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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”?
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Ozy CEO Carlos Watson steps down as host of the Emmys' documentary segment after NYT's report on an Ozy co-founder impersonating a YouTube exec on a bank call — The executive had been slated to host the documentary portion of the 42nd News and Documentary Emmys Wednesday night.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
Russia threatens to block YouTube unless it restores two of RT's German-language channels that it banned for COVID-19 misinformation — Russia has threatened to block YouTube unless the Google-owned video service restores two German-language channels managed by Russia's state media company RT …
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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.
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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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