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Paradise Media sells literary magazine The Believer to its original owner McSweeney's at a “meaningful” loss, after a fan backlash over clickbait content — The magazine, bought by a marketing company, briefly hosted clickbait content. Scandal ensued.
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Antoinette Siu / The Wrap:
BuzzFeed, which bought Complex Networks and HuffPost in 2021, reports Q1 revenue up 26% YoY to $91.6M and a net loss up 295% YoY to $44.6M; stock falls 10%+ — BuzzFeed, Inc. on Monday reported its first-quarter earnings as a public company, with results showing growing content revenue …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Disney will not accept ads about alcohol, politics, or rival studios on the ad-supported tier of Disney+ — Not every marketer is likely to get its commercials on a new ad-supported version of Disney+. — The popular streaming service — home to Marvel movies, the “Star Wars” …
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Marriott launches the Marriott Media Network in partnership with Yahoo to help advertisers target consumers on its hotel websites and the TVs in their rooms — Marriott will use anonymized data on its guests to help brands target their ads. Walmart, Kroger, DoorDash and others have taken similar tacks …
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Bill Curry / Globe and Mail:
Google says Canada's proposed Online News Act amounts to a “link tax” that would “break” its search engine; Google made similar claims against Australia's code — Google is ramping up its opposition to the federal government's Online News Act, warning the proposed new law would …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Source: Netflix executives met with major theater chains to test releasing movies with a longer window, likely 45 days, in thousands of theaters later in 2022 — Netflix Inc. was absent when Hollywood executives gathered in Las Vegas late last month to preview the year ahead in movies, at least officially.
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Two fact-checking organizations, Argentina's Chequeado and Spain's Maldita.es, launch Factchequeado to address misinformation in Spanish-speaking US communities — Last month, Factchequeado launched as a way to address misinformation in Latino and Spanish-speaking communities in the United States.
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Washingtonian names executive editor Sherri Dalphonse as its new editor, the first woman to edit the city magazine and its fifth editor in its 57-year history — She's the first woman to edit the city magazine and only its fifth top editor ever. — Sherri Dalphonse was named the new editor of Washingtonian on Monday.
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Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Deadline says it won't publish an interview with Cannes head Thierry Frémaux, after the festival demanded copy approval and removed answers about diversity — Long a bastion of artistic freedom, the Cannes Film Festival has a secret: it censors interviews with festival head Thierry Frémaux.
Ezra Marcus / New York Times:
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Alexander Lee / Digiday:
Current and former staffers detail how Enthusiast Gaming gut esports news site Upcomer after acquiring it in 2021, laying off 11 of 26 full-time staff in March — In 2021, gaming and esports company Enthusiast Gaming acquired the dormant esports media brand Upcomer, with plans to turn it into a leading esports news publication.
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Selome Hailu / Variety:
In a memo to staff, CEO David Zaslav elaborates on Warner Bros. Discovery's priorities, including combining HBO Max and Discovery+, bolstering CNN, and more — In a new memo sent out to Warner Bros. Discovery staff and obtained by Variety, Zaslav began to elaborate on those plans.
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