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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
NYT Q1: net income up 8.9% YoY to $32.8M on revenue of $443.6M, up 1% YoY, ad rev fell 15.2% YoY, digital subscriptions grew 39.6% YoY to 5M of 5.8M total subs — Widespread interest in coronavirus coverage drew nearly 600,000 digital subscribers during three months of 2020.
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Disney reports $18.01B in Q2 revenue vs. $17.8B expected, up 21% YoY, estimates COVID-19 impact on Q2 operating income for parks and experiences was about $1B — - Disney reported mixed results for its Q2 2020 earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — The pandemic has disrupted Disney's theme parks …
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Bloomberg:
Spotify CEO expects Apple to “open up” its platform more to 3rd-party apps, after Spotify's antitrust complaint with the EU, but sees it as a long-term process — - Apple plans to let other music services integrate with HomePod — Ek says ‘steps to go before’ Apple is open and fair platform
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Will Oremus / OneZero:
Interviews with Emily Bell and Ken Doctor highlight potential gains and pitfalls if Silicon Valley giants were to start compensating news producers — With news outlets in crisis, some countries are turning to Big Tech to save them. That's trickier than it sounds. — News media are in crisis.
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Sources: WarnerMedia has had talks about selling Crunchyroll, a streaming service that specializes in Japanese anime, with Sony among possible buyers — AT&T's WarnerMedia has had discussions about selling Crunchyroll, a streaming service that specializes in Japanese anime, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal announces a 20% pay cut for members of top management who report directly to CEO Jeff Shell and rolls back raises for those making over $100,000 — Chief executive Jeff Shell on Tuesday laid out the cost-saving measures in a staff memo. — NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell's …
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Dave McNary / Variety:
Authentic Brands and David Glasser's 101 Studios partner to launch Sports Illustrated Studios, with plans for several TV series and feature films per year — Sports Illustrated Studios is launching to develop feature film and television projects as a joint venture between David Glasser's 101 Studios …
CNN:
In Trump's first TV interview outside the Fox-verse since the start of the pandemic, ABC's David Muir let Trump float brazen misinformation to millions — When he sat down to interview President Trump, David Muir had an enormous responsibility on his hands.
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BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed names Mark Schoofs as EIC of BuzzFeed News, starting May 18; a Pulitzer winner, Schoofs is currently a professor at USC, where he'll continue to teach — NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES — BuzzFeed Founder and CEO Jonah Peretti announced today that Mark Schoofs will be the new Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed News.
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Jason Gutierrez / New York Times:
ABS-CBN, a leading Philippines network that has closely covered President Duterte's brutal reign, shuts off after Duterte and allies refuse to renew its license — ABS-CBN has closely documented President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs that has left thousands of people dead.
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
After the surge in video views of coronavirus-related content in March, publishers are going back to regular programming as viewership returns to normal levels — The coronavirus content surge happened across all formats, including video on platforms like Facebook and YouTube …
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney plans a 30 minute “virtual roadshow” in lieu of upfront; sources: WarnerMedia is skipping in-person and virtual upfronts, talking directly with ad buyers — Both companies will instead take their messages directly to ad buyers. — With TV's upfronts in flux during …
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