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1:05 PM ET, April 13, 2022

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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:

Amazon will rebrand IMDb TV as Freevee starting April 27 and plans to grow its slate of originals by 70% in 2022 — The ad-supported streamer, home to ‘Alex Rider’ and a growing slate of original series and movies, will change its name starting April 27. — Amazon-backed IMDb TV is being rebranded.

Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:

National Geographic launches a $10.99/month or $109/year subscription that includes a Nat Geo digital membership, print issues, and Disney+ — National Geographic Premium with Disney+ includes print issues of Nat Geo Kids, and the ‘Year in Pictures’ special issue, digital access …

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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:

Memo: News Corp Australasia's executive editor says there is “no one News Corp view” about the upcoming election and editors can choose which party to endorse — News Corp Australasia executive chairman issues all-staff memo, with scrutiny on election coverage likely to increase

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Q&A with Adrian Chiles, who has built a following for his pleasant takes in The Guardian, on his fandom, getting column ideas from “sheer desperation”, and more — An interview with the internet's most delightful columnist about man bags, his writing process, and meeting his fiancée.

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Financial Times:

UK's Future says e-commerce revenue grew 36% YoY to £216M in 2021, representing more than a third of its revenue; readers buy 43.5K items per day on average — FTSE 250 group has successfully battled pressure on print media by pushing products to readers

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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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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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