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Vincent Manancourt / Politico:
The Irish DPC fines Meta €390M over behavioral ad data violations, giving Meta three months to resolve the issues, a significant blow to Meta's EU ad business — Meta faces €390 million in fines and must find a new legal route to targeted ads, while the Irish regulator is suing …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Sirius XM and Amazon slow podcast dealmaking and Spotify froze its US budget for new podcasts; all three seek to keep 50% of ad revenue vs. 20% before — As the podcasting universe has matured in recent years it has picked up many of the trappings of more established media industries …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Leaked letter: UK Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan recommends dropping plans to privatize Channel 4, saying there are better ways to secure its sustainability — Channel 4 privatization is off the cards. — UK Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak …
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J. Scott Trubey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution names Andrew Morse, a former CNN, Bloomberg, and ABC News executive, as its next president and publisher — Former CNN, Bloomberg and ABC News executive to help lead digital transition — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has found its next president and publisher …
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Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:
Vox Media says it will no longer run ads from fossil fuel companies, “kind of formalizing” a policy the publisher has had in place since early 2021 — The company also announced a carbon-neutral ad offering. … To ring in the new year on a sustainable note …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Amazon creates a single unit for Prime Video, MGM+, and Freevee, led by Amazon veteran Andrew Bennett, reporting to VP of International at Prime Video Kelly Day — EXCLUSIVE: In its latest corporate realignment, Amazon has created a single unit for third-party living room device business development …
Kris B. Mamula / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Cars Holding, a subsidiary of Ohio-based Block Communications, will buy alt-weekly Pittsburgh City Paper from Eagle Media, the publisher of the Butler Eagle — A subsidiary of Toledo, Ohio-based Block Communications Inc. is buying Pittsburgh City Paper from Eagle Media, the publisher of the Butler Eagle …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen plans to launch its cross-platform measurement product One Ads on January 11, offering measurement of content and ads at the second-by-second level — The cross-platform measurement product has been hotly anticipated by marketers. … The company says that the cross-platform measurement product …
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Denise-Marie Ordway / The Journalist's Resource:
Analysis of 5,847 political news stories from 20 media outlets in 2021: far-left and far-right outlets offer easier-to-read coverage than mainstream outlets — The study provides insights into “what journalists at reputable organizations might want to consider when they're writing news …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Roku plans to launch its own TVs in spring 2023 across two brands, Roku Select and a higher-end Roku Plus, ranging from 24 inches for $119 to 75 inches for $999 — Roku is making big news at CES 2023: the company long known for its streaming players and easy-to-use software plans to release its own lineup of TVs this year.
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter begins relaxing its longstanding ban on cause-based ads in the US and plans to expand permitted political advertising in the coming weeks — Elon Musk's social media service said it would begin to permit cause-based advertising to “facilitate public conversation around important topics.”
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
UTA acquires New York-based fiction and non-fiction publishing house Fletcher & Company, which will be folded into the overall UTA Publishing division — As part of the deal, the New York-based fiction and non-fiction publishing house's founder and CEO Christy Fletcher will co-lead …
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