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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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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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@charterhousesq, Editor and Publisher, @variety, Cord Cutters News, Deadline, TVNewsCheck, The Wrap 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:
@penenberg, @hblodget, @benmullin, @jfberke, @samro and @walthickey
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
CNN must face Project Veritas' defamation lawsuit after a federal appeals court finds that Project Veritas plausibly alleged that CNN acted with actual malice — A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of defaming Project Veritas in its explanation …
Discussion:
Bloomberg Law, LAW.com, Courthouse News Service, American Thinker, TVNewsCheck, Newsbusters, OpIndia, Reason, Reuters, Florida Phoenix and Fox News
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 …
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, Cord Cutters News, World of Reel, TVNewsCheck, New York Post, Axios, Bloomberg, Fortune, Bloomberg, Techdirt, The Hill, The Information, The Wrap and Deadline
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, MediaPost and @juwanthecurator.bsky.social
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, The Western Journal, @alinejadmasih, New York Post, @timobrien, @leorsapir, RADAR, Fox News, Committee on Homeland Security, NBC News, Washington Times, UPI, The Times of Israel, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, Forbes, NBC Bay Area, The Hill, CBS News, ABC7, Semafor, WJXX-TV, The Sun and freebeacon.com
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:
MEDIANAMA, @jessicahuseman and Civic News Company on LinkedIn
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 …
Discussion:
MediaPost, Jan-Paul Jeffrey on LinkedIn, Tubefilter, Music Ally, Spotify, TikTok, Digital Music News, Billboard, Music Business Worldwide and The Verge
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.
Discussion:
@francarnell.bsky.social, The Hollywood Reporter and GOV.UK
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, Barron's Online, The Gateway Pundit, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Reuters, New York Post, CNBC, Deseret News, Forbes and Bloomberg
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