Mediagazer: As its share price surges, ViacomCBS says it will raise $3B in a stock sale to bolster its push into streaming (Alex Weprin/Hollywood Reporter)

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Verizon Media Group plans to rebrand most media franchises as Yahoo products and group them together on Yahoo+, a subscription platform — Verizon Media Group, the media division within Verizon, has 3 million people that pay for subscriptions across its portfolio of Yahoo-related products …

Discussion: @sarafischer, @harrymccracken, @sub8u, @mathewi, @owenthomas, @richlightshed, @alex, @kerrymflynn, @alexweprin, @davidclinchnews, @mcwm and @dtheblerd

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Study of subscriber retention techniques at 526 news organizations across the US: just 41% “make it easy” for subscribers to cancel their subscriptions online — Bad news for people who hate using the phone: Just 41% of U.S. news publishers “make it easy” for subscribers to cancel …

Discussion: American Press Institute, @ampress, American Press Institute, @bryanmvance and @kerrymflynn

Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:

As its share price surges, ViacomCBS says it will raise $3B in a stock sale to bolster its push into streaming — The sale of Class B common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock comes the same month the company officially launched Paramount+, and as the company's share price surges.

Discussion: Axios, Variety, The Wrap and @alexweprin

Reuters:

Cineworld, owner of Regal Cinemas, strikes multi-year deal with Warner Bros. guaranteeing a 45-day theatrical window in the US starting in 2022 — (Reuters) - Cineworld's U.S. chain Regal will reopen next month after prolonged closures caused by the pandemic, in time for big-budget release …

Discussion: Deadline, Observer, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Chicago Sun-Times, Decider, Collider, io9, New York Times, Bloomberg, @great_katzby, The Streamable, IndieWire and Engadget

Kate Kaye / Digiday:

As publishers adopt single ID systems to replace third-party cookies, they are falling short in asking for users' consent and transparency about data use — Publishers, advertisers and ad tech companies are rallying around identity tech such as Unified ID 2., a system developed …

Discussion: @acfou, @privacymatters, @katekayereports and Insider

Lindsay Peoples Wagner / The Cut:

Q&A with journalist Abby Phillip on her new CNN show Inside Politics, her upcoming book, covering Trump as a Black reporter, and the lesson of 2020 — As the new editor-in-chief of any publication, the first cover is always a big decision. But especially for the Cut …

Discussion: bookforum.com, @abbydphillip, @thecut, The Supercreator and E! Online

Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:

Paul Brock, a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists, formed to promote better hiring practices and improve coverage of POC, has died at 89 — The National Association of Black Journalists was formed to promote more aggressive hiring practices in the news media and to improve how people of color were covered.

Discussion: @dashdecosta

Financial Times:

WarnerMedia can't launch HBO Max in the UK, Germany, or Italy because HBO content and some Warner Bros films are licensed exclusively to Sky until at least 2025 — WarnerMedia's streaming service cannot be launched in the UK, Germany or Italy due to agreement with Sky

Discussion: @annaknicolaou and Digital TV Europe

Amy Mitchell / Pew Research Center:

Survey of 12K US adults: 43% got political news in the past week from Fox News, 10% from Newsmax, 7% from OAN; vast majority of the latter two also watched Fox — While Fox's audience spans ideologies on the right, its new challengers attract mainly conservatives

Discussion: MediaPost, nexttv.com and @pewjournalism

John Williams / New York Times:

Paris Review names Emily Stokes, currently a senior editor at The New Yorker, as its new editor-in-chief — Emily Stokes, previously a senior editor at The New Yorker, is succeeding Emily Nemens at the literary magazine. — The Paris Review said on Tuesday that Emily Stokes will be its new editor …

Discussion: Publishers Weekly, The Paris Review, @parisreview, @williams_paige and Grand River

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Roku has formed a branded content and advertising studio, which will create commissioned short-form TV programs and interactive ads — Roku has formed what it says is a full-fledged branded-content and advertising studio, after inking a deal with digital comedy producer Funny Or Die to hire several FOD execs and employees.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Ad Age, MediaPost, FierceVideo, @xpangler and Cord Cutters News

Tom Jones / Poynter:

Interview with Katie Couric on hosting Jeopardy!, her upcoming memoir, and building a company to produce a newsletter, a podcast, and other original journalism — She has a daily newsletter. She has a podcast. She produces original journalism on her website. Is there anything Katie Couric isn't doing?

Discussion: New York Post, @poynter, @poynter, @poynter, @benmullin, @amberhutchins and @tomwjones