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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 …
Nell Gallogly / New York Times:
A look at The New York Times' Weather Data team, formed in 2022 as part of an effort to broaden its data journalism as wilder weather becomes more frequent — Formed last year, the Weather Data team is harnessing clouds of information to share a more comprehensive forecast with readers.
Discussion:
@dcnorg, @niemanlab, @michellemanafy and @neilkatz
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery is exploring a sale of its music library that could be valued at more than $1B, as part of its work to whittle down $50B in debt — Catalogue including Batman soundtracks could fetch more than $1bn for media group — Warner Bros Discovery is exploring …
Discussion:
Cord Cutters News and @mattbelloni
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).
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Nine Reach regional brands in the UK have adopted a “newsletter-led approach”, meaning their websites are no longer their “flagship” means of content delivery — At nine brands the website will support the newsletters, rather than vice versa.
Discussion:
@pressgazette and HoldtheFrontPage
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.
Discussion:
@motherjones, @abigailweinberg, @motherjones, @motherjones, @alibreland, @nhbaptiste, @eenayo, @timothypmurphy, Newser and New York Daily News
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 …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab
Bill Bradley / Adweek:
Netflix, which added a tier with ads in November 2022, says it will host its first ever upfront week event for ad buyers in May, taking Paramount's former slot — It's official: Netflix is joining upfront week. — The streaming giant exclusively told Adweek that it will host …
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 …
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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Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Broadband TV News and Media Play News
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,” …
New York Times:
Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, sold 1.43M+ copies on its first day, including preorders, a new record for a nonfiction book 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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