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Matthew Keys / Fierce Video:
CEO Lachlan Murdoch says Fox Corp still thinks cable and satellite TV offer the best consumer value and reach for its news and premium sports programs — Fox Tubi TV linear television sports — Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the media company still believes traditional cable …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Lachlan Murdoch says Fox settled with Dominion to avoid a distracting, long legal battle, which he says Fox would have won, and defends dropping Tucker Carlson
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
The NYT launches New York Times Audio on iOS after ~1.5 years in private beta, with short-form stories, a daily news show called The Headlines, and more — While the rest of the audio industry craters, the Gray Lady debuts a one-stop app for subscribers, with new short-form stories and an even shorter daily morning podcast.
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Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Penguin Random House, PEN America, and others sue a Florida school district for removing 10 books related to race and LGBTQ topics after a teacher complained — The publishing house, five of its authors, parents and an advocacy group allege that removing the books discussing race and LGBTQ people violates the First Amendment.
Associated Press:
Photographers pursued a car carrying Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after a NYC charity event on May 16, forcing them to briefly take refuge in a police station — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were trailed in their car by photographers as they left a New York City charity event Tuesday night …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN selects Kaitlan Collins, who hosted the Trump town hall, to host a new weeknight show at 9pm ET, elevating her to one of the most coveted time slots — The appointment caps a fast rise at the network by Ms. Collins, 31, who previously covered the Trump and Biden administrations.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
BBC News announces BBC Verify to “pull back the curtain” and offer “radical transparency” on its journalists' work, with a team of 60 from OSINT and elsewhere — BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness said BBC Verify would “pull back the curtain”.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The News Media Association estimates the traffic Google sends to UK publishers is worth less than £75M in annual revenue, out of Google UK's £10B+ ad revenue — Publishers and platforms disagree over how much they each benefit from each other. — UK publishers have accused Google …
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CNBC:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Disney is more likely to buy Comcast's 33% stake in Hulu than sell its 66% stake to Comcast in early 2024 — - Disney is more likely to buy Comcast's 33% stake in Hulu than sell its 66% stake, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said. — A deal will likely value Hulu …
Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: Netflix's $6.99 ad tier had 937,616 US subscribers in March 2023, out of ~55M, and Disney+'s ad tier, launched a few weeks after Netflix, had 863,791 — Streaming leader had fewer than one million U.S. subscribers on its ad-supported plan as of March
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions, which is producing shows for ESPN, Netflix, and others, raised ~$10M from Peter Chernin's North Road at a $400M+ valuation — Josh Pyatt and Jamie Horowitz flew to Denver in September 2020 armed with a pitch deck and a prayer.
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Warner Bros. Discovery launches WBD Stream, an in-house programmatic platform that lets marketers access digital video inventory from its networks and platforms — Warner Bros. Discovery is starting up an in-house supply-side programmatic platform (SSP) called WBD Stream …
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Masha Gessen resigns from the board of free expression group PEN America after the group canceled a panel with Russian writers when Ukrainian writers objected — Masha Gessen stepped down following the free expression group's decision to cancel an event at its World Voices Festival after Ukrainian writers threatened to boycott.
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