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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: incoming Paramount president Jeff Shell asked CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and 60 Minutes boss Bill Owens in October to release the Harris transcript — As Paramount's merger with Skydance nears the finish line, CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and “60 Minutes” boss Bill Owens …
Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
The Maine Trust for Local News, which owns 22 newspapers, is laying off 49 employees and reducing print editions to cut costs and focus on digital products — The nonprofit Maine Trust for Local News, which owns 22 daily and weekly newspapers including the Portland Press Herald …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: WaPo CEO Will Lewis and Executive Editor Matt Murray skipped a screening of Becoming Katharine Graham, a new documentary on the WaPo's fabled publisher — A premiere for a documentary about Katharine Graham, the longtime publisher, had people talking about changes at the paper, and in Washington.
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Martin Baron / The Atlantic:
Jeff Bezos handled his ownership of The Washington Post admirably for over a decade but then faltered badly, cozying up to Trump to avoid the president's wrath — The day the world learned that Jeff Bezos would buy The Washington Post, the Amazon founder offered assurances that he would not cower …
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
David Zaslav says WBD is both looking at how much content it's producing and bringing HBO content to TNT and TBS that it doesn't plan on licensing to rivals — The chief executive also said the media giant is changing how it programs its cable channels, including looking at bringing HBO content to TNT and TBS
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD says Max will launch in Turkey on April 15, replacing BluTV, acquired in late 2023, and reiterates plans to increase its investment in local productions — Turkey becomes the 77th Max territory and “marks a significant moment in the globalization of WBD's streaming service,” the company said …
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Hritam Mukherjee / Reuters:
India's top court allows podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, charged with obscenity, to resume airing his shows, provided they meet “decency and morality” standards — India's top court allowed a podcaster charged with obscenity to resume airing his shows on the condition they met standards of …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada says the French media group doesn't regret its London IPO and “we're not in a hurry”, after its market cap fell to £1.7B, below ITV's — French broadcaster posts higher revenue in first results since UK listing last year
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Canal+ reports FY 2024 revenue up 3.6% YoY to €6.45B, EBITA up 5.4% YoY to €503M, subscribers up 0.4% YoY to 26.9M, and a debt level of €355M
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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Firsthand, whose tools let marketers and publishers engage consumers through AI agents on their own sites or other sites as paid media, raised a $26M Series A — - The New York-based startup previously raised $6.6 million in seed funding, led by Radical Ventures.
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Axios:
Source: E.W. Scripps is laying off staff across multiple local news stations and it will not fill any open positions; Scripps operates 61 stations in 41 markets — - Tegna laid off members from its fact-checking team in February. — Nexstar said it would lay off 2% of staffers in December.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Reach reports FY 2024 revenue down 5.3% YoY to £539M, operating profit up 6% to £102M, digital revenue up 2.1% to £130M, and print revenue down 7.3% to £407M — Cost cuts and growing digital revenue helped Reach to increase its annual profits in 2024 as it released its results for the year.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC taps The Washington Post's Jackie Alemany to co-host The Weekend and serve as a Washington correspondent — MSNBC is, like other cable-news mainstays, giving roundtable shows a harder spin. — Jackie Alemany, who has logged stints covering politics at both CBS News and The Washington Post …
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Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
Amazon launches Complete TV, an AI-powered ad tool to let advertisers track their upfront commitments and to buy scatter TV inventory not sold in the upfront — The tool is free for advertisers buying programmatic guaranteed deals on Amazon's own properties
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