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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney plans to raise ESPN+'s monthly subscription from $6.99 to $9.99 and its annual price from $69.99 to $99.99, 43% increases, starting on August 23, 2022 — The Disney-backed streaming-video sports service intends to raise its monthly subscription fee by $3 a month …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Protocol names MIT Technology Review Executive Editor Michael Reilly as editorial director; Protocol Editor-In-Chief Tim Grieve is leaving after four years — Michael Reilly, the executive editor of MIT Technology Review, has been hired as editorial director of tech news site Protocol.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter is testing custom timelines built by developers that list content around specific themes, starting with one about The Bachelorette in the US and Canada — Twitter is testing a new feature that will show users custom timelines built by developers that will merge Tweets …
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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Hasbro is paying The New York Times a licensing fee to release Wordle: The Party Game, a Wordle board game, on October 1 for a suggested price of $19.99 — New York (CNN Business)Wordle is jumping from the P-H-O-N-E to the B-O-A-R-D. — Hasbro is partnering with the New York Times …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Beyoncé joins TikTok, gaining 3.3M+ followers in her first day on the platform, and offers her entire catalog for users to choose from as music for their videos — Pop superstar Beyoncé has joined the short-form video app (link) — and her entire catalog is now available …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
The UK's Channel 4, which is fighting the government's privatization plan, reports £1.2B in 2021 revenue, up 25% YoY, and a record profit of £101M, up 36% YoY — Alex Mahon also touts the broadcaster's mission to showcase diversity and “challenge perceptions” …
Tyler Dawson / National Post:
Postmedia, which publishes the National Post and other Canadian news sites, joins Torstar and the Globe and Mail in signing a deal with Google News Showcase — Google says more than 1,500 publishers from around the world are participating in the program — Postmedia has signed a deal …
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Simone Oliver steps down as global editor-in-chief of Vice Media Group's Refinery29 “to pursue other opportunities”; Oliver took on the role in September 2020 — Just shy of two years into the role, Simone Oliver is stepping down as global editor-in-chief of Vice Media Group's Refinery29.
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Gavin Bridge / Variety:
Analysis and estimates: the annual value of US TV and streaming sports rights will reach $21.5B in 2022 and $26.5B by 2023, a 74% increase since 2015 — F1's recent huge U.S. media rights hike — from $5 million a year to a reported $75M (+1,500%) to $90M (+1,700%) — has the feel of déjà vu.
Maria L. La Ganga / Los Angeles Times:
A Los Angeles Times reporter says two former top editors tried to kill a story about drug use by the University of Southern California's medical school dean — It would be hard to find a worse couple of years than 2016 and 2017 for two major Los Angeles institutions: the University of Southern California and The Times.
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Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
Report: in the days before January 6, Chinese hackers targeted US journalists with malicious emails to find out if there would be a peaceful transfer of power — Washington (CNN Business)In the days before the January 6, 2021, insurrection, Chinese hackers sent out a flurry of malicious emails …
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Q&A with Runa Sandvik, whose Granitt startup helps at-risk people like journalists, activists, politicians, lawyers, and refugees prepare for digital threats — For much of her career, hacker Runa Sandvik has worked to protect journalists and newsrooms from powerful adversaries …
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The Guardian:
Guardian News and Media appoints The Intercept's EIC Betsy Reed as editor of Guardian US, replacing John Mulholland, who earlier announced he would step down — GNM press office — Guardian News and Media today announces the appointment of Betsy Reed as new editor of Guardian US.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Glenn Kessler's Washington Post “fact check” of an IndyStar story on a 10-year-old who had to get an abortion in Indiana mainstreamed doubting its credibility — On July 1, the Indianapolis Star reported that a 10-year-old rape victim was forced to travel from Ohio to Indiana to receive an abortion.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
After Roe, reporters may have to rely on a single source, on the record, to tell stories about the end of legal abortion, as others stay quiet to avoid arrest
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