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Reporting by India's The Wire on Meta and India's ruling party comes under scrutiny after questions about the authenticity of a document and an email screenshot — Who would have the least to lose and most to gain by undermining credibility in the press? — Tech giants and news organisations sparring over news reporting isn't new.
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Anna Merlan / VICE:
Leaked footage: Fox edited out Kanye West's bigoted and bizarre statements to Tucker Carlson about Jewish people, “fake children”, visions from God, and more — Motherboard obtained footage of Ye making bigoted statements about Jewish people and bizarre claims about “fake children …
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Washington Post, The Hill, Mediaite, The Wrap, The Forward, @learmonth, The Hollywood Reporter, TODAY.com, @joeconason, @eugene_scott, @blackamazon, @azi, @alex_panetta, @blackamazon, The Daily Beast, @juddlegum, @brandyzadrozny, @juddlegum, @janecoaston, @phil_lewis_, @katiephang, @bendreyfuss, @bendreyfuss, Rolling Stone, @metzgov, @ramalicia, Quartz, Boing Boing, @jeffjarvis, @pkafka, Columbia Journalism Review, @mattgertz, E! Online, Los Angeles Times, CNET and Fox News, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal partners with Meta to bring VR experiences to Quest headsets in 2023, from The Office, DreamWorks, Blumhouse, the Peacock streaming app, and more — Ready to mingle with the Dunder Mifflin gang in virtual reality? — Meta, looking to spark broader interest in VR …
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TechCrunch, ScreenRant, The Verge, oculus.com, CNET, CNN, Meta, CNET, TechCrunch, Kotaku, Reuters, Forbes, AppleInsider, Wired, Bloomberg, Protocol and @readdanwrite, more at Techmeme »
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
CNN closes its “Vault by CNN” NFT project, opened in 2021 to let anyone “own a piece of history”, and plans to compensate users with FLOW tokens or stablecoins — You may have already forgotten about it, but Vault by CNN launched in the summer of 2021 as a marketplace …
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@vaultbycnn, CoinDesk, @scruffur, @mdudas, @emilyjnicolle, @agraham999, Fortune, @akwyz, @patdennis, The Hill, @pressgazette, @randy_gage, @andy8052, @rjcc, @neerajka, @sarahscire, @jbenton and Shelly Palmer, more at Techmeme »
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bloomberg Media plans to stop serving open-market third-party programmatic display ads in 2023 and ditch Taboola recommendations, to improve the user experience — The publisher will use the inventory, in part, to promote other product offerings — The business news publisher Bloomberg Media …
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The Rebooting, @markstenberg3, @acfou, @seangriffey and AdExchanger
Lesley Goldberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
Legendary Television places President Chris Albrecht on leave; an upcoming book details an incident at HBO where Albrecht allegedly disparaged a staff member — According to material viewed by THR from a forthcoming book about HBO, the former network chairman allegedly disparaged a staffer who took a settlement after he choked her.
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PenguinRandomhouse.com, Los Angeles Times, Variety, @lucas_shaw, @fatgirlinohio, Observer, @thefienprint, @kimmasters, @tylerdinucci, @lindaholmes, Bloomberg, The Wrap and Deadline
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Over a dozen job openings hint TikTok plans to open fulfillment centers in the US as the company looks to build an “international e-commerce fulfillment system” — TikTok is planning to build its own product fulfillment centers in the U.S., creating an e-commerce supply chain system …
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CNN, @thedragonfeeder, @bradmossesq, @glenngabe, @johnkoetsier, @venturetwins, @sarafischer, The Verge and Beyond Search, more at Techmeme »
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
The UK's Reach says the marketing blackout after the Queen's death sent print advertising down by almost a third and digital revenue down 8% in September 2022 — Reach's print advertising drops by a third in September and digital revenues slide — The publisher of the Daily Express …
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Press Gazette and HoldtheFrontPage
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times reports a £4.3M pre-tax profit in 2021, up from a £29M pre-tax loss in 2020, and a £31M operating profit on £438M of 2021 operating revenue — The Financial Times has reported a strong “rebound” from Covid-19 in 2021, returning to profitability and growing revenues by almost a fifth.
Discussion:
@wturvill
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
News UK has always said phone hacking only happened at News of the World but eight people have pending Sun-only legal claims and three more settled with The Sun — Eight individuals have legal cases against tabloid alleging wrongdoing including when Brooks was editor
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@mrjamesob, @scobie and @jimwaterson
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Netflix reports its UK earnings for the first time, £1.4B in 2021 revenue and £31.7M in profit, after moving UK-based subscribers to its British subsidiaries — US streaming service behind The Crown and Stranger Things also pays record corporation tax of nearly £7m
Discussion:
@scottygb, @jimwaterson and Media Play News
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
Nielsen Holdings closes its sale to a private equity consortium led by Elliott and Brookfield in a ~$16B all-cash deal including debt — Deal comes before Nielsen One rollout — Nielsen Holdings said that it completed its sale to a group of private-equity investors led by Elliott Investment Management …
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Inside Radio and Nielsen Holdings plc
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