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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jeff Zucker resigns as CNN president and chair of WarnerMedia's news and sports division, saying he didn't disclose a relationship with a senior CNN executive — The relationship came up during the network's investigation into the former anchor Chris Cuomo.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN's chief marketing officer Allison Gollust says she is in a relationship with Jeff Zucker; Gollust will remain at CNN — New York (CNN Business)CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said Wednesday that he is resigning, effective immediately. — Zucker said in a memo …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jason Kilar names three of CNN's top managers, Michael Bass, Amy Entelis, and Ken Jautz, as interim co-heads for CNN through the close of the Discovery merger — “We are fortunate to have three senior leaders within the News organization who have agreed to serve as interim co-heads …
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The New York Times Company:
NYT reports 375,000 net new digital subscriptions in Q4, $2B in annual revenue in 2021 for the first time since 2012, and targets 15M+ subscribers by 2027 — The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today fourth- quarter 2021 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The New York Times Company reaches its 10M subscriber goal three years ahead of schedule, aided by The Athletic's 1.2M; acquisition of The Athletic has closed — The deal for the sports site, which was finalized on Tuesday, helped the company reach that goal a couple of years early.
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
Belgium's data watchdog fines IAB Europe €250K after finding its ad-targeting tool violated GDPR and orders changes within two months — IAB Europe, an association for online advertising companies, was fined 250,000 euros ($282,690) and handed an ultimatum by Belgium's data watchdog …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q4 revenue of ~$3.04B, up 24% YoY, MAUs of 406M, up 18% YoY, and premium subs of 180M, up 16% YoY; stock falls ~15%+ after hours on guidance — After a month of controversy involving podcast host Joe Rogan, Spotify Technology SA disclosed a more immediate business problem: its growth in the first quarter of the year.
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Wendy Zukerman, host and executive producer of Gimlet's Science Vs, says she'll devote the fact-checking podcast to combating misinfo on other Spotify shows
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Los Angeles Times:
Apptopia: Tidal app installs rose nearly 23% in the January 26-31 period over January 20-25; installs of tiny Qobuz, recommended by Neil Young, rose 64%
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Zack Sharf / Variety:
Graham Nash and India Arie also pull their music from Spotify to protest content on Joe Rogan's podcast; Arie calls out Rogan's “language about race”
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New York Times:
ABC suspends The View host Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks after she repeatedly said the Holocaust wasn't about race during an episode; Goldberg has apologized — Ms. Goldberg's comments, on Monday's episode of “The View,” came amid growing ignorance about the Holocaust and rising antisemitism.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Forbes launches Premium Profiles, offered to the people, places, and companies on its ~100 annual lists for free; extra features cost $1,500 to $10,000 per year — Forbes announced Wednesday morning the debut of its new Premium Profiles product, a venture 18 months in the making that aims …
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
How podcast publishers like Vice, iHeartMedia, and Tinkercast are growing audiences by producing original and translated non-English language content — For bilingual people and international listeners, expect more podcasts coming your way from U.S.-based publishers and audio platforms this year.
James Madden / The Australian:
News Corp Australia and Google partner to launch the Digital News Academy, which will train reporters in data journalism and other digital news skills — News Corp Australia and Google have joined forces to establish a groundbreaking digital news training initiative, which will develop …
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Sebastien Ash / Agence France-Presse:
German regulator bans RT-DE, saying it does not have a broadcasting license; RT says it will not stop broadcasting as it has a Serbian broadcasting license — The German broadcasting regulator said Wednesday it had banned the transmission of the German-language channel of Russian state broadcaster RT …
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