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12:20 AM ET, April 12, 2022

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
AT&T's purchase of Time Warner was a money-losing failure for AT&T but a big win for HBO, which has topped peers FX, Showtime, and AMC Networks at streaming  —  AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner was a failure for the phone company, which spent $85 billion to acquire the media conglomerate …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns Turner Sports and Eurosport, could become a global operator in sports over the next few years  —  There's a new contender in the arena.  —  As Discovery begins its new era of operating Warner Bros., HBO and Turner, all eyes are on how the new company …
Discussion: @bristei, Adweek and MediaPost
Diane Haithman / The Wrap:
Warner Bros. Discovery closed up 1.27% on Monday at $24.78 per share, after opening at $24.08 on its Nasdaq trading debut  —  Warner Bros. Discovery, the merged entity of WarnerMedia and Discovery, started its first Nasdaq trading day on Monday at $24.08 per share, rocketed up to close to $26 per share …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Discovery takes control of HBO, CNN, and Warner Bros., forming Warner Bros. Discovery led by CEO David Zaslav and set to begin publicly trading on Monday
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Source: Apple will face an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks, in an investigation into music streaming triggered by a complaint from Spotify  —  Apple (AAPL.O) faces an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks in an investigation triggered by a complaint from Spotify …
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Netflix is rolling out a Double Thumbs Up ratings option, which will appear next to the thumbs up and down buttons, to let it refine content recommendations  —  For nearly five years, Netflix has had simple thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons to express viewing preferences and help its algorithms provide better recommendations.
Colin Kirkland / MediaPost:
Forbes launches its first NFT collection, featuring 100 fictional billionaire investors with theoretical portfolios and virtual net worths based on NYSE pricing  —  Forbes, famous for its “Richest People In The World” list, is now offering anyone the chance to become a billionaire — a virtual billionaire, that is.
Discussion: @forbescrypto
Brendan I. Koerner / @brendankoerner:
[Thread] A nonfiction writer chronicles the times his books and articles have been “ripped off” without attribution by podcasters and YouTubers  —  This podcast series is a shameless rip-off of my @TheAtlantic story from last April. No credit is given and the creator did zero original reporting. He even mispronounces the main character's name through all 8 episodes. (It's “kuh-SEE,” not “KEY-see.") 🧵 https://open.spotify.com/...
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Returning from a hiatus, Rachel Maddow announces she will host her MSNBC show on Monday nights only from May to give herself more time to work on other projects  —  In her return from a hiatus of almost 2 months, Rachel Maddow announced on Monday night that starting in May, she'll begin hosting …
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
A look at an international group of 1,300 librarians, historians, teachers, and children using open-source tools and Slack to back up Ukraine's digital archives  —  In early March, two weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Carrie Pirmann stumbled upon a website dedicated to Ivan Mazepa …
 
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Dancing with the Stars will debut exclusively on Disney+ this fall in the US and Canada after 16 years on ABC, becoming the first live series on the service
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bars Will Smith from attending the Oscars for 10 years, due to his slapping of comedian Chris Rock on stage
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

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

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