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Samuel Stolton / Politico:
EU lawmakers reach a provisional agreement on the DMA, which will mandate messaging service interoperability, prohibit self-preferencing practices, and more — EU officials have agreed on landmark rules clamping down on anti-competitive abuses by the world's largest technology platforms …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The UK picks Michael Grade, a Conservative House of Lord member who had senior posts at the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, as Ofcom chair; MPs will likely approve him — Choice of veteran broadcasting executive appears to bring chaotic recruitment saga to an end
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@martinsfp, @briancathcart, @mikegapes, @bbclaurak, Financial Times, @ruskin147, @webdevlaw, @jimwaterson, @radioriley, @arusbridger, @bbclaurak and @bbclaurak
The Guardian:
The UK's The Sun posted a £51M loss and £318.6M revenue in 2021; its publisher NGN spent £49M on legal fees tied to phone-hacking in the year to June 27, 2021 — Covid and advertising shifts hurt profits, as News Group Newspapers seeks to end ongoing managed hearings
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@taintlessred, @jamesrbuk, @profdaveandress, @fbpe_h, @jimwaterson and @_embo
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
How unclear guidelines at The Cut for staffers who want to produce sponsored content for outside clients has led to tensions and one firing — A few weeks ago, a subset of journalists were duking it out over the word “brand,” and specifically whether writers should have one.
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@tarpleyhitt, @chavielieber, @noahyoo, @flipping_pages, @blackamazon, @jamesrbuk and @karenkho
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
BuzzFeed News offers voluntary buyouts to 36 of its ~100 journalists, and its interim EIC says the outlet won't be able to do as many long-term investigations — When BuzzFeed decided in 2012 to branch out from the cat videos, viral listicles and “OMG!” headlines that had put it on the map …
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nyguild.org, @beebrookshire, @andrewbuncombe and Talking Biz News
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Netflix says it is buying Boss Fight Entertainment, a mobile game developer with 130 employees; it is Netflix's third studio purchase since last summer — The acquisition is the company's third since it announced plans to move into video games last summer.
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CNET, About Netflix, @bossfightent, Variety, @dvfletcher, @ashkan, @kellen_browning, @aagave, @zenofdesign, Protocol and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter:
A look at Complexly, an educational media company run by YouTube stars Hank and John Green that has 55.2M social media followers and 5B+ views on YouTube — Complexly has 55 million social media subscribers and over 5 billion views on YouTube alone. — Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media newsletter.
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@michellemanafy, @janefriedman, @kendallbaker, @ashkan and @simonowens
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
At least four Russian state TV employees have resigned over the invasion of Ukraine; 62% of Russians relied on state TV for news in 2021, down from 90% in 2014 — At least four state television employees have publicly resigned, citing regret for their roles in promoting false narratives about Ukraine.
Discussion:
The Conversation, Politico, @kenvogel, @cliffordlevy, Florida Politics, @clarajeffery, @dabeard and @kenroth
Oliver Bullough / Coda Story:
How the risk of being sued by rich and litigious oligarchs muzzles the press in the UK and beyond, as politicians rethink the threat to free speech — To get Oliver Bullough's weekly Oligarchy delivered straight into your inbox sign up here — WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF SLAPPS?
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@antelava, @antelava, @codastory and The Week
Naomi Andu / The Objective:
Inside the turmoil at the nonprofit Texas Observer, where only 4 editorial staffers remain from the 13 there in September, after resignations and one firing — The progressive magazine was hiring diversely and pouring resources into investigations and the journalists who wanted to pursue them.
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
The Media Rating Council says Nielsen's effort to get its national and local TV ratings services reaccredited won't be finished until at least Q3 — MRC audit committee will also receive report on Comscore in Q3 — The Media Rating Council said that Nielsen's bid to get its national …
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MediaPost, Variety and S&P Global
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
After a glitch in TikTok's creator fund registration process prevented sign-ups for weeks, the company says a fix “should be available in the next few days” — Many rising TikTok stars who recently qualified to be paid for their popular videos have been shut out of the registration system …
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@sarahfrier, @laurenstrapa and @brodyford_, more at Techmeme »
Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Google says it will bar ads from appearing next to websites, apps, and YouTube channels that exploit, dismiss, or condone Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine — Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google will not help websites, apps and YouTube channels sell ads alongside content that it deems exploits …
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TechCrunch and CNET
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