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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 …
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 closed up 1.27% on Monday at $24.78 per share, after opening at $24.08 on its Nasdaq trading debut
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
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
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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/...
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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 …
Greg McArthur / Globe and Mail:
Filing: Ontario Securities Commission is probing two GlobeNewswire programmers for insider trading on info obtained by allegedly looking at draft press releases — Two Toronto-area programmers for GlobeNewswire, one of the largest wire services in the world, are under investigation as part …
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Gavin Bridge / Variety:
The success of Paramount Network's cable TV hit Yellowstone proves that limiting streaming exposure provides value for cable TV and traditional media companies — Look no further than the stunning success of cable drama “Yellowstone” in 2021 for indication of how the TV industry got streaming wrong.
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
IAB: US digital ad spend rose 35% YoY to $189B in 2021, the largest gain since 2006; 10 publishers and platforms took 78.6% of the total, up from 78.1% in 2020 — Advertising has followed shopping online during the pandemic at a breathless rate. The ad spend was concentrated—78.6% …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News congressional correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell will join the Washington Post as a writer on its The Early 202 newsletter and an anchor on WaPo Live — Leigh Ann Caldwell is reversing the dynamic. — Caldwell, who has been with NBC News since 2014, will join The Washington Post …
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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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