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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Memo: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is leaving the company; sources: incoming Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav and some Discovery execs are expected to take over — Executive leaves as Discovery prepares to take over company; CEO shook up entertainment industry during his stint
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Ann Sarnoff, head of WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group, will leave the company as soon as this week as WarnerMedia nears its merger with Discovery — LOS ANGELES — Ann Sarnoff, the chief executive of the WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group, will leave the company …
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Pew Research Center:
Study: the number of statehouse reporters has risen 11% since 2014 to 1,761, of which 20% work for nonprofits, up from 6% in 2014; 48% cover capitols full time — As newspapers employ fewer statehouse reporters, nonprofits are filling much of the void — As newspapers employ fewer …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
iHeartMedia is purchasing the rights to roughly a dozen NFTs to create the Non-Fun Podcast Network based around characters from prominent NFT collections — iHeartMedia, the holding company of iHeartRadio, is pouring several hundred thousand dollars into purchasing the rights to roughly …
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Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
Jami Floyd, the director of New York Public Radio's Race & Justice Unit and the author of 45 WNYC and Gothamist articles retracted for plagiarism, resigns — WNYC staffer Jami Floyd authored 45 articles that were removed from wnyc.org and Gothamist websites last week …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
LinkedIn says it is adding 80 editorial roles around the world, an expansion that will bring its total number of editors to nearly 200 — Linkedin is tripling the number of editors it employs in the UK as part of wider growth that will see it employ nearly 200 journalists worldwide.
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Substack says its users can now produce paid, subscription-based podcasts on the platform and that three popular Patreon podcasts have already moved to Substack — And everyone wants something from Daniel Ek — This story is part of a group of stories called — Happy Tuesday, everyone.
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John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Canadian government introduces legislation that would force major online platforms like Google and Meta to negotiate deals with publishers, like in Australia — Bill demands that companies like Google and Facebook pay news businesses to use their content — The federal Liberal government …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple confirms that it has been piloting a feature with Disney+ that would let developers automatically charge users when subscription prices rise — Apple may be changing how iOS subscriptions operate when price increases are involved. Recently, some developers noticed that the streaming service Disney …
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Julia Angwin / The Markup:
Q&A with Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Ressa on the impact of technology on information ecosystems, funding independent media in the Global South, and more — Journalists are under attack around the world. Last year, the number of journalists who were jailed for their work hit …
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Lynette Rice / Deadline:
DailyMailTV, a daily TV news magazine that launched in 2017 and featured top stories from DailyMail.com, will end its run this summer — It's official: DailyMailTV, the syndicated show from Stage 29 Productions and syndicated by CBS Media Ventures, is wrapping up this summer.
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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Plex updates its app with universal search across users' streaming services, a watchlist, and other discovery features; the company says it has 13M MAUs — Plex has an audacious plan to become the daily go-to app for everyone's streaming needs: The media center app rolled out new universal search …
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