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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC has discussed giving the 10pm hour to local TV stations to program every day as a cost-cutting move, given broadcast TV's declining popularity — Network has discussed giving 10 p.m. hour to local station partners, a cost-cutting move as interest in broadcast TV wanes
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix may launch its ad-supported tier in 2022 in 6+ markets, and plans to charge $7 to $9 per month in the US, selling ~4 minutes of ads per hour — Netflix Inc. is considering pricing its new advertising-supported tier at $7 to $9 a month, half as much as its current …
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Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information:
TikTok cut jobs in its US advertising department weeks ago as part of the unit's restructuring, offering affected employees 30 days to find roles in other units — TikTok has cut employees from its U.S. ad department as part of a restructuring of the unit, as the fast-growing social media app responds …
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Jessica Votipka / Grand Island Independent:
In Nebraska, high school administrators shut down a journalism program after students published editorials on LGBTQ topics, which some call an act of censorship — Northwest Public Schools administrators eliminated its journalism program in June in what some former students and press freedom advocates call an act of censorship.
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Kirk McKeand / USA Today:
USA Today updates its article alleging Amazon is buying EA, saying that Amazon is not expected to bid and USA Today's partner GLHF violated sourcing standards — Editor's note (10:37 a.m. ET): Earlier today, GLHF — a gaming/e-sports outlet and content partner of For The Win …
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Constance Grady / Vox:
A look at the long-term consolidation in book publishing and the arguments in the antitrust case against the Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster merger — The Justice Department is suing to block Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster's proposed merger. The publishers' defense hinged on their own incompetence.
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ESPNcricinfo:
Disney Star gets Indian TV and digital rights for International Cricket Council events from 2024 to 2027, in a deal expected to be worth over $1.44B — Winning bid includes rights for both TV and digital for 2024 to 2027 — Disney Star* has bagged rights to broadcast all ICC men's …
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Alex Kirshner / The Atlantic:
Streaming has made watching sports more expensive and more annoying than ever as games are fractionalized across different platforms — Few things are more satisfying for a certain type of college-football fan than a Notre Dame loss, and all the better if it's an upset.
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Thomas Claburn / The Register:
The White House issues guidance to agencies to update policies by 2026 to make publicly funded research papers available to all, without embargoes or paywalls — Remembering Aaron Swartz — Fourteen years after the late Aaron Swartz published his Guerilla Open Access Manifesto calling …
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Alistair Gray / Financial Times:
The UK's National Union of Journalists suspended a planned August 26 strike over pay and workload by journalists at Reach titles, pending the reopening of talks — Staff at Express and Mirror owner still threaten walkout next week unless talks bring breakthrough
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Audacy, the radio and podcasting company once called Entercom, risks being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange as its stock price remains under $1/share — It's been an ugly year for most stocks, but for Audacy the pain has been especially acute. — Shares of the radio broadcast …
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Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
George Lopez joins other comedians in suing SiriusXM's Pandora, saying he is entitled to two copyrights, one for recording and one for underlying literary work — Lopez is seeking up to $5.5 million from the streamer — The lawsuits are piling up for Pandora, which has been accused by comedians …
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