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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Meta details influence operations from Russia, impersonating news websites to spread anti-Ukraine content in Europe, and China, targeting the US and Czechia — Russia set up a sprawling and sophisticated network of websites impersonating mainstream media outlets, which it used …
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Press Gazette:
John Witherow plans to step down as editor of The Times after nearly a decade, moving to chairman of Times Newspapers; a successor will be named on Wednesday — John Witherow is to step down as editor of The Times after nearly a decade in the role. He has been appointed chairman of Times Newspapers.
New York Magazine:
On her new podcast, Kara Swisher interviews Chris Cuomo about his upcoming show on Nexstar's NewsNation, rebuilding trust, interviewing Andrew Cuomo, and more — Kara Swisher has a long, frank talk with the former CNN anchor. — Chris Cuomo is attempting a comeback — or at least, he's …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sports streaming service DAZN pauses its IPO plans to focus on profitability and agrees to acquire UK-based Eleven Group's global sports media businesses — DAZN, an international sports streaming company, has put its IPO plans on hold to focus on profitability and expansion, particularly in Europe …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Oprah Winfrey's non-exclusive deal with Apple ends after four years; a source says both sides agreed to continue to work together on a project-by-project basis — Oprah Winfrey and Apple TV+ have concluded their mega overall deal, first announced in 2018. Both sides have confirmed the evolution, but declined to comment.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Buckingham Palace told the BBC, ITV, and Sky News that they can only retain 60 minutes of approved footage from 10 days of the Queen's commemorations — Palace has said TV channels can only retain an hour of footage from events during the mourning period
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
AOP and Deloitte report on 12 UK digital publishers: revenue grew 12.3% YoY to £154.8M in Q2 2022, driven by recruitment classifieds, which grew 70.3% to £6.3M — Digital publishing revenue in the UK was up by an average of 12.3% year on year in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the year before.
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Cheri Faulkner / NME:
Netflix announces its first in-house game studio, its second game studio in Helsinki, to be led by ex-Zynga Vice President and General Manager Marko Lastikka — The studio will be responsible for delivering “a variety of delightful and deeply engaging original games”
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Leila Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Guatemalan officials are using a femicide law to target journalists, often alleging “psychological violence” against the family members of corrupt officials — It was a landmark piece of legislation for Guatemala: a law that established stiff prison sentences for violence …
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sky announces Sky Stream, a Wi-Fi streaming device launching in the UK on October 18 for £29 per month, expanding on its Sky Glass TV and Sky Q set-top box — British satellite broadcaster Sky is launching a Sky Stream puck next month that will let people access TV content over Wi-Fi instead of a satellite dish.
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On Substack:
Substack launches Reader for the web with search, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, recommendations, and an “Add RSS feed” feature for non-Substack publications — Revenge of RSS — There's a new reading experience waiting for you at Substack.com.
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Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
OpenAP says advertisers can now buy linear TV and digital video commercials programmatically using OpenID, whose audiences have been integrated into three SSPs — FreeWheel, Magnite, Xandr enable buyers — starting with GroupM — to transact on linear, digital inventory