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2:00 PM ET, July 11, 2023

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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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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
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
Discussion: BBC and BBC
BBC:
A young person says the BBC presenter at the center of the scandal sent them threatening texts after they alluded online to having contact with a BBC presenter  —  A young person has told BBC News they felt threatened by the BBC presenter at the centre of a row over payment for sexually explicit photos.
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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”
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 …
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 …
Reuters:
Syria canceled the media accreditation of two local journalists working for the BBC over what it called “false” and “politicized” coverage  —  Syria's information ministry said on Saturday it had cancelled the accreditation of two local journalists working for Britain's BBC …
Washington Post:
The Washington Post joins Verizon's +play subscription aggregation hub, the first major national paper to do so; new subscribers will get three months free  —  The Washington Post announced today that it has joined Verizon's +play - giving Verizon customers an exclusive three-month subscription …
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 …
Axios:
Source: Instagram plans to add branded content tools to Threads, letting marketers do paid promotion, but won't add ads before Threads hits a critical user mass  —  Instagram is planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads, a source told Axios, giving marketers a way to get involved …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The LAT debuts De Los, a free, standalone vertical for English-dominant Latinos on its website, Instagram, and TikTok; the paper has 547K+ digital subscribers  —  “There is no future for the L.A. Times without Latino subscribers, because that's who lives here.”
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Shutterstock announces an expanded, six-year partnership with OpenAI that grants access to its video, image, and music libraries for AI training; SSTK jumps 9%+  —  - Shares of Shutterstock popped Tuesday after the company announced an expanded, six-year partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
 
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Adam Buckman / MediaPost:
CNN's new primetime show, “The Source”, anchored by Kaitlan Collins, launched on July 10 at 9pm ET
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Reuters:
Meta told an Australian foreign interference inquiry the company plans to add “state-affiliated media” and “fact-checking” labels to Threads “expeditiously”
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
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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
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