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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case — New York's highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced …
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Jordan Moreau / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein's accusers slam the 4-3 court decision overturning his 2020 conviction; he remains jailed due to his 2022 Los Angeles trial conviction — Weinstein will now face a new trial. — “The news today is not only disheartening, but it's profoundly unjust,” said the Silence Breakers …
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The Daily Beast, New York Times and New York Post
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust — Biden's people think they're “entitled.” The Times says “they're not being realistic.” — When news broke one Saturday night …
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet — Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water.
Laura Kukkonen / Columbia Journalism Review:
After a reporter for Aamulehti, Finland's second-largest daily, acknowledged in his autobiography that he fabricated stories, the paper removes 551 articles — For nearly four decades, Matti Kuusela was a mainstay of Finland's journalism scene. As a reporter for Aamulehti …
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@sulliview and @bgrueskin
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
AA/WARC report: UK ad spend grew 6.1% YoY to £36.6B in 2023, with search advertising up 11.9% to £14.7B and national newsbrands spending down 6.3% to £774M — UK ad market grew 6.1% to £36.6bn - but tech platforms take all the growth.
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Advanced Television and City A.M.
Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
Memo: Boston public radio station WBUR CEO Margaret Low says 31 employees, or ~14% of its staff, are leaving, with 24 of them taking a voluntary buyout — Thirty-one employees at WBUR, roughly 14 percent of the station's staff, are leaving the company through layoffs and buyouts …
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Inside Radio, @aidanfitzryan, @samanthajgross, @milesperhoward, WBUR and Current
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Warner Music Group sells Uproxx, HipHopDX, and other assets to a new company, Uproxx Studios, formed by Jarret Myer, Rich Antoniello, and will.i.am — In February, Robert Kyncl - CEO of Warner Music Group - confirmed that WMG was in active discussions to sell its ‘owned and operated’ media properties UPROXX and HipHopDX.
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Press freedom advocates fear Peru's government is taking aim at the independent news media via a criminal investigation into veteran reporter Gustavo Gorriti — Few journalists have exposed government wrongdoing in Latin America quite like Gustavo Gorriti.
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@cpjamericas, @willgfreeman and Committee to Protect …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian streaming service JioCinema launches an ad-free subscription plan with the lowest tier costing $0.35/month for a single device, undercutting rivals — JioCinema, the popular Indian on-demand video-streaming service, introduced a new monthly subscription plan on Wednesday, with the lowest tier costing just 35 cents.
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Wondery UK hires ex-head of studios for Spotify UK and Ireland as its head of podcasts, and launches its paid, ad-free subscription service Wondery+ in the UK — Podcast giant Wondery has hired Spotify's Chris Baughen, as it launches the paid-for Wondery+ service in the UK.
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Variety and The Hollywood Reporter
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast reports Q1 Peacock revenue rose 54% YoY to $1.1B, a $639M loss, down from $704M in Q1 2023, and paying subscribers up 55% YoY to 34M — NBCUniversal parent Comcast, led by chairman and CEO Brian Roberts, reported its first-quarter earnings. … The streamer ended March …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
TelevisaUnivision reports Q1 revenue up 7% YoY to $1.1B, adjusted OIBDA fell 9% YoY to $328.5M, and expects its DTC business to be profitable in H2 2024 — The Spanish-language media giant, led by Wade Davis, sees 2024 as “a historic year for us,” saying that “we expect that to drive commensurate political ad revenue.”
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The Streamable, Next TV, Variety, WORLD SCREEN, TelevisaUnivision and Deadline
Meta Investor Relations:
Meta reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to $36.46B, net income up 117% YoY to $12.37B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.24B for March 2024 — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
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