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Sources: the value of Spotify's deal with Joe Rogan, which covers three and a half years, was at least $200M, twice the $100M that reports suggested at the time — The deal that brought his podcast to Spotify is said to be worth over $200 million, more than was previously known.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Condé Nast says it now has 360M monthly average readers and turned a profit in 2021 for the first time in years; source: it recorded ~$2B in revenue last year — Publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker generated nearly $2 billion in revenue last year
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN+ will air a six-part documentary on the Murdochs, based on an NYT Magazine article and co-produced by CNN, NYT, and Left/Right, in the weeks to come — The Murdochs, the media-mogul family that controls Fox News Channel, are about to be the subject of a new documentary series that will be distributed by one of their main rivals.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Brian Stelter will host a daily version of his Reliable Sources show for CNN+, the subscription streaming service to launch this spring — CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter will host a daily version of Reliable Sources for CNN+, the upcoming subscription service set to debut this spring.
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Eric Benjamin Seufert / Mobile Dev Memo:
An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input — plans to bring a Privacy Sandbox effort to Android. Google's — original Privacy Sandbox
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify's acquisitions of Podsights and Chartable prepare it to compete better with YouTube, offering programmatic ads and robust analytics to creators — Why the company went on a shopping spree — This story originally ran in Hot Pod, The Verge's preeminent audio industry newsletter.
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify is acquiring Chartable and Podsights, two podcast analytics companies that let podcasters and networks include tags in shows to track listeners
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Many outlets today are poorly differentiated ideologically and seem to be replicating the NYT opinion section, lacking the contrarian takes Slate was known for — We've lost a lot as every publication has become the same — Katie Robertson of the New York Times recently wrote …
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Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Digital Content Next, representing publishers including NYT, News Corp, AP, and more, urges the Senate Judiciary Committee to back two bills to rein in Big Tech — A group representing publishers such as News Corp and National Public Radio wrote to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AMC signs a deal with Comcast, Charter, and Cox to sell addressable ads in each hour of original programming so different households will see different ads — AMC Networks has set a deal with major cable providers Comcast, Charter and Cox for addressable ads to be shown in each hour of original programming on AMC and WE tv in 2022.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
iHeartMedia signs deal with Veritone to use its synthetic-voice technology to translate and produce podcasts in other languages, starting with Spanish — Looking to widen its podcast biz beyond English-language audiences, iHeartMedia inked a deal to use Veritone's synthetic-voice technology …
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Axios:
IDG Communications, publisher of PCWorld, Macworld, and TechHive, rebrands as Foundry as it prioritizes its marketing technology business — IDG Communications, the nearly 60-year-old publisher that's home to brands like PCWorld, Macworld and TechHive, is rebranding as Foundry, its president Kumaran Ramanathan exclusively told Axios.
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Seb Joseph / Digiday:
Since September 2021, Future PLC has been shutting down AMP versions of its sites, leading to a loss of mobile traffic but an increase in revenue — Four weeks ago Future plc Inc turned off most of its sites that were on Accelerated Mobile Pages. It knew the move had risks: namely …
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