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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
News Corp's HarperCollins reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to $546M, led by a 15% YoY gain in digital sales; JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy led titles with ~1.5M copies — HarperCollins followed up a strong quarter ended June 30, 2024, with more solid results in the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
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@juwanthecurator.bsky.social and John Cheary on LinkedIn
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $2.58B, net income up 148% YoY to $144M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $552M, and WSJ subscriptions up 7% YoY to 4.3M — The Murdoch-led media company reported 5.9 million Dow Jones subscribers, up 11% — News Corp., the home to The Wall Street Journal …
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The Times, News Corporation and Reuters
Variety:
AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash — The U.S. media company has owned a 49.9% stake in the channel since 2014, which it purchased for $200 million in a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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Deadline, TVNewsCheck, @charterhousesq, Editor and Publisher, The Wrap, @variety, Cord Cutters News and WORLD SCREEN
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Memo: Business Insider founder Henry Blodget says he is leaving BI's board, will remain an adviser and contribute occasional columns, and plans to write a novel — Business Insider founder Henry Blodget sent out the following on Friday: — Team, — Seventeen years ago …
Discussion:
@benmullin, @jfberke, @samro and @walthickey
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Experts on authoritarian leadership in Europe say Trump could do extensive damage to US press freedom, similar to Orbán in Hungary, Putin in Russia, and more — New York CNN — — President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to go after much of the media in his second term …
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Bill Ackman, UMG board member and major shareholder, seeks to move UMG's stock listing and HQ to the US from Amsterdam, after Israelis were attacked in the city — The head of Pershing Square Capital, which owns 10% of UMG's stock, said moving UMG to the U.S. after attacks on Israelis overnight …
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CNN, @billackman, Reuters, CNBC, Reuters, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Deseret News, Forbes, Bloomberg and Townhall
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers — All employees at The Post will be expected to return to the office by June 2. Managers must be back in the office full time by Feb. 3.
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Commercial Observer, @benmullin, @patriciaeguino, TVNewsCheck, @benmullin, @benmullin, @film_girl@threads.net, Washingtonian, @talia.barrington@threads.net, @ellaeliz@threads.net, @mkarolian@threads.net, New York Post, Benjamin Mullin on LinkedIn, @scotian.bsky.social, @juwanthecurator.bsky.social and MediaPost
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at Votebeat's use of a Slack channel to answer questions for journalists on the election, connecting reporters with experts through at least December 8 — “The problem with voting stories is that the people who make themselves most available don't know what the hell they're talking about.”
Discussion:
@jessicahuseman and Civic News Company on LinkedIn
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Under Trump, media executives and M&A advisers predict fewer deal constraints, more encroachment by Big Tech onto Hollywood, and more broadcast TV consolidation — A palpable buzz has taken hold of corporate boardrooms that another four years of the Republican will free up dealmaking.
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The Hollywood Reporter, World of Reel, Forbes, New York Post, TVNewsCheck, Axios, Bloomberg, Fortune, Bloomberg, Techdirt, The Hill, The Information, The Wrap and Deadline
New York Times:
US prosecutors claim a second Iranian-directed plot existed to assassinate US-based activist and journalist Masih Alinejad, along with a plot to kill Trump — The allegation came in a complaint that said Masih Alinejad, a Brooklyn activist, had been the target of a second assassination attempt.
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CNN, Fox News, The Western Journal, Forbes, The Times of Israel, @alinejadmasih, The Hill, Daily Mail, RADAR, The Gateway Pundit, ABC7, NBC News, @timobrien, NBC Bay Area, UPI, New York Post, CBS News, @leorsapir, Washington Times, Semafor, Committee on Homeland Security, WJXX-TV, The Sun and freebeacon.com
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages — TikTok on Thursday debuted a new feature that will more closely connect its app, which already influences which songs top the charts …
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The UK government launches a forum that includes the BBC, Sky, and Ofcom to examine ways of preserving linear TV for older and underprivileged audiences — The UK government plans to examine ways of sustainably preserving linear television for older and underprivileged audiences amid the streaming revolution.
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@francarnell.bsky.social, The Hollywood Reporter and GOV.UK
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