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8:40 AM ET, April 23, 2024

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Tariq Panja / New York Times:
Sources: FIFA is close to giving Apple the global rights for its 2025 World Cup-style soccer competition in the US, likely for ~25% of FIFA's first $4B estimate  —  The agreement would give the tech company worldwide rights for a monthlong World Cup-style competition between top teams set to take place next year.
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.6B, MAUs up 19% YoY to 615M, below 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% YoY to 239M, and a €168M operating income  —  - Subscribers to paid Spotify tiers grew 14% to 239 million  — Audio-streaming firm swings to profit in first quarter
Adam B. Vary / Variety:
The Blair Witch Project cast requests retroactive residuals and “meaningful consultation” on future projects, after Lionsgate and Blumhouse announced a reboot  —  The directors and producers of the groundbreaking 1999 horror film release a separate statement in support …
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Memo: Aaron LaBerge, the CTO of Disney Entertainment and ESPN, will leave the company after June for personal reasons, to become the CTO of Penn Entertainment  —  The Walt Disney company logo is displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Dec. 1, 2023.
Ian Youngs / BBC:
Huw Edwards, the BBC news anchor who has been off air since July 2023 after reports that he paid a young person for explicit images, resigns on “medical advice”  —  Huw Edwards has presented major national events for the BBC including general elections and the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
In its first open call for funding, Press Forward announces support, over two years, of $100,000 each for 100+ newsrooms focused on underserved audiences  —  It includes $100,000 each in general operating support for more than 100 newsrooms  —  We now know the focus for the first open call …
New York Times:
The American Sunlight Project, led by ex-US DHS exec Nina Jankowicz, launches to fight a “campaign by conservatives” to undermine disinformation researchers  —  The group intends to fight what its leader, Nina Jankowicz, and others have described as a coordinated campaign …
Sean Piccoli / Deadline:
Ex-American Media CEO David Pecker was the first witness at Trump's hush money trial, as prosecutors outline National Enquirer's role in “catch and kill” scheme  —  UPDATE: David Pecker, the former CEO of the celebrity magazine and tabloid company American Media, was first witness today …
Washington Post:
Analysis: the 25 most-cited US news organizations lost 75% of their Facebook user engagement and 58% of their Instagram interactions between Q1 2022 and Q1 2024  —  Waves of layoffs and policy shifts are forcing campaigns to change tactics, potentially transforming the 2024 election
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Four top editors from Texas, California, and Canada talk about the challenges of running a metro newspaper in the digital era, keeping readers engaged, and more  —  “People will pay you to make their lives easier, even when it comes to telling them which burrito to eat.”
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Newsletter service Ghost says it plans to add ActivityPub support in 2024; rival service Buttondown also plans ActivityPub support
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
EU opens another TikTok probe and will now formally assess whether TikTok Lite's design, which financially rewards users for watching videos, is “addictive”
Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: NBA is seeking new contracts that are at least a decade long with streaming as the main distribution method; Amazon Prime Video, Peacock are contenders
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Matt Burgess / Wired:
Researchers: files on a misconfigured North Korean server suggest local animators worked on upcoming Prime Video and Max TV shows, possibly via a Chinese front
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Axel Springer sees the WSJ as a “top acquisition target”; CEO Mathias Döpfner pushed to fire BI's Nic Carlson after Bill Ackman's pushback on coverage