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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: CNN+ has fewer than 10K daily users; CNN, the cable channel, had an average of 773K total viewers a day in 2021 — - Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, sources said. — The paltry audience casts doubt on the future …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: CNN planned to invest ~$1B in CNN+ over four years and projected 2M US subs in year one, but will likely cut back dramatically after spending ~$300M — Investment and projections for CNN+ are expected to be cut dramatically in response to a low adoption rate, two sources tell Axios.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
After a two-year pause, the News Leaders Association is sharing its newsroom diversity survey this week; 303 outlets participated, missing the goal of 2,500 — Meredith Clark, who has led the News Leaders Association's diversity survey in recent years, has resigned from the project.
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Bitch Media:
Bitch Media, a feminist media outlet founded 25 years ago, announces it will cease operations in June 2022; BitchMedia.org will remain accessible as an archive — Bitch Media has been an independent-media presence like no other. Since 1996, we have provided nuanced, thoughtful …
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Spotify's head of studios and video Courtney Holt will move to an “advisory role” in May; the company will divide his duties across multiple executives — The executive, who first joined the audio giant in 2017, will stay on as an adviser for a year.
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Gannett will cut at least one print day at 50 papers by June; Gannett exec says e-edition use is up 140% since March when print days were cut at 136 papers — When she was a child, Sandy Auburn's father read the comics to her; eventually, she learned to read them to him.
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
IAB: advertising revenue for podcasts, music, and radio streaming rose 58% YoY to $4.9B in 2021, growing more than for streaming video, social media, and search — An IAB report finds that digital audio — defined as podcasts and streaming for music and radio — had the largest year …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify rebrands companion app Spotify Greenroom as Spotify Live and integrates its live audio capabilities in the main app minus the interactive features — As an earlier report had suggested, Spotify today announced it will integrate the live audio capabilities from its companion app …
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Washington Post:
Die Welt hires Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who interrupted a news broadcast to protest the war in Ukraine, as a freelancer reporter — Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has been hired by the German media company Die Welt, a month after she drew worldwide attention for bursting onto …
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Charlotte Rawlings / CampaignUK:
Time Out will end its London print edition after 54 years in June, to focus on its digital channels and Time Out Market, its events and restaurant arm — Publisher will focus on digital, social and Time Out Market. — Time Out Group has announced it will be stopping publication …
Alex Ritman / The Hollywood Reporter:
FIFA launches FIFA+, an ad-supported platform with live games from domestic leagues, archival content, and documentaries, but no World Cup games — The new ad-funded service will include live matches, a huge archive of World Cup clips and games, plus original content, including feature docs and series …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
NPR CEO says 53% of NPR's leadership team are people of color, up from 9% in 2019; 78% of new hires for the 2021 fiscal year were POC, up from 51% in 2020 — More than half of NPR's leadership team (53%) is comprised of non-white executives, up from 9% in 2019, NPR CEO John Lansing tells Axios.
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