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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn announces his leadership team; Marc Lacey and Carolyn Ryan will be managing editors starting on June 14 — A pair of veteran Times journalists will serve in the newsroom's No. 2 position under the new executive editor, Joe Kahn. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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James Fallows / Breaking the News:
The New York Times under Joe Kahn should re-create the role of the public editor and reexamine coverage of the 2016 election — A very short to-do list for the paper's new leadership. — Congratulations to Joseph Kahn on being named the next Executive Editor at the New York Times.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A profile of Joe Kahn, whose focus on China shaped his career, during which he won two Pulitzers and helped turn The New York Times into a 24-hour operation
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Peter Vercoe / Bloomberg:
Netflix added 1.09M subscribers in Asia Pacific, the lone bright spot in Q1, helped by the success of the South Korean series Squid Game, its biggest launch — South Korean dystopian hit ‘Squid Game’ has helped make Asia a lone bright spot for Netflix Inc., which added more than 1 million subscribers …
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix's Q1 earnings show that Disney, Paramount, and other companies that reorganized around streaming video must deal with consistent subscriber volatility
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Reed Hastings says Netflix plans to offer cheaper, ad-supported plans and will examine what those plans will look like “over the next year or two”
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Six ex-staffers of Arsenal Media, co-founded by Benny Johnson to make GOP clients' content go viral, describe bullying, toxic HR practices, and late payroll — In the breathless world of conservative online politics, Arsenal Media is here to help you go viral.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground doesn't plan to re-sign with Spotify, and is talking to Audible, iHeartMedia, and others — Barack and Michelle Obama's time with Spotify Technology SA is coming to an end. — The former first family's production company …
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
The reporters explaining that Taylor Lorenz's door knocking is common journalistic practice fail to grasp that the new right is opposed to any newsgathering — On Tuesday, Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz published a story about a repulsive creep who uses her large online following to …
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Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
A study of 130K articles published by 31 newspapers acquired by firms like Alden and Sinclair finds a significant decrease in local content post-acquisition — From Alden Global Capital to Sinclair Media, tales of corporate media takeovers of local news outlets — and their chilling effects — are everywhere.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Instagram plans to tweak its ranking algorithm to highlight original content more, recommending accounts that aggregate and reshare other users' content less — Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today that the company is going to tweak its ranking algorithm to highlight original content more on its platform.
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Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Jakarta-based Noice, which hosts and produces podcasts, radio, audiobooks, and more with 2M users, raises a $22M Series A led by Northstar — NOICE, an Indonesia audio content startup, has raised $22 million in Series A funding led by Northstar, with participation from returning investors Alpha JWC Go-Ventures and Kinesys.
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
A look at Russian tech companies including Yandex amid Putin's crackdowns; its news aggregation site carries fewer than a third of the outlets it once offered — Yandex, VKontakte and Kaspersky all ran afoul of the Kremlin's need to control Internet access, despite the efforts of their founders
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
The WHCA says Joe Biden will attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 30, the first time a sitting president has attended since 2016 — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 30, the White House Correspondents' Association announced Wednesday.
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Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
FactSet estimates for Q1 2022 ad revenue: analysts expect Google to grow 23% YoY to $55.1B, Meta to grow 8% YoY to ~$27.5B, and Twitter to grow 25% YoY to $1.1B — Google's search business expected to stay resilient while social platforms grapple with challenges — Your browser does not support the audio tag.
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