Mediagazer: Puck acquires Artelligence, a Substack newsletter about the global art market with 32K free and paid subscribers; Puck now has 17 journalists and 12 newsletters (Sara Fischer/Axios)

5:00 PM ET, April 9, 2024

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Uri Berliner / The Free Press:

A 25-year veteran editor at NPR says an “open-minded spirit” no longer exists there and blames ex-CEO John Lansing's focus on race and identity starting in 2020 — Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.

Katie Robertson / New York Times:

Fortune names Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as its CEO, making her the first woman to lead the publication, taking over Alan Murray; she had been CFO and CSO since 2019 — “The overarching goal for the company is growth,” Anastasia Nyrkovskaya said in an interview.Carly Zavala for The New York Times

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Sources: ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News draft a letter urging President Biden and former President Trump to do televised debates ahead of the election — Speculation has swirled in the political world about whether the presumptive candidates will agree to the traditional face-to-face events, a campaign staple since 1976.

Discussion: CNN, @_hadasgold@threads.net and @brianstelter

Gene Maddaus / Variety:

SAG-AFTRA is pushing for a CA bill requiring detailed consent to use actors' digital replicas and another banning use of dead performers without heirs' consent — Would you buy a car from an AI chatbot? What if it looked and talked like Tom Hanks?

Discussion: Gene Maddaus on LinkedIn and @virtualbri@mastodon.online

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Puck acquires Artelligence, a Substack newsletter about the global art market with 32K free and paid subscribers; Puck now has 17 journalists and 12 newsletters — Puck has acquired Artelligence, a Substack newsletter about the global art market authored by veteran art director …

Discussion: Artelligence, Sara Fischer on LinkedIn, Liz Gough on LinkedIn, Marion Maneker on LinkedIn, @ourand_puck and Press Gazette

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BDG Media's Nylon will release its first physical magazine this month since stopping print editions in 2017; the company plans biannual editions going forward — The music-themed issue coincides with its annual “Nylon House” experience at the Coachella music festival this weekend.

Discussion: Ari Levine on LinkedIn, Dimas Sanfiorenzo on LinkedIn and Larry Fishbein on LinkedIn

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

YouTube channel Dude Perfect raised $100M+ from Highmount Capital to build out their business in new areas and expand their core programming — The Dudes plan to use the cash infusion “to pursue bold new opportunities and projects” beyond traditional channels.

Discussion: The Hill, Fox Business, CBS News, CNBC, Tubefilter, The Wrap, @austin_rief, Variety, @kurtstadelman, Sportico, Dude Perfect, Tucker Brown on LinkedIn, Axios, Deadline and Chad Coleman on LinkedIn

Axios:

South Carolina-Iowa women's NCAA title game drew 18.7M viewers on April 7, a new record for a women's college game and a five-year high for any basketball game — - Her star power helped make this women's basketball season the most-watched in fifteen years.

John Reed / Financial Times:

The BBC splits off its India operations to create a new independent media company, Collective Newsroom, following regulatory scrutiny over its Modi documentary — Move follows controversy about Modi documentary, which was labelled a ‘propaganda piece’ by New Delhi

Discussion: @christopherkay, @jonathancmunro, NDTV, Newslaundry and The Indian Express

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

News Corp reports The Sun revenue down 5% to £305.2M, losses down 48% to £65.9M in the year to July 2, 2023, The Times revenue up 3% to £385.8M, profit down 17% — 2022/2023 financial results for Times Media, News Group Newspapers and News UK Broadcasting.

Discussion: The Guardian and Companies House

Walter Hickey / @walthickey:

Robinhood launches its independent media brand Sherwood News, with Joshua Topolsky as editor-in-chief — Today we launched Sherwood News! Here's some of the features we launched today!

Discussion: Axios, @ranimolla, @manvbrain, @nicolebarbosapr and @joshuatopolsky

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

YouTube adds shopping features, including creator-curated product lists for users to browse called Shopping Collections and a hub with info on commission rates — YouTube announced on Tuesday that it's launching new Shopping features that allow creators to curate shoppable collections …

Discussion: YouTube Official Blog, more at Techmeme »

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