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Evan DeSimone

@mediaevan.bsky.social
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Media Writer/Complainer Previously: Digiday, IntegralAds, Tubefilter, DCNorg Currently: mediahappyhour.substack.com

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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
@popjustice.bsky.social please comb your archives the people need this mp3 www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
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That's Livvy alright • Popjustice
They say you should never judge a book by its cover and the same, sometimes, goes for songs. Well, meet Livvy. Livvy is proof that in some circumstances,
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“The settlement amounts to about $3,000 per book and is believed to be the largest ever recovery in a U.S. copyright case” variety.com/2025/digital...
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Anthropic to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Book Piracy Class Action Lawsuit
Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it illegally downloaded a massive trove of pirated books to train its language models.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Also very interested in the various ways public media is experimenting with tactics to survive these lean times. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...
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With public media under siege, High Plains Public Radio builds a blueprint to cover more rural news with fewer resources
To expand regional coverage while keeping costs down, HPPR aims to build out a “contributors network” of part-time and volunteer community members coordinated by a lean central editorial team.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
FeedMe is staffing up. I'm very interested in how these essentially solo media ventures are going to scale their teams in the next few years. www.status.news/p/john-malon...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Interesting partnership. I'd have to assume most Economist readers are also Times readers, not sure that cuts equally in the other direction... www.semafor.com/article/09/0...
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New York Times teams up with Economist in play for worldwide readers
The US paper quietly rolled out the bundled subscription with the UK-based finance and business-focused publication earlier this year.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
It's genuinely fascinating how long this has gone on. www.businessinsider.com/group-black-...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
To designate Google as a monopoly, but impose no actual remedies, makes this whole trial seem like a huge waste of time and taxpayer money. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/g...
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Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case
The ruling comes nearly a year after a U.S. judge ruled that Google holds an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Like the new Vaniry Fair the vision here seems to be smaller. Less print, more direct, and Anna still steering the ship at a high level. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
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Vogue Names Chloe Malle as Its New Editor
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
After losing an appeal against CNN, Alan Dershowitz plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 case that protects journalists and others from weaponized lawsuits. www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/b...
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Lawyer Alan Dershowitz loses appeal in CNN defamation case | CNN Business
Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz lost his bid on Friday to overturn a ruling that dismissed his defamation lawsuit against CNN over the news channel’s coverage of remarks he made during P...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Many such cases. www.thecut.com/article/aaro...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/08/2025
Kari Lake, the Trump administration official tasked with dismantling the Voice of America, sent termination notices to more than 500 employees at the broadcaster and its parent agency Friday night.
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Kari Lake lays off more than 500 staff at Voice of America parent agency
Amid a contentious court battle, the Trump administration official sent long-awaited termination notices to staffers who have been waiting on administrative leave for months.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Nick Davies - who broke UK tabloid hacking scandal wide open - puts Wash Post's Will Lewis once more under a spotlight He asks: was Lewis involved in cover up for Murdoch & executives rather than cleaning up? via Air Mail airmail.news/issues/2025-...
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A New Twist in the U.K. Phone-Hacking Scandal
Was Will Lewis—now publisher of The Washington Post—complicit in covering up the crimes that brought down an infamous British tabloid?
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
It's a long list, but using OAN to create leverage in a carriage fight with Fox might be the most cynically irresponsible thing YouTube has ever done. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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YouTube TV Inks Deal With Pro-Trump Outlet OAN as Contract for Fox News Is Set to Expire
YouTube inked a deal to launch Herring Networks' One America News (OAN) on YouTube TV in the fourth quarter of 2025. The news comes just hours before YouTube TV's current agreement with Fox Corp. to c...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"Customers will be able to access subscriptions to NBCUniversal’s Peacock on the Prime Video and Fire TV, while Prime Video content will be available on Xfinity X1 devices" www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Comcast, Amazon Expand Streaming Distribution Agreements
The companies said that customers will be able to access subscriptions to NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming app on the Prime Video platform and Fire TV, while Prime Video content will be available on N...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Limiting access from foreign journalists is the next logical step once you've brought the domestic media to heel. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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Trump administration moves to tighten duration of visas for students and media
The Trump administration aims to tighten the duration of visas for students, cultural exchange visitors and members of the media, according to a proposed government regulation issued on Wednesday, part of a broader crackdown on legal immigration.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I’m less concerned that some dark money Dems are paying influencers (about time) than I am about the fact that I’ve never heard of most of these people.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/08/2025
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has announced it will stop publishing a print newspaper at the end of the year, and divert all of its resources into its digital news operation. The company has published in print since 1868
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey
The publication says the time is right to pour all of its resources into its online news operation and get its journalism “in front of the most people.”
