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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Letterboxd's founders sell a majority stake to Canadian company Tiny; a source says the deal values the film-focused social network with ~10M users at $50M+ — Two designers from New Zealand built a wildly popular social network for movie buffs. Now, they're cashing in (and sticking around for the sequel).
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Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Source: Diamond Sports is seeking to cut the broadcast fees it pays to the NHL and NBA by up to 20%; Diamond pays NBA teams about $600M a year — Bankrupt broadcaster Diamond Sports, the nation's largest regional sports network, has made a take-it-or-leave-it offer to cut rights fees …
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Awful Announcing, @tvgrimreaper, Next TV, The Streamable, Radio & Television …, Twin Cities, Barrett Media and Cord Cutters News
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A history of Vine's failure to build relationships with its top creators, who Vine leadership resented for gaming the app's ranking algorithm and their humor — The wildly popular video app's contentious relationship with its own power users offers a cautionary tale for social platforms
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@katienotopoulos, @nitashatiku, @iamasarch, @willoremus and Tubefilter
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Ed Fancher, one of the founders of the alternative weekly newspaper The Village Voice and its publisher for 19 years, died on September 27 at age 100 — A psychologist, he started the alternative weekly with Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer in 1955. “We were crazy enough to think it would succeed,” he said.
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@tromano, @joeconason and @johnk77t
The Marshall Project:
The Marshall Project launches its second local news operation in Jackson, Mississippi, where two reporters are set to start on October 2 — Two journalists will produce enterprise and investigative journalism for audiences across Mississippi, including those affected by its criminal justice system.
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@marlonawalker, @calebbedillion and New York Amsterdam News
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Podcast company Pushkin Industries lays off 17 of its 54 employees, or 30%+ of its staff in its second round of cuts in 2023, and changes its leadership team — ‘The Tipping Point’ author will step into editorial director role as part of executive shakeup — Bestselling author Malcolm …
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New York Post, The Information, @mijustin, @kateepm, @leffjakin.bsky.social and @brianstorms@mastodon.social
Amanda Zamora / The 19th:
Amanda Zamora says she will step down as publisher of The 19th at the end of 2023 and continue working on The 19th News Network in an advisory director capacity — After more than four and a half years with The 19th, Amanda Zamora will step down as publisher at the end of this year.
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@amzam, @amzam, @mathewi, @amzam, @soljourno, @errinhaines, @amzam, @niketa, @mitrakalita, @cande313, @ramsammy and @eramshaw
Todd Spangler / Variety:
FilmRise acquires the worldwide digital media rights to 1,200+ hours of BuzzFeed Studios' library of content, including past episodes of Hot Ones and Worth It — Older episodes of Sean Evans' “Hot Ones,” the hit YouTube series in which celebs try to ingest increasingly spicy buffalo wings, has a new home.
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The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that the company has paid out nearly $20M to creators; Elon Musk said in July 2023 that the first payments totaled $5M — The company formerly known as Twitter has paid out nearly $20 million to creators, according to a post from X CEO Linda Yaccarino.
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MediaPost, @lindayax, Fortune, @lhamadopagode, @rakeshlobster, @jboorstin and The Verge on YouTube, more at Techmeme »
Bob Sillick / Editor and Publisher:
A look at Agenda Watch, built by Stanford's Big Local News and which scrapes public agencies' documents to help city hall, police, and school beat reporters — A journalist's job can be exciting: uncovering a critical lead for a new story or elbowing aside a gaggle of other media pros to question a government official.
Washington Post:
The Supreme Court agrees to hear two cases concerning whether Florida and Texas can restrict social media companies from removing political posts or accounts — The justices announced Friday which cases they will add to their calendar for the term that begins Monday
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New York Times, Engadget, UPI, Politico, SCOTUSblog, Gizmodo, Reuters, @thefireorg, Associated Press, Bloomberg, SCOTUSblog, Los Angeles Times, @mjs_dc, The Nation and The Messenger, more at Techmeme »
Naomi Clarke / The Independent:
GB News presenter Calvin Robinson says the broadcaster suspended him for defending Dan Wootton online, making him the channel's third suspended presenter — Robinson hosts a religious current affairs programme on the channel. … GB News presenter Calvin Robinson has said the broadcaster …
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@calvinrobinson, @calvinrobinson, The Guardian, Sky News, @calvinrobinson and The Sun
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