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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Meta plans to shut down its newsletter subscription service Bulletin by early 2023; the Substack competitor launched in January 2021 and now has 120+ writers — The social media company plans to bring more content back to the Facebook platform directly. — Meta will be shutting down Bulletin …
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Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
The Onion files an amicus brief with the SCOTUS in support of Anthony Novak, who created a Facebook page to parody a local Ohio police department — Monday marked the first time in 34 years of The Onion's publication that what anyone might reasonably think is an Onion headline was an actual headline about the Onion.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Public Radio names LaFontaine Oliver as its next CEO, after Goli Sheikholeslami's departure for Politico; Oliver is currently CEO of Baltimore's WYPR — Mr. Oliver is currently the president and chief executive of Baltimore's flagship public radio station, WYPR.
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J. Kim Murphy / Variety:
After Ned Fulmer admitted to a workplace affair, YouTube comedy group The Try Guys plans to remove him from its videos amid an internal investigation — Comedy group the Try Guys shared a video statement Monday evening, addressing its recent decision to cut ties with ex-member Ned Fulmer …
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Washington Post:
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who protested the Ukraine war on live TV in March, escapes house arrest ahead of her trial; she faces up to 10 years — RIGA, Latvia — Marina Ovsyannikova — the Russian journalist who made international headlines after protesting the war in Ukraine live …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Recurrent Ventures fired 52 people during last week's layoffs, a move current and former staff blame on mismanagement due to the company's pace of acquisitions — The venture equity firm cut 52 staff two weeks after acquiring its 21st publisher — The media company Recurrent Ventures …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
The Independent and Telegraph are reducing website ads, as the impending demise of third-party cookies makes publishers rethink their approach to reader data — Digital chiefs at the Independent and Telegraph have been cutting the number of ads on web pages as the impending demise …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach and BuzzFeed executives criticize ad keyword blocklists, saying they could force outlets to ditch serious topics in favor of “cats on skateboards” stories — Commercial bosses at Reach and Buzzfeed have slammed the use of advertising keyword blacklists that stifle publishers' ability …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell: Peacock added 2M+ paid subscribers in Q3 to top 15M, crediting reclaiming NBCU next-day rights from Hulu; Q2 paid subs were flat — Has Peacock regained its forward momentum? — NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell claimed the media company's flagship streamer notched healthy growth …
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
BAFTA changes nomination rules for director and entertainment performance categories for its TV awards in an attempt to level the playing field for women — BAFTA has made key changes to its Television and TV Craft awards in an attempt to level the playing field for women in historically imbalanced categories such as directing.
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Alexander Marrow / Reuters:
Russia fines TikTok ~$51K for failing to remove “LGBT propaganda” content and Twitch ~$68K for hosting an interview with an adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy — Russia on Tuesday fined TikTok for failing to delete content that violates Russian laws on 'LGBT propaganda …
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New York Times:
Philippine police say Percival Mabasa, a news radio host and critic of President Marcos Jr., was shot dead on Monday, the second journalist killed since June — The radio host Percival Mabasa was killed during an ambush, the police said. He had been a prominent critic of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr …