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Disney+ will get 10 Star Wars series, “roughly” 10 Marvel series, and more from Disney live-action, Disney Animation and Pixar “over the next few years” — The company also plans to bring many Disney Animation and Pixar movies and shows to the service
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As of December 2, Disney had 137.1M direct-to-consumers subscribers, with Disney+ having 86.8M subscribers, Hulu 38.8M, and 11.5M for ESPN+ — Giving Disney confidence to pursue more streaming — Disney Plus has amassed more than 86 million subscribers since launching in November 2019, CEO Bob Chapek announced.
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Disney will raise the cost of Disney+ to $7.99 per month, up from $6.99, in the US starting in March 2021, as the company heavily invests in content offerings — The service's first price hike — Disney Plus is following Netflix and introducing a $1 price hike for subscribers in the United States, raising it to $7.99 a month.
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Disney introduces a new bundle, offering Disney+, ESPN+, and ad-free Hulu for $18.99 a month
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Disney unveils Star, its answer to Hulu for international Disney+ subscribers, rolling out in some EU countries, Canada, and New Zealand on Feb. 23
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IFJ says 42 journalists and media workers were killed in 2020 globally while doing their jobs; at least 235 are in prison in cases related to their work — THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Forty-two journalists and media workers have been killed while doing their jobs this year …
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TV journalist Malalai Maiwand was killed in Afghanistan, the tenth journalist to be killed in the country this year — JALALABAD/KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and killed a female television journalist, who was also a women's rights activist, in Afghanistan on Thursday …
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NYC city agencies placed $9.9M in advertising in 220+ community media outlets this year, amounting to ~84% of their total print and digital ad buys — On May 22, 2019, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Executive Order 47, mandating that city government agencies spend at least 50 percent …
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The Correspondent, De Correspondent's English-language site, is shutting down at the end of the year — After a splashy $2.6 million crowdfunding campaign (one that cost $1.8 million to run) to launch a New York-based site — which, it gradually became clear, would actually …
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Facebook insiders say it is prioritizing revenue over user safety by its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers, and disinfo peddlers from buying ads — Facebook is on track for record ad revenue this year. That's partly due to its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers …


Pew: 42% of US adults aren't sure if Facebook does its own reporting; 66% aren't sure whether Apple News does, and 57% are uncertain about Google News — No, Facebook does not do its own original news reporting. — Social media is increasingly a primary source of news for U.S. adults.
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Investigation finds a 15-year operation with 750+ fake media outlets in 119 countries, producing content to serve Indian interests and undermine Pakistan — Following a preliminary investigation published in 2019, the EU DisinfoLab uncovered a massive operation targeting international institutions and serving Indian interests.


NBCU opens up ad inventory on Peacock, YouTube, and Apple News to local advertisers, and moves its hub for local advertisers under the One Platform umbrella — Regional advertising product Spot On folded into One Platform — NBCUniversal is for the first time allowing local …
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Raffaele Annecchino will replace David Lynn as president and CEO of ViacomCBS Networks International, overseeing media networks outside of the US — Raffaele Annecchino is replacing David Lynn as president and CEO of ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), effective immediately.
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The Brick House, an ad-free cooperative of nine publications including Popula, which runs on donations and subscriptions only, has gone live — Welcome to The Brick House, which launches today. You'll see a lot of changes over the week as we continue to debut our new sites, test and tinker.
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