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fromAdExchanger
1 hour ago

Paramount Skydance Merged Its Business - Now It's Ready To Merge Its Tech Stack | AdExchanger

Paramount Skydance's post-merger Q3 shows flat overall revenue, DTC growth driven by Paramount+ subscriptions, planned 1,000 layoffs, and DTC tech unification for 2026.
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fromNieman Lab
7 hours ago

BBC resignations are a symbol of mounting pressure on public broadcasters in the Trump era

BBC leadership resignations over dishonest editing of Trump's speech reveal failures in editorial standards and susceptibility to political and media pressure.
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fromThe Nation
9 hours ago

The Shuttering of Teen Vogue and the Silencing of Progressive Voices

The closure of Teen Vogue's politics team removes a vital platform for community voices and justice-focused journalism, enabling silencing that aids authoritarian consolidation.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Why have BBC bosses resigned over a Trump speech edit?

BBC Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness resigned after a leaked memo alleged edited Panorama footage misrepresented Donald Trump's January 6 speech.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
19 hours ago

Michelle Obama dishes the secrets behind her most famous outfits: best podcasts of the week

Michelle Obama's podcast spin-off blends polished presentation, notable guests, and candid conversations about pressures she faced as the first Black woman in the White House.
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fromNieman Lab
9 hours ago

Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors

Public radio’s shift to a listener-member funding model entrenches an older, whiter, wealthier audience, undermining equitable service and making stations vulnerable to funding cuts.
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fromPoynter
13 hours ago

'Poynter Day' marks Poynter Institute's 50th anniversary, rallies supporters - Poynter

The Poynter Institute advances independent, ethical journalism globally through training, fact-checking, media literacy, AI innovation, local news support, and fundraising for its work.
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fromPoynter
1 week ago
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Poynter names 17 journalists to prestigious 2025 Power of Diverse Voices program - Poynter

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1 week ago
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Poynter names 17 journalists to prestigious 2025 Power of Diverse Voices program - Poynter

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fromBusiness Insider
9 hours ago

MrBeast is beefing up his exec team with new hires from TikTok, Snapchat, and more as he looks to build the next Disney

MrBeast's company hired four senior executives from major tech and media firms to expand brand partnerships, talent acquisition, and studio production while scaling its media business.
#disney
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fromBenzinga
16 hours ago

Understanding Meta Platforms's Position In Interactive Media & Services Industry Compared To Competitors - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

Meta Platforms dominates social media with nearly 4 billion users, strong ad-driven revenues, a low 0.26 debt-to-equity ratio, and a small Reality Labs segment.
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fromTechCrunch
6 days ago
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Netflix in talks to license video podcasts from iHeartMedia, report says | TechCrunch

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6 days ago
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Netflix in talks to license video podcasts from iHeartMedia, report says | TechCrunch

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fromIndependent
3 hours ago

RTE Radio 1 review: Promising start for new line-up on first day of school

RTE Radio 1's weekday schedule has been refreshed and now feels more settled and spacious under Patricia Monahan's leadership.
fromThe Verge
4 hours ago

Paramount Plus is getting a price hike in early 2026

Paramount says the price increase will "fuel continued reinvestment in the user experience and deliver an even stronger slate of programming" going forward. Like many other streamers, Paramount has hiked the price of its streaming service on an almost yearly basis. Paramount Plus raised prices in 2023 before hiking them further last June, bringing its ad-free Premium plan to $12.99 / month, while its ad-supported tier sits at $7.99 / month.
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fromdefector.com
10 hours ago

The Crossword, Nov. 10: What's In A Name?

A Monday Defector crossword was constructed by Ryan Judge and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu; open submissions are paused until Dec. 1.
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fromDigiday
6 days ago
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In Graphic Detail: The rise of micro dramas that are attracting big ad dollars

fromDigiday
6 days ago
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In Graphic Detail: The rise of micro dramas that are attracting big ad dollars

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fromAwful Announcing
2 days ago

Mina Kimes 'deeply embarrassed' about endorsing shady solitaire app

ESPN analyst Mina Kimes apologized for promoting Solitaire Cash after a court found Papaya Gaming used bots to defraud players in real-money games.
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fromIndependent
1 day ago

RTE's Oliver Callan: 'I've said no to a free kitchen and free cars... A lot of people turned themselves into billboards'

