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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Disney will not accept ads about alcohol, politics, or rival studios on its cheaper ad-supported Disney+ tier, and will not show ads to young children — Not every marketer is likely to get its commercials on a new ad-supported version of Disney+.
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Wall Street Journal:
Disney plans to carry four minutes of commercials per hour on Disney+'s ad-supported tier; Hulu has nearly eight, Peacock has five, and HBO Max will have four — Total ad load to be limited to four minutes an hour; preschool children won't see any ads — Walt Disney Co. DIS 2.69%▲ …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Netflix cuts 150 jobs out of 11K across departments in a new round of layoffs, mostly in the US, as the company reins in costs amid slowing revenue growth — EXCLUSIVE: Layoffs are underway at Netflix today. About 150 positions out of the streamer's workforce of 11,000 are being eliminated amid …
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Senator Chuck Schumer urges Rupert Murdoch to stop amplifying “replacement theory” on Fox News; Lachlan Murdoch said Tucker Carlson “decried” the theory in 2021 — Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, urged Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
At its Brandcast presentation, YouTube unveils ad frequency limits across YouTube and connected TV apps, letting marketers using Google Ads to set weekly caps — The TV upfronts are usually a dog-and-pony show where networks unveil their new content slates.
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Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
Internal Gimlet memo: Reply All podcast co-hosts Alex Goldman and Emmanuel Dzotsi will be leaving next month — It is unclear whether the show will continue after they leave — Reply All co-hosts Alex Goldman and Emmanuel Dzotsi will be leaving the show next month, according to an internal memo obtained by The Verge.
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J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
An interview with Audible's Rachel Ghiazza and Zola Mashariki, who lead its original content business, on eyeing the long game with top Hollywood talent — The subscription platform, now powered by Amazon, is bolstering stars' production shingles and boasts a greater degree of creative freedom …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Apple debuts Apple Music Live, a concert livestreaming series for Apple Music subscribers starting with Harry Styles on May 20, but doesn't share other events — Apple is launching a new concert livestreaming series called “Apple Music Live” that will showcase performances from …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Kevin Mayer's and Tom Staggs' Candle Media acquires ATTN:, a profitable digital content publisher focused on social change content, sources say for ~$150M — It gives Candle access to a brand that has expertise in reaching a younger, socially-active audience.
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Filing: in Q1 2022, Berkshire Hathaway bought a $2.6B Paramount stake and boosted its Activision Blizzard and Apple positions; Paramount stock closes up 15.35% — UPDATED with closing price: Shares of Paramount Global shot up more than 15% to close at $32.32 Tuesday after Berkshire Hathaway …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
An analysis of nine US local TV stations' top Facebook posts: 9.9% had a video, community stories were popular, sports posts performed below average, and more — In a typical American city, the local daily newspaper is the outlet producing the most news day after day.
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
LimeWire, the music sharing service that relaunched as an NFT music marketplace, strikes a deal to launch NFT projects with Universal Music Group's artists — LimeWire, a former file-sharing platform recently relaunched as a digital collectibles marketplace, has struck its first major label partnership …
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