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4:35 PM ET, April 18, 2023

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CNBC:

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, The Wrap, Insider, Variety, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, TVLine, The Right Scoop, @b52malmet, Politico, Yahoo News, Associated Press, Media Nation, Financial Times and 6abc

Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg says she recently found more evidence relevant to Dominion's lawsuit against Fox and plans to turn it over to the court

Discussion: @flossobama, @thereidout, @repriggleman, @kylegriffin1 and @katiephang

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 …

Discussion: About Netflix, The Wrap, Variety, TechCrunch, Ad Age, Comic Book, CBS News, IndieWire, @xpangler, @sonnybunch, @eringriffith, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Media Play News and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Reuters:

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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Wrap and Netflix Inc., more at Techmeme »

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 …

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 …

Reuters:
Sweden's Sveriges Radio plans to “deactivate or delete” its Twitter accounts, becoming the first big European public broadcaster to do so after PBS and CBC quit

Discussion: The Guardian, CNN, Metro US, Semafor, Washington Post, American Press Institute, @jayrosen_nyu, @digiphile and Crikey

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.

Discussion: Media Play News

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 …

Discussion: Alliance of Independent Authors, @victoriastrauss and @kiersi

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.

Discussion: Insider, @olgamsegura, @drrramina and @karenkho

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

Discussion: Media Play News and VentureBeat

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 …

Discussion: The Desk, TVNewsCheck, Deadline and Radio & Television …

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 …

Discussion: Sonos, @chriswelch and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

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.

Discussion: @pjohnstonfcdo, BBC, @ohanloneilis, @thejeremyvine and @williamsjon

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Bailey Schulz / USA Today:
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
A eulogy for the era of computer magazines in the US, as Maximum PC and MacLife, both of which started in 1996, abandon print after their April 2023 issues

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Muck Rack survey of 2,226 journalists globally: 78% say Twitter is the most valuable social media platform to them but ~50% considered leaving in the past year

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Mark Savage / BBC:
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
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Adam Mosseri says Threads is rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people that users follow, warns that creators' “unconnected” reach may go down

Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
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