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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
California's budget includes $25M to help fund local news reporters, starting in 2023, with stipends distributed via UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism — The budget passed in California this week includes $25 million worth of help for local news, which will be distributed via UC …
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Bernard Shaw, CNN's first news anchor who started when the network launched in 1980 and retired after more than 20 years in 2001, dies at 82 — Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw's family announced in a statement Thursday. Shaw was 82.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Police arrest Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles on suspicion of murder in the death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German — Less than a day after asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Salesforce and CNBC plan to co-produce a seven-episode docuseries as part of an NBCUniversal deal, debuting on September 17 and profiling Salesforce clients — Salesforce will co-produce a new branded docuseries for CNBC's linear channel as a part of a broader television deal that Salesforce …
Politico:
Senator Amy Klobuchar withdraws the JCPA from consideration in a Senate committee after the GOP added provisions to limit content moderation by tech platforms — Supporters of a bill meant to give news organizations greater leverage against the giant tech companies were forced to temporarily withdraw …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
A Brussels court dismisses most of IAB Europe's appeals about its consent framework, found to be in breach of GDPR; some appeals will head to the EU's top court — It's privacy crunch time for ‘consent’ to track... For those watching the slow motion unpicking of surveillance advertising …
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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Jessica Lessin says revenue for The Information grew 35% YoY in H1 of 2022 and the outlet has 360,000 “active readers”, including its free newsletters audience — - The Information is one of the rare digital-media outlets that have remained independent.
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kara Swisher's new Vox Media podcast, On with Kara Swisher, is set to debut on September 26 alongside weekly conversations with Swisher on Twitter Spaces — The biweekly show, which will also feature a weekly Twitter Spaces conversation, will feature interviews with major players and take on a …
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New York Times:
Vice Media journalists raise concerns about the company's potential deal with MBC, which is partially owned by the Saudi government, on a call with executives — The deal would involve the creation of a new brand focused on lifestyle and entertainment coverage and could be worth at least $50 million over several years.
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Ryan Gajewski / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: HBO Max plans to fix a VFX error in House of the Dragon's third episode; King Viserys is supposed to be missing two fingers but they're visible in green — Viewers spotted a gaffe involving King Viserys, played by actor Paddy Considine, as the latest episode aired Sunday.
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
YouTube launches a video player for Google Classroom and other education apps, removing ads, external links, and recommendations to help “avoid distractions” — Plus creator tools for courses and quizzes — YouTube is introducing a handful of new features for creators …
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Bloomberg:
Source: Amazon is charging ~$600K for a 30-second spot in its Thursday Night Football games, vs. the ~$500K Fox sought in 2021, guaranteeing 12M+ viewers a game — When the National Football League's regular season kicks off Thursday, millions of fans will settle into their easy chairs to watch America's biggest, richest sport.
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