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Sara Fischer / Axios:
An interview with Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch on the company's expansion into lifestyle verticals, such as outdoors and books, alongside NFTs and betting — Fox Corp. is in the early stages of expanding into lifestyle verticals across categories like outdoors, home and books, CEO Lachlan Murdoch told Axios in an interview.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jen Psaki will join MSNBC in the fall, where she will host a new streaming program expected to launch in Q1 2023 and appear on the network's election coverage — One of the news industry's worst-kept secrets is finally seeing the light of day. — Jen Psaki, the White House Press Secretary …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Candle Media, run by ex-Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, will buy Spanish-language studio Exile; a source says Candle is involved in deals worth ~$4B — Candle Media, run by former Disney executives, is buying Exile, which has deals to produce shows for Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime.
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Variety, @luisfemiami, Axios, @jczamora, @borisgartner and @enrique_acevedo
Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
How the new, more diverse editorial leadership in broadcast, cable, digital, and print media is changing newsrooms and guiding coverage to be more inclusive — Following the racial reckoning amid the 2020 protests, heads of broadcast, cable, digital and print media became more diverse.
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@javimorgado, @eugene_scott, @jayrosen_nyu, @michellemanafy and @catesevilla
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Interview with Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie on building “a true alternative to the attention economy” by expanding into podcasts and videos, and more — The newsletter company is on a mission to disrupt the attention economy away from “cheap outrage and flame wars,” …
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@joepompeo, @mattyglesias, @helentobin, @lulumeservey, @danfriedman81, @kittypurrzog, @imao_, @joepompeo, @kait_tiffany, @brianstelter, @mlcalderone, @joepompeo and @mattnippert
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Warner Bros. Discovery may be a compelling company, because of its content and a strategy that sees streaming as an addition to the old model, not a replacement — Last week the Wall Street Journal ran a profile of longtime Discovery CEO (now Warner Bros. Discovery CEO) …
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Caleb Pershan / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of Twitter account New York Times Pitchbot, run by a math professor mocking the NYT's lazy constructions, half-baked hot takes, and diner interviews — A few weeks ago, the person behind the New York Times Pitchbot—not a bot at all, but a Twitter account whose posts satirize …
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Plain Dealer, @_cingraham, @syardi, @walldo, @ggreenwald, @patterico, @calaesthetic and @bgrueskin
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta plans to give outside researchers more info on political ad targeting on Facebook and Instagram and to update Ad Library with more info starting in July — Academics and journalists will be able to see more data about the way political ads are used to target users across Facebook and Instagram.
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@justinhendrix, @jason_kint, @profcarroll, The Financial Express, @annalecta, @whotargetsme, @krdonc13, @ianclucas, The Hill, Engadget and Protocol
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
YouTube takes down 70K+ videos and 9K+ channels about the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines, including videos referring to a “liberation mission” — Exclusive: Platform takes ‘unprecedented action’ to address content guideline violations since invasion
Wall Street Journal:
Conan O'Brien sells his hit podcast “Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend” and his Team Coco media company to SiriusXM, sources say for ~$150M — The sale of Team Coco comes as audio companies make deals with podcasters with large followings — Conan O'Brien found a friend—and a buyer …
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Los Angeles Times:
A look at the rapid growth of free streaming channels in recent years, as users get more sophisticated about mixing and matching services that meet their needs — There's a new hot buzzword in the streaming video business — it's spelled f-r-e-e. — While Netflix is reeling …
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@nemalki, @producer_jayc, @artsjournalnews, @jf_darwin, @tvgrimreaper and @nemalki
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
The Weather Channel will add a livestream of its cable channel to its connected TV apps, available for free to cable subscribers or for $2.99 per month — The executives at the company that owns cable's venerable Weather Channel know they have a popular service. The network has been around since 1982.
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