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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
To get an idea of Netflix viewing figures, the BBC ran a survey according to which 7M Britons had watched The Crown in 17 months — Tony Hall said BBC's Luther and Bodyguard reached bigger audience with smaller budgets — The BBC director general, Tony Hall, has mocked the size …
Discussion:
@adrianhon and @s8mb
John F. Harris / Politico:
Despite frequent attacks on media, Trump arguably has the most frequent, informal, and sustained personal interactions with reporters and commentators since JFK — Why is the mainstream media so agitated about President Donald Trump's close relationship with Fox News host Sean Hannity?
Discussion:
@jnicholsonindc, Orlando Sentinel and Media Matters for America
Louisa Lim / New York Times:
Australia's defamation laws privilege the right to reputation over freedom of expression and lead to self-censorship in the media, especially regarding China — A court ruling in favor of a billionaire businessman against The Sydney Morning Herald illustrates the sorry state of the country's defamation laws.
Discussion:
@gcaw, @mmasnick, @pakwayne and @limlouisa
Avi Asher-Schapiro / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Trump administration has so far prosecuted six leakers vs. ten during Obama's 8 years; journalists worry about surveillance, say sources are less forthcoming — When President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, William Barr, was asked at his confirmation hearing in January whether …
Discussion:
@aaschapiro
Recode:
Interview with Dan Porter, CEO of the sports media company Overtime, on why owning distribution doesn't matter, revenue sources, and fostering user communities — Don't listen to the conventional wisdom about relying on Instagram or Snapchat, Porter says — just go where your audience is.
Discussion:
@anamitra
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hearst to relaunch Clevver, a YouTube channels network, in a few weeks, having opened a multimedia production studio in Santa Monica and rehired Clevver's staff — - Critical Role Team, After Record-Breaking Fan Crowdfunding Response, Vows to Make ‘The Best Goddamn Cartoon Anyone Has Ever Seen’
New York Times:
Sources: Amazon teams up with the NY Yankees, Sinclair Broadcasting, and others in a bid to buy the YES sports network from majority owner 21st Century Fox — Amazon is coming to New York — to grab a piece of the Yankees sports network. — Jeff Bezos' tech giant has teamed …
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Arunabh Saikia / Scroll.in:
The editor and the publisher of Shillong Times, NE India's oldest English-language daily newspaper, held guilty of contempt after running story on judges' perks — The editor and publisher have been ordered to pay a fine of Rs two lakh each within a week, else they will be imprisoned for six months and the paper banned.
Discussion:
@kingslyj, @trulymonica, @prasanto, @loquacious_lion and IJR
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: in 2018, BuzzFeed generated $100M+ from business lines that didn't exist in 2017; Facebook video platform revenue grew from $500K in Q1 to $3M in Q4 2018 — - BuzzFeed CEO Says Company Is Generating Over $200 Million Annually From Businesses That Didn't Exist Two Years Ago
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, @oliverdarcy, Adweek, @lucas_shaw, @xpangler, @rafat, Business Insider and BuzzFeed
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
After YouTube recategorized “Brie Larson”, star of Captain Marvel, as news in search, its algorithm surfaced videos from news publishers, pushing down trolls — How a simple ‘news’ tag can change everything — If you searched “Brie Larson” on YouTube a couple of days ago …
Discussion:
@natasharomanoff, @dtunkelang, @moorehn, @kevinroose, @owillis, The A.V. Club, Comic Book, Business Insider and The A.V. Club
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman share content plans for Quibi, their streaming service launching in April 2020, including a show on Evan Spiegel and Snapchat — Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman today announced a slate of new series and projects heading to their forthcoming video streaming service, Quibi.
Discussion:
Engadget, @thr, Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, Fast Company and The Wrap
New York Times:
White House Communications Director Bill Shine has resigned to serve as senior adviser on Trump's re-election campaign — Bill Shine, the former Fox News executive who joined the White House staff last summer to manage President Trump's communications operation, has resigned and will move …
Discussion:
Recode, Mediaite, Washington Post, @thebaxterbean, @persuasivepr, New Yorker, @peterbakernyt, @harrispolitico, @kagrox, @politico, @oliverdarcy, @clarajeffery, @samstein, Orlando Sentinel, @msbellows, New York Post, @jeremymbarr, @elianayjohnson, Lefsetz Letter, @gabrielsherman, @tripgabriel, @timobrien, @timobrien, @maggienyt, Bloomberg, @karenyourish, TVNewser, @acosta, @poniewozik, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Hill, The Week, Boing Boing, The Wrap, CNN, KNSD-TV, Wall Street Journal, CNBC and Fortune
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