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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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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Joe Rogan's Spotify deal will likely be worth $100M+; his full 11-year library will hit Spotify Sept. 1 and be exclusive to Spotify before year's end — 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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Financial Times:
Inside the mad dash to launch HBO Max during the pandemic and the twists and turns at WarnerMedia over the last year — Creating a rival to Netflix is more urgent than ever for WarnerMedia. Will the HBO Max moonshot succeed? — On the biggest day of his career, John Stankey arrived …
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@lucas_shaw, @annaknicolaou, @ftlifearts, @edmundlee, @annaknicolaou, @alexweprin, @financialtimes, @mattgarrahan and @loudmouthjulia
Megh Wright / Vulture:
ClickHole returns and starts publishing as a new, employee-owned website, about four months after being acquired by Cards Against Humanity — It's been almost four months since the satire site ClickHole was purchased by Cards Against Humanity and published their last article, titled …
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ClickHole, The Wrap, @vulture and @grahamstarr
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Court docs: William Lewis, who quit as Dow Jones' CEO this month and is on shortlist to become BBC's next DG, has been accused in News Group phone hacking case — Exclusive: Former newspaper executive Will Lewis alleged to have played part in email deletions
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Digital TV Europe
Devin Gordon / The Atlantic:
A look at the shoddily produced news channel OAN, whose viewership remains a mystery even as Trump keeps boosting it when he has a lover's spat with Fox News — O, ne America News, or OAN, or OANN—whichever you like, it's all the same thing—is Donald Trump's favorite cable-news channel.
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@theatlantic, @sykescharlie, @devingordonx and @jeffreygoldberg
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 …
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Awful Announcing, @kerrymflynn, @pierce and Simon Owens's Tech …
David Maas / International Journalists' Network:
Quebec City's Le Soleil, which formed Canada's largest newsroom cooperative after its bankruptcy under a year ago, says it's now flourishing during the pandemic — As COVID-19 has brought newsrooms worldwide to their knees, one French Canadian outlet is flourishing — less than a year after going bankrupt.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
BBC says it is considering bringing back BBC Three as a broadcast channel, four years after it was moved online, as the corporation focuses on young audiences — BBC's annual plan to more than double channel's budget over next two years — BBC Three could make a triumphant return …
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Variety, BBC, @martinsfp, @jackhorwood and @thetowncrier
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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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
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
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American Press Institute, Vanity Fair, Poynter, @michaelluo, @jon_allsop, Decider, @ronanfarrow, CNN, @traceyspicer, @emilybell, @rogerlynch, @soutikbbc, @whstancil, @lpolgreen, @reporterandrew, Variety, Deadline and @brittanys
Annalise Frank / Crain's Detroit Business:
A new nonprofit publication called BridgeDetroit launches with $5M in donations and foundation funding, including from Knight Foundation and Center for Michigan — - Ccommunity engagement mission will drive new media platform — Main supporters include Knight Foundation and Center for Michigan
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@sbagen and @nickrmanes
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
A feud between Barstool Sports and the hosts of its popular podcast Call Her Daddy exposes the issues media companies face when their stars become influencers — The podcast built a loyal audience. So did its hosts. — In just two years, “Call Her Daddy,” a raunchy podcast about sex …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: theSkimm is planning to launch a full-fledged digital membership model later this summer called “Teal Memb'rship”, to be offered free through 2020 — TheSkimm is planning to launch a full-fledged digital membership model later this summer called “Teal Memb'rship,” Axios has learned.