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New York Times:
Sources: Netflix executives told employees that the company plans to launch its lower-priced ad-supported tier and crack down on password sharing in Q4 2022 — Executives said they were aiming to introduce an ad-supported, lower-priced subscription tier in the last three months of the year, quicker than originally indicated.
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Tom Brady plans to join Fox Sports as its lead NFL analyst and ambassador once he retires; sources: Brady's contract is a record $375M over 10 years — Fox Sports' deal to make Tom Brady its lead NFL game analyst after he retires is for 10 years and $375 million, The Post has learned.
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Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
Sen. Josh Hawley introduces a copyright bill to threaten Disney, retroactively applying rules to strip Disney's IP assets upon bill passage, which won't happen — I can't believe I'm taking Disney's side on anything — I have been told to blog about Senator Josh Hawley's new copyright bill …
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Meduza.io:
Two Russian journalists for pro-government news site Lenta.ru replaced ~20 articles with posts critical of Putin and his war in Ukraine; Lenta deleted the posts — On the morning of May 9, anti-war articles filled the homepage of the Russian pro-government outlet Lenta.ru.
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
OANN runs a 30-second segment acknowledging there was “no widespread voter fraud” in Georgia in 2020, likely as part of a settlement with two election workers — Georgia election workers were dragged through the mud on OAN by right-wing conspiracy theorists like Rudy Giuliani.
CNN:
An Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday — Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank Wednesday, the network said.
Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
Right-wing outlet The Dispatch, which has 30K paying subscribers, is leaving Substack as the service focuses on individual creators and doesn't believe in ads — The conservative newsletter company is striking out on its own — Thanks to the 300 of you who have filled out The Rebooting's first audience survey.
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
YouTube TV launches a Spanish-language plan add-on for $15 per month and a standalone Spanish-language plan for $35 per month; both have 20+ channels — YouTube TV has made it official with two new Spanish-language offerings. — As The Streamable reported last week …
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Financial Times:
Paris-based TV production group Banijay, known for its reality TV shows, and sports betting group Betclic will go public via a SPAC, creating FL Entertainment — Deal backed by Bernard Arnault and Tikehau will create new player in European entertainment — French entrepreneur Stéphane Courbit …
The Daily Beast:
Sources: staffers at The Business of Business, Thinknum's media arm, say they did not receive April paychecks; co-founder Justin Zhen went on leave last week — The co-founder of media startup The Business of Business was one of WeWork's earliest antagonists. Now he's the one facing questions.
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Thania Garcia / Variety:
UMG's Kingship band, made up of four Bored Ape Yacht Club characters, will release 10,000 NFTs starting on May 14 that grant access to the group's virtual world — In what is described as the latest evolution of interactive storytelling, Kingship, the NFT group signed to 10:22PM …
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Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
The Guardian has launched 11 in-depth newsletters over the past year and says the outlet now has 1M+ unique subscribers across its portfolio of 50 newsletters — A week after the launch new flagship daily current affairs newsletter First Edition, Press Gazette spoke to The Guardian newsletter team about their strategy.
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The Pulitzer Prizes:
List of 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners, including Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic for feature writing and the NYT for national and international reporting — Public Service The Washington Post For its compellingly told and vividly presented account of the assault on Washington on January 6 …
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post wins the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol and its aftermath
The Washington Post wins the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol and its aftermath
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