Diamond Sports Group, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, says in 2025 it will stop carrying all but one of the 12 MLB teams it now televises (Evan Drellich/New York Times)

Mediagazer: Diamond Sports Group, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, says in 2025 it will stop carrying all but one of the 12 MLB teams it now televises (Evan Drellich/New York Times)

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New York Times:

Diamond Sports Group, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, says in 2025 it will stop carrying all but one of the 12 MLB teams it now televises— Embattled broadcaster Diamond Sports Group says in 2025 it will stop carrying all but one of the 12 MLB teams it now televises …
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Daniel Kaplan /
Awful Announcing: Bally Sports rejects all of its MLB team contracts, except for Atlanta Braves

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Diamond Sports to drop most Major League Baseball TV deals

Anthony Crupi /
Sportico: Diamond Sports Group Plans to Drop All MLB Teams Except Braves

Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: Diamond Sports Group Seeks To ‘Reject’ 2025 MLB Deals

Vince Tuss /
@vtuss: MLB sandbagged by a broadcaster? Quelle surprise ...

Joel Luckhaupt /
@jluckhaupt.bsky.social: Welp. Looks like we'll probably have a different sports book name next year on the Reds broadcast or something. [embedded post]

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: Diamond Sports Group plans to drop all Major League Baseball telecast agreements, except for its contract with the Atlanta Braves. https://thedesk.net/...

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Bally Sports Will Drop TV Rights to 11 MLB Teams As Its Bankruptcy Continues

Jason Collette /
@jasoncollette.bsky.social: If you thought last winter's free agency market was slow and boring, this winter shall be a blast as 11 teams look to recalibrate their tv revenue stream [embedded post] @2xaught7.bsky.social: And there it is, Cardinals fans: no more Bally's for your club. Only the Braves will remain on the DIamond Sports entity. [embedded post]

@maxwelltani@threads.net:

Source: Politico and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza agreed that he will take a leave of absence during an internal investigation, after Olivia Nuzzi's lawsuit— Scoop: Politico and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza have mutually agreed that he will take a leave of absence while an investigation is conducted following today's news.

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Business Insider, New York Post and DNyuz

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Business Insider: New York magazine's Olivia Nuzzi accuses her ex-fiancé of blackmail amid the RFK Jr. scandal New York Post: Olivia Nuzzi accuses ex-fiancé of blackmail over RFK Jr. tryst, gets no-contact order against him

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CNN:
Filing: New York Magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi accuses her ex-fiancé, Politico journalist Ryan Lizza, of harassment and blackmail; Lizza denies the accusations

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Washington Post, New York Times, Fox News, @katie_robertson, Newser, Page Six, @foster_type, @nataliemj10, Adweek, HuffPost, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, Salon, The Independent, The Wrap, New York Post, Business Insider, @amandamarcotte.bsky.social, @coachfinstock.bsky.social, @celebrityhottub.bsky.social, @mitchellepner.bsky.social and DNyuz

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Herb Scribner /
Washington Post: Reporter Olivia Nuzzi accuses ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza of blackmail, harassment

Katie Robertson /
New York Times: Olivia Nuzzi, Reporter Linked to R.F.K. Jr., Accuses Ex-Fiancé of Harassment Fox News: Politico's Ryan Lizza on leave after ex Olivia Nuzzi accuses him of harassment, blackmail amid RFK Jr. tryst

Katie Robertson /
@katie_robertson: NEW: New York Mag's Olivia Nuzzi, who accused her ex Ryan Lizza in court filings of hacking her devices and waging a harassment campaign, has also made a similar complaint to the FBI. Lizza has strongly denied all accusations https://www.nytimes.com/...

Evann Gastaldo /
Newser: Olivia Nuzzi: My Ex-Fiance Leaked News of RFK Jr. Relationship

Sara Whitman /
Page Six: Olivia Nuzzi gets no-contact order against ex Ryan Lizza, accuses him of exposing her tryst with RFK Jr.

Foster /
@foster_type: Not now Beltway Hot Goss.

Natalie Jackson /
@nataliemj10: I'm guessing he discovered the relationship with RFK Jr, broke up with her, and told her he would report the ethics breach if she didn't (and then possibly followed through). I mean, there may be more ugliness to it, but that seems like the baseline here.

Lydia O'Connor /
HuffPost: Olivia Nuzzi Accuses Ryan Lizza Of Blackmail Amid RFK Jr. Relationship: Report

Charlie Nash /
Mediaite: Ryan Lizza Takes ‘Leave of Absence’ From Politico After Ex-Fiancée Olivia Nuzzi Accuses Him of Harassment and Blackmail

Griffin Eckstein /
Salon: Nuzzi accuses ex-fiancé of tipping off employer about alleged RFK Jr. affair

Mike Bedigan /
The Independent: Olivia Nuzzi accuses ex-fiance of orchestrating blackmail campaign after RFK Jr relationship revelations

David Propper /
New York Post: Olivia Nuzzi's ex-fiancé to take leave of absence from Politico after being accused of blackmail amid RFK Jr. affair

Lucia Moses /
Business Insider: New York mag has hired a top law firm to investigate the Olivia Nuzzi-RFK Jr. relationship

Amanda Marcotte /
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social: I would say that the whole point of the Shitty Media Men list was to let women know who to avoid, but it seems that Nuzzi has a type so she wouldn't have listened. — www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/m... @coachfinstock.bsky.social: Ryan Murphy is absolutely going to turn this into a series and it's gonna be amazing [embedded post]

Ryan Nanni /
@celebrityhottub.bsky.social: Beginning to think, given the opportunity, I would not date Olivia Nuzzi or Ryan Lizza

Mitchell Epner /
@mitchellepner.bsky.social: If anyone has a link to the filing by Olivia Nuzzi referenced in this article, please provide in the comments. — Once again, I'm asking journalists to link to publicly-filed documents that are quoted in their stories. At a minimum, please provide the case caption. — www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/m...

