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Apple and Major League Soccer announce a 2023-2032 broadcasting deal, with games available via MLS Apple TV app or Apple TV+; source: deal is worth $250M+/year — Deal underscores iPhone maker's streaming ambitions and battle for sports programming — Apple Inc. AAPL 0.73%▲ …
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Pew Research Center:
Journalist survey: 67% say social media has a negative impact on journalism, 82% think they should keep their views out of reporting, 55% oppose bothsiderism — 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom
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Peter White / Deadline:
Netflix orders a 10-part reality series, Squid Game: The Challenge, with 456 English-language speakers from around the world competing for a $4.56M cash prize — Squid Game is becoming reality. — The dystopian Korean drama series - Netflix's biggest series ever - is being turned …
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Nic Newman / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
YouGov survey for Reuters 2022 Digital News Report finds renewed falling trust, more news avoidance, TikTok and Telegram growth for news, and growth in podcasts — Last year's report contained some positive signs for the news industry, with higher consumption and rising trust amidst a second wave of Coronavirus lockdowns.
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
A Q&A with Axios EIC Sara Kehaulani Goo on the daily coverage in its Business Suite package, bundling newsletters as an audience engagement strategy, and more — Bundling appears to be the new strategy for newsletter publishers like Axios that are hoping to lock in loyal readers.
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@digiday and The Muffin por Mauricio …
Marcus Dieterle / Baltimore Fishbowl:
The nonprofit Baltimore Banner, funded by Stewart Bainum Jr., launches with a newsroom staff of 42 that the outlet plans to grow to about 70 by the end of 2022 — The Baltimore Banner officially launched their digital news publication Tuesday, with a newsroom staff of 42 journalists …
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The Baltimore Banner, The Baltimore Banner, @kyoshino, CBS Baltimore and The Baltimore Banner
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Washington Post has licensed its Arc XP CMS to 2,000+ companies, up from ~1,500 a year ago; sources: Arc XP generates ~$40M-$50M in ARR but isn't profitable — The Washington Post is looking to double down on its investment in its tech publishing arm, Arc XP, despite outside sales interest valuing …
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Natasha Turak / CNBC:
The UAE bans Disney's Pixar movie Lightyear over a “violation of the country's media content standards”, despite saying in 2021 it would no longer censor films — - The United Arab Emirates' Media Regulatory Office announced it would ban Disney Pixar's “Lightyear” …
Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:
A NYU report details how influencers backing India's BJP use YouTube to spread conspiracy theories and hateful content targeting the country's Muslims and women — Influencers backing India's ruling Hindu nationalist party have used YouTube videos to spread conspiracy theories …
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery plans to offer buyouts to its US ad sales team as part of a plan to shrink its global sales force of about 3,000 by up to 30% — Warner Bros. Discovery will this week offer buyouts to members of its U.S. ad sales team, as part of a plan to shrink …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The New York Times plans to add The Athletic to its subscription bundle at no extra charge and let nonsubscribers sample some free content before paying — The New York Times on Monday said it's planning to reach 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027, a goal that CEO Meredith Kopit Levien told Axios …
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@davidclinchnews, @durgaraghunath and @adrianweckler
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
The Washington Post and Imagine Entertainment sign a deal to create scripted and non-scripted film and TV based on the outlet's archive and current reporting — EXCLUSIVE: The Washington Post and Imagine Entertainment have entered into a strategic partnership to create scripted and non-scripted film …
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