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Selome Hailu / Variety:
Nielsen: the Harris-Trump debate drew ~67.14M US viewers across multiple networks, almost 16M more viewers than the final Biden-Trump debate in June — That number was up 31% from the 51.266 million who tuned in to Trump's debate with president Joe Biden (from CNN) in June, before the latter dropped out to endorse Harris.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
How Linsey Davis and David Muir firmly pursued real-time fact-checking to build guardrails around Trump in the ABC News debate between Trump and Harris
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Tom Davidson / London Evening Standard:
UK counter-terror police are involved in the investigation of the sudden death of 32-year-old journalist David Holmes, host of the Ukraine: The Latest podcast — David Knowles was host of the successful Ukraine: The Latest podcast and Russia had banned him from entering the country
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify is trying to entice video-oriented creators to distribute shows on the platform in addition to YouTube, sometimes offering them seven figures — The music and podcast service wants to beef up its video catalog and will pay up to seven-figures to do so — Hello again.
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Tim Baysinger / Axios:
Box office revenue for movies in 2024 still trails 2023 by almost 14% in the US, but Q3 box office is now expected to come in above projections — - Summer got off to a slow start, including the weakest Memorial Day weekend in nearly three decades, but the box office has rallied with a string of hits since.
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
California's Google deal to fund journalism might leave out startups and outlets with annual revenue under $100K/year, but finalizing details could take months — “We don't know whether or how this nonprofit and its fund will operate, and likely won't for some months (nonprofit governance is many things, but fast is not one of them)."
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Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News:
Antenna: 31% of US SVOD users transacted with a specialty SVOD service by the end of Q2; Amazon Channels generated 58% of specialty SVOD sign-ups in H1 — While the trend of stacking subscription streaming VOD services seems to be cooling, consumers continue to gravitate toward niche streaming platforms.
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Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
The IDF is probing claims that The Jewish Chronicle published stories by a freelancer that might have been based on fabrications; the outlet is investigating — Israeli military launches inquiry into claims that stories may have been planted as part of disinformation campaign
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A look at “consent or pay” in the UK and Europe, where news sites charge fees for users to avoid personalized ads; six of the top 50 UK sites ask readers to pay — Six of the top 50 news websites in the UK are now asking people to hand over cash if they don't want to share their personal data for advertising purposes.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The UK's Mill Media expects £1M in revenue in 2025 and says it is leaving Substack for Ghost to save money and to develop a direct relationship with readers — Manchester Mill and its sister titles are moving off newsletter platform Substack for the first time and onto websites hosted by competitor Ghost.
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
WBD and Charter sign a multiyear renewal deal that will make the Ad Lite tier of Max available on Spectrum TV Select packages for no extra fee — The deal is in line with other agreements Charter has struck with Disney and Paramount that add streamers to its cable bundle.
Kevin Eck / Adweek:
Ellen Crooke, Tegna's SVP of news since 2014, plans to retire in January 2025; she joined Tegna when it was Gannett Broadcasting in 2002 — Tegna senior vice president of news Ellen Crooke is retiring from the station group in January 2025. — Crooke joined Tegna when it was Gannett Broadcasting in 2002 …
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The New York Times re-establishes its Vietnam bureau, which it closed in 1975, naming Damien Cave to serve as Vietnam bureau chief, based in Ho Chi Minh City — Damien Cave will lead the bureau in Ho Chi Minh City, as The New York Times continues to expand global coverage.
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Fern Shen / Baltimore Brew:
The Baltimore Sun fired reporter Madeleine O'Neill, who was hired in April, citing comments she made internally criticizing news coverage under its new owners — The Baltimore Sun Guild denounced the action, saying Madeleine O'Neill “was fired by management because of her outspoken advocacy …
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Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
Sources: Sonos teams up with The Trade Desk for a TV streaming device; The Trade Desk will supply Sonos with the TV OS and negotiate deals with publishers — Also: $10 TV dongles are here … Sonos is getting some outside help in its quest to expand to video: The smart speaker maker …
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