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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources describe how rival strategies for CNN+, combined with unexpected events like Zucker's resignation and the Discovery merger, fueled its rapid demise — Chris Licht wasn't supposed to start his new job as CNN's chief until May. — But on Thursday he found himself addressing …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: ~350 of CNN+'s 700 staff will be laid off with pay and benefits for the next 90 days; much of the CNN+ programming will be reallocated to other services — The shuttering of CNN+ three weeks after the subscription service launched will be remembered as one of the most chaotic moments of CNN's 40-year history.
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill revoking Disney's special tax status, effective as of June 2023, after a clash over the state's “Don't Say Gay” law — Gov. Ron DeSantis's move to revoke the company's special tax status in Florida showed how combative his party …
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
The EU finalizes the Digital Services Act, which will force social networks to toughen content moderation, reduce Google and Meta's ad targeting of minors, more — Companies such as Google and Facebook must moderate content more actively in regulatory clampdown
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Protocol:
Netflix lost 700K subscribers by suspending its service in Russia, where it was available for six years; ad-supported plans could help Netflix catch up abroad — This Thursday, we're taking a closer look at Netflix's plans to bring ads to its service. Also: New leadership for Crunchyroll, and the mini-metaverse.
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
As of Friday's close, Netflix had a $99.2B market cap, down from $300B+ in November 2021; Meta had a $532.6B market cap after passing $1T in June 2021
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: after churning out 500+ original programs in 2021, Netflix is looking to rein in costs and add fewer new titles with a greater emphasis on quality
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Joy Press / Vanity Fair:
Streamers are acting like TV networks, pulling back on edgy content and seeking “elevated broadcasts”, like sitcoms, under financial pressure and competition — Desperate for subscriber eyeballs, streamers are pulling back on edgy content—and acting more like the networks they trounced in the revolution.
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Leon Gettler / The Conversation:
Investigation: in the past two years, regional Australia saw 100+ out of 435 newspapers cease printing, comprising 68% of the country's 182 news “contractions” — Australia's regional news outlets are dying a not-so-slow death, and COVID-19 has accelerated their decline.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Journalism organizations, nonprofits, and unions ask the Pulitzer Prizes to require newsrooms to participate in a diversity survey for award eligibility by 2024 — An open letter calls on the industry's highest honors to include a new participation clause.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Some Houston journalists question the American Journalism Project's $20M commitment to create a new nonprofit news outlet, since Houston is not a news desert — It's part of a thriving nonprofit journalism movement. But reaction from within Houston's existing media ecosystem ranges from skeptical to icy.
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David Zurawik / CNN:
Editors and producers detail the challenges in covering news from Ukraine's Mariupol, including few legacy correspondents on the ground and unverified videos — (CNN Business)After weeks of on-scene, live coverage of the war in Ukraine by some of the world's best journalists …
Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Twitter bans ads that promote climate change denial and contradict “scientific consensus” — Twitter says ads can't contradict “scientific consensus” on the environmental crisis — Twitter is banning advertisements that promote climate change denial in an effort to curb …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Russia charges Washington Post opinions contributor and dissident writer Vladimir Kara-Murza for allegedly spreading “false” info about Russia's army — The dissident writer, who called Putin's government “a regime of murderers,” faces prison under a Russian law that attempts to control speech
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Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed sues to block arbitration claims from employees who say the company improperly denied them the opportunity to sell their shares following its IPO — BuzzFeed Inc. wants to block arbitration of claims that the company botched its initial-public offering and improperly denied employees …
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