Mediagazer: CNN hires John Miller, a former TV correspondent who also had two long stints with the NYPD, to serve as its chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

9:45 AM ET, September 7, 2022

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A profile of Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner on his career, decisions to buy Politico and Insider, the impossibility of claiming pure neutrality, and more — Mathias Döpfner has global ambitions for what he calls a more ‘nonpartisan’ kind of journalism — even as his own politics are hard to pin down

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Memo: Disney-owned National Geographic magazine, which has ~125 editorial staff, laid off six of its top editors last week, three months after naming a new EIC — National Geographic magazine, the venerable journal of science, history and the natural world, laid off six of its top editors …

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Matt Stevens / New York Times:

Chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili settles a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over a line in The Queen's Gambit final episode saying she had “never faced men” — The fictional series had named Nona Gaprindashvili, a pioneering real-life chess champion, and falsely claimed she had “never faced men.”

Discussion: @eriqgardner, The A.V. Club, @chesscomlive, ComingSoon.net, IndieWire, Deadline, The Wrap and Variety

K.J. Yossman / Variety:

New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss appoints Michelle Donelan as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport; Donelan once worked for the WWE — New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed Michelle Donelan as the new secretary of state for culture.

Discussion: Deadline, Press Gazette, Columbia Journalism Review, NME, NME, Mediaite and Politico

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries resigns after a tenure of less than a year in which she made several inflammatory remarks about Channel 4 and the BBC

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Yahoo acquires The Factual and plans to integrate its AI system for rating the credibility of news sources into Yahoo News while licensing it to other companies — Yahoo has acquired The Factual, a company that uses algorithms to rate the credibility of news sources, Yahoo president and general manager Matt Sanchez told Axios.

Discussion: @jlanzone, @brianprovost, @megdunk, Media Voices, @alex, @librarythingtim, @gintautasd, @rafat, @arifcrafiq, @davidclinchnews, @sarafischer and MediaPost

Mark Bergen / The Verge:

A book excerpt details how YouTube's love affair with PewDiePie soured in 2017, before he stopped pushing boundaries and signed a livestreaming deal in 2020 — The Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit focused on antisemitism, received an unusual invitation from YouTube in early 2017: come meet our biggest influencer.

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Mark Bergen / The Atlantic:
A look at YouTube's “coolhunters” who were tasked with finding and promoting talented YouTubers in the company's early years, before the algorithms took over

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@_reallifemag:

Real Life, a magazine founded in June 2016 and funded by Snap, ceases publication immediately due to a lack of funding — Real Life no longer has funding, and is ceasing publication indefinitely. We thank all of our contributors and readers. Good night 💚 https://reallifemag.com/ https://twitter.com/...

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

CNN hires John Miller, a former TV correspondent who also had two long stints with the NYPD, to serve as its chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst — Miller, who also worked at ABC News and for the FBI, is one of Chris Licht's first on-air hires at CNN.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Media Matters for America, Gizmodo, @cnnpr, CNN, Politico, @parkermolloy, @ranaforny, @parkermolloy, @parkermolloy, @joshsternberg, @froomkin, @kgosztola, The Wrap, New York Post and The Hill

Legit.ng:

Source: Hong Kong Journalists Association President Ronson Chan, who was set to begin a Reuters Institute fellowship in September, was arrested on Wednesday — PAY ATTENTION: You can save a live of girl at risk. Donate to Legit Charity on Patreon. Your support matters!

Discussion: Bloomberg and @jerometaylor

David Gritten / BBC:

Gulf Arab states demand that Netflix remove all content deemed to violate “Islamic and societal values and principles”, including content made for children — Gulf states have demanded that Netflix remove all content deemed to violate “Islamic and societal values and principles”, Saudi media report.

Discussion: Reuters, Financial Times, Light Reading, Al Jazeera, Variety, @chrislikesdinos and Middle East Eye

David Pierce / The Verge:

Ad targeting and big TV ad budgets are to blame for repetitive advertising on streaming services, despite evidence repeated ads make people less likely to buy — Ads are fine, but can I get more than one? — For the last few months, Parks & Recreation has been my go-to background show.

Discussion: @michellemanafy, @dannygroner, @pierce, @robblackwellab, @mattrly and @simonowens

Masha Borak / Rest of World:

Some Wikipedia editors in Russia have been doxxed, threatened, and arrested for not supporting Russia's war in Ukraine; some now edit less and others have quit — One Friday in March, not long after Russia invaded Ukraine, Mikhail, a Russia-based Wikipedia editor, opened the Telegram app to discover that he had been doxxed.

Discussion: @carljackmiller, @lizzadwoskin, @jshermcyber, @restofworld, @mashaborak and Numlock News

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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Ian Ward / Politico:
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
As theaters struggle, analysts suggest cutting underperforming screens in the US and Canada, from 40.7K to 25K-35K; movie releases are down ~50% since 2002

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Owen S. Good / Polygon:
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Tim Smith / Bloomberg:
News Corp and Seven West Media sign a seven-year contract extension worth AU$4.5B to retain the TV broadcasting rights for Australian Rules Football until 2031

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Laurie Clarke / The Guardian:
As Spotify and YouTube's rivalry heats up, some worry the podcasting industry's pivot to video could risk ruining what makes the audio format so satisfying

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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
SkyShowtime, Comcast and Paramount's streaming joint venture, announced in August 2021, will launch on September 20 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden

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Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Apple plans to nearly double its ad platform team, currently around 250 strong, per LinkedIn; Apple's career page lists 216 such roles, up from 56 in late 2020

Polina Ivanova / Financial Times:
Russia sentences renowned journalist Ivan Safronov, who the FSB detained in 2020 on “treason” charges, to 22 years in prison, after he refused to plead guilty

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Barak Ravid / Axios:
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Raphael Satter / Reuters:
The Open Source Security Foundation and the OpenJS Foundation say the attempt to insert a secret backdoor into XZ Utils “may not be an isolated incident”

Connor Jones / The Register:
UnitedHealth says the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare cost the company $872M in Q1; another ransomware group appears to be extorting the company

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