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10:35 PM ET, March 23, 2021

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Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium announces buyout offers to everyone in its editorial division and the departure of Siobhan O'Connor, VP of editorial, as it adjusts publication strategy  —  We announced a buyout and leadership change to the Medium editorial team today.  Below is the email I sent to the company.  —  Team,
New York Times:
Brands including Ford and Nike are funding long-form branded content for streaming services like Hulu and HBO to reach audiences who no longer see short ads  —  As streaming video has gained in importance during the pandemic, advertisers have put more focus on Hollywood-level branded content as a way to reach viewers.
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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.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Verizon Media Group to rebrand most of its media franchises as Yahoo products and sell subscriptions to those products via Yahoo+, a new subscription platform  —  Verizon Media Group, the media division within Verizon, has 3 million people that pay for subscriptions across its portfolio …
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
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Disney revamps its schedule and will release Cruella and Black Widow to Disney+ when they open in theaters, via “Premier Access” with a $30 fee for subscribers  —  As moviegoing slowly begins to rebound in the U.S., it appears Hollywood studios aren't yet ready to release …
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 …
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
A skeptical look at Tim Wu's ideas about the First Amendment and Big Tech, now that he's at the National Economic Council, and why speech advocates should worry  —  Columbia law professor Timothy Wu wonders if the First Amendment is “obsolete,” and believes in “returning the country to the kind …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Brat TV, a digital studio that originally focused on YouTube, has licensed its content to Peacock and expects to grow its revenue this year from $15M to $35M  —  Brat TV, a digital studio that's become Hollywood's go-to producer for Gen Z content, expects $35 million in revenue this year, co-founder Rob Fishman tells Axios.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail owner DMG Media has not signed a deal with Google as the “money isn't adequate and the terms are too restrictive,” per editor emeritus Peter Wright  —  Daily Mail publisher DMG Media has not signed a cash-for-content deal with Google because the “money isn't adequate …
 
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John Williams / New York Times:
Paris Review names Emily Stokes, currently a senior editor at The New Yorker, as its new editor-in-chief
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
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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