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Andrew Trunsky / New York Times:
A profile of Natalie Winters, a Steve Bannon protégée, War Room reporter, and Piers Morgan Uncensored contributor, who now has a White House press pass — Natalie Winters at Butterworth's, a restaurant in Washington popular with President Trump's supporters and associates.Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times
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@cgblue.bsky.social, @hugolowell and The Independent
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Less than a week before A Minecraft Movie had a $160M+ opening weekend in the US and Canada, experts projected ~$65M, following four high profile misses in 2024 — A Minecraft Movie took in more than $500 million in 10 days. Nobody saw that coming — Good evening from New York …
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Daily Mail, @pkafka, @pkafka and Forbes
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Jack Dorsey says “delete all IP law” in an X post and Musk says “I agree”; Dorsey says current models “take way too much” from creators and “only rent-seek” — Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block) …
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Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
The WGA says TV writer jobs fell 42% YoY, or by 1,319 positions, for the 2023-2024 season, including 642 jobs lost at the co-executive producer or higher level — Of the 1,319 total writing jobs lost from 2022-23, 642 of them were co-executive producers or above.
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@matjohnson.bsky.social, @tvgrimreaper, The Post Millennial, AV Club, Deadline, The Wrap and IndieWire
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
EchoStar asks the FCC to abolish rules preventing its Dish and Sling TV services from importing distant local TV affiliate signals during carriage disputes — Echostar Communications has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to abolish a rule that prevents …
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@tvgrimreaper, Policyband, Radio & Television …, TV Tech, Cord Cutters News and TVNewsCheck
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
Warner Bros. Discovery says John Malone is not seeking re-election to the board of directors and will instead take on the role of chairman emeritus — Cable TV pioneer John Malone is not seeking re-election to the board of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) and will instead take on the role of chairman emeritus …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: WBD CEO David Zaslav's 2024 pay package was worth $51.9M, up 4% YoY, driven by $23.9M in non-equity incentive plan pay and $23.1M in stock awards — The company disclosed latest annual compensation details for its top executives. — Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav received …
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Q&A with Warner Bros. Pictures co-CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy on recent negative press, playing the long game, filmmaker relationships, reviving IP, and more — Using a couple flops and risky upcoming films as fodder, several reports with scant backup say their Warner Bros Discovery boss David Zaslav …
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Cele|bitchy, Screen Rant and Vanity Fair
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Twelve-year-old French policy title Contexte, which had €10.7M in 2024 revenue, plans to launch an EU-focused English-language edition to rival Politico in May — A French media brand hopes to rival the likes of Politico on the EU policy news stage with an English-language expansion.
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Talking Biz News and Atlantic Council
New York Times:
Current and former editors discuss whether Vanity Fair's EIC remains an appealing and fun job given the magazine industry's decline and a loss of lavish perks — Radhika Jones is stepping down as editor in chief, and the search for her replacement has begun.
Bloomberg:
India's JioHotstar now has 200M+ paid subscribers, driven by multi-language IPL cricket streams, ranking third-largest globally after Netflix and Prime Video — JioHotstar, India's largest streaming platform, has increased its paying subscriber base to over 200 million …
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Bloomberg, The Streamable and Streaming Better
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News:
A group of current and former BBC World Service journalists warn that cuts to the international service risk fracturing “the core identity of the World Service” — About Julian Clover — Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media.
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