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
There’s no way this HK kangaroo court will free Jimmy Lai, but other governments should apply pressure. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/w...
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Jimmy Lai’s Freedom May Now Hinge on Beijing and Trump
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"As senators gathered at the Capitol last month to debate legislation to allow President Trump to zero out funding for public broadcasting, a siren and public service message rang out more than 4,000 miles away in this small town in the Aleutian Islands." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
nytimes.com
Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
None of these AI pay schemes really point toward longterm sustainability for publishers. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers
Media companies will get paid out of a $42.5 million pool when their articles are used by Perplexity’s web browser.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Recession indicator. www.businessinsider.com/mrbeast-beas...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"Noisy Creek appears to have helped stabilize its acquired publications. The Stranger and the Mercury both resumed publishing print editions this past April, five years after they’d halted issues due to pandemic-induced advertising revenue loss." www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/nois...
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Noisy Creek, owner of alt-weeklies in Seattle and Portland, acquires the Chicago Reader
After years of financial struggles and narrowly avoiding closure at the start of 2025, the Chicago Reader is getting another lifeline. On Tuesday, the nonprofit alt-weekly known for covering arts and...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"Peter will assume editorial leadership of a news team of more than 60." www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/26/j...
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The Marshall Project Names Jennifer Peter New Editor-in-Chief
Peter, of The Boston Globe, will lead the national criminal justice outlet’s news operations.
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 27/08/2025
Time promotes Alex Altman, previously deputy Washington bureau chief and executive features editor, to executive editor (Ray Schultz/MediaPost) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“This offer was necessarily contingent on the FCC approving the deal and does not appear to present any legitimate value to the public, only to President Trump” thehill.com/homenews/med...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
You've got to feel some sympathy. Lobbying for years to win the Olympics only to have to deliver them with the country in this condition. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Lord of the Rings: Casey Wasserman’s Olympic Odyssey
Can the hard-driving Hollywood scion navigate political land mines, relentless fundraising and a showboating president to deliver Games glory to L.A.?
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Certain publications are going to be able to sell print the way record labels sell vinyl. Not for everyone, for some. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off.
Print editions appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape, making them an attractive strategic play.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is going to keep happening. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles
Wired and Business Insider have removed freelance articles over concerns they were written by AI under a fake name.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
At least the world is learning from our errors. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
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Protect BBC’s independence in case of Farage government, ex-news head urges
James Harding says it is ‘recklessly complacent’ to assume Trump-style attacks on media could never happen in UK
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
MSNBC is proposing to spend $20 million on it's widely mocked rebrand to MSNOW www.breakermedia.com/p/joanna-col...
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🔎 Joanna Coles’ Hot Mic; MS NOW $20M Spend; Daily News' Alden Hunt
Hamish on KPop Demon Hunters; Myron Rushetzky Tribute
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The hollowing out of public media continues. current.org/2025/08/pbs-...
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PBS Michiana – WNIT announces layoffs triggered by state, federal cuts
The workforce reduction affects about a quarter of the staff.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Death, Taxes, and the Cable Bundle. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/b...
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Come One, Come All! Buy Your TV Subscriptions Here!
