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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times names Chief Commercial Officer Jon Slade as CEO, replacing John Ridding on July 1; Slade manages 75% of the FT Group's £500M annual revenue — Financial Times chief commercial officer Jon Slade has been named as the next CEO of the business, to succeed John Ridding.
Discussion:
Talking Biz News, Financial Times, @ft, afaqs!, Financial Times and Nikkei Asia
David Folkenflik / NPR:
WaPo columnist and Associate Editor Ruth Marcus resigns, accusing Will Lewis of killing her column that criticized Jeff Bezos's drive to overhaul opinion pages — A top political columnist for The Washington Post resigned Monday, accusing Post Chief Executive and Publisher Will Lewis …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with WSJ Publisher and Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour on WSJ cutting tech reporting, the content deal with OpenAI, WSJ opinion pages, press freedom, and more — Today, I'm talking with Almar Latour, who is the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of its parent company Dow Jones …
Discussion:
Talking Biz News and @reckless.bsky.social
James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney+ and Lucasfilm bring Andor season one to Hulu and the first three episodes to the Disney+ YouTube channel for free, ahead of Andor's season two launch — Disney+ is making episodes more widely available online ahead of the release of season two. — “Oppression breeds rebellion,” says a character in Andor.
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Disney Plus on YouTube, The Streamable, The Sun, The Verge, @simondowens@threads.net, @ironcrakka, @starwars, @dhmontgomery, The Manual, Digital Trends, Kotaku, SEENIT, kottke.org, Game Rant, @avitek.bsky.social, @jaylender.bsky.social, UPI, Polygon, BGR, Entertainment Weekly, Cord Cutters News, Inverse, SlashFilm, Forbes, Streaming Better, Deadline, The Wrap, The Playlist and Media Play News
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Reach CEO Jim Mullen says the Mirror, Express, and Star's print titles will become loss-making in six to eight years, but digital will keep them from closure — Chief executive of Reach says he is committed to print, and higher online income will keep business afloat
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A number of top YouTube creators and creator platform Spotter will host an upfront-style event on March 27, unveiling content slates, audience data, and more — MrBeast, Colin & Samir, Ryan Trahan and Dude Perfect are among the creators expected to unveil content slates at the first Spotter Showcase event later this month.
Discussion:
Ad Age
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
ABC: print circulations at UK regional daily newspapers collectively declined 16% YoY in 2024, and no regional daily now has print circulation of 20,000 or more — Print circulations at UK regional daily newspapers collectively declined 16% between 2023 and 2024, according to the latest data from ABC.
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell will join MSNBC as a co-host of The Weekend, a source says in spring 2025 — The economics and politics-focused writer joins as new president Rebecca Kutler continues to revamp the channel — Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell …
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Variety, MSNBC, Forbes, @msnbc_reports, Barrett Media and Deadline
The New York Times Company:
Jodi Rudoren, who left The New York Times to join The Forward in 2019 as the editor-in-chief, returns as NYT's editorial director of Newsletters — Jodi Rudoren, who helped modernize Times journalism and deepen our understanding of readers, is returning. — We are thrilled to announce that Jodi Rudoren is coming back to The Times.
Discussion:
@rudoren
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Adam Neumann says his media company The Flow Trip is profitable, with 13,000 users paying $72-$108/year, and aims to hit 20,000 paid members by the end of 2025 — Adam Neumann's media company The Flow Trip is profitable with 13,000 paid subscribers, the billionaire businessman and WeWork founder told Axios in an interview.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Hollywood is shifting toward programming that appeals to Trump's America, with shows featuring conservative viewpoints and less emphasis on DEI — TV shows like ‘Shifting Gears’ and ‘Duck Dynasty’ resonate with ‘flyover country,’ while fewer shows take on the president
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Los Angeles Times, @jbflint, @mattklewis and TVNewsCheck
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Bluesky adds support for three-minute videos, up from the previous one-minute limit launched in September 2024, bringing it closer to X and Threads — Bluesky will let you accept or reject messages from people you might not know. … Bluesky is adding support for longer, three-minute videos …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Digital publishing software company Chartbeat acquires FatTail, which helps publishers automate direct sales deals with advertisers and their agencies — Chartbeat, a digital publishing software company, has acquired FatTail, an advertising software platform, its CEO John Saroff told Axios.
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Cuadrilla Capital, LinkedIn and @sarafischer
