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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Memo: Guardian Media Group CEO Anna Bateson tells staff to continue working from home until at least January 23 after a “serious disruption” to its IT systems — Staff have been told to work remotely since the incident began on 20 December. — The Guardian is continuing …
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@twittersafety:
[Thread] Twitter relaxes its policy for cause-based ads in the US and plans to expand the political advertising the company permits in the coming weeks — We believe that cause-based advertising can facilitate public conversation around important topics. Today, we're relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the US. We also plan to expand the political advertising we permit in the coming weeks.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Punchbowl News plans to launch text alerts for breaking news for paid subscribers in January, seeking to lessen its reliance on Twitter — Punchbowl News, the two-year-old Congress-focused media startup, will launch a text-based breaking news service this month to send real-time alerts …
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@axios, @sarafischer, @apalmerdc, @alex and @digidave
Axios:
Source: Donald Trump Jr. signs a seven-figure podcast deal with Rumble, where he has 1M+ subscribers; in Q3 2022, Rumble reported 71M global MAUs — - Rumble went public via a blank check company merger in September that valued the platform at over $2 billion at the time.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
The NFL postponed the Monday Night Football Bills-Bengals game after Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed and an ambulance took him off the field following a hit — The “Monday Night Football” game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was suspended in the first quarter …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Warner Bros. Discovery signs a deal with VideoAmp to measure its audience as an alternative to Nielsen, which the company will also continue to use — - Warner Bros. Discovery signed a deal with VideoAmp, a significant moment for the startup audience measurement platform as an alternative option to legacy firm Nielsen.
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Deadline, Axios, Ad Age, VideoAmp, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Adweek, @tvgrimreaper and MediaPost
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amid cost cutting, HBO Max removes seasons 16-31 of the original Looney Tunes and seasons 4-6 of The Flintstones, letting Warner Bros. licensing deals expire — Warner Bros. Discovery's content purge of HBO Max continued with a year-end culling of a bucket of classic “Looney Tunes” shorts and “The Flintstones” episodes.
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Vulture, TVLine, @benimated, @mediaevan, @jessespector, @automaticzen, @edgewalker81 and The Streamable
Sara Fischer / Axios:
SimilarWeb: monthly visits to top five news sites globally grew 1.8% YoY in 2022, after falling 8% between 2021 and 2020; Nielsen: cable viewership fell 14% YoY — News engagement continued to mostly slow in 2022 relative to 2021, but the drops across various platforms were less precipitous compared …
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@kenvogel, @axios and @sarafischer
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
Cineworld, which filed for bankruptcy in September, plans to sell Regal Cinemas in its entirety, rather than break it up, and denies talks with AMC — Cineworld added that it intends to sell the group in its entirety, rather than break it up. — As well as denying it was in discussions with AMC itself …
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Financial Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and Bloomberg
The New York Times Company:
David French, senior editor at The Dispatch and contributing writer for The Atlantic, joins the NYT as an Opinion columnist — Opinion announces that the writer and legal scholar David French is joining The New York Times staff as an Opinion columnist. Read more in this note from Kathleen Kingsbury and Patrick Healy.
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The Wrap:
TheWrap announces the promotion of Adam Chitwood and Jethro Nededog to co-executive editors — TheWrap is delighted to announce that Adam Chitwood and Jethro Nededog have been promoted to Co-Executive Editors of TheWrap, effective immediately. They will report to Editor In Chief Sharon Waxman.
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@theinsneider, @therealjethro, @adamchitwood and @sharonwaxman
Axios:
Refinitiv: media and entertainment M&A deal value fell 61% YoY to $142.7B in 2022 and the number of deals fell 10% YoY to 3,247 — Happy New Year, Media Deals readers! — 🇬🇧 Situational awareness: The Guardian's offices are closed until at least January 23 following …
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