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Sources: ABC's The View will name former Trump White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin as its conservative co-host filling Meghan McCain's slot — At long last, the daytime talk show is set to announce their pick to fill the conservative hosting vacancy left by McCain.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's Q2 ad revenue grew 4.8% YoY to $7.34B, below expectations of a 7% YoY increase to $7.49B and marking YouTube's slowest ad growth in over two years — YouTube still banks a huge bucket of ad bucks — hitting $7.34 billion in the second quarter — but the video giant's growth …
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Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet's $69.69B revenue marks its slowest sales growth since Q2 2020, missing estimates by almost $190M, as macroeconomic pressures mount on the ad market — Online advertising remains in focus for investors as an industry critical to the health of many internet companies
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
How the Genesis Communications, a talk radio network that has syndicated Alex Jones' show since 1999, built a lucrative business through misinformation — The Genesis Communications Network built a lucrative business alongside the radio host, whose show the company has syndicated for more than two decades.
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@stopfundinghate, @azi, @davetroy, @sinanaral, @mazjobrani, @egavactip and Rolling Stone
Ruchira Sharma / The Guardian:
TikTokers and teenagers say young news consumers want bite-size stories shared by personalities on Instagram and TikTok, while critics warn about disinformation — As Ofcom confirms that young people now stay informed through Instagram and TikTok, we meet the online newshounds
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Axios, @vahn16, @kateshellnutt, @blackamazon and @sarafischer, more at Techmeme »
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Sources: The New Yorker's letter firing Erin Overbey notes “previous incidents” of “baseless accusations against colleagues”; she calls the accusations “absurd” — This reporting appears as one of several scoops featured in this week's edition of Confider …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Research analyzing images accompanying ~250 articles about a 2019 heat wave in four countries finds 31% were positive, showing people having fun in the sun — As heatwaves become more common, more intense, and more lethal, the contrast between news articles that spell out the impact …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
WSJ's and NY Post's condemnation of Trump don't necessarily indicate a change for the Murdochs as Fox News, which has a much greater reach, remains supportive — Listen — Gift Article — The New York Post and the Wall Street Journal on Friday published scorching editorials …
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@noahpinion:
[Thread] If Substack figures out bundling, mainstream papers should ditch op-eds, which they render homogenous and grant an undeserved imprimatur — Once Substack figures out bundling, there will be no reason to have op-ed pages at mainstream media publications anymore. But mainstream media will still be very important for news; I don't think Substack can replace that.
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@dmarusic, @maharafiatal, @dangillmor, @rsingel, @stephenfgordon and @mckonomy
Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
UK's Reach reports H1 revenue of £297.4M, down 1.6% YoY, and operating profit of £47.2M, down 31.5% YoY, due to record energy prices upping the cost of print — Mirror and Express publisher Reach has seen a multi-million pound drop in profits for the first half of 2022 in the face of a UK consumer downturn.
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@charliemoloney, Bloomberg and @pressgazette
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Digital ad company Tremor International plans to buy adtech firm Amobee's TV platform and demand-side platform for $239M from Singtel, set to close in Q3 2022 — Amobee parent Singtel said last year it was reviewing its investments after the pandemic hurt performance
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Kathleen Kingsbury / New York Times:
The New York Times renames Sunday Review as Sunday Opinion, with the back page of the section devoted once a month to a longer piece of first-person writing — - Give this article- - - Read in app … Starting tomorrow, there will be a brand-new section in the paper: Sunday Opinion.
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