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ViacomCBS is adding 70 TV series to CBS All Access from its Viacom cable networks and plans to officially relaunch with a new name in early 2021 — - ViacomCBS is adding content from its Viacom cable networks to CBS All Access, including all seasons of “Chappelle's Show,” “Snooki & Jwoww,” and “Hot in Cleveland.”
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Amazon and WarnerMedia agree to prolong access to HBO on Fire TVs as Jeff Bezos tells Congress he thinks the two companies will come to terms over HBO Max — Amid the stalled talks between Amazon and WarnerMedia over getting HBO Max on Fire TV devices, the two sides reached an agreement on one front …
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Comcast Q2: revenue of $23.7B; NBCU revenue fell 25.4% YoY to $6.12B; filmed content licensing revenue grew 19.5% YoY; Peacock has 10M signups since July launch — - Comcast earnings beat analyst estimates on the top and bottom lines. — It's the first earnings report since Comcast's …
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Documents and interviews reveal new details about the Pac-12 Conference's plan to buy advertising to support coverage at the Los Angeles Times in 2018-2019 — The Pac-12 Conference had a publicity problem. — The conference was in deep distress in 2018.
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New Pentagon training course aimed at preventing leaks refers to journalists as “adversaries,” meant to describe anyone acting counter to security objectives — The training comes amid worsening relations between the federal government and protesters.


This year's Emmys will be virtual, producers have told nominees, asking them to prepare to participate from home or a location of their choice on September 20 — Shortly after the nominations were announced yesterday, this year's Emmy executive producers — including host Jimmy Kimmel …
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Alphabet reports YouTube ad revenue of $3.81B, up 5.8% YoY, but down from $4.04B in Q1 — Alphabet, Google's parent company, posted a 2% decline in revenue while it still topped Wall Street estimates. — For Q2, YouTube's ad revenue was $3.81 billion, up from $3.60 billion in the year-ago period.
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Staffers at Hearst Magazines have voted 241-83 to form a union through Writers Guild of America, East, after a nine-month campaign — New York (CNN Business)A massive union drive at Hearst Magazines, one of the world's largest periodical publishers, finally came to fruition Wednesday …
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Emails from 2016 show Apple agreed to halve its 30% App Store fee for Amazon as part of deal to get the Prime Video app on iPhones and Apple TV — - IPhone maker's Eddy Cue reached 2016 deal with Amazon's Bezos — In 2011, Apple executives weighed 40% fee for subscriptions
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NYT should consider increasing the health of local news a core part of its mission and explore sharing data, ad inventory, content, tech stacks, subscriptions — Meredith Kopit Levien, everyone seems to agree, is the right person to lead the Times into the 2020s.
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Interviews with 24 people reveal a pattern of inappropriate behavior by former WAMU reporter Martin Di Caro, who now works for Bloomberg Radio — Repeatedly telling a spokesperson for a D.C. councilmember how he thought she looked in a dress. Sending suggestive, late-night messages to young colleagues.
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Nonprofit education news outlet Chalkbeat expands to Philadelphia by partnering with the Philadelphia Public School Notebook news service — Together, we will continue the mission of delivering quality reporting on education in Philadelphia. — The Philadelphia Public School Notebook …
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