Ozy, the US startup aiming to shake up media, shuts amid scandal

Revelations about exaggerated audience sizes helped sink the star-studded digital news outletAll the right boxes looked to have been ticked when digital media company Ozy began. Launched in 2013 with the intention of shaking up both online and broadcast journalism, the American startup quickly gained status and credit for its serious approach and diverse team.But this weekend the Ozy story is over, despite an early reputation that had benefited from links to leading names in broadcasting, including Oprah Winfrey, the BBC’s former US anchorwoman Katty Kay, and Jana Bennett, at one time among the most powerful women in British television. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-10-03 07:00:21 UTC ]
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Rachel Abbott's And So It Begins (Wildfire) was once again top of Amazon's Most Sold fiction charts, holding on to the number one for a second week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-31 04:56:14 UTC ]
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Peak Media Spins Off From F+W Bankruptcy

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[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-30 19:32:49 UTC ]
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Vice UK staff unionise and urge other online media to follow suit

Move comes after four months of discussions and previous attempt three years agoVice UK has become one of the first British digital media publications to unionise, with staff urging other online-only media outlets to follow their lead while the industry is in turmoil amid financial struggles and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-07-25 17:53:06 UTC ]
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Why Active Interest Media Salvaged 14 Titles From the F+W Bankruptcy

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[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-23 18:09:05 UTC ]
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RB Media Launches New Politics Imprint, Kalorama

Independent audiobook publisher RB Media is redoubling its politics and current events publishing with the creation of a new imprint, Kalorama Audio. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sports media is going direct to consumer—and Copa90 wants to be the Glossier of soccer

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[ Fast Company | 2019-07-20 07:00:27 UTC ]
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Separation of Church and State Is (Mostly) Dead in Media, Execs Say

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[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-18 17:39:35 UTC ]
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F+W Media's UK books business sold in management buyout

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 01:11:47 UTC ]
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HuffPost UK falls in line with 'premium' Verizon Media strategy after axing blogs

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[ Media Week | 2019-07-17 08:32:08 UTC ]
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[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-12 16:05:23 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-11 05:47:50 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2019-06-26 06:00:14 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2019-06-26 01:54:18 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-24 17:45:29 UTC ]
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[ The New York Times | 2019-06-18 22:31:39 UTC ]
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[ Crains New York | 2019-06-18 15:21:07 UTC ]
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