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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
UK magazine publisher Future appoints Jon Steinberg as CEO, replacing Zillah Byng-Thorne starting on April 3; Steinberg was a BuzzFeed and Mail Online executive — Steinberg takes over from Zillah Byng-Thorne at the start of April. — Jon Steinberg will be the next chief executive (CEO) …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Dozens of New York Times staff object to the NewsGuild of New York head's letter affirming the right to criticize the newspaper, amid a feud over trans coverage — Some of the paper's top reporters signed a letter objecting to the Guild's response to newsroom leaders.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR plans to lay off ~10% of its workforce, or at least 100 people, and eliminate most vacant positions, citing reduced ad revenue, particularly for podcasts — HEADLINE: NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops — NPR's chief executive announced the network would lay off roughly 10% …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Viacom18, which bought Indian Premier League cricket streaming rights for $2.7B in 2022, plans to stream the games for free with ads — Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's conglomerate will stream Indian Premier League cricket games for free, according to people familiar with the matter …
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The Streamable, @lucas_shaw and The Indian Express
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Stockholm-based streaming service Viaplay launches in the US for $5.99 per month; Viaplay reported more than 7.3M subscribers at the end of 2022 — The service promises thousands of hours for $5.99 per month, including the exclusive U.S. premieres of such Nordic hit series as ‘Trom,’ ‘Furia,’ ‘Threesome’ and ‘Exit.’
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David Marchese / New York Times:
Q&A with YouTube star Emma Chamberlain about shifting her focus to podcasting, her Spotify deal, the pressures of being a YouTube creator, and what's next — At only 21, Emma Chamberlain is already a veteran of YouTube fame. Starting at 16, Chamberlain began making and sharing videos …
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@liahaberman, @emmaaccess, Inside Radio, @tanyachen, @lucas_shaw and The Information
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
BritBox International reports 3M subscribers across the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland, up from 2.6M in March 2022 — BritBox International has reached three million subscribers across its eight international markets, Variety can reveal.
Discussion:
Media Play News and Cord Cutters News
Bloomberg:
Turkey's telecom watchdog BTK blocks Eksi Sozluk, one of the country's biggest social media websites, and fines three TV channels over their earthquake coverage — Turkey's media watchdog fined three TV channels over their coverage of this month's earthquakes, the latest move by the state …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Ahead of its Stream On event, Spotify launches an AI-powered feature called DJ, offering curated music and spoken commentary in a “stunningly realistic voice” — Ahead of Spotify's upcoming Stream On event, where the company is expected to announce a redesigned home feed and other updates …
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Knight Foundation:
Knight Foundation invests $5M in the nonprofit Signal Akron, set to become part of Signal Ohio, which recently launched its first newsroom in Cleveland — The $5 million investment, along with support from American Journalism Project and Akron's philanthropic community, will improve local news in this Knight city
Discussion:
@jimbrady and @knightfdn
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
ABC data: digital circulation of consumer magazines globally grew 22% YoY in 2022, with BBC Science Focus up 131%; print circulation globally fell 14% to 20.9M — ABC consumer magazine data shows growth in digital circulation in 2022. — Digital consumer magazines saw a circulation increase …
Discussion:
@joshglancy, @wturvill, @pressgazette and Press Gazette
Big Local News:
Big Local News and the Data Liberation Project build a pipeline for a dataset of the latest records from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service — The Big Local News site now offers an enriched dataset covering tens of thousands of animal-care inspections across America.
Greg Bensinger / Reuters:
Over 200 e-books in Amazon's Kindle Store listed ChatGPT as an author as of mid-February 2023, as some worry that generative AI could commoditize book writing — Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it.
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