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Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
eMarketer: podcast ad revenue will grow 28.8% in 2023, nearly as much as 2022 but half the growth rate of 2021, but will fall by over 10 points in 2024 — It feels like 2022 was the year when podcasting came back to earth. After years of go-go growth, podcast hits going mainstream …
Discussion:
@emarketer and Observer
CNN:
Russia puts Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev, Bellingcat's lead Russia investigator who has accused the Kremlin of international crimes, on its “wanted” list — Russia has put the investigative journalist Christo Grozev on its “wanted” list, according to the Russian Interior Ministry.
Discussion:
@eliothiggins, @spytalker, @christogrozev, @kyivindependent, @christogrozev, KyivPost and The Moscow Times
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Reuters reaches a tentative deal with unionized US journalists, a month after members voted to authorize a strike, and offers 10% raises spread over three years — Thomson Reuters Corp. reached a tentative contract agreement with its unionized US journalists, including pay raises and terms …
Discussion:
Talking Biz News and @josheidelson
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan on buying NFL residential rights, giving creators game footage, no 4K broadcast plans, multiscreen, and more — YouTube won the big bidding war for NFL Sunday Ticket yesterday, beating out Apple, Amazon, and ESPN with a deal worth a reported $2 billion a year.
Discussion:
Awful Announcing, The Desk, The Information, @jacobfeldman4 and @alex_kirshner, more at Techmeme »
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The BBC says BBC One attracted more viewers on Christmas Day than rival subscription VOD services, and BBC iPlayer viewing was up 30% YoY over the weekend — BBC claims victory over streaming rivals, as 10.6 million tune in for most watched monarch's address on record
Discussion:
@marksweney, @prof_quiteamess and The Sun
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Analysis: for dramas and comedies originating on linear TV, 40-50% of the audience watches it the same day, 20-25% on DVR, and 30-40% on streaming — Analyzing available data and speaking with research and ad execs, THR attempts to pin down how much viewing happens on various platforms.
Discussion:
@rickporter and @rickporter
Eleanor Hawkins / Axios:
Media monitoring platform Memo's analysis of nearly 6,300 articles over the past six months: Meta has pivoted from dumping news on Friday evenings to burying it — In a 24/7 news cycle, the Friday evening news dump — a tactic historically embraced by strategic communicators in government …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
A Delaware Supreme Court judge agrees to consolidate Dominion's defamation lawsuit against Fox News, so there won't be a second trial against parent company Fox — A Delaware Supreme Court judge has agreed to consolidate Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox News …
Discussion:
@desderamona and @desderamona
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
UK PM Rishi Sunak hires Spectator political editor and close friend James Forsyth as his political secretary; Sunak was reportedly best man at Forsyth's wedding — Spectator political editor and Times columnist is friend of prime minister's — Rishi Sunak has hired a close friend …
Discussion:
Financial Times, Telegraph, Sky News, @thattimwalker, @chirpychet and Politico
Daniel Quinaud / The Wrap:
Parrot Analytics: in Q3 2022, HBO Max had an 18.7% share of the total demand for movies across SVODs in the US, followed by Netflix's 15.3% and Disney's 11.5% — Year in Review: This year as theaters opened up again, releasing films on streaming came into its own as opposed to just being a COVID workaround
Charles Kaiser / The Guardian:
The January 6 Committee releasing its final 200K word report has sparked a deluge of publishing, with seven editions from six imprints, including Random House — Major imprints are racing to sell the committee's work to the reading public, with help from reporters, panel members, David Remnick and even a former speechwriter to Trump
Discussion:
@thebeatwithari and The Hill
Jennifer Gerson / The 19th:
An interview with Amna Nawaz, who becomes a PBS NewsHour co-anchor on January 2, on how representation, lived experience, and motherhood shape her career — The NewsHour journalist talked about being the first Muslim Pakistani-American to occupy the anchor seat, and how her identity and parenthood shaped her career.
Discussion:
The Hollywood Reporter, @switchthefuture and @iamamnanawaz
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