Mediagazer: Reuters Institute: across 20 countries, 41% of online news subscribers say they pay less than full price; 54% in Canada and 46% in the US say they pay less (Craig Robertson/Nieman Lab)

5:10 PM ET, June 20, 2024

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James Ball / Politico:

The allegations facing Will Lewis and Rob Winnett are not remotely in line with either UK or US journalism ethics; blaming British media culture is wrong — The allegations of journalistic misconduct facing publisher Will Lewis aren't condoned in the U.K. either.

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The Guardian:

Sources: WaPo's Will Lewis advised Boris Johnson and others to “clean up” their phones during UK's COVID-era Partygate scandal in December 2021 and January 2022 — Sources' claim suggests advice by Will Lewis, an informal adviser to then prime minister, contradicted instructions to staff

Jem Aswad / Variety:

Sources: Sony is acquiring Queen's music catalog, excluding live performances, for £1B; Disney retains recorded music rights in the US and Canada — The Queen music catalog, along with a number of other rights, is in the process of being acquired by Sony Music for £1 billion …

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Kerry Flynn / Axios:

At Cannes, X CEO Linda Yaccarino says the platform is in conversations with sports leagues about producing more docuseries, like the NWSL series The Offseason — - About 70% of the conversation ahead of the Paris Olympics this summer is about women's teams, she added.

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Bloomberg:
Elon Musk tried to repair his often strained relationship with the ad industry through an appearance at the Cannes Lions, after Twitter skipped 2023's event

Inside Radio:

The National Association of Broadcasters joins 54 other media organizations asking the US Senate to pass the PRESS Act to protect journalists' sources and data — Five months after the House of Representatives passed a bill that would prevent the government from compelling reporters …

Discussion: US Congress and News/Media Alliance

Craig Robertson / Nieman Lab:

Reuters Institute: across 20 countries, 41% of online news subscribers say they pay less than full price; 54% in Canada and 46% in the US say they pay less — Is increasing subscriber numbers by offering people rock-bottom trial prices sustainable? — It's no secret that news publishers …

Discussion: Poynter, Press Gazette, WAN-IFRA, Reuters Institute and Media Voices

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Sources: Disney is lowering ad CPM rates for Disney+ in a bid to win overall commitments during the upfront market; rivals fret about matching Disney's rates — In a bid to win overall commitments, Disney has been striking deals that call for significant “rollbacks” in the rates it charges …

Discussion: @bristei, @bristei and @bristei

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:

A look at an early development version of a smart TV app for Venu Sports, offering DVR functionality, a multiview feature, a large library, and more — Unannounced features include DVR recordings, multi-view video. … Venu Sports, the upcoming sports streaming service jointly run by Fox …

Discussion: @bristei, Awful Announcing and Variety

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Interviews with Ethiopian journalists who fled the country due to civil war and conflict and who remain in exile, sometimes struggling to afford food and rent — When Belete Kassa's friend and news show co-host Belaye Manaye was arrested in November 2023 and taken to the remote Awash Arba military camp known …

Discussion: Reporters Without Borders

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:

MoffettNathanson: Q1 2024 was the worst quarter the pay-TV business has ever seen, losing 2.37M subscribers, down 6.9%, and even YouTube TV slightly shrank — - Pay TV just suffered its worst quarter in history — a stunning 6.9% drop. — The TV industry used to hope digital services …

Discussion: Nielsen, The Streamable, Vedhanarayanan Ganeshkumar on LinkedIn, The Overspill, Awful Announcing, @penenberg, @nicksologist, @chrifamouamo1, @pkafka, @thatniggaephy, @chrifamouamo1, @pkafka, Next TV and Cord Cutters News

Eltaf Najafizada / Bloomberg:

A French journalist says India refused to renew his journalism permit and forced him to leave this week, making him the third journalist to leave India in 2024 — India has allegedly refused to renew a French correspondent's permit, making him the third journalist to leave India this year …

Discussion: @sebfarcis and Committee to Protect …

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:

Spotify now lets all podcasters upload videos, rather than only creators who signed up to Spotify for Podcasters hosting; Spotify has 250K+ video podcasts — Spotify is now letting non-hosted podcasters upload videos to the platform. The company quietly rolled out the new feature last week …

Discussion: Neowin

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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
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