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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Joe Rogan's podcast, which he said had ~190M downloads/month in 2019, will become a Spotify exclusive this year; his YouTube will no longer have full episodes — A massive gain for the platform — Joe Rogan, comedian and host of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is taking his show to Spotify.
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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Interview with Bill Simmons on Spotify's vision for The Ringer, creating sports content without live sports, Apple's interest in podcasting, and more — The timing couldn't have been tighter. This year, it was announced that media multi-hyphenate and erstwhile ESPN personality Bill Simmons …
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Joe Rogan's Spotify deal will likely be worth $100M+, depending on performance metrics; his full library becomes exclusive to Spotify before end of year — His full library, dating back 11 years, is to hit the service Sept. 1, and become exclusive to Spotify after that, before the end of the year
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Though Ben Smith says issues with Farrow's reporting stem from demands of “resistance journalism”, it's the cult of journalistic celebrity that hinders scrutiny — “Is Ronan Farrow too good to be true?” With that question—which, let's be honest, we've all thought at one point or another …
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Matt Lauer, fired by NBC in late 2017, accuses Ronan Farrow of “flawed reporting” for his book, Catch and Kill, which includes a rape accusation against Lauer — Matt Lauer, the former “Today” show host who was fired after several women accused him of sexual harassment and assault …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is buying older movies and shows for Apple TV+ to build a back catalog; as of February it had ~10M subscribers but only half actively used it — - Company wants to create back catalog to complement originals — TV+, launched in November, had 10 million sign-ups by February
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Source: Greyhound, a Tom Hanks World War II movie Sony planned for theatrical release on Father's Day, to premiere on Apple TV+ after an auction and a $70M deal — EXCLUSIVE: In a real shocker, the WWII battleship drama Greyhound that Tom Hanks wrote and stars in has abruptly changed course and will berth at Apple.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT says it will stop using third-party data to target ads in 2021, building a first-party data platform instead, starting with 45 proprietary audience segments — The New York Times will no longer use 3rd-party data to target ads come 2021, executives tell Axios, and it is building out a proprietary first-party data platform.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
Survey: 22% of UK adults say they often or actively avoid the news, up from 15% in April, of which 86% try to avoid COVID-19 news at least some of the time — Dr Antonis Kalogeropoulos — This is the third factsheet of the UK COVID-19 news and information project. — Key Findings
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR regional collaborations in the Midwest, serving 25 stations, and California, serving 17, receive $4.7M donation from Eric and Wendy Schmidt — At a time of widespread layoffs and cutbacks throughout the local news business, a pair of philanthropists is seeking to promote more local coverage …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
In Q4'19, members of UK Association of Online Publishers saw revenue drop 6.2% YoY; ad revenue drop 22%; subscription revenue up 24%, sponsorship revenue up 10% — Digital publishing revenues were down in the final quarter of 2019, before the coronavirus broke out in Europe and the US …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
CBS Evening News was knocked off the air by a technical issue Tuesday for East Coast viewers, replaced by coverage from CBSN, the network's streaming service — “The CBS Evening News With Norah O'Donnell” did not air in East Coast time zones on Tuesday because of a technical glitch in the Washington …
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