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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
The NFL postponed the Monday Night Football Bills-Bengals game after Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed and an ambulance took him off the field following a hit — The “Monday Night Football” game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was suspended in the first quarter …
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Debbie Elliott / NPR:
Former staff reminisce about The Birmingham News, as three big Alabama newspapers plan to go digital-only after February 26, 2023, due to low circulation — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It's gotten harder to find a sidewalk newspaper box to buy a copy of The Birmingham News, but you can find the latest edition at the public library downtown.
Nancy Tartaglione / Deadline:
Chinese media reports that the country's box office fell 36% YoY to ~$4.35B in 2022, of which 85% came from domestic movies, per the China Film Administration — China's box office in 2022 dropped 36% versus 2021, reaching approximately RMB 30B ($4.35B). According to China.org …
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@businessbeijing, @thedragonfeeder, Jiang Zemin passes away and CHINAdaily
Rowan Moore Gerety / Esquire:
A profile of Channel 5 News frontman Andrew Callaghan, whose YouTube channel has become a reporting powerhouse with 2.2M subscribers and ~$100K/month on Patreon — They've gone from upstart YouTube channel to undeniably influential reporting powerhouse. And they're just getting started.
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@rowanmg, @dannygroner, @esquire, @juicy_moose@awscommunity … and @rowanmg
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
France's César Awards won't invite anybody indicted or sentenced for acts of sexual or sexist violence, after facing walkouts regarding Roman Polanski in 2020 — The French César Academy, the French equivalent to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences …
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The Hollywood Reporter, The Local, The Guardian, World of Reel and IndieWire
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
fuboTV quietly drops nine AMC Networks-owned channels including AMC, BBC World News, and IFC; fuboTV doesn't plan to refund customers for the line-up change — fuboTV have dropped nine AMC-owned channels including, AMC, BBC America, WE tv, BBC World News, IFC, SundanceTV, el gourmet, AMC Premiere, and Mas Chic.
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@tvgrimreaper, @valleyshook and The Desk
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company's Audiences marketing tool, which uploads customer data to Meta and Google's ad platforms, is a key focus — Canadian ecommerce group touts new tool that allows retailers to pool customer data and better target ads
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@eric_seufert, Digiday, @trengriffin and @astaniscia86, more at Techmeme »
Adam Sherwin / The i Paper:
Sources: BBC News plans to cut ~14 presenting roles, leaving five dedicated New Broadcasting House positions; all current presenters must take a “screen test” — EXCLUSIVEJoanna Gosling and Martine Croxall are among those who are expected to have to reapply as the corporation plans new-look …
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Press Gazette, @alexanderhay@mastodon.social, @adamsherwin10, @edwardadoo and RXTV info
Sara Fischer / Axios:
After a tough year, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, and Comcast don't expect their standalone streaming services to break even before 2024 or 2025 — 2022 was one of the hardest years ever for traditional television companies — and it's only expected to get worse as the ad market continues …
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@sarafischer, @mulvihill79, Next TV, @astaniscia86, @ppk007, @colincrowell, @trengriffin, @jasoncolavito, Bloomberg and @tvgrimreaper
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
How WSJ, Insider, and BDG are revisiting pandemic lessons to prepare for a potential recession, such as being flexible about ad deals, remote work, and expenses — This article is part of a limited editorial series, called The 2023 Notebook, and is designed to be a guide to marketing and media buying in the new year.
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
Ampere Analysis: content spending growth for streaming services will fall from 25% in 2022 to 8% in 2023, with Netflix holding steady at $17B a year — Lossmaking streaming platforms and traditional channels face pivotal year in 2023, say analysts — A decade-long spending boom …
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@somebadideas, @tvgrimreaper and @davidheniguk
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
US News & World Report plans to revamp some elements of its law school ranking, after deans at 12 of the top 14 schools publicly challenged the list's value — Publication to make changes in wake of public rebuke by top-ranked schools — U.S. News & World Report is revamping some elements …
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@arozenshtein, New York Post, @jadler1969, @melissakorn, @james_s_murphy, @davekilloran, New York Times and The Atlantic
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