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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Miami-based Muck Rack, a database of journalists, raised a $180M Series A from Susquehanna Growth Equity, after being bootstrapped since being founded in 2009 — For any journalist who has ever googled their name, there is a good chance that one of the hits will be for Muck Rack …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Ahead of the US midterms, Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking tool, adding 1,000 contributors weekly, each assigned a “rating impact” score out of five — On the heels of a report detailing how Twitter had once accidentally allowed a conspiracy theorist into its invite …
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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.”
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix scours its business to cut costs, including by reducing real estate, curbing cloud spend, limiting corporate swag, and hiring more junior staff — The streaming giant seeks to impose more financial discipline as growth stagnates — As Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.50%▲ …
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The Wrap and @jtoonkel, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Sources: Vice is exploring a deal worth ~$50M with MBC, a media giant partially owned by the Saudi government, to launch a new content partnership in the region — The company is in talks to develop a content partnership with MBC, a Saudi Arabian media giant partially owned by the government.
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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.
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Cineworld Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, saying it has around $1.94B in commitments from existing lenders — The debt-laden exhibitor, led by CEO Moshe “Mooky” Greidinger, had said in mid-August that it was eyeing unspecified strategic options.
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Forbes, The Wrap, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, Media Play News, Axios and @dfriend
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!
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Cumulus Media says it is “disassociating” from the annual Podcast Movement industry conference, after a Twitter spat between the conference and The Daily Wire — Cumulus, one of the largest radio companies in the country, says it's “disassociating” from Podcast Movement …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon's Prime Video Channels head Soumya Sriraman leaves to join Qurate Retail Group, which owns the QVC and HSN shopping channels, as president of streaming — Soumya Sriraman, who previously led BritBox, will become president of streaming for the company.
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.
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