Variety:

Source: Disney's new layoffs will affect around 75 ABC employees, split evenly between its national newsgathering arm and local-station operations— Employees were notified Wednesday of the staff reductions, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the number of jobs affected …

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Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Desk, The Wrap, Bloomberg, TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter, @jbflint and Deadline

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Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: More cuts at Disney as ABC News and TV stations shed 75 jobs

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: ABC News hit with 75 layoffs as corporate parent Disney slashes costs: ‘Tough decisions’

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Disney Lays Off Roughly 75 Staffers Across ABC News, Owned Stations

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: Layoffs at ABC News and station group. New president Almin Karmehmedovic says in staff email that “we must occasionally make tough decisions, adding that the unit is challenged to shape a team that “embraces the new media landscape and evolves along with it.” 75 people let go.

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: ABC News And Stations Job Cuts Impact 75 Employees

Financial Times:

Amazon plans to increase the number of ads on Prime Video in 2025 after not seeing a sharp drop in subscribers since adding advertisements eight months ago— Ecommerce group attempting to win over more brands as it steps up push into ad-funded streaming services in 2025

Discussion:
Deadline and The Media Leader

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Jesse Whittock /
Deadline: Prime Video Reveals Ad-Supported UK Reach Of 19 Million In First Disclosure Of Its Kind

Jack Benjamin /
The Media Leader: Amazon Prime Video now reaches 19m in the UK

TechCrunch:

TechCrunch unveils a redesign with a better UI, fresh color palette, more modern aesthetic, and new ways to show breaking news, after its last redesign in 2018— Sometimes, you have to start from scratch to make something amazing. Sometimes, you already have most of the ingredients …

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@zeffmax

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Max Zeff /
@zeffmax: New site new site new site

Business Insider:

Q&A with Matthew Yglesias about leaving Vox, launching his own Substack, and more; Yglesias says Slow Boring has ~18,000 subscribers paying ~$80 per year— - Matthew Yglesias, a prolific political writer, co-founded Vox in 2014. Six years later, he left to run his own Substack newsletter.

Discussion:
Washington Post, @pkafka and

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Manuel Roig-Franzia /
Washington Post: Technology columnist Taylor Lorenz leaves The Washington Post

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: And here's the whole megillah, where we talk about being a policy person in Trump times, why everyone hates the media, and the age-old Big Media Reach vs Substack $ question. https://podcasts.apple.com/...

Nieman Lab:

The New York Times launches its biggest app overhaul since 2008, adding personalized recommendations and content from The Athletic, The Wirecutter, and others— It's the first major redesign since the app launched in 2008. — I've had the New York Times app on my phone for pretty …

Discussion:
The Hollywood Reporter, @michaelsocolow, @duncanwc and Fast Company

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Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: The New York Times launches its biggest app overhaul since 2008, adding personalized recommendations and content from The Athletic, The Wirecutter, and others

Michael Socolow /
@michaelsocolow: “The redesign takes inspiration from social media...” Saddens me to learn that, like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, & Tik Tok, @nytimes redesigned mobile app algorithmically downgrades news reporting. It feels like a surrender. https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Duncan W Craig /
@duncanwc: The New York Times redesigns its app to highlight a universe beyond just news | Nieman Journalism Lab https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Depth Perception:

Q&A with Ben Collins on moving from a disinformation reporter to running The Onion, reviving its print edition and video newscast, expansion plans, and more— In April, the archly named company Global Tetrahedron, owned by Jeff Lawson, a co-founder and former CEO of the tech company Twilio …

Billboard:

Memo: Spotify Global Head of Music Jeremy Erlich is leaving the company after joining in June 2019; he will advise Spotify until the end of February 2025— After more than five years at the streamer, the executive is leaving to pursue an “entrepreneurial journey”

Discussion:
Hits Daily Double!, Digital Music News and Music Business Worldwide

Bloomberg:

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs a law imposing a 12% value-added tax on non-resident digital service providers, such as Netflix, HBO, and Disney— The World's Call Center Capital Is Gripped by AI Fever — and Fear … Hello World

The Verge:

Automattic demanded an 8% cut of WP Engine's monthly revenue to use the WordPress trademark in a seven-year deal proposed on September 20; WP Engine declined— Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, asked rival hosting service WP Engine to hand over 8 percent of its revenue each month …

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Automattic, more at Techmeme »

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Bloomberg:

DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow says the combined DirecTV and Dish company plans a one-stop shop for streaming apps like Hulu and smaller bundles of live TV channels— - Merged company will look to compete with YouTube TV, Amazon — ‘This allows us to get back into a growth situation,’ he said

Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper and @tamerspotlight

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@tvgrimreaper: The truth: “If this gets past Lina Khan, we'll fire most people that work for Dish and harvest cash all the way down.” What Corporate Communications told him to say: