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Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals — The new corporate owners of CNN are moving to end the new streaming service just weeks after a splashy debut. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Sources: Meta is reviewing whether COO Sheryl Sandberg pressured the Daily Mail in 2016 and 2019 into killing stories about her then-boyfriend Bobby Kotick — Social-media executive, who dated the Activision Blizzard CEO, was part of campaign to persuade the U.K. tabloid to shelve a potential article
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Brendan Brady / Antenna:
Netflix had 3.6M US subscribers cancel in Q1 2022, over 1M more than in Q1 2021 and Q4 2021; gross additions in the past six quarters ranged from 2.2M to 2.9M — Netflix Q1'22 results revealed a quarterly net subscriber loss ( link). Antenna unpacked some of the latest dynamics around …
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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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Luke Winkie / Nieman Lab:
A look at the paranoia and cuts in BuzzFeed's newsroom after the company's SPAC deal and whether its market debut will serve as a warning to its digital peers — Many of the members of BuzzFeed's newsroom feel as if they were sold a bill of goods. — The digital media stalwart opened itself …
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Florida's legislature votes to revoke Disney World's special tax district status, which it held for 55 years, after a clash over the state's “Don't Say Gay” law — Lawmakers in the state voted to revoke the company's special designation following a dispute with Gov. Ron DeSantis over a new education law.
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: streaming platforms accounted for 30% of US viewers' TV usage in March, the highest since Nielsen started measuring TV use by platform; cable took 37% — Nielsen's platform rankings for March also show cable posting gains driven by news coverage of Ukraine.
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Two Georgia election workers settle their defamation lawsuit with OANN over false claims they manipulated ballots, leaving Rudy Giuliani as the only defendant — Two Georgia election workers who were the target of vote-rigging conspiracy theories have reached a settlement agreement …
Maria Repnikova / The Atlantic:
As Putin's regime drops even the appearance of democracy in Russia, restrictions on press freedoms are unlikely to be rolled back when the war in Ukraine ends — While I was researching Russian investigative journalism a little over a decade ago, several of the people I interviewed used variations …
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Analysis: only eight of 50 leading local UK news sites drew 50%+ of their UK audience from their region; for 20, less than a third of their audience was local — As local print newspapers have declined and closed, traffic to local news websites across the UK has surged.
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Jon Porter / The Verge:
Spotify now lets all creators in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand upload video podcasts via Anchor, which Spotify acquired in February 2019 — After over a year of more limited tests — All creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can now upload video podcasts …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T reports HBO Max and HBO gained 3M subscribers in Q1 globally for 76.8M in total; WarnerMedia made $8.7B in Q1 revenue, up 2.5% YoY, as ad revenue hit $1.7B — The now-divested WarnerMedia unit was again a drag on profitability because of continued investments in HBO Max and the launch of CNN+ …
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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 — Congratulations to Joseph Kahn on being named the next Executive Editor at the New York Times. This is among the handful of trickiest and most challenging jobs …
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