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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: Kimberly Godwin, executive vice president of CBS News, is in final negotiations with Disney to become head of ABC News — Disney has found the next president of ABC News. — Kimberly Godwin, the executive vice president of CBS News, is in the final stages of negotiations with Disney …
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TVNewser, The Hill, @franklinleonard, Variety and @dylanbyers
Peter White / Deadline:
A feature documentary about examining the evolution of American journalism from Dan Rather's perspective is in the works — EXCLUSIVE: A feature documentary about legendary media figure Dan Rather is in the works. — Original Productions, the Fremantle-owned producer of shows such as Deadliest Catch …
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Johnny Diaz / New York Times:
A look at Telemundo's Club Mundo Kids, a new Spanish-language show for kids that comes amid a wider push to reach Latino audiences — “Club Mundo Kids,” a new TV series debuting on April 10, is the latest result of a push for programming that uses Spanish to reach Latino audiences.
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@exilecontent, @uscannenberg, @xtinatini, @fbiannunez and @richlightshed
Jack Crosbie / Discourse Blog:
Insider may be a pandemic success story, but a transcript from an all-hands meeting and recent tweets show tone-deaf leadership by global EIC Nicholas Carlson — A lesson in how not to communicate with your staff. — There are very few “good” bosses in the digital media industry.
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@cdelshad, @jscros, @kath_krueger, @tomgara, @ronhogan, @cdelshad, @jason_koebler, @derektmead, @mathewi, @jscros, @niemanlab and @mylesudland
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Study: Facebook algorithms disproportionately show certain types of job ads to men and women, reflecting the concentration of that gender in a position or field — Researchers found the platform's algorithms promoted roles to certain users; company pledges to continue work in removing bias from recommendations
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Sony Pictures Entertainment signs four-year deal with Netflix to grant exclusive US rights to its films once out of theaters and make 2-3 films/year for Netflix — In another sign of Netflix's growing dominance, Sony Pictures Entertainment has signed a four-year deal that will give …
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Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Community, which lets public figures, media outlets, and brands text with fans, raises $40M from Salesforce Ventures, bringing its total raised to $90M — The platform for brands and celebrities seeks to expand to more large marketers and small businesses — Community.com Inc. …
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The Markup:
YouTube blocks advertisers from using terms like “Black lives matter” to find videos to advertise against but was letting them use phrases like “White power” — “Black power” and “Black Lives Matter” can't be used to find videos for ads, but “White power” and “White lives matter” were just fine
Reuters:
Press freedom at English- and Portuguese-language outlets is being curtailed in Macau as its public broadcaster bars staff from sharing opinions contrary to CCP — HONG KONG (Reuters) - At a meeting at the Portuguese unit of Macau's public broadcaster TDM on March 10, two senior journalists addressed …
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Variety:
The CEO of Reliance Entertainment, owned by Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is launching a SPAC focused on the Indian media industry — Shibasish Sarkar, current CEO of Reliance Entertainment, is spearheading the launch of the first special purpose acquisition company targeting the Indian media industry.
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@richlightshed, UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION and Livemint
Kathimerini:
Greek veteran crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz was shot and killed near Athens in what appears to have been a planned ambush — A television reporter was gunned down outside his home in the southern Athens suburb of Alimos on Friday. — According to preliminary reports, Giorgos Karaivaz …
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Sean Combs, Byron Allen, and others call on companies to spend more ad money on Black-owned media after GM said it would increase spending from 2% to 8% by 2025 — The mogul was responding to a pledge from GM to spend more of its ad budget on Black-owned media: “No longer can Corporate America manipulate …