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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Marty Baron's failure to enact a new social media policy is presenting a major test for Executive Editor Sally Buzbee on her one-year anniversary in the top job — A flurry of Twitter flare-ups and Slack spats involving Post journalists, along with a controversial suspension …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Memo: Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee reiterates “in the strongest of terms” rules banning harassment, discrimination, and attacks on colleagues
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Martin Baccardax / TheStreet:
Roku's stock closes up 9.06% after a report says employees have been discussing a possible Netflix acquisition in recent weeks; Roku is down 56.31% in 2022 — Reports suggest employee chatter at San Jose-based has been focused on a potential takeover bid from Netflix.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett is reducing daily editorial pages at its regional papers, refocusing on community dialogue, citing low readership, abundant opinions online, and more — The 250-title chain will largely cut back opinion to a few days a week and refocus opinion on community dialogue.
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey:
[Thread] Substack VP criticizes a Wired piece alleging Substack “recruits and pays extremists” and the author's unwillingness to remove the claim without proof — We keep seeing false claims about Substack that seem designed to mislead. Here's just one recent example, which the outlet refuses to correct. We believe the best way to fight misinformation is through open debate, so here are the facts. 1/x https://twitter.com/...
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Apple strikes a unique deal for an F1 movie with a global theatrical window of 30+ days and the revenue split 50-50 between Apple and the filmmakers — The unique deal, which calls for a wide theatrical release with a meaningful window, will have the creative team paid three ways …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify's podcast business generated nearly €200M in 2021 revenue, up 300% YoY, but had a -57% gross margin; Spotify monetized 14% of listening time in Q1 2022 — Spotify disclosed some key financial metrics of its podcast business for the first time — and while the $1 billion-plus …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Reelz cable network picks up Live PD, the police reality show canceled following George Floyd's murder, and tentatively retitles it as On Patrol: Live — Hit police reality show, which was canceled by A&E following the 2020 killing of George Floyd, will appear on Reelz network
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Yousef Saba / Reuters:
Disney+ launches in the Middle East and North Africa; Digital TV Research says Netflix has 6.8M subscribers in the region and Starzplay has just under 2M — Disney+ (DIS.N) launched its streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa on Wednesday, vying for market share in a region …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
An interview with incoming New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn on succeeding Dean Baquet, discouraging reporters from “wallowing” in Twitter hate, and more — Joe Kahn takes over next week as executive editor of The New York Times as the newspaper is riding high on a new crop …
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@davidjoachim, @davidfolkenflik, @dangillmor, @dangillmor and @clockwerks
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
A New York State Supreme Court judge dismisses a sexual assault lawsuit against ABC News exec Michael Corn, citing a lack of proof of a hostile work environment — A New York State Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Michael Corn, a former longtime executive producer at ABC News …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Digital interim chief Alex MacCallum plans to leave on June 30, and Wendy Brundige will take over the role; CNN Digital CTO Robyn Peterson is also leaving — A second senior CNN executive who was deeply involved in the launch of the company's CNN+ streaming-video hub is set to leave the company.
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Australia's ABC plans to abolish 58 librarian and archivist jobs and make journalists research and archive their stories, due to “more efficient work practices” — A further 17 contract positions will also be axed with many of the staff affected based in regional areas
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Seb Joseph / Digiday:
Vox Media debuts its own supply-side platform for programmatic sales of ads reaching sites from publishers that use its Concert marketplace, including Vox sites — If you want something done right then do it yourself, as the saying goes — and at Vox Media that's truer than ever …
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