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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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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.
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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?
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Gene Maddaus on LinkedIn and @virtualbri@mastodon.online
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.
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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.
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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
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NDTV, @christopherkay, @jonathancmunro, 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.
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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!
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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
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
How competition between states like Oklahoma and Texas to attract Hollywood productions is driving their subsidies higher, even with a poor return on investment — To attract movie and television production, states must try to offer the best incentives. The competition drives spending on Hollywood subsidies ever higher.
Discussion:
The Wrap
Aymann Ismail / Slate:
Q&A with Ido David Cohen, who covers Israeli media for Haaretz, about the new law banning foreign networks like Al Jazeera, its impact on Israeli outlets, more — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be moving ahead with his pledge to ban Al Jazeera following the recent passage of a new law in the Israeli Knesset.
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The Internet Archive is hosting the new Aruba Collection, which contains 101,376 items from Aruba's National Library, National Archives, and other institutions — By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation's history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding …
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