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Sam Jones / Financial Times:
Memo: BI CEO Barbara Peng says an internal review found reporting on plagiarism in Neri Oxman's MIT thesis to be rigorous and fair; Axel Springer stands by BI — Owner Axel Springer says it ‘stands by’ publication amid dispute with academic and her husband Bill Ackman
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Ananya Bhattacharya / Quartz:
Luminate: Hindi songs' share of the top 10K global tracks grew from 6.1% in 2022 to 7.8% in 2023; English fell from 62.1% to 54.9%, Spanish from 11.8% to 10.1% — Bollywood music and indie musicians — hip-hop artists especially — are fueling the Hindi music streaming phenomena
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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
A look at issues at The Messenger, including its reliance on a high-volume publishing strategy, as the outlet lays off staff and struggles to stay afloat — Jimmy Finkelstein had big dreams and a $50 million investment. Eight months after the Messenger's launch, it is laying off staff and struggling to stay afloat.
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Kevin Systrom / Artifact News:
Kevin Systrom says news sharing app Artifact will shut down after concluding that “the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment” — To our Artifact Users and Partners: — We've made the decision to wind down operations of the Artifact app.
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Daniel Dylan Wray / The Guardian:
A profile of Blindboy, host and creator of the weekly Blindboy Podcast, which launched in 2017, covers a wide-range of subjects, and is fully listener-funded — He wears plastic bags as an ‘autistic protest’ and makes podcasts about everything from fish fingers to the Baileys sex cult.
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@inahill, @senorastacy and @danieldylanwray
Max Tani / Semafor:
Apple's September 2023 change to how its Podcasts app automatically downloaded episodes has dramatically curtailed download numbers for some podcasts — The News — Apple has quietly tightened its reporting of how many people listen to podcasts, sending shock waves through …
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Nielsen: Peacock's exclusive stream of the NFL AFC Wild Card game was the “most-streamed event in US history”, with 27.6M total viewers and a 24.6M peak average — The streams we were watching mostly held up, if you saw the game, how was the experience for you?
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Deadline, TVLine, Sports Media Watch, Media Play News and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Mirror Editor-in-Chief Alison Phillips plans to step down at the end of January after almost four years, succeeded by Reach Magazines EIC Caroline Waterston — Mirror editor-in-chief Alison Phillips will step down at the end of January after almost six years leading the brand.
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The Guardian
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Roxi CEO Rob Lewis on launching the UK-based music video streaming service in the US, licensing deals, generating revenue, key competitors, and more — “Building a global a global music video streaming service is way harder than building a Netflix or Disney+,” says Rob Lewis.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
DirecTV and Tegna reach a carriage deal to end the programming blackout of 64 Tegna stations that affected ~5M US customers since November 30, 2023 — DirecTV and major station group Tegna have struck a carriage deal, ending a programming blackout that began November 30 and affected roughly 5 million customers across the U.S..
Washington Post:
Tom Shales, a Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic who spent nearly 40 years writing for The Washington Post and was known for his incisive wit, dies at 79 — He spent nearly 40 years writing for The Washington Post and was known for his incisive and barbed commentary
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
An interview with GB News' Christopher Hope and Gloria De Piero on joining the broadcaster, launching their new show, being “rooted in the viewers”, and more — The pair have launched a new PMQs show and say GB News is “rooted in the viewers” not spads.
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