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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Discovery names Hulu's Lisa Holme head of direct-to-consumer content strategy, in charge of commissioning and acquiring US content — Lisa Holme, a Hulu veteran who had been leading its international expansion strategy, has joined Discovery in a newly created role to oversee content …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Discovery reports Q4 earnings of $476M, up 77% YoY, on revenue of $2.87B, up 2% YoY; ad revenue grew 1% and distribution 5% thanks in part to carriage on MVPDs — The company, led by CEO David Zaslav, posts its latest financials. — Discovery on Thursday reported higher fourth-quarter …
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Discovery to grow Dplay, its on-demand European streaming service, to 18 countries in 2020; Joyn, its ad-supported German streaming service, has 7M users — US media group focusing on content overlooked by heavyweights such as Disney and AT&T — Every week, tens of thousands of tourists flock …
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New York Times:
Several high-profile Instagram accounts switch to private to avoid scrutiny when posting sponsored content for Bloomberg's campaign — The Bloomberg campaign is putting out more memes on private Instagram accounts — and running faster than Facebook can keep up.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa Bay Times announces 10% pay cuts for all full-time staff, until June 5, with five executives getting 15% cuts for same period; more staff layoffs likely — A note from executives cites a tough start to the year. — Citing a tough start to the year financially …
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump's re-election campaign filed a libel suit against NYT for publishing a Max Frankel opinion piece on Russian interference in the 2016 election — The lawsuit claims the Times falsely wrote the campaign had a quid pro quo with Russia.
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Washington Post:
Five alleged members of Atomwaffen Division are arrested, charged with plotting to intimidate journalists and others via swatting and leaving fliers at homes — Federal officials on Wednesday arrested several alleged members of a white supremacist group called Atomwaffen Division …
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Tribune EIC and publisher Bruce Dold is being replaced by Colin McMahon, effective immediately; managing editor Peter Kendall is also leaving — Weeks after a management shake-up at the top of the company, Tribune Publishing on Thursday announced a reorganization of the leadership of its flagship paper, the Chicago Tribune.
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: MSNBC temporarily sidelines Jason Johnson, a network fixture for election analysis, after his derogatory comments about Bernie Sanders supporters — Johnson was a regular fixture on MSNBC, providing analysis of the Democratic primary, but he has disappeared from the network since making incendiary comments about the senator.
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Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
NBCU launches NBC Spot On, a streaming ads business for its local TV stations group, as advertisers shift budgets from local spot TV ads to streaming TV — The company plans to hire up to 20 staffers for a new local ads business tasked with tackling the surging local TV streaming ads category
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Business Wire:
New Gannett reports revenue of $699M and net loss of $95M, print ad revenue of $241M and digital ad rev of $90.1M; Gannett expects $60M in annual savings — Significant progress on integration; continued confidence in high-end of synergy targets — On track to implement over $60 million …
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Digiday:
Interview with Time President Keith Grossman on revenue sources, the loss of display advertising, broadening brand identity, and planning long-term strategies — Keith Grossman, seven months into the job as president of Time, doesn't mice words when it comes to Time's recent history.
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