Mediagazer: NTWRK CEO says the company plans to fold its brand and business into Complex and form Complex NTWRK, less than two weeks after acquiring Complex for $108.6M (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Presenter Dan Wootton says he's left GB News to launch an independent platform after Ofcom ruled misogynistic comments made on his show broke broadcasting rules — Mr Wootton's name no longer features in the channel's list of presenters on its website — Dan Wootton is out at GB News …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Guardian, Broadband TV News, PA Media, Dan Wootton Outspoken, BBC, Sky News, @danwootton, Byline Times, Ofcom, Variety, Financial Times, HuffPost, Advanced Television, Press Gazette and Deadline

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

Filing: GB News owner All Perspectives has been forced to provide a further £41M in funding to cover operating costs, and is now owed £83.8M by GB News — Vehicle backed by hedge fund tycoon Paul Marshall steps in as right-leaning broadcaster increases number of staff

Discussion: Broadband TV News and Advanced Television

Discussion: The Independent, @carolvorders, @otto_english, @rasmus_kleis, Nick Manning on LinkedIn, @seaninsound, @jamesrbuk and Mediaite

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Former Rolling Stone EIC Noah Shachtman is returning to Wired as a contributing editor, where he worked in the same capacity from 2006 to 2013 — Katie Drumm, global editor in chief of Wired, send out the following on Tuesday: — Hi All — I'm very, very excited to share …

Discussion: The Desk, @katiedrumm@threads.net, @noahshachtman@threads.net and @maxwelltani

Jesse Whittock / Deadline:

Source: Amazon Prime Video plans to lay off less than 5% of its staff across its European offices, as part of a restructure impacting Europe, MENA, and Africa — EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is today beginning job consultations with staff in Europe, we hear. — It's understood a figure of less …

Discussion: The Desk

A. G. Sulzberger / Reuters Institute:

The NYT publisher's 2024 Reuters Memorial Lecture: journalistic independence, the Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars, trans issues, being open to criticism, and more — It's an honour to be here to deliver this year's memorial lecture. The Reuters Institute has been an invaluable resource …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Reuters Institute on YouTube, @risj_oxford, @rasmus_kleis, @risj_oxford, @mariaramirezny, @jongurutz and @jbenton

Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:

Authors Equity, a US book publisher from former Penguin Random House and Macmillan executives, launches with plans to give authors the “lion's share” of profits — Authors Equity is tiny but has big industry names behind it. Its founders hope their profit-sharing approach and experience will entice authors.

Discussion: Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, Publishing Perspectives, The Bookseller and The Hollywood Reporter

Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:

Report for America, the nonprofit that placed 600+ reporters in newsrooms since its 2017 launch, is “phasing out” partnerships with hedge fund-owned outlets — Since Report for America was founded in 2017, the nonprofit has placed more than 600 reporters in local newsrooms around the country …

Discussion: Washington Post, @amanbatheja@threads.net, journal-isms.com, Kevin Grant on LinkedIn and @ernie.tedium.co

Sara Fischer / Axios:

NTWRK CEO says the company plans to fold its brand and business into Complex and form Complex NTWRK, less than two weeks after acquiring Complex for $108.6M — - The parent company that owns Complex will be called Complex NTWRK, but that will be the only place the NTWRK brand exists.

Apple:

Apple adds transcripts to Apple Podcasts, which let listeners read and search the text of the episode, available in English, French, Spanish, and German — Transcripts offer full-text display for each episode, making podcasts more accessible and immersive than ever before

Discussion: 9to5Mac, @rustyhammer.bsky.social, Dyllon Young on LinkedIn, The Apple Post, RedCircle Blog and Digital Trends

Bloomberg:

Vivendi's Canal+ increases its bid for South Africa's MultiChoice by almost a fifth, valuing MultiChoice's shares at $2.9B, and enters exclusive takeover talks — - Vivendi's Canal+ is working with JPMorgan, Bank of America — Vivendi says its committed to JSE listing, transformation

Discussion: Deadline, WORLD SCREEN, TVBEurope and Broadband TV News

Dan Primack / Axios:

TollBit, a startup whose two-sided marketplace lets publishers make their content available to AI companies for a fee, raised ~$7M in pre-seed and seed funding — Sometimes there's a simple solution to an intractable problem. The sort of thing that feels obvious, but only in retrospect.

Discussion: Olivia Joslin on LinkedIn and TollBit

Jane Elizabeth / Nieman Lab:

A look at the Chicago Public Media merger with Chicago Sun-Times two years later: newsroom and staff compensation grew, Sun-Times dropped paywall, and more — After a $61 million acquisition by public media, Chicago-Sun Times readers get free content and the newsroom has grown.

Discussion: Holly Edgell on LinkedIn, American Press Institute and @philmeyer@newsie.social

David Pierce / The Verge:

Google rolls out new changes to its Search ranking to help surface good content, downrank content that summarizes others' work, and more, as AI content spreads — Google is rolling out a few new changes to its ranking systems in search, which are designed to help surface good content …

Discussion: Fast Company, TechCrunch, The Keyword, @hoonofthe.day and @itnewsbot@schleuss.online, more at Techmeme »