimp plans to shut down TinyLetter on February 29, 2024, to focus on its core Mailchimp product, according to messages from Mailchimp to TinyLetter users — Mailchimp is shutting TinyLetter, a service that I loved that let individuals easily write and publish simple but nice-looking email newsletters.
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Plex users express alarm after getting a “Week in Review” email that showed what they and their friends watched, part of Plex's opt-out Discover Together tool — Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. — Success — Great! Check your inbox and click the link. — Error
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CBC News:
Google and Canada reach an agreement in their dispute over the country's Online News Act; Google plans to pay news companies around CA$100M per year, or ~$74M — Agreement comes 3 weeks before Online News Act rules come into force — Google and the federal government have reached …
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Variety:
Robert De Niro criticizes Apple and the Gotham Awards, after sources say Apple cut part of his speech slamming Donald Trump, which he read anyway from his phone — The “Killers of the Flower Moon” actor was gearing up to slam Donald Trump at Monday's Gotham Awards, but when he took the stage …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD CEO David Zaslav says “generational disruption” is affecting the entertainment industry and “requires more aggressive, tougher, faster, decisions” — The Warner Bros. Discovery mogul also addressed ousted former CNN CEO Chris Licht, who was in the room …
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Steph Brawn / The National:
The BBC apologizes after an “editing error” led to an inaccurate Arabic translation being shown against an interview with a released Palestinian prisoner — THE BBC has issued a formal apology after an “editing error” led to an inaccurate translation being shown against an interview with a released Palestinian prisoner.
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