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Emily McCormick / Yahoo Finance:
Disney beats analyst expectations for Q1, reporting $20.86B in Q1 revenue, up 36% YoY, 26.5M subscribers for Disney+, and 30.4M for Hulu, up 33% YoY — DIS) posted better than expected results in the company's first report since the launch of its eponymous streaming service.
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
President Trump awarded Rush Limbaugh with the Medal of Freedom during Tuesday's State of the Union — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom to conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday in an unprecedented move during the State of the Union address.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sources: CNN anchors are being excluded from the annual presidential luncheon with TV network anchors, the first time a president has singled out one network
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Instagram generated ~$20B in advertising revenue in 2019, making up more than a quarter of Facebook's revenue — - Unit brought in about $20 billion in 2019, people familiar say — Photo-sharing app has gained in importance since 2012 purchase
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David McCabe / New York Times:
Disney, MPAA, News Media Alliance are among those lobbying to limit Section 230, citing copyright concerns, threatening Google, FB, and the web as we know it — A motley group of powerful companies have their knives out for Section 230, which shields platforms from lawsuits over content posted by users.
Cansu Çamlibel / Nieman Reports:
The EIC of Duvar, a new Turkish English-language news site, talks about launching an independent site in one of the most inhospitable countries for journalists — The pain of a journalist whose work is thrown into a deep dark hole by government gatekeepers deployed in a newsroom is like no other pain on earth.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Liz Schimel, the head of business for Apple News who oversaw advertiser and publisher relations, steps down; Apple is seeking a replacement — - Liz Schimel was Conde Nast executive prior to joining in 2018 — Paid news and magazine service had a sluggish first year
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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Google Fiber says it will no longer offer a linear TV package to new customers, and is partnering with streaming service FuboTV, after adding YouTube TV in Dec. — Google Fiber, a service under the Access division of Alphabet that provides fiber-to-the-premises service in the U.S. …
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Steve Matthews / Bloomberg:
Lawyers for Bloomberg News, AP, Dow Jones, Market News, and Reuters ask Department of Labor to end plans to restrict journalists' early access to econ reports — - Attorneys for Bloomberg News, Reuters, others send letter — News organizations say changes violate law, freedom of press
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Richard Smirke / Billboard:
Sony Music partners with Somethin' Else, the UK's largest independent audio and podcast producer, as major labels increasingly invest in the podcast sector — The deal is the latest in a growing line of major label and digital platform investments in the podcasting sector.
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Christine Sun Kim / New York Times:
Fox failed to show the full American Sign Language performance of the national anthem at the Super Bowl on TV or online, making it inaccessible for the deaf — It was an act of both patriotism and protest. And it brought both joy and frustration. — Ms. Kim is an artist and performer.
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Kate Aurthur / Variety:
USC study looking at representation in film finds that 31 of the top 100 movies of 2019 had a lead from an underrepresented racial group, up from 27 in 2018 — Last year, the stories of women and people of color were more likely to be playing at a theater near you than they've been in over a decade.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Dotdash acquires two more digital publishers, TreeHugger and Mother Nature Network, to create a sustainability vertical in an all-cash deal — Dotdash, the IAC-owned digital publishing company that grew from About.com, has acquired two new digital publishers, TreeHugger and Mother Nature Network …
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