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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 11m

[Thread] Filings in the Fox News/Smartmatic case show internal criticism from Fox employees about coverage, including their condemnation of opinion hosts (Jeremy Barr/@jeremymbarr)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 56m

Rachel Tashjian, most recently the fashion critic for The Washington Post, joins CNN as a senior style reporter for a new digital product (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 1h

The Pentagon Press Association formally objects to Defense Department rules "that appear designed to stifle a free press" and expose journalists to prosecution (Phil Stewart/@phildstewart)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 2h

Lemonade Stand, a business podcast launched seven months ago by three Twitch streamers, grows to over 16,000 Patreon subscribers, generating $58K+ per month (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 3h

On his two-year anniversary as CNN CEO, Mark Thompson talks about the core value proposition of CNN, cable news, CNN's alleged left-leaning bias, and more (Colby Hall/Mediaite)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 4h

Spotify enters into a direct music publishing agreement with BMG, following deals in 2025 with UMG, Sony Music, Warner Chappell, and Kobalt (Ethan Millman/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 5h

Reporters describe the absurdity of covering the Eric Adams administration, a tumultuously entertaining four years for New York City's press corps (Charlotte Klein/New York Magazine)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 6h

Filing: PA Media Group reports 2024 revenue up 3% YoY to £116.3M, its eighth consecutive year of revenue growth, but profit before tax declined by 4% to £8.6M (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 7h

HarperCollins UK apologizes to Melania Trump and recalls a book that repeated unverified claims that Jeffrey Epstein helped introduce her to President Trump (Marc Caputo/Axios)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 8h

An analysis of 1,100 TikTok users' watch histories across six months in 2024 shows how effective TikTok is at getting even its heaviest users to watch more (Washington Post)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 9h

A look at low-power radio stations, which are hyperlocal, focused on emergency notifications and community voices, and usually very budget-constrained (Lucy Schiller/Columbia Journalism Review)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 10h

A profile of Josh Wallace Kerrigan, also known as Neural Viz, a filmmaker using AI tools from Midjourney to Runway to create a cinematic universe (Christopher Beam/Wired)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 15h

Sources: WaPo plans to launch video podcasts, one hosted by columnist Megan McArdle next month and a flagship show led by Opinion Editor Adam O'Neal in January (Oliver Darcy/Status)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 17h

Sources: Collin Campbell, NPR's podcasting strategy chief since 2023 and a former Gimlet executive editor, is leaving the network to join Apple (Ben Mullin/@benmullin)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 19h

Vyacheslav Leontyev, ex-publisher of Soviet newspaper Pravda, is found dead in Moscow; a police source says he is suspected to have thrown himself from a window (Marc Bennetts/The Times)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 20h

Instacart integrates its retail data with TikTok Ads Manager, letting consumer packaged goods advertisers target audiences and measure conversions within TikTok (Anu Adegbola/Search Engine Land)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 21h

Sources: Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff on Tuesday's morning call, saying she wants to "win" and ending by saying "let's do the fucking news" (Max Tani/@maxwelltani)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 21h

Sources: Lynn Forester de Rothschild has put her family's full 26.7% stake in The Economist up for sale, and sellers anticipate it to be valued at up to £400M (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 21h

Fox Sports gets US TV and streaming rights for the 2026 World Baseball Classic; in August, Netflix picked up the WBC rights in Japan (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 22h

Thirty Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned, and the proceeds, estimated at $850K-$1.4M, will go to public TV stations to help pay programming fees (Associated Press)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 23h

The FAA's expansive ban on drones in Chicago raises concerns that restrictions will block aerial reporting on law enforcement actions during immigration raids (Jim Magill/Dronelife)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 23h

Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, studying music at Stanford, streaming, paying out $10B, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 1d

PayPal announces PayPal Ads Manager, which lets small and midsize businesses set up ads on their ecommerce websites, with a rollout planned in early 2026 (Lauren Johnson/Adweek)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 1d

Interactive TV group FastStream unveils AI-generated presenters for ROXi, the TV music channel it acquired in May; ROXi airs on Nextgen TV in 31 US markets (Scott Roxborough/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 1d

Amazon Prime Video quietly takes down James Bond artwork after facing a backlash for digitally removing guns from the posters (Alex Ritman/Variety)

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