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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Music and culture outlet Paste Magazine buys Jezebel, with plans to start publishing today, and Splinter, the political news site shut down by G/O Media in 2019 — The pioneering feminist website is being sold to Paste by G/O Media, which had shut down the site this month.
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Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
Spotify details the most-streamed albums, songs, and podcasts in 2023: Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, Flowers by Miley Cyrus, The Joe Rogan Experience, and more — Spotify has revealed its annual Wrapped campaign for 2023, announcing the top-streamed artists, albums, songs and podcasts in addition …
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Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify launches Spotify Wrapped 2023, adding a new Me in 2023 feature to assign users 12 themes that describe their listening, available on mobile and desktop — The listening recap, available Wednesday, takes over social media every year — It's the time of year many people have been anxiously awaiting: Spotify Wrapped season.
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Adalytics: Google ads appear on many compromising sites that make up its Search Partners network; Google attacks Adalytics but plans to review its findings — Adtech report exposes brand safety and ad fraud risks lurking in the Google Search Partners network...
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A Washington Post spokesperson says the company has decided to pause advertising on X, after Elon Musk's amplification of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory — The far-right theory motivated a gunman to fire multiple rounds inside the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Northwest Washington in 2016.
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Mike Seymour / fxguide:
Unity plans to cut 265 jobs, or 3.8% of its workforce, and end its services deal with VFX company Wētā FX to focus on its core business in a “company reset” — UPDATE: Scroll down for a statement from WētāFX: — Reuters is reporting that Unity Software …
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Variety:
Robert De Niro criticizes Apple and the Gotham Awards, after sources say Apple cut part of his speech that was critical of Donald Trump, which he read anyway — The “Killers of the Flower Moon” actor was gearing up to slam Donald Trump at Monday's Gotham Awards, but when he took the stage …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The Guardian reaches a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to develop the Guardian Media Group's content for adaptation to film and TV — Collaboration will give Sony Pictures Entertainment exclusive first-look rights to Guardian's global journalism
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Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
Digital TV Research: global video-on-demand subscriptions are expected to grow by 321M between 2023 and 2029 to 1.79B, with the six top US-based services up 26% — Global subscription video-on-demand/SVOD subscriptions will grow by 321 million between 2023 and 2029, to reach 1.79 billion …
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
Jeff Zucker, CEO of Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI and ex-CNN head, insists he would preserve editorial independence of The Telegraph under RedBird's funding plan — CNN veteran insists editorial independence would be preserved under proposed new ownership — The leader of the Abu-Dhabi …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple launches Apple Music Replay, letting users review their 2023 history like top songs and artists, but the feature is still no match for Spotify Wrapped — Apple's year-end review and answer to Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, has arrived, but it's still no match for Spotify's personalized look back at your year in music.
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
A look at The Middle, a weekly public radio show hosted by ex-NPR host Jeremy Hobson that airs on 400 stations and hopes to reach the political middle of the US — Public radio's listenership is decidedly liberal. A new weekly radio show from a former NPR producer seeks to change that.
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Reuters:
Source: Rupert Murdoch is set to be deposed on November 28 and November 29 as part of the Smartmatic defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp — Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of voting technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit …
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