As the presenter moves to a new slot tomorrow, he discusses RTÉ pay, why he has decided not to announce his new salary and the Matt Cooper/Ivan Yates controversy Oliver Callan is recalling an encounter he had on the street with Pat Kenny. It's Thursday afternoon in Dún Laoghaire and we're discussing presenters' pay when he describes what the Newstalk presenter once surmised about presenters' earnings at the height of the RTÉ crisis over pay and secret side deals.
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fromIndependent
1 day ago

RTE's Oliver Callan: 'I've said no to a free kitchen and free cars... A lot of people turned themselves into billboards'

Oliver Callan is recalling an encounter he had on the street with Pat Kenny. It's Thursday afternoon in Dún Laoghaire and we're discussing presenters' pay when he describes what the Newstalk presenter once surmised about presenters' earnings at the height of the RTÉ crisis over pay and secret side deals.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 day ago

AI SlopHow Every Media Revolution Breeds Rubbish and Art

Though references to AI slop date back at least to 2022, a poet and technologist who writes under the name deepfates popularized it two years later as the term for unwanted AI generated content in a post on X. Shortly afterward, developer Simon Willison shared the concept in a blog post: Not all AI-generated content is slop, he wrote. But if it's mindlessly generated and thrust upon someone who didn't ask for it, slop is the perfect term.
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fromPR Daily
4 days ago
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How social media editors are rewriting the rules for PR outreach - PR Daily

fromNieman Lab
5 days ago
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Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests

fromPR Daily
4 days ago
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How social media editors are rewriting the rules for PR outreach - PR Daily

fromNieman Lab
5 days ago
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Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests

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fromDeadline
3 days ago

The Creator Economy, YouTube & Digital Production Meet Traditional Media: Highlights From The Digital Content Forum

Legacy media invests in creator-led digital channels while creators expand into animation, educational formats, and micro-drama to drive growth and audience retention.
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fromIrish Independent
3 days ago

RTE denies outsourcing behind decision to close in-house documentary unit next year

RTÉ will close its in-house documentary unit, shifting production toward independent companies while asserting overall documentary output will be maintained.
fromThe Drum
3 days ago

Here's how to earn media coverage in 2023

Every public relations (PR) professional's dream is to get their brand or client featured in a national publication with a high readership. In the digital PR world, getting a link back to your company's website is even better. Unfortunately, it's not always that simple, as you might not have news to share every month that interests the press. So, how can you still earn media coverage, and links back to your website?
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fromDigiday
3 days ago

Inside Reuters' agentic AI video experiment

Reuters is piloting an agentic AI to produce rough video edits, using LLMs to select clips and create wrap edits while humans finalize full productions.
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fromIndependent
3 days ago

Ivan Yates to be called before Dail committee over Jim Gavin and Fianna Fail coaching saga

Oireachtas group that probed Ryan Tubridy payments scandal turns its attention to media conflicts of interest Media regulator to consider new rules in wake of controversy, which will 'deepen suspicion among public' Chairman Alan Kelly says declaration of interests, similar to politicians, is needed from those working in the media Ivan Yates is being called before an Oireachtas committee to discuss his coaching of Jim Gavin in the presidential election while also acting as an political commentator.
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fromArs Technica
3 days ago

Higher prices, simpler streaming expected if HBO Max folds into Paramount+

Warner Bros. Discovery is open to selling, potentially merging HBO Max into Paramount+, consolidating libraries and risking higher subscriber prices.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

The Guardian view on the John Lewis Christmas ad: a modern story of fathers and sons | Editorial

The John Lewis Christmas advert spotlights a crisis of boyhood, portraying father-son distance, 1990s nostalgia, and young men's isolation and mental-health risks.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Jennifer Lawrence delivers career-best work in the spellbinding Die My Love review

A film portrays postpartum madness through sensory detail, domestic decay, silence, and haunting atmosphere centered on Grace and her newborn.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

You Comment on These Things for a Living': Ben Shapiro Reminds Megyn Kelly of Her Job in Spat Over Candace Owens

No, I don't care about people attacking me, and I don't think Tucker cares about people attacking him, affirmed Shapiro. We're professionals, we're in a business where people comment on what we say publicly. You know, again. this is why, you know, I think you and I differ on our angle with regard to, for example, Candace Owens. I think that what Candace Owens is doing right now is evil.
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fromAdExchanger
4 days ago

Why Meta's Exit From MRC Audits Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Marketers | AdExchanger

Advertisers must reassess social video spending as rising costs, reduced incremental reach, and brand-safety risks make programmatic CTV a more transparent, brand-safe option.
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fromDigiday
4 days ago

Media Briefing: Associated Press deal cements Microsoft's quiet rise in AI licensing

