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Max Tani / Semafor:
Yashica Olden, who was Condé Nast's first head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, quietly left in June 2024, after internal tensions over the Israel-Hamas war — The Scoop — Condé Nast's high-profile head of diversity quietly stepped down in June amid bitter internal tensions …
Discussion:
@maxwelltani, @jessesingal and @semaforben
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
The BBC launches an independent review of its workplace culture after scandals around presenters like Huw Edwards; DG Tim Davie says no one is “indispensable” — Tim Davie says corporation is committed to change after controversies involving senior presenters, including Huw Edwards
Discussion:
Deadline
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Evening Standard reports revenue down 15% YoY to £26.8m in the FY ending October 1, 2023 and a loss of £20.6M, its highest loss since going free in 2009 — The Evening Standard has reported its highest losses since going free in 2009, for the year before it decided to drop its daily print edition.
Discussion:
The Guardian and @baekdal
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
A look at Pod Save America, which gets 20M monthly downloads, and its parent company Crooked Media, as both have grown into institutions in liberal politics — The hosts of the political podcast have outlasted the wave of anti-Trump #Resistance that made it popular. That's where things get complicated.
Discussion:
@bernstein and Fox News
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
An interview with IAC chair Barry Diller on his Paramount bid being “more of a duty than a desire”, why Hollywood's hold on entertainment is “gone”, and more — IAC chair hits out at Trump and warns of power shift to Big Tech in film and TV
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@tonytassell
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Q&A with ATTN co-founder and co-CEO Matthew Segal on the current social ecosystem, vertical video optimization, trying to be the “HBO of short-form”, and more — The News — Born in 2014, the media company ATTN is the product of the Facebook video age …
Financial Times:
A Venezuelan rights group says the country has cancelled 40+ passports, mostly of journalists and activists, since Nicolás Maduro claimed a re-election victory — Move part of campaign of repression since President Nicolás Maduro claimed re-election win, say rights groups
Discussion:
@kenroth, The Art Newspaper and Reuters
Christopher Cruz / Rolling Stone:
An interview with Puerto Rican Vtuber Ironmouse on recently breaking the Twitch subscriber record with over 326K subs, misconceptions about Vtubing, and more — The Puerto Rican Vtuber took the all-time subscriber record from Kai Cenat during a marathon of charity streaming
Discussion:
Dexerto, @dredgenv, @rollingstone, @thetexaslopez, @ironmouse, @yochriscruz, Game Rant, Game Rant, Sportskeeda, Dexerto and Dexerto
Alex Barasch / New Yorker:
A profile of Bang Si-hyuk, a South Korean music producer and chairman of Hybe Corporation who is taking his formula for creating K-pop idols like BTS to the US — Chairman Bang, the man behind BTS, is bringing his formula for creating K-pop idols to America. — Scooter Braun was in a tailspin.
Discussion:
@cfnchng, @christataetae, @thelionmutters, @intrnl_mnologue, @sugatheartist and @themarkrussell
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
The gap between TV show seasons is growing, with an 18-month break the new normal, thanks to the streaming production model and TV shows becoming spectacles — Eighteen-month gaps between seasons are the new normal. Here's why. — By Josef Adalian, Remember Stranger Things?
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Forbes, TVNewsCheck, Screen Rant, Gizmodo and Just Jared
New York Times:
Sources: the Trump campaign contacted X to prevent the circulation of links to the hacked JD Vance dossier posted by journalist Ken Klippenstein — Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.
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Adweek, The Hill, Boing Boing, @kenklippenstein, Joe.My.God., The Independent, Newsweek, @esjesjesj, emptywheel, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Beast, @kenklippenstein, @mac_ryan_@threads.net, The Guardian, The Verge, Ken Klippenstein, Raw Story, The Good in Us, Lawyers, Guns & Money, @kenklippenstein, InsideEVs, New Jersey Online, Townhall, Ken Klippenstein, Talking Points Memo, Quartz, CNN, Benzinga, The Information, Digby's Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, Salon, Mediaite, Axios, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, The Wrap, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Alternet.org, New Republic, @evilgalprods.bsky.social, @TheDailyEdge@universeodon.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Business Insider and @kevincolliernbc@threads.net
Mathew Ingram / The Torment Nexus:
Matt Mullenweg's WP Engine feud not only has the appearance of a significant conflict of interest but has also dragged the WordPress community into a legal mess — I realize that many people may not know or care who or what Matt Mullenweg and WordPress are, or why some people are upset about them …
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