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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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Jolie Lash / The Wrap:
Fox Corp reports Q3 revenue of $3.46B, up 7% YoY, net income of $290M, down 50% YoY, and ad revenue of $1.3B, up 9% YoY thanks to higher pricing and ratings — Fox Corp. reported fiscal third-quarter results on Tuesday with revenue rising 7% to $3.46 billion, driven by advertising strength …
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.
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 May 14 that grant access to their 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 10 in-depth newsletters over the past year and says there are 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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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Roku adds both the ad-supported and ad-free versions of Discovery+ to the Roku Channel, which reached 80M households as of Q4 2021 — Roku has integrated Discovery+, which it already offers as a stand-alone app in its regular store, into the offerings of the Roku Channel.
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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
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