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12:05 PM ET, September 15, 2022

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Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times:
Sources: in early 2020, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner criticized Adidas in 20+ articles in Bild for freezing rents without disclosing being Adidas' landlord  —  Mathias Döpfner orchestrated stories against company for pausing rents without disclosing his interest
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast would be interested in buying Disney's part of Hulu, if Disney would sell; Disney's CEO has said he wants Comcast's third  —  Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts called Hulu a “phenomenal business” — and said that if Disney were willing to sell it …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon and Apple passed on the media rights to Saudi-backed LIV Golf, hasn't been able to strike a deal with networks including ESPN, CBS, NBC, and Fox  —  Tech giants were approached by upstart golf league but didn't express interest, joining list of media platforms
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Local newsletter network 6AM City says it's in 25 cities, reports $3.5M in 2021 revenue, and expects to hit ~$10M in 2022 revenue ahead of profitability in 2023  —  Press Gazette has listed the biggest newsletter-based publishers in the world and spoken to several about how to build an email-based news business.
Discussion: The Rebooting
Wall Street Journal:
Memo: Netflix told ad buyers the company expects its ad-supported tier to reach 4.4M unique viewers globally in 2022, and ~40M by Q3 2023, with 13.3M in the US  —  Streaming giant shared projections for ‘unique viewers’ across a dozen launch markets with ad buyers
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher:
[Thread] Most links are now broken on AllThingsD, started by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, who unsuccessfully tried to buy its archives from the WSJ in 2013  —  This is a thread on the ephemeral nature of content, who owns your work & why creators need to own their IP, which just hit home when I was doing research for my memoir on covering the rise of Silicon Valley. Why? Because most the work we did at All Things Digital has gone poof. https://twitter.com/...
John Koblin / New York Times:
CNN plans to completely revamp its morning show in late October, adding hosts Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, and Kaitlan Collins, in Chris Licht's biggest move yet  —  The morning slot will be hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins.  The move leaves open Mr. Lemon's prime-time slot.
Laura Cappelle / New York Times:
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Mark Bergen on his book Like, Comment, Subscribe, chronicling YouTube's evolution from a scrappy startup to a pivotal part of Google and social media  —  Mark Bergen takes us inside the black box … YouTube has always been fascinating to me because it's such a black box …
Discussion: @sarthakgh and @mhbergen
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon's Amp live audio and radio app launches a fund to provide monthly payments to select creators, following similar funds from TikTok, Snap, and Meta  —  To be eligible, creators must host at least one live show a month.  —  Amp, the live audio and radio app from Amazon …
Discussion: About Amazon, Amp and Billboard
A.J. Katz / Adweek:
Longtime CNN executive Rebecca Kutler, who was laid off as CNN+ programming chief in June, plans to join MSNBC as SVP of content strategy  —  Longtime CNN executive and former CNN+ programming chief Rebecca Kutler has landed at MSNBC as svp of content strategy.
 
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Ben Smith / @semaforben:
In a memo, Semafor announces 19 founding editorial members and new hires
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount considers shutting down its Showtime streaming service in the US and moving its content to Paramount+, matching some international markets
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BBC:
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Axios:
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