Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:40 AM ET, March 10, 2022

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: recorded music industry reached $15B in 2021 revenue; paid subscriptions grew 11% to 84M, revenue rose 23% YoY to $9.5B; vinyl sales rose 61% YoY to $1B  —  The U.S. recorded-music business continues its upward swing, posting a near-record $15 billion in revenue for 2021 …
Andrius Sytas / Reuters:
Lithuania passes a law to let police remove access to a media outlet for up to 72 hours for “war propaganda and disinformation” favoring Russia  —  Lithuania imposed a stricter state of emergency on Thursday in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, limiting rights to free expression …
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Audible added a theater tab to its app this month as it becomes a big player in the space, releasing 93 audio theater works so far, including 24 in 2021  —  A company known for audiobooks is mounting starry live productions — and recording them, too.  —  Elizabeth Marvel took off her shoes …
Adam Tinworth / One Man & His Blog:
Substack's app lets users pause email delivery to read only in the app, building a moat for Substack that potentially protects it from competitors  —  Substack has launched a reader app for iOS, turning itself from a newsletter company into a platform one.  Publishers — beware.
RELATED:
On Substack:
Substack launches an iOS app for reading; Android users can join a waitlist
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
CEO Bob Chapek says Disney opposes Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill, pledges $5M to LGBTQ+ rights advocates, and says he'll discuss the bill with FL's governor  —  The company is also donating $5 million to organizations that support LGTBQ+ rights.
RELATED:
Graham Keeley / Voice of America:
A Spanish journalist who freelanced for VOA, Público, and other outlets has been jailed in Poland on accusations of spying for Russia; CPJ is watching the case  —  Pablo González is a Spanish journalist also known by his Russian name, Pavel Rubtsov.
Diana Lodderhose / Deadline:
Netflix raises the price of subscription plans in the UK and Ireland, increasing the standard package by £1 to £11 in the UK and by €2 to €15 in Ireland  —  Netflix is upping the cost of its subscription plans in the UK and Ireland with its standard package increasing in by £1 …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Jeff Zucker's exit deal with CNN paid him $5M+, which was owed from his 2021 bonus, and he didn't get further severance; he waived his rights to sue  —  Mr. Zucker, who resigned last month citing his failure to report consensual relationship with colleague, waived rights to sue CNN parent WarnerMedia as part of pact
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Two subscribers sue HBO Max claiming the service provides Facebook with lists allowing Facebook to match customers' viewing habits with their Facebook profiles  —  HBO was hit with a class action lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that it shares subscribers' viewing history with Facebook, in violation of a federal privacy law.
Vox Media:
Vox Media President Pam Wasserstein announces the company's new combined leadership structure following the acquisition of Group Nine  —  President Pam Wasserstein shared the leadership structure for editorial and studios teams following the acquisition of Group Nine.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon suspends access to Prime Video for customers based in Russia  —  Amazon has joined the growing number of businesses suspending commercial activities in Russia in the wake of the country's unprovoked attack on Ukraine.  —  The e-commerce giant said in a statement that it is cutting off access …
RELATED:
Mike Ozanian / Forbes:
Sources: the streaming deal between MLB and Apple is worth $85M annually over seven years and NBC Sports' two-year MLB deal is worth $30M annually  —  Baseball is in the midst of a lockout that is threatening the start of the 2022 season, but that isn't preventing the league from getting richer.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 10:40 AM ET, March 10, 2022.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
 Earlier Picks: 
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Two Austrian entrepreneurs acquire the assets of LimeWire, the music sharing service shuttered in 2010, and plan to relaunch it as an NFT marketplace for music
 

 
From Techmeme:

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Exploring the scaling challenges of transformer-based LLMs in efficiently processing large amounts of text, as well as potential solutions, such as RAG systems

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page