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Vincent Manancourt / Politico:
The Irish DPC fines Meta €390M over GDPR breaches related to its ad and data handling practices, giving the company three months to comply; Meta plans to appeal — 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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Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:
Vox Media plans to no longer run ads from fossil fuel companies, “kind of formalizing” a policy that SVP AJ Frucci says the publisher has had 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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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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Radio Ink, @bizboyle, @felixgillette, The Information, @ericspiegelman, @ashleyrcarman and @lucas_shaw, more at Techmeme »
J. Scott Trubey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution names Andrew Morse, a media journalist and former executive at CNN, Bloomberg, and ABC News, as its president and publisher — Former CNN, Bloomberg and ABC News executive to help lead digital transition — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has found …
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Leyland Cecco / The Guardian:
Apple quietly launches a catalog of books narrated by AI on its Books app, in a move that publishers, authors, and agents warn may upend the audiobook market — Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI - but move expected to spark backlash
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Dana Gerber / The Boston Globe:
A look at three independent Marblehead, Massachusetts news outlets launched in 2022 to fill the void left by Gannett making the Marblehead Reporter go regional — In the wake of newspaper closures, three new outlets have sprung up in the North Shore town. — Not quite a year ago, the local news outlook in Marblehead appeared bleak.
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Financial Times:
The UK government confirms it will not proceed with Channel 4's privatization, instead opting for reforms to preserve the broadcaster's financial sustainability — UK government confirms Channel 4 to remain publicly-owned — The UK government has confirmed that it will not proceed …
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Agence France-Presse:
Iran warns France of an “effective and decisive response” after Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting Ayatollah Khamenei that were deemed to be insulting — Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Amazon creates a single unit for Prime Video, MGM+, and Freevee, led by company veteran Andrew Bennett, reporting to Prime Video VP of International 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, plans to acquire weekly tabloid Pittsburgh City Paper from Butler Eagle publisher Eagle Media — 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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Denise-Marie Ordway / The Journalist's Resource:
An 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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@raju and @007_delic
Grace Kay / Insider:
Vimeo lays off 11% of its workforce, citing “an uncertain economic environment”, after cutting 6% in July 2022; the company had 1,200+ workers in December 2021 — - Vimeo is laying off 11% of its workforce, a company spokesperson confirmed. — Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud told staff …
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