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
scoop: "All Things Considered" co-host Ari Shapiro is leaving the network. That makes the third major departure announced in the last several weeks, including founding mother Susan Stamberg and top editor Edith Chapin.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Documents from the Smartmatic/Fox lawsuit show how Maria Bartiromo and other Fox hosts privately aided Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 US election... www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Smartmatic Case Documents Show Some Fox News Hosts’ Drive to Help Trump
Prominent Fox hosts privately sought to help President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to newly unredacted documents in a lawsuit against Fox.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"Yahoo Sports Network, operated by C15 Studio, is available on LG Channels and Sling Freestream, and will launch on Samsung TV Plus, Amazon Fire TV, Fubo, Plex, Prime Video, and The Roku Channel over the coming weeks." variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com
Yahoo Sports Plans Streaming-TV Launch
Yahoo Sports plans to launch the free, ad-supported Yahoo Sports Network with hours of original programs
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"With nine state-specific editions and one national edition sent out to 2.5 million email addresses every weekday, the company pushes out 51 different editions a week" pressgazette.co.uk/north-americ...
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Email-based publisher The Flyover has 25 full-time staff two years after launch
The Flyover is an email-first publication that is seeing success through converting its state news readers to national news.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
scoop: PBS is cutting its budget by 21% to deal with federal funding cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
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PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Honestly, a 10% decline is less than I would have thought. pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
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UK and US publishers say Google AI is harming website traffic
US publishers reported an average fall in referral traffic from Google search of 10% in May and June compared to a year earlier.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The first of many, I'd assume. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Investor Mario Gabelli Sues Shari Redstone’s National Amusements Inc. Alleging ‘Unfair and Inequitable’ Terms in Paramount-Skydance Merger
Mario Gabelli's GAMCO sued Shari Redstone's National Amusements Inc., alleging NAI's deal to merge Paramount and Skydance had 'unfair and inequitable' terms for other Class A shareholders of Paramount...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Did this ever happen? newsroom.spotify.com/2025-05-06/s...
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Spotify Introduces Plays, a New Way To See What Content Is Resonating With Podcast Fans — Spotify
Updated May 16, 2025: We always aim to provide the best Spotify experience, and sometimes that means learning and adjusting as we go. Based on early signals, we’re evolving how play counts show up acr...
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
“When a Tribal station goes dark, the silence is more than technical...These stations are not just media outlets, they are cultural infrastructure.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/how-...
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How tribal radio stations are preparing for a future without the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
“These stations are not just media outlets, they are cultural infrastructure.”
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I think the time to "redefine" these brands has well passed, but good luck. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Paramount Skydance Says It Won’t Spin Off Cable Networks, But …
The newly merged company’s C-suite execs acknowledge the stiff headwinds of that business and float possible streaming moves in a session with reporters.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Hard to overstate how despicable this is. These are people who took significant personal risks because they believed in American ideals.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
“This closure had nothing to do with the Wyoming newspapers,” Hamilton said. “All of our papers were profitable.” - Many such cases. wyofile.com/longtime-wyo...
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Longtime Wyoming newspaper executives to buy, reopen eight shuttered newspapers - WyoFile
Overjoyed newsroom staff in communities across Wyoming are back on the job with pay after corporate closure laid off 30 employees.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Many contributing factors, but this isn't not a sign of society-wide intellectual decay. www.axios.com/2025/08/12/s...
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Adult animated TV series are becoming more popular on streaming
"South Park's" massive $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount shows how the genre can drive eyeballs in a competitive streaming landscape.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
"Some of those reporters face likely persecution or imprisonment if they are deported to their home nations after having worked for the United States government." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Kari Lake’s Attempt to Deport Her Own Employees
“Their time here is up,” she said of J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The White House, very plainly, does not have that authority. Not that those things matter anymore. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...
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White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The future of Vanity Fair is smaller. variety.com/2025/digital...
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Vanity Fair Will Refocus on Hollywood and Cut Back Some Coverage Areas, Says New Editorial Director
Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
One of the few niche streamers to survive the early rounds of the streaming wars... variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Sony’s Crunchyroll Makes Layoffs as It Restructures to Lean Into International Growth Markets
Sony's Crunchyroll is laying off a number of employees as part of a restructuring to shift resources toward higher-growth markets outside the U.S.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Is there really any project left from these two that would justify another deal? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/b...
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Netflix Loosens Its Ties to Harry and Meghan
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