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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
SAG-AFTRA members ratify the union's three-year contract with studios after 78% voted in favor; some members remain dissatisfied with the deal's AI protections — Approval of new studio agreement with a turnout of 38% concludes a historic year for Hollywood labor
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Andy Borowitz says The New Yorker decided to stop publishing The Borowitz Report due to “its financial difficulties”, part of a larger wave of Condé cost cuts — Borowitz announced that the New Yorker was dropping his long-running Borowitz Report satire features because of “its financial difficulties.”
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The UK picks veteran TV executive Samir Shah for BBC chair, to replace Richard Sharp, who resigned earlier in 2023; Shah needs parliamentary committee approval — New head of corporation's board replaces Richard Sharp, who resigned this year — UK ministers are set to pick veteran TV executive Samir Shah …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bustle Digital Group is on pace to generate between $136M and $144M in revenue in 2023, down 10% to 15% YoY, and first time in a decade its revenue dropped YoY — The company will bring in between $136 million and $144 million in 2023 — Media company Bustle Digital Group …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Hearst UK appoints Women's Health UK editor Claire Sanderson as the new editor of Men's Health UK; Sanderson will “drive brand strategy” for both titles — Hearst UK has appointed Women's Health UK editor Claire Sanderson as the new editor of Men's Health UK, meaning she will lead both titles.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
The Allbritton Journalism Institute plans to launch News of the United States, or NOTUS, in January 2024, to focus on Washington, DC and train young reporters — The Scoop — A high-profile nonprofit is launching a Washington D.C.-focused newsroom early next year that promises …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
A look at NewsNation, which bills itself as an unbiased rival to Fox News and MSNBC, as the network prepares to host the fourth GOP presidential primary debate — Fourth Republican presidential debate will feature four candidates, Trump skips again — By airing the fourth Republican …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The BBC relaunches its North American website, including new premium ad placements, as part of a broader push to grow its business in the US and abroad — The BBC on Tuesday relaunched its North American website as a part broader push to grow its business and audiences in the U.S. and abroad …
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Catherine Perloff / Adweek:
Study: only 36 cents of every dollar that enters a DSP actually pay for an ad a consumer sees, 29 cents go to intermediaries, and 35 cents to low-quality media — The supply chain is still filled with waste, and impression price doesn't correlate with quality
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
TikTok releases its 2023 list of top videos and trends, again showing how disparate users' individual experiences are on the app and how siloed its content is — It's the most wonderful time of the year: when TikTok publishes its annual roundup of the biggest hits, and I get to see what everyone else …
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Jordan Fragen / VentureBeat:
Twitch plans to shut down in South Korea on February 27, 2024, saying the country was “prohibitively expensive” to operate in despite working to reduce costs — Games livestreaming platform Twitch is shutting down its business operations in South Korea February 27, 2024.
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New York Times:
A new Trump administration would “come after” the media as well as political foes, promises Kash Patel, a Trump confidant likely to serve in the administration — Donald Trump, who has already promised to use the Justice Department to “go after” his political adversaries …
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