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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Discovery Communications Q1: earnings of $215M, down 18% YoY, revenue up 3% to $1.61B, US ad revenue up 1%, and a slight decline in subscribers — CEO David Zaslav and his team unveil the cable networks company's latest financials. — Discovery Communications, the company behind …
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The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and Variety
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Discovery CEO Zaslav says US TV market does not offer consumers a “true” skinny bundle, as current offerings are priced at $40 instead of in the $8-$12 range — David Zaslav says time will bring really low-priced limited bundles like in international markets over time as current offers are …
Press Association:
Rupert Murdoch ‘not worried’ about Fox News despite sexual harassment claims — Rupert Murdoch has said he is “not worried” about Fox News despite allegations of sexual harassment at the broadcaster. — The billionaire head of 21st Century Fox, which owns Fox News, said there was “nothing happening” at the station.
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TVNewser, BBC, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Deadline and iNews
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
In contrast with American journalists' approach to the Clinton email story, French journalists exercised sound judgement in covering the Macron leak — The hacked emails from Emmanuel Macron's French campaign appear to be spectacularly mundane, according to people who have read them.
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@nytopinion and AOL
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Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
The Macron hack had little effect on the French election likely due to bereft coverage and an absence of a robust right-wing broadcast media — PARIS — French readers awoke on Monday to headlines about its young president-elect, Emmanuel Macron, and his decisive defeat of the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.
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@nytimes, @kylegriffin1, @nytimes, Washington Post, Refinery29, @shibleytelhami, @sewellchan, @bfriedmandc, @jonfavs, Observer, The Wrap, Al Jazeera English and Fortune
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Reuters names its first Rust Belt correspondent, its national affairs writer Tim Reid; he'll cover America's Midwest and Southeast, rotating through cities — After Donald Trump's election, the media whipped itself in public for failing to recognize just how much support he had outside of America's biggest cities.
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@jayrosen_nyu and @sarahkendzior
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
To survive, local news should pivot away from advertising and focus instead on building a subscription-based business model, a move which will reduce costs — It's hardly controversial to note that the traditional business model for most publishers, particularly newspapers, is obsolete.
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@noahchestnut, @newsmary, @stratecherymo, @niemanlab and New York Times
Heloise Wood / The Bookseller:
Milo Yiannopoulos says he plans to file a $10M lawsuit against publishers Simon & Schuster US, after they shelved his book — Two months after his book deal was shelved, Milo Yiannopoulos has announced he plans to self-publish his memoir and file a “$10m lawsuit” against former publishers Simon & Schuster US.
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HuffPost, Bustle, PinkNews, Miami New Times and The Guardian
The Guardian:
Sources: Kelvin MacKenzie is leaving The Sun newspaper and is currently negotiating his exit, after penning a column containing racial slurs — Former editor, who has written weekly column since 2015, is understood to be negotiating exit terms — Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie …
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The Week, iNews, @sunapology, @groomb, @mattgarrahan and Financial Times
Dan Roberts / The Guardian:
The New York Times is offering its readers a six day-guided tour of London, tailored around Brexit, for $5,995 — Six-day, $5,995 per person trip gives US tourists the chance to ‘examine the historic implications of a historic vote’ … For the global adventurer who thinks they have seen it all …
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Coffee House, Business Insider and Mashable
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Profile of Judy Woodruff, who has been covering Washington since 1977 and is now anchoring PBS NewsHour, with viewership up 20% YoY — WASHINGTON — It had already been a long day, but Judy Woodruff wasn't in the mood to slow down. — Ms. Woodruff, the anchor of “PBS NewsHour,” …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The Minneapolis Star Tribune has digitized every article since 1867, charging $7.99 for 30-day access and $29.95 for a six-month subscription — On Friday, Jan. 5, 1979, Prince made page 1D of the Minneapolis Star. — The piece about the 19-year-old singer's return to Minneapolis was below the fold, under a piece about Disney.