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5:40 PM ET, March 28, 2024

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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting  —  Storied magazine raised subscription prices and hired top talent; ‘we make something worth buying’
New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal  —  Why are television news networks so enamored with paid Beltway analysts?  —  Trying to juice ratings in an election year …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Some NBC News staff raise concerns that the hiring and firing of Ronna McDaniel will damage relationships with GOP sources, making breaking news more difficult
New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher  —  The investor Josh Kushner and his wife, Karlie Kloss, have struck a deal with Barry Diller's media company to revive it as a regular print title.
Amrita Khalid / The Verge:
YouTube says 25%+ of Partner Program channels earn money from Shorts; of those who joined the program thanks to Shorts, 80% earn from other parts of YouTube  —  One year after YouTube turned on revenue sharing for its shortform video feature, a growing chunk of creators are getting paid for it.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach plans to move 300 of its 2,000 journalists into central traffic-driving content hub to reduce the number of journalists writing similar stories  —  The proposed hub will end duplication as multiple journalists at different Reach websites currently write about the same trending topics.
Discussion: HoldtheFrontPage
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Actor Sara Poyzer says BBC is using AI instead of her voice in a documentary; the BBC says it is to recreate the voice of a dying person at a family's behest  —  UPDATE: The BBC has issued a statement that offers important context to Sara Poyzer's viral social media posts.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
BDG's SVP of marketing details changes amid referral traffic declines, including prioritizing quality, focusing on Instagram and TikTok, and staging events  —  This article was provided as an exclusive preview for Digiday+ members, who were able to access it early.
Advanced Television:
European Audiovisual Observatory: Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ took 85% of VOD viewing time in nine EU countries from September 2022 to September 2023  —  Concentration is the main characteristic of VoD usage in Europe with 85 per cent of viewing time generated by only three services (Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+).
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Phoebe Connelly, The Washington Post's first-ever senior editor for AI strategy and innovation, on prompt training, anxiety about job loss, and more  —  Phoebe Connelly on prompt training, AI anxieties, and her first-of-its-kind role … Phoebe Connelly is The Washington Post's …
Discussion: @niemanlab
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC unveils its 2024/25 Annual Plan: a £492M deficit, up 40% YoY, £3.8B in license fee income, and an 8% increase in content spending to £3.2B  —  The BBC's financial deficit is projected to reach nearly £500M next year as the corporation delivers what it has described as a “transformational budget.”
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
S&P Global cuts Paramount Global's debt rating to junk status, citing the “deterioration of the linear television ecosystem” and higher DTC streaming costs
The Wrap:
Sources: ex-Vice chief Shane Smith is trying to raise money to buy Vice Media back from Fortress, which led a group that bought Vice out of bankruptcy in 2023
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Martin Scorsese will headline a documentary series about Christian saints for Fox Nation, as it aspires to become a kind of Netflix for conservative audiences
Clothilde Goujard / Politico:
Amazon loses an EU legal bid to delay complying with DSA rules on making its online ad library publicly available, after a judge rejected Amazon's request
Discussion: Search Engine Land and TechCrunch
Bloomberg:
The Ron DeSantis-appointed board of Disney World's district settles a state lawsuit with Disney, which agrees to revoke changes that limited the board's power