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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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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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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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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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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Warner Bros. Television Group laid off 82 staffers Tuesday, or about 19% of its workforce, and cut 43 vacant posts, totaling 26% cut from 481 positions — Warner Bros. Television Group handed out pink slips to 82 staffers on Tuesday, representing 19% of the studio's workforce, across its scripted, unscripted and animation divisions.
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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 …
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.
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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.
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
Matthew Keys / Fierce Video:
The Pac-12 Network sues Dish, claiming Dish withheld payment during the pandemic in violation of its carriage agreement — The Pac-12 Network has filed a civil lawsuit against satellite and streaming company Dish Network, claiming the pay television service withheld payment during …
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Mercury News, Next TV and Awful Announcing, Thanks:@matthewkeyslive
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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