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Ben Woods / Telegraph:
Sources: GB News chairman and flagship presenter Andrew Neil is expected to leave the network following disagreements with the CEO — Veteran interviewer has not presented his evening show since June 24, just two weeks after launch, and insiders believe he will not be back
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Wall Street Journal:
How Disney entered into a major legal battle with Scarlett Johansson, as CEO Bob Chapek mostly stayed out of the dispute and left talent relations to underlings — Disney chief Bob Chapek stayed out of the dispute with the star of “Black Widow,” which has since exploded into Hollywood's biggest battle in decades
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Report: top 25 US newspapers lost 20% of daily print circulation between Q1 of 2020 and Q1 of this year, with national papers experiencing the steepest declines — National papers had the deepest declines. USA Today, with its hotel-heavy distribution, did worst of all.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Apple's change to let “reader” apps link out for subscription signups is good news for newspaper and magazine publishers, giving them more user data and money — Early September is usually a big time for Apple. Until Covid broke the streak last year, it had released …
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Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter:
Media and tech journalist Simon Owens, a member of the Substack “middle class”, discusses the lessons learned and sacrifices made while building his newsletter — Star journalists generate six figure revenue within weeks after launching on Substack, but that's not the reality for most writers.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen's suspension by the Media Rating Council creates a space for rivals, which may lead to splintered, multi-currency, multi-platform measurements — TV viewers can watch their favorite programs any way they want. If media executives aren't careful, the industry will soon be counting those people in equally chaotic fashion.
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Sling TV is launching the Barstool Sports Channel, which will carry the latter's series and video podcasts as well as an exclusive show — Sling TV has launched a new exclusive channel with Barstool Sports. The channel is available to Sling TV Blue, Sling TV Orange, and Sling Free users.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vice raises $135M from existing investors, including James Murdoch's Lupa Systems and TPG; Shane Smith will remain executive chairman — Lupa Systems and TPG are among those putting fresh cash into the media company as SPAC plans stall for now. — Vice Media's dreams of going public appear …
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Evelyn Mateos / Editor and Publisher:
Ten Black newspapers launch Word in Black, a content-sharing collaboration in the form of a newsletter and website that will also publish original content — Ten Black newspapers have joined forces to create Word In Black, a platform to “amplify the Black experience by reporting …
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Mike Rougeau / @roguecheddar:
[Thread] Mike Rougeau, GameSpot departing managing editor, says the site has faced stagnation under Red Ventures and lists other troubling trends in games media — Today is my last day at GameSpot and in this field (and industry) in general. Therefore I will tweet some thoughts. I enjoyed most of my time at GameSpot. But working in media for over a decade has overall been exhausting and soul-crushing and thankless.
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Calum Jaspan / Mumbrella:
Country Press Australia, an affiliation of regional media outlets, reaches a deal with Google for over 70 regional titles to join Google News Showcase — Country Press Australia (CPA) has become the latest to sign an agreement with Google, that will see over 70 regional titles join the Google News Showcase.
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Erik Wemple / @erikwemple:
Memo: Slate and The Gist podcast host Mike Pesca have “mutually agreed to part ways” after a review of complaints about the podcast's workplace environment — Slate and podcast host Mike Pesca have “mutually agreed to part ways,” per an email to staffers from CEO Dan Check and EIC Jared Hohlt. Context here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... And here: https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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