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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 …
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 — New York (CNN Business)Discovery's merger with WarnerMedia took effect on Friday afternoon, creating a streaming media giant led by CEO David Zaslav.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Ukraine's top film studio halted production at the war's outbreak to shelter those taking cover, and is now rallying support to help the local industry survive — A vestige from past conflicts, the sealed shelter remained unused next to the company's extensive wardrobe department for years.
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