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8:35 AM ET, September 29, 2021

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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Ozy Media's board of directors has hired a law firm to review the company's business practices and has asked COO Samir Rao to take a leave of absence  —  Board said it asked COO Samir Rao to take leave of absence during investigation  —  The board of directors of online news magazine Ozy Media …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Ozy brands itself as identifying people who will be famous and influential ahead of other outlets, but a close examination shows the claim is untrue  —  Does the site's “signature ahead-of-the-curve coverage” really uncover “the new, the next, rising stars, new trends, that kind of stuff”?
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Netflix acquires its first game studio, Night School Studio, which was founded by Sean Krankel and Adam Hines in 2014 and is best known for the game Oxenfree  —  A new GamesBeat event is around the corner!  Learn more about what comes next.  —  Netflix has acquired its first game studio …
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
CNN restricts access to its Facebook Pages in Australia after a ruling that makes news organizations legally liable for comments on their Facebook posts  —  Company said it wants to avoid liability for user comments following Australian court ruling  —  CNN said it has restricted access …
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Former press secretary Stephanie Grisham says Trump asked her to research ways to permanently evict the press from the Brady Briefing Room  —  The former press secretary is reflective in her tell-all: “I should have spoken up more.”  —  WASHINGTON — Stephanie Grisham …
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Amazon launches its ad-supported IMDb TV streaming service in the UK, three years after launching in the US  —  Amazon has launched ad-based streaming service IMDb TV in the U.K. with a selection of original and licensed content.  —  IMDb TV — a spin-off from the entertainment industry database IMDb …
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CNN leads the News & Documentary Emmys with seven awards, as Vice News wins for outstanding newscast and Jonathan Swan wins for his Trump interview  —  CNN led winners on Night 1 of The News and Documentary Emmy Awards, as it did last year—nabbing seven statuettes, as Vice News Tonight claimed a new award for outstanding newscast.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Report: NBCUniversal asked YouTube TV to bundle Peacock as a condition for access to NBC channels, and Google objected; the current contract expires on Thursday  —  YouTube TV could lose NBC channels when contract expires Thursday.  —  NBCUniversal recently asked YouTube TV to bundle Peacock …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Digital outlet Charter, which covers the future of work and has 40K email subscribers, is partnering with Time to distribute its content across Time's channels  —  “Charter,” the new digital media company centered around the future of work, is partnering with Time to distribute …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: in town hall meeting, Group Nine Media says it expects to be profitable this year for the first time, reach $200M+ in revenue, and add 100+ jobs  —  Group Nine Media told staff in a company-wide meeting last week that the company expects to be profitable this year …
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
A deal between IAC and Meredith, merging IAC's Dotdash and Meredith's magazines, could create one of the largest food, home, and lifestyle media companies
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Cherie Hu / Water & Music:
Study: in 2020, 0.4% of UK artists earned enough from streams to make a living, up 4x since 2015; 65%-75% of those streams came from back catalogs
Alec Karakatsanis / @equalityalec:
[Thread] NYT's recent reporting on crime engages in the common media practice of relying on police and police consultants as the only experts on policing
Catie Keck / The Verge:
Amazon says Sling TV will come to all existing Echo Show devices in the US soon
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump loses arbitration case in which he alleged Omarosa Maginault Newman violated an NDA by publishing a book about her time working for his administration
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NewsGuild of New York, which represents ~12 Gannett newsrooms, files unfair labor practices charges against Gannett for undermining union efforts
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Six creators from Clubhouse's 25-person creator program say it did not deliver sponsorships for their shows, leading them to look elsewhere
Catie Keck / The Verge:
At Code Conference, Ted Sarandos shares viewership data for Netflix's top 10 series and movies; 82M accounts watched Bridgerton and 99M watched Extraction
 

 
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Sources: Trump family representatives have held talks to take a financial stake in Binance US, and Changpeng Zhao has been pushing for Trump to pardon him

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google says Gemini can now personalize answers based on users' search history, available as an experimental feature to Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning a new AirPods feature as part of iOS 19 that will enable live-translation of in-person conversations

 
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