Associated Press joined Microsoft's pay-per-use AI content marketplace to help shape protections for intellectual property and ensure fair value for premium journalism.
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

MS Now Arrives With Renewed Purpose: Not a Rebrand, But a Reinvention

(MSNBC / Ralph Bavaro). On Saturday, Nov. 15, MSNBC officially becomes MS Now standing up a modern, independent newsroom under the new corporate banner Versant and formally separating from NBCU's news division. On Wednesday morning, President Rebecca Kutler hosted a breakfast-hour walk-through for roughly a dozen media reporters, with a rotating cast of on-air principals dropping in to shake hands and take questions.
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fromPoynter
4 days ago

When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent - Poynter

When federal immigration operations began sweeping across Los Angeles in June, our newsroom worked around the clock. I didn't have to tell them to. No one wanted to stop. One reporter's family members were being followed. Another staffer's family went into hiding - despite having legal status. Sources we'd cultivated for years suddenly wouldn't answer calls. At LA Public Press, a 14-person nonprofit newsroom led
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fromPoynter
4 days ago

Poynter launches 2026 leadership training lineup for journalists and media professionals at every stage - Poynter

Poynter launches simultaneous 2026 leadership programs and opens applications for all four flagship offerings to train journalism and media professionals in essential leadership skills.
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fromAxios
4 days ago

CEOs enter their out-of-pocket era

Executives' off-script remarks across social and creator-led channels risk regulatory, financial, and reputational harm and require tailored media training and disciplined authenticity.
fromAdExchanger
4 days ago

Netflix Ditches MAUs; Streaming Into Trouble | AdExchanger

According to VP Mitzi Reaugh, the new MAV metric represents members who have watched at least one minute of ads on Netflix per month, multiplied by the estimated average number of people per household. MAVs take the place of MAUs - monthly active users. Reaugh noted one advantage is that the MAV metric better captures co-viewing behaviors. So you can see why Netflix prefers it.
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fromItsnicethat
4 days ago

Ten of the decade's best designed magazines, selected by magCulture's Jeremy Leslie

magCulture shop became an established public hub where magazine makers, readers, and creatives gather, supported by a collaborative indie publishing network that values inventive print.
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Inside the quiet takeover of local journalism by AI

The most obvious use case for generative AI in editorial operations is to write copy. When ChatGPT lit the fuse on the current AI boom, it was its ability to crank out hundreds of comprehensible words almost instantly, on virtually any topic, that captured our imaginations. Hundreds of "ChatGPT wrote this article" think pieces resulted, and college essays haven't been the same since. Neither has the media.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Jamie Oliver heads new campaign urging Britons to eat more fibre to combat cancer

Donations support free, on-the-ground journalism across the political spectrum and public figures promote increased bean consumption for health and environmental benefits.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

BBC upholds complaint against Martine Croxall over pregnant people' change

BBC upheld complaint that Martine Croxall's wording change and eyebrow expression breached impartiality rules by suggesting a viewpoint on trans identity.
fromItsnicethat
4 days ago

Ten of the decade's best designed magazines, chosen by magCulture's Jeremy Leslie

One high point came early on, realising, pretty soon after we opened, that the shop was so much more than just a shop. It's a public space for magazine lovers to meet like-minded people: other readers, publishers, wannabe publishers. One example was fashion designer Junya Watanabe, who liked our black totes so much he bought several hundred and incorporated them into a shirt in his next season.
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fromSocial Media Today
5 days ago

LinkedIn Will Allow More Types of Newsworthy Content

LinkedIn will allow some policy-violating content when its educational or newsworthy value outweighs potential harm, using warnings and careful review.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
4 days ago

Newsreader Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' moment, BBC says

In a statement sent to complainants on Tuesday 1 July, the BBC said: "During a sequence about heatwaves, Martine Croxall was reading a script that directly quoted a report from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As the language wasn't clearly attributed, she used her editorial judgement to make a live ajustment. We're happy that this was duly accurate and impartial in line with the BBC's Editorial guidelines".
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Unjust' grooming child prostitution' convictions to be pardoned

Victims of child exploitation and grooming will have their child prostitution convictions disregarded after years of appalling injustice. New measures announced by the government this week will see victims who were convicted or cautioned as children for loitering and soliciting for prostitution offences automatically have these disregarded and pardoned. Announcing the scheme, the Home Office acknowledged that instead of being supported as victims, those affected were criminalised for actions that occurred under duress, fear and coercion.
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fromMLB Trade Rumors
5 days ago

