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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Axios names Sara Kehaulani Goo as EIC, as it readies niche paid newsletters product Axios Pro; source: Axios is on track to make ~$85M in revenue this year — - Axios named Sara Kehaulani Goo and Aja Whitaker-Moore editor-in-chief and executive editor, respectively.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The 2016 Indianapolis Star investigation of Larry Nassar, which led to the recent Senate hearings with Olympic gymnasts, shows local newspapers' enduring impact — Local newspapers may be struggling, but they are still publishing journalism that makes a difference
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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
NYT's daily newsletter The Morning has 5M+ readers on average, will launch Saturday and Sunday editions, and add two more staff for a total of eight — - Written by David Leonhardt, The Morning newsletter has more than 5 million daily readers on average. — The newsletter's team is set …
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch saw lower pay in 2021; Rupert's package was valued at $31.1M, down from $34M in 2021, and Lachlan's at $27.7M, down from $29.1M — Rupert and Lachlan, along with other top Fox executives, agreed to cut their base Fox Corp. salaries during the pandemic.
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Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
The dismantling of digital advertising based on personal data and cookies is reshaping revenue plans for ad and tech industries, publishers, and small companies — As Apple and Google enact privacy changes, businesses are grappling with the fallout, Madison Avenue is fighting back and Facebook has cried foul.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
WarnerMedia is offering a 50% discount for six months on the HBO Max ad-free monthly plan until September 26 as HBO subscriptions via Amazon shut down Wednesday — WarnerMedia is trying to help offset the loss of about 5 million HBO subscribers who had signed up through Amazon in the U.S. with an aggressive discount offer on HBO Max.
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
How the money in song publishing rights and the Blurred Lines lawsuit have led artists like Olivia Rodrigo to give “interpolation credits” to avoid lawsuits — We are trying something a little different on this episode of Decoder — we're doing a little crossover …
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Angelique Jackson / Variety:
Vogue says nearly 15M viewers watched its livestream coverage of the Met Gala; Condé Nast plans to repeat the strategy for Super Bowl and Academy Awards events — The 2021 Met Gala may not have taken place on the traditional first Monday in May, but the glamorous fundraiser was certainly …
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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Sources: Google plans to add free, ad-supported streaming TV channels to Google TV and has held talks with media companies that provide the channels — Google is looking to make its Chromecast streaming device more appealing to cord cutters. The company has plans to add free TV channels to Google TV …
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Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
European Commission issues recommendations to EU states to better protect journalists, including greater cooperation between media and cybersecurity bodies — BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive arm asked its member countries Thursday to better protect journalists amid a rise …
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IFEX, Committee to Protect … and The Guardian
Casey Newton / Platformer:
One year in, Casey Newton has doubled his Substack subscribers to ~50K, of which <10% convert to paid; Discord and Twitter are effective for attracting readers — A year ago, I quit the best job I ever had to start Platformer. Today I wanted to tell you all how it's going, what I've learned …
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella sues to stop co-founder Dash from selling the copyright to Jay-Z's debut album as an NFT, saying he has no legal right to do so — - Rapper battles co-founder Dash over NFT rights to debut album — Lawsuits proliferate as non-fungible token market takes off
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