Mediagazer: AP redesigns its website and aims to double ad revenue from 5% to 10% over the next two years; AP currently generates ~80% of its revenue from content licensing (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)

Sources: WBD plans to add live CNN programming to Max outside the US later in 2023 and is weighing different approaches for the US — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is planning to add live programming from CNN to the Max streaming service later this year, according to people familiar with the matter …

Discussion: Variety, @lucas_shaw, The Streamable, Deadline, The Information, @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social, @samyoungman, @nkulw, @mediaevan, @semaforben, Collider and Cord Cutters News

Rocio Fabbro / The Messenger:

Staff writers at Disney's National Geographic say the outlet is laying off all remaining writers and will rely on freelancers and people with outside funding — Several staff writers announced their layoffs over Twitter — A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …

Discussion: Outsider, Washington Post, Observer, @craigawelch, @mikeisaac, @bug_gwen@mastodon.online, @philwahba, @eringriffith, @drewhinshaw, @jackmjenkins, @michaelgreshko and Poynter

Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:

Analysis: BBC News is the biggest newsbrand on Instagram with 25.7M followers, adding 7.4M since 2021; only three of the 10 biggest accounts are broadcasters — BBC News is the biggest newsbrand on Instagram, while Healthline Media is the fastest-growing. — Once largely shunned for news …

Discussion: @pressgazette

Angie Drobnic Holan / Poynter:

A survey of 101 fact-checkers and academics finds 87% deem research on new fact-checking formats, like video fact-checks and graphics, “very useful” or “useful” — A recent survey received more than 100 suggestions for valuable research

Discussion: @poynter

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:

AP redesigns its website and aims to double ad revenue from 5% to 10% over the next two years; AP currently generates ~80% of its revenue from content licensing — The publisher currently generates 80% of its revenue from its syndication business — launched a newly redesigned version …

Discussion: @markstenberg3

Rachel Shin / Fortune:

An interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner about journalism's key jobs as AI gets deployed, layoffs at Bild, negotiating with big platforms, and more — Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, the largest periodical publisher in Europe—and an increasingly major presence in American media …

Discussion: The Wrap and @ajs

Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:

Alden's The Boston Herald and The Denver Post plan to end reader comments on July 1; Herald says it wants to speed up its site and Post cites uncivil comments — At least two daily newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Group will end reader comments on July 1.

Discussion: American Press Institute, Poynter and Boston Herald

Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

A look at Substack in the wake of the pandemic's “rocket ship growth”, amid fresh competition from WordPress, Beehiiv, and Ghost, a lingering Twitter feud, more — The six-year-old self-publishing platform is still a magnet for writers, but WordPress and Beehiiv are vying for market share.

Discussion: @vanityfair, @substackinc, @joepompeo, @jamiemaglietta, @claireatki, @alishalisha and @rafat

Kenneth Li / Reuters:

Thomson Reuters plans to buy UK-based digital content management company Imagen, which owns the Screenocean video distribution service, for an undisclosed price — Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO) will buy Imagen, a digital content asset management company, for an undisclosed price …

Discussion: @iron_emu, Imagen, @imagen_io and Castext

Emma Ross-Thomas / Bloomberg:

OPEC cancels Bloomberg, Reuters and WSJ reporters' accreditation to cover its Vienna conference, the second time they are excluded from its meetings since May — OPEC has canceled accreditation for reporters from three major news organizations to cover a conference in Vienna that will feature …

Discussion: Talking Biz News, @jmglachant, @javierblas, @mattzeitlin, @magdaborowik and @onaircoop

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

Multimedia Music, which specializes in acquiring the rights to music featured in film and TV, buys a 50% stake in the music catalog of Steven Spielberg's Amblin — Multimedia Music, a company that specializes in acquiring the rights to music featured in film and TV productions …

Discussion: Music Business Worldwide, Deadline and @ashleyrcarman

Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:

Staff at France's Le Journal du Dimanche strike to protest the appointment of a far-right EIC, ahead of the key Sunday paper's acquisition by a billionaire — Public figures back strike at Le Journal du Dimanche to protest against appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune

Discussion: @astraea1974, @soundmigration and Reporters Without Borders

Diana Bossio / Nieman Lab:

Research on Australia's News Media Bargaining Code offers lessons for Canada: issues like lack of transparency, platforms picking winners and losers, and more — “Our interviews showed that platforms were able to push for individual deals that aligned with their own business priorities.”

Discussion: What's New in Publishing and Google Help Center

Discussion: @niemanlab, Columbia Journalism Review, @dianabossio, @jason_kint, @scottbrodbeck, @joeycoleman, @jbenton, The Wrap, @jason_w_white, @issielapowsky and Reuters