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Sara Fischer / Axios:
NPR plans to launch a podcast subscription service that will let listeners directly support their favorite podcasts and get sponsorship-free versions thereof — Podcasts have historically been open and freely distributed, but new subscription offerings for podcasts from Apple and Spotify aim to challenge that status quo.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches paid podcast subscriptions for creators in the US, at no cost to creators for two years and a 5% fee starting in spring 2023 — Spotify today is officially rolling out paid podcast subscriptions, after first unveiling its new subscription platform at the company's “Stream On” event in February.
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Spotify, The Verge, Axios, New York Post, Hot Pod News, The Hill, @budelliott3, RAIN News, @mrasquith, @bgurley, Protocol, @osulop, Variety, @ashleyrcarman, AppleInsider, The Wrap, @pkafka, The Publish Press 💬, Engadget and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook rolls out a miniplayer that will allow Facebook users to stream music and podcasts from Spotify through the Facebook app on iOS or Android
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Spotify, Hot Pod News, @spotifynews, Boing Boing, @ashleyrcarman, @chrisbrogan, @lanceulanoff, @martinsfp, @pkafka, The Verge, RAIN News, The Verge and Variety
Angela Fu / Poynter:
NewsGuild study of 14 unionized Gannett newsrooms finds ~$10K median wage gap between men and women and a ~$5K wage gap between POC journalists and white ones — The median salary for women of color was $15,727 less than the median salary for white men. — The median salaries of women …
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube ad revenue topped $6B in Q1, up 50% from the same quarter a year ago — That is up from $4 billion in the same quarter of last year, a 50 percent year-over-year growth rate. — YouTube continues to grow at a torrid pace, with any sign of pandemic slowdown seemingly behind it.
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Variety, The Wrap, TechCrunch, Alphabet, Engadget, @alexweprin and @loudmouthjulia, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Meadowlark Media, led by ESPN vets Dan Le Batard and John Skipper, signs a distribution deal with DraftKings, one of its investors; sources: deal's worth $50M+ — Digital sports entertainment and gaming company pushes further into media realm with $50 million deal
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Variety, Awful Announcing, Engadget, AllAccess.com, OutKick, The Athletic and Hollywood Reporter
Allegra Hobbs / Study Hall:
Journalists reflect on the heavy responsibility of writing obituaries now, when some deaths are inevitably connected to the larger news story of the pandemic — Maureen O'Donnell, obituary writer for the Chicago Sun-Times of roughly a decade, is giving me a rundown of some of her memorable work when …
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Disney will close 18 TV channels in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong on October 1, as its rollout of Disney+ continues with a Hong Kong launch coming this year — Disney is to close 18 TV channels in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong as the conglomerate puts a greater emphasis on direct-to-consumer streaming.
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@richlightshed and Kidscreen
Epicurious:
Epicurious says beef will no longer appear in new recipes, articles, or newsletters as well as on its homepage and Instagram feed for climate-related reasons — In an effort to encourage more sustainable cooking, we won't be publishing new beef recipes on Epicurious.
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Q&A with Reuters CMO Josh London on launching a paywall, competition with Bloomberg and WSJ, why readers will pay for “news in context”, and more — Global news agency Reuters is confident readers will pay for “news in context” as it prepares to compete with Bloomberg …
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@reuterspr and @mikelizun
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Conviva: in Q1, streaming viewing time was up 240% YoY in South America, 149% YoY in Africa, 122% YoY in Europe; Roku dominates in US but lags in other markets — Roku continues to rule streaming in the U.S., but is falling behind in other markets, according to a new report from streaming media intelligence company Conviva.
New York Times:
Norton takes its Philip Roth biography out of print as the author faces claims of sexual assault; Norton also vows to donate to support sex assault survivors — The publisher also said it would make a donation to sexual abuse organizations equal to the advance it paid Blake Bailey, the author accused of sexual assault.
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Los Angeles Times, @mrwaltershapiro, @abesilbe, @alex_shephard, @matthewkassel, @matthewschneier and The Atlantic
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
With iPhone's privacy changes, advertisers will get more ad-performance data for ads bought through Apple than via third parties, giving its ad business an edge — Under the iPhone maker's new rules, advertisers will get more ad-performance data for ads bought through Apple than through third parties
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ScreenRant, AppleInsider, The Verge, @csooran, @asharma, @susanedub, @sarthakgh, @seyitaylor, VentureBeat, The Drum, Vox and INQUIRER.net USA, more at Techmeme »
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple rolls out iOS and iPadOS 14.5 with App Tracking Transparency, which requires apps to get permission to track user activity on other apps for ad purposes
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Wall Street Journal, One Man & His Blog, @dcseifert, @joannastern, @anthony, @tomwarren, @wadhwa, @jacknicas, WWD, @puiwingtam, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, ScreenRant, ZDNet and TechCrunch
Elian Peltier / New York Times:
Two Spanish journalists have been killed in Burkina Faso while filming an anti-poaching documentary; a third journalist may have been abducted and killed too — The journalists were filming a documentary about anti-poaching patrol in the Western African nation when their patrol was ambushed.
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Voice of America, The Guardian, Reuters and Al Jazeera
Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Variety:
Early Nielsen numbers show 2021 Oscars drew 9.85M viewers, a drop of 58.3% from last year — The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, broadcast live from both Union Station and the Dolby Theatre in L.A. on ABC, hit a record low. — Per Nielsen Live+Same Day preliminary national numbers …
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