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9:05 AM 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
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
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
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/...
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.
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/...
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.
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
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 …
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
 
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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
Axios:
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Financial Times:
How Wall Street spent billions buying music rights, turning songs into a new asset class; Midia: music catalog deals hit $5.3B in 2021, up from $1.9B in 2020
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
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen ratings for the Emmys fell to a record low, with 5.92M viewers in 2022 compared to 7.83M in 2021; Monday Night Football's debut drew 19.84M, up 17% YoY
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Patreon lays off 80 employees, or about 17% of its staff, closes its Dublin and Berlin offices, and plans to consolidate its engineering teams in the US
Jem Aswad / Variety:
YouTube paid $6B+ to the music industry from July 2021 to June 2022, up $2B YoY, and says user generated content drove 30%+ of payouts for a second year running