Mediagazer: Sam Davis, managing editor of The Baltimore Sun, is retiring and will be succeeded by Tricia Bishop, currently director of opinion and features content (Lorraine Mirabella/Baltimore Sun)

7:40 PM ET, June 4, 2024

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

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Lorraine Mirabella / Baltimore Sun:

Sam Davis, managing editor of The Baltimore Sun, is retiring and will be succeeded by Tricia Bishop, currently director of opinion and features content — The Baltimore Sun's longtime managing editor is retiring and will be replaced by a 24-year veteran of Maryland's largest news organization, Baltimore Sun Media said Tuesday.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:

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CNBC:

Paramount leadership presents a plan that includes job cuts, a potential streaming JV, and divesting non-core assets if a sale of the company doesn't happen — The current leadership of Paramount Global presented a go-forward plan at the company's annual shareholder meeting Tuesday in the event a sale of the company doesn't happen.

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Paul Vieira / Dow Jones Newswires:

Canada's broadcast regulator orders foreign streaming services with C$25M+ in sales to contribute 5% of Canadian sales to help fund local content from Sept. 1 — OTTAWA—Canada's broadcast regulator on Tuesday said foreign streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, Spotify and Amazon Prime Video …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

CNN has started testing a registration wall that requires users to create an account or log in after they've read around 10 articles in a day — CNN has begun testing an expanded registration wall that requires heavy site users to create an account with a username and password …

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Antenna: Spotify users are the least likely to cancel among major video or audio streaming services in the US, with a ~2% monthly churn rate, similar to Netflix — Its customers are the least likely to cancel among major video or audio streaming services. — Good afternoon from Chicago …

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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Spotify plans to raise US prices: Premium from $10.99 to $11.99 per month, Duo from $14.99 to $16.99, and Family from $16.99 to $19.99, after a July 2023 hike

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