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Mark Schilling / Variety: 3½ hours ago
A look at A4C, a nonprofit working on ingrained film industry problems in Japan, like the lack of support for arthouse movies and pervasive sexual harassment
Todd Spangler / Variety: 8 hours ago
Roku's hiring of Charlie Collier, who brought Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead to TV, signals a strategic shift to spending more on original content
CNN: 20 hours ago
CNN says Nicaragua took CNN en Español off the air shortly after 10PM on Wednesday without explanation, amid a government crackdown; CNN's website remains up
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR Chief News Executive Nancy Barnes announces she will leave the network in November 2022, prompted by the CEO's move to create an executive role above her
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku's hiring of Charlie Collier, who brought Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead to TV, signals a strategic shift to spending more on original content
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The verdict against Project Veritas upends the organization's claims of doing undercover journalism; one Project Veritas operative pitched a voter fraud scheme
Laura Wagner / Defector:
Memo: Axios encourages employees to buy and expense six copies of Smart Brevity, a new book by Axios' co-founders, post a photo on social media, and review it
Mark Schilling / Variety:
A look at A4C, a nonprofit working on ingrained film industry problems in Japan, like the lack of support for arthouse movies and pervasive sexual harassment
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
An internal letter shows Twitch SVP of Global Creators Constance Knight resigned on the same day the company announced revenue sharing changes for top creators
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Apple signs a multiyear NFL deal to have Apple Music replace Pepsi as the main sponsor for the Super Bowl halftime show; sources say the NFL was seeking ~$50M
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: in recent months, Netflix started licensing new specials from some comedians for two years for ~$200K, rather than buying them outright, to cut costs
CNN:
CNN says Nicaragua took CNN en Español off the air shortly after 10PM on Wednesday without explanation, amid a government crackdown; CNN's website remains up
Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
A look at the crowded podcast market, where competition has made almost everything in the business more difficult, and some say no one is taking creative risks
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Everyone deserves thriving local news, not just those who live in a few lucky cities and states blessed by a nearby rich person, foundation, or other entity
Elvira Pollina / Reuters:
Sources: Italian broadcaster MediaForEurope, formerly Mediaset, and French billionaire Xavier Niel made an offer for a controlling stake in French TV company M6
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