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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources and an internal memo: the BBC puts 80+ employees at risk of redundancy across the product teams that build its online services, including iPlayer — The British broadcaster is planning to make delivery managers redundant in its “production group” as it embraces a model that managers said mirrors processes in Silicon Valley.
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Jem Bartholomew / Columbia Journalism Review:
How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC using a single incautious Panorama edit, after years of attacks by UK conservatives on the BBC — How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC. — On Friday, reporters aboard Air Force One asked President Donald Trump about his intention to sue the BBC.
Ryan Lizza / Telos News:
Ryan Lizza discusses his relationship with Olivia Nuzzi, details her relationship with Keith Olbermann, and reveals her affair with politician Mark Sanford — Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that's what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
CPB agrees to fulfill a $36M, multi-year contract with NPR, resolving litigation filed by NPR accusing CPB of illegally yielding to Trump's demands — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
The UK CMA opens probes into StubHub, Viagogo, and others over allegedly deceptive online pricing practices; the UK plans to ban above face value ticket resales — CMA opens investigations into eight companies including ticketing websites StubHub and Viagogo
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Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney+ and CJ ENM's Tving partner to offer bundles that combine access to Disney+, Tving, and South Korean streamer Wavve at discounted rates in South Korea — The new collaboration — Disney's first with a local OTT service in Korea — follows the company's recent deal bringing TVING dramas to Disney+ in Japan.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko steps down from the decentralized social network as part of its transition to a nonprofit structure governed by a board — Mastodon's creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X rival …
New York Times:
Sources: Netflix, Comcast, and Paramount are preparing bids to buy all or part of WBD; any deal would require President Trump's and US regulators' approval — Paramount, Comcast and Netflix are preparing bids to buy all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery, a crown jewel of the industry.
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Megumi Fujikawa / Wall Street Journal:
A Japanese minister pledges to improve working conditions for creators, blaming low wages and grueling working conditions on “passion exploitation” of creators — Tokyo has set a target of $130 billion in annual overseas content sales by 2033 — TOKYO—Japan's minister in charge …
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Source: OANN fired Vish Burra, a producer of The Matt Gaetz Show, after he posted a cartoon that executives deemed “highly offensive” and “antisemitic” — Vish Burra's posts characterizing Jewish people as “vermin” were “highly offensive” and “antisemitic,” a source tells TheWrap
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Jeffrey Epstein's emails, released by the US House Oversight Committee, contain Michael Wolff's unpublished Epstein profile, raising access journalism concerns — THE SCOOP — Buried deep in the House Oversight Committee's recent release of 20,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein's inbox …
Wall Street Journal:
Pinkfong prices its South Korea IPO at ~$26 per share, valuing the company behind Baby Shark Dance, YouTube's most-watched video with 16.4B views, at ~$375M — Company behind ubiquitous song is hampered by ad restrictions on children's content, wants to raise funds for expansion via an IPO
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