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The judge in the Dominion-Fox defamation trial announces that the parties have settled the case — Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT — Fox Corp. and its cable networks reached a settlement Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems, averting a weeks-long trial …
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Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix plans to ship its last red DVD envelopes in September 2023, after 25 years of mailing shows and movies to subscribers and paving the way for streaming — Streamer said mailed DVDs paved the way for shift to streaming — Netflix Inc. NFLX .31%increase; green up pointing triangle …
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Netflix Q1: revenue up 4% YoY to $8.16B, 1.8M paid net additions, vs. 2.06M est. and -0.2M in Q1 2022, and global streaming paid memberships up 5% YoY to 232.5M — Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue and earnings roughly in line with Wall Street expectations …
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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
A Moscow court rejects WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's appeal and upholds his pretrial detention at the prison where he's been held since his March 2023 arrest — Journalist to remain in pretrial detention at Moscow's Lefortovo prison — A Moscow court upheld the detention …
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Steve Scherer / Reuters:
Elon Musk says Twitter changed the label on Canada's CBC account to “69% Government-funded Media” as the broadcaster said it's “less than 70% government-funded” — Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Twitter account was on Monday labeled as …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Samsung rebrands its Samsung Free app as Samsung News, offering custom news feeds, morning and evening top news briefings, and podcasts, rolling out in the US — Samsung announced today that it's introducing a “Samsung News” app that gives users access to everyday news from a variety of publications.
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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
A survey of 2,261 authors who self-publish in English finds the median income grew 53% YoY in 2022 to $12,749 and the average income grew 34% YoY to $82,600 — A survey commissioned by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) found that income from self-published authors increased substantially …
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
In 2022, 39% of US hires at Condé Nast and 44% at The New York Times were POC, down from 41% and 54% YoY, respectively; 54% were white at Vice and 59% at Hearst — Publishers are slowly publicly releasing the latest reports on the diversity of their workforces.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Deloitte: US consumers pay $48 per month on average for subscription video services; millennials spend $54 per month on average, more than any other generation — Deloitte's 17th annual Digital Media Trends report highlights challenges for subscription streamers
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Nexstar's NewsNation plans to launch a new daytime block of news programming on April 24, bringing the network to 24 hours of news coverage, five days per week — NewsNation will debut a new daytime block of news programming next Monday that will bring the network to 24 hours of news …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Sonos launches Sonos Pro, a service that lets businesses play music across numerous locations without breaking licensing rules, for $35 per month per location — Maybe the long-rumored Sonos headphones aren't coming this year after all. A few months ago, CEO Patrick Spence announced …
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Sinéad Crowley / RTÉ:
Irish broadcaster RTÉ appoints Ofcom Group Director of Broadcasting and Online Content Kevin Bakhurst as its next DG, taking over from Dee Forbes in July 2023 — Media executive Kevin Bakhurst has been appointed as the next Director General of RTÉ.
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