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4:40 PM ET, April 21, 2022

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New York Times:
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
Wall Street Journal:
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
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.
Discussion: nielsen.com
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+ …
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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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
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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
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 …
Marc Wojno / ZDNet:
Live Bash, which lets artists livestream their performances and convert the shows into digital collectibles and NFTs, raises a $21M seed from unnamed investors  —  The entertainment tech startup will allow performers to rent one of its physical stages to livestream and mint their performances.
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.
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.
Discussion: @jamesrbuk
Mollie Cahillane / Adweek:
Ad-tech company Xandr is partnering with six Nielsen alternatives, 605, Comscore, EDO, Samba TV, TVision, and VideoAmp, ahead of upfronts  —  Xandr is the latest company to jump on the alternative currencies train.  Ahead of the upfronts, the ad-tech company partnered with data providers 605 …
Discussion: Ad Age, Business Wire and Beet.TV
 
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