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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Sources: a handful of Fox anchors have reached out to Tucker Carlson, expressing interest in joining his 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 was a condition …
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Nielsen: CNN averaged 335K viewers during Friday's primetime, two days after Trump's town hall, behind Newsmax's 357K, MSNBC's 1.1M, and Fox News' 1.4M viewers — CNN pulled on average 335,000 viewers — 18,000 less than Newsmax — CNN might have earned itself a rare primetime ratings win …
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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
Rahat Sandhu / Reuters:
Vice files for bankruptcy and agrees to sell its assets to some lenders, including Fortress and Soros Fund, for ~$225M; assets and liabilities are $500M to $1B
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BBC:
In a money laundering case, UK judges rule the BBC could reveal the identity of Tory donor Javad Marandi, a press freedom milestone as privacy laws tighten — A top businessman whose foreign companies were part of a global money laundering investigation is a major donor to the Conservative Party.
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
The Guardian EIC Katharine Viner says the outlet's investigative team has grown “about four times” since 2015 and plans to launch a US investigations team soon — Katharine Viner said The Guardian's is “a really inspiring model for investigative journalism”.
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New York Times:
The Tony Awards ceremony, a key Broadway marketing opportunity, will proceed as scheduled in an altered form after the WGA said it would not picket the show — The Tony Awards, a key marketing opportunity for Broadway, can go ahead in an altered form after the striking screenwriters' union …
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 — The debate around “objectivity”—if that's even the right word, anymore—has become among the most contested in journalism.
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Sitara Nieves / Poynter:
Q&A with three departing NPR foreign reporters with 35+ years of experience on being female correspondents, how international reporting has changed, and more — Women correspondents with a combined 114 years of experience depart after recent budget cuts
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 — Deal marks first time an NFL playoff game will mostly be available on a streaming service — The National Football League …
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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).
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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
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Tencent Music reports Q1 revenue up 5.4% YoY to $1.02B, revenue from music subscriptions grew 30.4% YoY to $378M, subscribers rose 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 …
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Music Business Worldwide and Reuters
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