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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: WVPB dismissing reporter Amelia Knisely came after years of pressure on the station by Governor Jim Justice's administration and some state legislators — Late last fall, West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Amelia Ferrell Knisely reported one story after another about allegations …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
A look back at Spotify betting hundreds of millions of dollars on podcasts, which CFO Paul Vogel says were a “big drag on our business in 2022” — By 2021, Spotify had paid to sign some of the biggest names in podcasting, and it was ready to start squeezing its competitors.
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
How a slowing digital ad market, Apple's ATT changes, tech companies' internal turmoil, weak content moderation, and more are contributing to a junk ad epidemic — Scrolling past ads has rarely been enjoyable. But in recent months, people say the experience seems so much worse.
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta's ad targeting restrictions and Amazon's ad product investments are leading brands to shift their budgets to Amazon; Amazon's ad unit grew 19% YoY in Q4
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Seth Mydans / New York Times:
Cambodian PM Hun Sen orders the shutdown of the Voice of Democracy, one of the country's last independent outlets, intensifying a long-running media crackdown — The leader, Hun Sen, was not satisfied with an apology he received from the outlet after it wrote about his son, a lieutenant general.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Paramount Global says Showtime co-presidents Jana Winograde and Gary Levine are stepping down and the Showtime team will merge with MTV Entertainment Studios — That didn't take long at all: Just after revealing that Showtime co-presidents Jana Winograde and Gary Levine are stepping …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
In a staff email, Insider UK discloses the minimum salaries for each newsroom role; the lowest-paid journalists make £35K+ and the highest-paid make £60K+ — The lowest editorial salaries at Insider UK start at £35,000. — Insider has disclosed to its UK journalists …
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Semafor:
Sources: Naguib Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire who sold Euronews in 2021, plans to debut a Dubai-based global business news outlet in late 2023 or early 2024 — The American Super Bowl, kicking off shortly, is also Madison Avenue's Super Bowl. And one of the biggest advertisers' goal …
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
NBCUniversal confirms that new Xfinity customers will not receive Peacock Premium for free as of April 2023; existing customers will start paying on June 26 — Earlier this month, Peacock ended its free tier for new subscribers, now another major change is happening at the Comcast streaming service.
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Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters:
An advertising joint venture by Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone to rival Meta and Google wins unconditional EU antitrust approval — Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and Vodafone (VOD.L) on Friday secured unconditional EU antitrust approval …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Staff memo: Bloomberg Media CEO M. Scott Haven says the outlet's 2022 revenue grew 16% YoY and its paywall is on course to reach 500K+ subscribers in H1 2023 — Bloomberg Media CEO M. Scott Havens sent the following memo to Bloomberg Media employees: — To our Bloomberg Media teammates around the world,
Wired:
Publishers worry that Microsoft's and Google's search chatbots, which summarize key info from articles, may undermine their businesses and spread misinformation — Microsoft's new search interface can serve up key information from articles, removing the need to click—and potentially undermining publisher business models.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Yamiche Alcindor, who has moderated PBS' Washington Week since May 2021, is stepping down to concentrate on her work at NBC and on her forthcoming book — Alcindor “has now decided to conclude her tenure with the program as she focuses full-time on her work at NBC and on her forthcoming book …
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