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8:50 PM ET, April 22, 2021

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A look at the flaws in the study claiming a gap between Americans and the values espoused by journalists, whose conclusions aren't quite supported by its data  —  A study that seemed to claim they had was treated as “bad news for journalists: the public doesn't share our values.”
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T Q1: WarnerMedia revenue was $8.5B, up 9.8% YoY; DTC subscription revenue was $1.8B, up 35.3% YoY; HBO Max/HBO added 2.7M subscribers for a total of 44.2M  —  As of the end of March, HBO Max/HBO combined had 44.2 million domestic customers, up 2.7 million from 41.5 million at the end of 2020.
Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
A look at Galaxy Brain's “slow start”, for those who see the new Substack newsletter as proxy for an Important Trend and wallow in outrage and grievance  —  There are hundreds of us...*HUNDREDS! … Welcome to Galaxy Brain, where we're off to a very slow start.
Allissa V. Richardson / Vox:
TV news outlets should be fined under the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act for airing fatal police shootings, footage that doesn't deserve casual viewing  —  What's the purpose of sharing violent police videos anymore, other than to traumatize Black communities?  —  George Floyd cried out for his mother in his final moments.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
NYT says it won't voluntarily recognize the NYT tech workers' union, telling it to put the effort to a formal vote through the NLRB  —  The company said that, for now, it would not recognize a newly formed union representing more than 650 Times employees.  —  The New York Times Company …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Financial Times:
Sources: Apple plans to expand its ad business and add a second ad slot in the App Store search page even as it introduces privacy rules crippling ads by rivals  —  New privacy rules deal a huge blow to how the mobile advertising industry works  —  Apple will expand its advertising business …
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Apple's Podcasts Subscriptions is costly but offers a great Apple-controlled customer experience that could reduce subscriber churn and boost conversion rates
Andy Robinson / VGC:
Sony confirms it is testing PlayStation Plus Video Pass, which lets PS Plus subscribers access over 20 movie and TV shows from Sony Pictures, in Poland  —  POLISH USERS HAVE ACCESS TO VIDEO CONTENT FROM TODAY; NO NEWS ON OTHER MARKETS YET  —  Sony Interactive Entertainment …
Jabari Young / CNBC:
Overtime, which distributes sports content on social media, raises $80M Series C, part of which will fund its basketball league for 16-to-18-year-olds  —  - Overtime raised $80 million in a Series C with investors including Bezos Expeditions, Drake and NBA stars including Devin Booker, Trae Young and Klay Thompson.
Steven Perlberg / Insider:
A look at Government Executive, now GovExec, whose publications cover federal government and which made $20M in revenue last year with a 20%+ profit margin  —  - GovExec expects to make more than $30 million in revenue this year.  — The company has a profit margin north of 20%, its chairman said.
New York Times:
How the European Super League for soccer collapsed under pressure from fans, players, governments, TV networks, and sponsors in 48 hours  —  Frantic phone calls, secret meetings and high-stakes threats: The inside story of how a billion-dollar European soccer superleague was born, and then collapsed, in less than a week.
 
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Marty Swant / Forbes:
Atmosphere TV, a streaming service that provides audio-optional content supported by ads, raises $25M Series B from Valor Equity at a valuation of $275M
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Reuters News Agency:
Reuters has appointed Gina Chua as executive editor, reporting to EIC Alessandra Galloni; Chua has been EIC of the South China Morning Post and The Asian WSJ
New York Times:
W.W. Norton stops shipments of a Philip Roth biography after claims the writer, Blake Bailey, groomed his students; two women say he sexually assaulted them
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing sets May 21 date for shareholders to vote on a deal to sell the Chicago-based newspaper chain to hedge fund Alden Global Capital for $633M