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2:20 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.
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
A look at the slew of challenges facing Substack, including a writer exodus, content moderation, subscription fatigue, and rivals like Ghost  —  The publishing platform's founders want Substack to be an “alternate universe on the internet.”  But it faces copycat rivals, an exodus by writers and a need to move beyond newsletters.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The Recount, a three-year-old news startup founded by John Battelle and John Heilemann, launches a three-hour, daily live news show on Twitch  —  The Recount, a three-year-old news organization founded by journalists John Battelle and John Heilemann, is debuting a three-hour-long …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The BBC names Chris Mason its political editor, replacing Laura Kuenssberg; Mason will take up the job at the end of May  —  Mason, a 20-year veteran at the BBC seen as a safe pair of hands, had originally declined to apply for job  —  Chris Mason has been named as the BBC's new political editor …
Gabriella Paiella / GQ:
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Analysis: the number of UK newspaper editorials calling for more action on climate change quadrupled between 2018 and 2021, rising from 40 to 163  —  The number of UK newspaper editorials calling for more action to prevent climate change quadrupled in the three years to 2021, according to analysis by climate science site Carbon Brief.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
The News Media Alliance and The Association of Magazine Media to merge under an agreement awaiting NMA member approval  —  Combinations of news associations have become common over the last decade.  But this is a particularly big one, at least symbolically.
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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The Washington Post Guild:
The Washington Post Guild releases a report on diversity and retention at the company, saying WaPo operates systems that create and perpetuate inequalities
Isabel Choat / The Guardian:
A look at the Somalia-based Bilan, supported by the UN with an all-female newsroom, which will report on violence, women in politics, and female entrepreneurs
Politico:
A look at the 32-year-old liberal nonprofit magazine American Prospect, staffed by 14 people, which has broken big stories about the Biden administration
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
 Earlier Picks: 
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
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
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
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
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