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11:45 PM ET, June 19, 2022

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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Digital news survey: the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal get half of US subscriptions; 19% in US paid for online news in the last year  —  Most Americans who pay for news now subscribe to more than one outlet, according to a major report on trends in US news media.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Internal docs: Fox News has agreed to a ~$15M settlement with Melissa Francis, a former host who sued the network alleging gender-based pay disparities  —  Melissa Francis alleged her male colleagues made far more than women.  She won an unusually large settlement, according to documents viewed by The Post.
New York Times:
Interviews with over two dozen current and ex-Washington Post staffers show conflict over social media rules, lack of trust in top editor Sally Buzbee, and more  —  The aim of Sally Buzbee, The Post's editor, is to broaden the newspaper's reach.  A year into the job, she's dealing …
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Several CBS' Late Show with Stephen Colbert staffers were arrested on Thursday at a US Capitol office and charged with unlawful entry after taping a skit  —  Among those arrested was Robert Smigel, best known for portraying Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. … Smigel has appeared as Triumph on the Late Show previously.
CNBC:
Vince McMahon steps back from his roles as WWE CEO and chairman, as the board probes misconduct claims against him; his daughter, Stephanie, will be interim CEO  —  - WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon is stepping back from his duties as the company's board investigates alleged misconduct by the executive.
The Guardian:
The Times withdrew a story about Boris Johnson without explanation after printing it in some editions; MailOnline and aggregators removed a rewrite of the story  —  Report had claimed Boris Johnson tried to hire his now wife as chief of staff when foreign secretary, but then it was deleted
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Q&A with Andy Silvester, editor of UK free daily City AM, which took a print hiatus amid the pandemic: “we were forced to accelerate our digital transformation”  —  The editor of City AM has said the “underdog” free paper's return to pre-pandemic distribution levels “probably proves a lot of sceptics wrong”.
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Media Partners Asia: South Korea had 600K new paid streaming video subscriptions in Q1 2022, down from 1.7M in Q4 2021, making a total of 14.7M in March 2022  —  Growth in paid SVOD subscriptions slowed sharply in the first quarter of 2022 in South Korea, one of the most fiercely contested entertainment markets.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sources: Chris Licht is exploring ways for CNN to depend less on TV ratings, including sponsored show segments and a premium CNN website section for subscribers  —  Throughout much of his career in TV, Chris Licht has obsessed over ratings, often scrutinizing viewership data on a minute …
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
The playbook for an editor's probe into fabrication or plagiarism was written after Jayson Blair's scandal; where editors find one case, they often find more  —  USA Today announced Thursday that it took down 23 stories in which a breaking news writer fabricated sources or other information.
 
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