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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Disney CEO Bob Chapek discusses eventually making ESPN a DTC streaming offering, but gives no specifics yet, noting linear networks are “cash generators” — Disney isn't ready to ‘pull the trigger’ on its linear cable network — On an earnings call earlier today …
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Deadline, The Streamable, MediaPost, The Hollywood Reporter and Awful Announcing
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's streaming subscribers hit 205.6M globally in Q2: Disney+ added 7.9M subscribers to reach 137.7M, Hulu added 300K to 45.6M, and ESPN+ added 1M to 22.3M
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney reports Q2 revenue of $19.25B, up 23% YoY, missing financial estimates due to several one-time charges, but beats Disney+ subscriber growth estimates
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Axios, Digiday, Axios, Junghoon's Direct Media …, CNBC, @herbscribner, The Walt Disney Company, CNBC, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @xpangler, @xpangler, MediaPost, Protocol, TechCrunch, New York Post, SlashFilm, The Verge, The Wrap, Radio & Television …, Deadline, Yahoo Finance and Adweek
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
The US DOJ secretly subpoenaed a Guardian reporter's phone info in 2020, as part of a leak investigation into stories about Trump's child separation policy — Newspaper decries ‘egregious’ move by DoJ to obtain details of Stephanie Kirchgaessner as part of investigation into media leaks
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@shaunwalker7, @michaelehayden, @jesselynradack, @emptywheel, @lukeobrien, @charlie_savage, @samthielman, @skirchy, @skirchy, @skirchy, @jamesrbuk, @kimmasters, @skirchy, @chrstphr_woody, @tbridis, @freedomofpress, @jasonleopold, @jasonleopold, @jasonleopold, @hatr, @jasonleopold, Politico and @julianborger
New York Times:
Bloomberg Media launches Bloomberg UK with a website, video series, podcast, and a summit in 2022, to compete with The Financial Times and The Sunday Times — A new venture, Bloomberg UK, is the first inkling of a new international strategy for the business news giant. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion:
@bgrueskin, @emilybell, @msh200 and @benmullin
Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
A study finds that reliable news consumption increases among US participants who tended to spend time on unreliable news after installing NewsGuard's extension — As more companies and platforms adopt ways to figure out whether fact-checking, flagging questionable content …
Discussion:
@andyguess, @dpfunke, @niemanlab and @csmap_nyu
Bevin Fletcher / Fierce Video:
Marcien Jenckes, president of advertising for Comcast Cable, will lead the Comcast-Charter joint venture building a streaming platform on 4K devices and TVs — Charter and Comcast have tapped advertising executive Marcien Jenckes to head up the partners' recently announced streaming platform joint venture.
Discussion:
Variety, Media Play News, The Hollywood Reporter, @tkgore and The Wrap
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
[Thread] Source: Insider founder Henry Blodget told staff the company is pulling back on making new hires; spokesperson: Insider is slowing down its growth plan — Insider founder Henry Blodget just told staffers the company is pulling back on making new hires, according to a person familiar with the matter. His remarks came during a quarterly update meeting.
Discussion:
@benmullin
Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
Spotify promotes Bill Simmons to oversee global sports strategy and names Parcast founder Max Cutler as head of creator content and partnerships — He will lead a new global sports push for the streamer — Spotify has lost a number of top executives in the past month …
Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
The Chainsmokers partner with NFT music platform Royal to release 5K NFTs, giving holders a cut of streaming royalties, priority access for tickets, and more — Pop music duo the Chainsmokers plan to release nonfungible tokens that will give fans a cut of the streaming royalties from their new album, “So Far So Good.”
Discussion:
@newsynick and @cpen
John Bartlett / The Guardian:
Francisca Sandoval dies after getting shot in the head while reporting on Workers' Day marches in Santiago, Chile; police arrested a suspect two days later — Francisca Sandoval, 29, is the first journalist to be killed in the line of duty in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorship
Discussion:
Committee to Protect …, @cpjamericas, @janoveliz, @amybwrites, @amybwrites, @amybwrites, @cfwij and @jwbartlett92
Dan Stone:
Analysis: ~20% of NYT articles have bylines crediting more than one reporter in 2022, up from 2% in 2000, as newsroom collaboration and live reporting grow — A few years ago, I found myself looking at New York Times bylines a lot more. I couldn't help it really.
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Gawker
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
CEO Dana Strong says Sky plans to invest £500M in 2022 to create 200 UK originals, tripling its 2019 production, and promises “thousands of jobs opportunities” — Pay TV operator Sky is continuing to invest big in the U.K. — The Comcast owned outfit has trebled its output …
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Christian Hetrick / dot.LA:
Snap names advertising veteran Colleen DeCourcy as CCO, reporting to CMO Kenny Mitchell; DeCourcy spent nearly a decade at independent ad agency Wieden+Kennedy — Social media giant Snap has hired Colleen DeCourcy as chief creative officer, tapping an advertising veteran who spent nearly …
CNN:
Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head while covering an Israeli raid in the West Bank; three eyewitnesses said Israeli troops killed her — Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank Wednesday, the network said.
Discussion:
@statedeptspox, New York Times, @ap, Jonathan's Newsletter, @dalya_masri, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, Committee to Protect …, The Guardian, CNN, @middleeasteye, Al Jazeera, @seldeeb, @nadineyousif_, @borzou, @suilee, @empirefiles, @ggreenwald, @froomkin, @ilhanmn, @ilhanmn, @dianabuttu, @ajenglish, @dsa_intl_comm, @dena, @sanasaeed, @adamjohnsonnyc, @winter, @tomgara, @brandyljensen, @norabf, @notnihal, Al Jazeera, @mffahmy11, @dima_khatib, @janelytv, @tristandross, @julialindau, @gideonresnick, @bettymccollum04, @jeremycorbyn, @hadas_gold, @cassandrarules, @meghamohan, @m7mdkurd, @rafsanchez, @brianstelter, @rawaak, @owenjones84, @linahalsaafin, BBC, @johnmcdonnellmp, @ajenglish, @abdallah_fayyad, @ruslantrad, @saadabedine, @chehayebk, @vv1lder, @hasanthehun, @hadinasrallah, @linahalsaafin, @aliladiere, @hasanthehun, @dena, Variety, CBS News, NPR, The Wrap, Mediaite, Deadline, The Times of Israel, Fox News, Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, The Independent, Reuters, The News International, Jerusalem Post and Free Press Journal
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