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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 — Move would bring together two of entertainment company's offerings in a crowded sector — Netflix Hit a Subscriber Peak, Here's How It Plans to Keep Growing
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Wall Street Journal:
Memo: Netflix has told ad buyers it expects its ad-supported tier to reach 4.4M unique viewers globally at year's end, 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
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The Streamable, Media Play News, @danrayburn, @richlightshed and @carlquintanilla
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
NYT Cooking plans to sell $95 at-home cooking kits curated by guest chefs on The New York Times store, to grow revenue and boost readership for the recipe site — The kits offer a new avenue to increase revenue and readership for the paper's subscription cooking site.
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Observer, New York Times and @alexweprin
Axios:
An analysis of 82 major US publishers: their largest collective following is on Twitter, followed by Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok — Twitter is still the place where media publishers collectively have the largest audiences, followed by Facebook and Instagram …
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@jason_kint, @hernandezma5, @rasmus_kleis, @kerrymflynn and Media Voices
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Some opponents of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act predict the bill won't become law in 2022 due to partisan differences about content moderation — Sen. Ted Cruz's amendment barring content-moderation prompts partisan bickering over bipartisan bill
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@benpershing and @alexbruell
Ben Smith / @semaforben:
In a memo, Semafor announces 19 founding editorial members and new hires — Thrilled about the team we're building @semafor, and just sent this out. Sign up https://www.semafor.com/ to be part of the launch. https://twitter.com/...
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Sarah John / Teen Vogue:
Q&A with Jack Corbett, who produces TikToks for NPR's Planet Money, on explaining complex and weird economics topics via a platform first known for dance videos — Corbett, 25, is a producer on NPR's Planet Money and a TikTok wunderkind. — Jack Corbett has been a producer …
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@arianaromano_, @kerubright, @niemanlab, @asmamk, @bethfertig, @sarahscire, @aronczyk, @abecenti, @sarahmjohn_, @taylorlorenz and @allegrakirkland
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Copenhagen-based Podimo, a podcast and audiobook subscription service, raised €58.6M led by 83North, Highland, and Saban, bringing its total funding to ~€162M — Listen up: Podimo, the Denmark-based subscription service for podcasts and audiobooks, said it secured €58.6 million …
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Tech.eu, Bloomberg, @kerrymflynn and Axios, more at Techmeme »
BBC:
A Belfast judge jails a man for seven years after he admitted to possessing the gun that police believe was used to kill journalist Lyra McKee in April 2019 — A man has been jailed for seven years for possessing the gun that police believe was used to kill the journalist Lyra McKee.
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@wavetrauma, @clairehanna, @seamusdo, @mandy_mcauley, ITV News, The Guardian, @davidhunter7 and @bbcnewsni
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season — - Apple is planning to release new ad “placements” as soon as the holiday season. — The new ad units represent a significant expansion in Apple's advertising inventory, which is focused on its App Store.
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@carnage4life, @jenn_elias, @reedalbergotti, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac
Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends:
Fox's Tubi launches a free, ad-supported FIFA World Cup channel, showing past World Cup matches, 29 live games from Qatar, and replays of all 64 games — Tubi — the free and ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox — today announced that it's fired up a “FIFA World Cup FAST Channel.”
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The Streamable, Awful Announcing, Next TV, World Soccer Talk, TubiTV Corporate and Media Play News
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
After the Queen's death, UK news sites report the biggest traffic surge since the 2020 US election; The Guardian's traffic peaked at 250K+ page views per minute — The death of the Queen has led to a large jump in audiences turning to established news brands, with some recording their most-read online stories ever.
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@davidclinchnews, @pressgazette, @pressgazette and @pressgazette
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