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Tony Stubblebine / The Official Medium Blog:
Medium launches a Mastodon instance on me.dm, promising members a service with reliable moderation, smoother onboarding, an interesting local feed, and more — The fediverse is a breath of fresh air for writers and social media — Today, Medium is launching a Mastodon instance at me.dm …
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
WBD signs a deal with Amazon to offer a “Warner Pass” on Prime Video Channels in France with all HBO programs and 12 other channels, including CNN and Eurosport — The offer will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video Channels in France, and will boast all of HBO programs …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery announces HBO Max's first price hike, two years after its launch, increasing the ad-free monthly subscription by 7% from $14.99 to $15.99 — Effective Thursday, Jan. 12, the price of a new HBO Max no-ads monthly subscription in the U.S. will increase from $14.99 to $15.99 (plus applicable taxes).
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Tim Davie says the BBC is “not proactively putting a date on a digital switchover” and the aggressive plan won't “remove things used by lots of people too soon” — The BBC is “not proactively putting a date on a digital switchover or anything stupid like that,” …
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Sources: Coinbase's internal “sentiment” tracker showed Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX was consistently viewed more favorably by the media right up until its collapse — Crypto exchange Coinbase has for years tracked how the company is portrayed in the press and online, and that …
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Letting C-SPAN choose what to film could increase transparency but would also play to some of politicians' worst instincts of grandstanding and viral content — Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.
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Brian Veseling / WAN-IFRA:
After enabling online subscription cancellation, Minnesota Star Tribune finds the new process retains 18.5% of customers canceling vs. 8.8% via a call center — 2023-01-12. “Our goal is to discuss retention as often as we discuss acquisition,” says Toby Collodora, Senior Manager of Retention …
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Saksha Menezes / Bloomberg:
Research: in the UK, vinyl sales grew 11% YoY to £150.5M in 2022, topping CD sales, which fell 17.4% YoY to £124M, the first time vinyl outsold CDs since 1987 — Vinyl Outsold CDs in the UK Last Year — Sales from 2018 to 2022 — Source: The Digital Entertainment and Retail Association
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New York Times:
Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, sold 1.43M copies on its first day, including pre-orders, a record for any nonfiction book ever published by Penguin Random House — The steady drumbeat of revelations that preceded the book's release helped push early orders and initial sales, making “Spare …
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts:
Senator Elizabeth Warren urges the FCC to block Standard General's Tegna acquisition, saying the merger may lead to higher prices, layoffs, and easier collusion — “FCC should block any transaction that it knows is likely to harm competition or the public interest such as Standard General's proposed acquisition of Tegna”
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Sam Kille / The GroundTruth Project:
The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America and Report for the World, names Rob Zeaske as CEO and president, starting on January 23; Zeaske was once COO — The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America and Report for the World, is pleased to announce the selection of Rob Zeaske …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
A look at ratings growth for Fox News' The Five, surpassing Tucker Carlson's and Sean Hannity's shows, and second only to Yellowstone in cable ratings for 2022 — How ‘The Five’ surpassed Tucker Carlson in the ratings: It's the ‘Avengers of Fox News’ — but at an hour that reflects the increasing dominance of older viewers.
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