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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC says total talent pay rose by £10M to £139.8M in 2022-2023, a three-year high; salaries for presenters earning over £150K reached £23.4M, up 15% YoY — The BBC has revealed that the amount paid to its biggest stars has surged to a six-year high …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
The BBC reports a £120M deficit and record income of £5.7B in 2022-2023, with license fee payments making up £3.74B, down £60M YoY — The BBC has posted a record income of £5.7 billion ($7.2 billion) for the 2022/23 period, up from £5.33 billion last year, but is in deficit by £120 million.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC reports record BBC Studios revenue up 28% YoY to £2.09B in 2022-2023, EBITDA rose 6% YoY to £240M, and returns to the BBC reached a record £362M — Thanks to hit content, such as ‘Happy Valley,’ 'Bluey, and ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ the commercial arm …
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Variety, Deadline and Broadband TV News
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family sell the San Diego Union-Tribune to an affiliate of MediaNews Group, the newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital — Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family have sold the San Diego Union-Tribune to competing publisher MediaNews Group …
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James Gregory / BBC:
In a letter to the BBC, a lawyer for the teen allegedly paid £35K by a BBC presenter for sexually explicit photos says the claims made in The Sun are “rubbish” — Claims made by the mother at the heart of the BBC presenter scandal are “rubbish”, a lawyer representing the young person has said.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie says police asked the BBC to pause its investigation into a suspended presenter as officers decide if there are grounds for a criminal investigation — Corporation's director general reveals request as officers consider if there is reason for a criminal inquiry
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Press Gazette, Deadline, @snowleopardess, The Hollywood Reporter and The Sun
New York Times:
The NYT announces plans to disband its sports desk and rely on coverage from The Athletic online and in print; NYT sports journalists will move to other roles — Coverage of games, players and leagues will now primarily come from The Athletic, the sports website that the company bought last year.
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New York Times:
A look at a planned Fox News defamation case by Ray Epps, a Trump voter who attended January 6 and Tucker Carlson named in a conspiracy theory in ~20 episodes — Tucker Carlson, before he was sidelined by Fox, repeatedly endorsed a conspiracy theory about an Arizona man, who may sue for defamation.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times leans into its B2B business with FT Professional rebranding, citing that 75% of the FT's paying readers come from B2B subscriptions — B2B subscriptions account for 75% of the FT's paying readers. — The Financial Times is targeting growth in its B2B division …
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@nsmgmedia, Media Voices, @danfaggella, @seangriffey, City A.M., @pressgazette, @pressgazette and Talking Biz News
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The Los Angeles Times debuts De Los, a free, standalone vertical to reach English-dominant Latinos on its website and young news readers on Instagram and TikTok — “There is no future for the L.A. Times without Latino subscribers, because that's who lives here.”
Rachel Ohm / Press Herald:
US nonprofit The National Trust for Local News plans to acquire all Masthead Maine's assets, including five of Maine's six daily newspapers and 17 weeklies — The National Trust for Local News has agreed to purchase 5 of the state's 6 daily papers and 17 of its weeklies in an effort to preserve local journalism.
Michael Geist:
Canada outlines planned regulations for Bill C-18 that cap liability and set minimum financial contributions by Meta and Google based on their Canadian revenue — Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has insisted for months that Bill C-18, the Online News Act, is a market-based approach …
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@mattgurney, @mgeist, @cselley, @_llebrun and Globe and Mail
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