Brewers, Royals To Return To Main Street Sports

There is nothing more important to us than connecting with and making our games available to our great fans,
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 days ago

Megyn Kelly: Americans loathe' Meghan Markle. Oprah hypes her $42 jams

Oprah Winfrey promoted Meghan Markle's As Ever food products while reporting revealed the spreads are factory-produced in Illinois, not locally made in Montecito.
fromVulture
5 days ago

Millie Bobby Brown Won't Discuss her Baby's Name With the Press

"I'm not going to," she said. "For me, it's really important to protect her and her story until she's old enough to potentially one day share it herself."
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fromFast Company
5 days ago

The internet mourns Teen Vogue, a magazine brand that 'took young people seriously'

Teen Vogue is being folded into Vogue.com, its editor-in-chief is leaving, staff—largely BIPOC and trans—were laid off, and political coverage lost.
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fromPoynter
5 days ago

These publishers won't sell out. But staying independent keeps getting harder. - Poynter

Independent local newspapers are rapidly disappearing as owners close or sell due to declining revenues, shrinking audiences, and lack of successors or investors.
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fromPoynter
5 days ago

Local news has taken a beating. It's still standing. - Poynter

Local news remains essential as audiences prioritize impact over source despite accelerating newsroom losses, distrust and print decline.
fromSocial Media Today
1 week ago

YouTube Adds Paid Versus Organic Metrics, AI First Draft Assistance

"This [will] empower creators to make data-driven decisions about how they want to grow their channel organically or use paid tools like YouTube Promote."
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fromThe Verge
6 days ago

Hot subpoena summer

Since the actress sued her It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and retaliation at the end of 2024, a certain class of content creators had been eager to weigh in. In her complaint, Lively had alleged that Baldoni's camp was planting hit pieces about her online. TMZ had just reported that Hilton was one of three influencers Lively had set her sights on.
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fromFortune
6 days ago

CBS posts full transcript, video of Trump interview with '60 Minutes,' prompting outcry over edits left on cutting room floor | Fortune

During his "60 Minutes" interview, President Donald Trump called Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer a "kamikaze," complained about investigators searching through his wife's closet, spoke in detail about ending wars and turned the tables on interviewer Norah O'Donnell to ask about safety in Washington, D.C. None of that was seen by people who watched the CBS telecast Sunday night. Less than half of O'Donnell's interview, conducted Friday, actually made it onto the air.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

The 'clippers' who make internet stars viral

Short-form "clipping" extracts viral-ready segments from long videos, driving audience discovery and powering a growing industry that serves creators and major channels.
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fromIntelligencer
6 days ago

Bon Voyage, Air Mail

Air Mail was acquired by Puck; founders stepped down amid financial struggles and internal tensions as the newsletter consolidates under Puck's franchise model.
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fromBoston.com
6 days ago

Longtime 7News anchor Kim Khazei is signing off

Longtime 7News anchor Kim Khazei will depart at year-end after more than two decades to relocate closer to family.
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fromNieman Lab
6 days ago

A newsletter by and for New Jersey South Asians serves the state's sprawling Desi communities

Central New Jersey's large South Asian communities receive minimal local media coverage, prompting the creation of Central Desi to amplify those voices.
fromWIRED
6 days ago

Kara Swisher Would Rather Work for Sam Altman Than Mark Zuckerberg

As the host of On With Kara Swisher, her twice weekly podcast for Vox Media, she grills leaders in tech and politics, coaxing them to share the things they may not reveal on any other gabfest. For Pivot, her Vox show with New York University marketing professor Scott Galloway, she keeps the banter between herself and her cohost-but still, she doesn't hold back.
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fromGameSpot
6 days ago

Majority Of Devs Say Steam Has Monopoly On PC Gaming In New Poll

Most PC game developers consider Valve's Steam a monopoly in PC distribution, yet continue relying on Steam for the majority of their revenue.
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fromTruthout
1 week ago

CBS News Guts Climate Team as New Conservative Management Takes Charge

CBS News eliminated most of its climate crisis production staff after a corporate merger and leadership changes, leaving a lone environmental correspondent without a producer.
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fromThe Nation
1 week ago

The Pending Disaster of a Skydance-Warners Merger

Ellison family's Skydance pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery risks shredding news values and pillaging film and TV production through asset breakup or takeover.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

AI fakes are duping Fox News, Newsmax, and ... maybe Meta's AI expert?

AI-generated videos are now realistic enough to deceive major news outlets and experts, spreading false narratives that confirm existing biases.
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