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4:55 PM ET, May 16, 2023

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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Sources: a handful of Fox anchors have reached out to Tucker Carlson to express interest in joining his forthcoming Twitter venture once their contracts are up  —  On April 26, Carlson spoke by phone with one of Fox Corp.'s eight board members, who told the host that his recent benching …
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Nielsen: CNN averaged 335K viewers during May 12's primetime, two days after Donald Trump's town hall, behind Newsmax's 357K, MSNBC's 1.1M, and Fox News' 1.4M  —  CNN pulled on average 335,000 viewers — 18,000 less than Newsmax  —  CNN might have earned itself a rare primetime ratings win …
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Former NFL punter Pat McAfee breaks his four-year $120M FanDuel contract to move his show to ESPN, ESPN+, and ESPN's YouTube channel, set to start in the fall  —  “The Pat McAfee Show” is moving to ESPN in a multimillion-dollar deal that he is expected to begin in the fall, The Post has learned.
New York Times:
2023's Tony Awards, a key Broadway marketing opportunity, will proceed as scheduled, in an altered form, after the WGA said the union won't picket the ceremony  —  The Tony Awards, a key marketing opportunity for Broadway, can go ahead in an altered form after the striking screenwriters' union …
Sitara Nieves / Poynter:
Elias Leight / Billboard:
The Black Music Action Coalition's 2022 report card on the music industry's progress toward addressing racial inequity expresses concern over some music labels  —  The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) unveiled a tepid assessment of the music industry's progress toward addressing historical racism and inequity on Monday (May 15).
Discussion: Music Ally and Variety
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
An interview with Kevin Systrom on Artifact's new writer features, serving writers as a key to the news app's growth, matching consumers with writers, and more  —  Artifact aims to unlock new, cross-platform audience relationships for people who write for a living
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Austin Russell plans to invest $10M in the $656M Forbes acquisition; the rest will come from Sun Group, two businessmen, and investors that GSV finds  —  Austin Russell, the 28-year-old American CEO of electric vehicle tech company Luminar Technologies, plans to put in only $10 million …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple rolls out new concert discovery features, including Set Lists in Apple Music for select artists and Guides to local venues in Apple Maps for select cities  —  Apple is bringing concert discovery to two of its flagship apps, Apple Music and Apple Maps, the company announced today.
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Tencent Music reports Q1 revenue up 5.4% YoY to ~$1.02B, revenue from music subscriptions up 30.4% YoY to ~$378M, and subscribers up 17.7% YoY to 94.4M  —  China's leading music streaming company reports a 34% increase in revenue from music subscriptions.  —  China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
A history of Vice Media, which raised $1.6B+, was valued at $5.7B at its peak in 2017, and owns a slew of assets, including Refinery29, Virtue, and Vice Studios  —  Vice Media Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early Monday morning, marking the end of a long, strenuous effort to sell itself after its business stopped growing.
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Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vice's bankruptcy filing estimates 5,000+ creditors, including CNN Productions with a $3.8M claim, HBO with a $1.8M claim, and A&E Networks with a $938K claim
 
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
CNET employees seek to form a union representing ~100 writers, editors, and other content creators with WGA East and ask management for voluntary recognition
Wall Street Journal:
The NFL strikes a deal, sources say worth ~$110M, to have Peacock carry a playoff game next season, the first time a postseason game would stream exclusively
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
MoffettNathanson: US pay TV users fell 7% YoY to 75.5M in Q1 2023, with household penetration at 58.5%, the lowest level since 1992; only YouTube TV grew in Q1
A.G. Sulzberger / Columbia Journalism Review:
The New York Times' publisher examines the value of journalistic independence and objectivity, which he says are only achieved by being prepared to upset people
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Jimmy Finkelstein debuts his free-to-read digital news outlet The Messenger, which reportedly aims to generate $100M+ in 2024 revenue and hire ~550 journalists