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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Reuters and Gannett plan to launch a content bundle in Q1 2025, sold by Reuters; the bundle won't include access to games and puzzles from Gannett's newspapers — - Customers can access Reuters' national and international coverage, combined via a bundle with Gannett's national news coverage …
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Matt Pearce:
The Gannett-Reuters deal aims to supplant The Associated Press, which has resisted journalism's financialization through its longstanding cooperative model — Gannett and Reuters come for one of the final corners for legacy media that had resisted the financialization of journalism.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
A US appeals court rules the FCC did not have legal authority to reinstate net neutrality rules; incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr opposed the 2024 reinstatement — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission did not have the legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules.
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George Winslow / TV Technology:
NBCUniversal launches CNBC+, a streaming service priced at $14.99/month; the service includes a feed of the CNBC cable news channel and on-demand programming — New streaming service includes a live feed of the financial news channel — As Comcast prepares to spin off many of its cable networks …
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Reuters:
The Palestinian Authority suspends the broadcast of Al Jazeera TV temporarily over “inciting material and reports that were deceiving and stirring strife” — The Palestinian Authority suspended the broadcast of Qatar's Al-Jazeera TV temporarily over “inciting material,” official news agency WAFA reported on Wednesday.
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Matt Yoder / Awful Announcing:
Diamond Sports Group emerges from bankruptcy, restructures, and rebrands as Main Street Sports Group, supported by Amazon's Prime Video and FanDuel partnerships — Main Street Sports Group logo — One of the longest-running sagas in sports media has finally come to an official end.
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts a Partner Program in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia, letting popular podcast hosts monetize video content, after announcing it in November — Spotify announced Thursday the launch of its new “Partner Program” that lets popular podcast hosts monetize their video content.
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Spotify, Neowin, Justin Gerrard on LinkedIn, Benzinga, Austin Lamon on LinkedIn, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog and Passionfruit
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
PGA Tour unveils PGA Tour Studios in Florida, and plans to launch a World Feed, curated exclusively for international media partners and their viewers — Executives at PGA Tour say they are getting ready for a new era in sports when leagues will need to exercise significantly more control …
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Inside Radio, @simonowens, @bristei.bsky.social and Sportico
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Woody Fraser, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer who launched The Mike Douglas Show in the 1960s and Good Morning America in the 1970s, died on December 21 at 90 — He spiced up the format in creating “The Mike Douglas Show” and brought “Good Morning America” to life.
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Wall Street Journal:
A look at publishers' efforts to get brands to run ads near sensitive stories; WaPo's crossword page was blocked by advertisers seven times in a week in October — Brands are skittish about appearing near stories on politics and violence, but news outlets say their fears are overblown
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Yahoo Finance, Michael Learmonth on LinkedIn, TVNewsCheck, @shoq@mastodon.social, Reuters and CBS News
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Comscore and Deadline calculations show 2024 box office revenue in the US and Canada stood at $8.72B, down ~3% from 2023's $9B but above expectations of $8B — Even though there's still $2 billion to $3 billion missing in the post Covid annual domestic box office, there was plenty to be thankful …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Altice USA customers lose access to MSG Networks due to a carriage dispute over fees between the cable TV operator and James Dolan's RSN — Altice USA customers lost access to MSG Networks early Wednesday due to a carriage dispute between the cable TV operator and James Dolan's regional sports channels.
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