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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The BBC reports 2024-25 revenue up 9% YoY to £5.9B and a £132M operating deficit, down from £263M in 2023-24; DG Tim Davie admits BBC “mistakes” after scandals — National broadcaster's deficit almost halved to £132mn last year
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Variety, Telegraph, BBC, The Hollywood Reporter, Daily Mail, Mirror and Deadline
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
In 2024-25, 50 on-air BBC journalists earned above £178K, up from 46 in 2023-24; Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce were the top-paid following Huw Edwards' exit — On-air pay figures for year to 31 March 2025 include 50 journalists earning above £178,000.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
The BBC reports 23.8M licenses at the end of 2024-25, down from 24.1M in 2023-24, and license fee income of £3.8B after an inflationary fee rise, up from £3.7B — Annual report says pace of change amid battle with streaming rivals is ‘a moment of real jeopardy for the sector’
Advanced Television:
BBC Commercial reports 2024-25 revenue of £2.2B, up from £1.9B in 2023-24, with BBC Studios EBITDA up 11% YoY to £225M and media and streaming revenues up 43% — BBC Commercial, the media company which is part of the BBC Group, has released its annual results as part …
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Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Broadcast and Broadband TV News
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Some non-citizen journalists working in the US are self-censoring, wiping their social media accounts, canceling travel plans, and more, fearing deportation — Non-citizen journalists working in the U.S. report wiping their social media accounts, canceling travel plans and pulling bylines
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Maritza L. Félix on LinkedIn, @eduardosuarez.bsky.social, @metacurity.com and r/Journalism
Wall Street Journal:
China has expanded its media operations globally, filling the void left by Trump dismantling US-funded outlets in countries like Thailand and Nigeria — Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after Trump's March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets
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Washington Post, Michael Abramowitz on LinkedIn and Travel And Tour World
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Information launches its first live video product, TITV, hosted by reporter Akash Pasricha and streamed on YouTube, X, and The Information's website — The Information on Monday will launch its first live video product, TITV, hosted by reporter Akash Pasricha.
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@sarthakgh, @jgulden, The Information on YouTube, @confusedsith, @denehyxxl, @tbpn, @cowardnutlick, @kenwattana, @coryweinberg, @nikunj, @tomaxwell, @mediaevan, @lessin, @jessicalessin, @beugmartin, @holyn, @_thatstartupguy, @vcbrags, @nickwingfield, @julianweisser, @benjaminputano, @ccamp___, @tcampbelltweets, @gorkemyurt, @notamitalegend, @kevanrex, @varadmaniyar, @ryanzauk, @willmanidis, @theinformation, @jessicalessin, Futurism and Talking Biz News, more at Techmeme »
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
A look at Trump Media's Truth+ streamer as it launches globally, featuring Newsmax, OANN, and ten other channels in its $9.99/month Patriot Package — In the streaming era, incremental news from a tiny upstart with limited content, few bells and whistles, and zero original programming normally wouldn't command too much attention.
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Scholastic, as the publisher unveils a major restructuring intended to streamline its business and focuses on YouTube with shows based on its books — Company is restructuring and looking to YouTube to regain its footing, but it faces steep climb
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Mediaweek, @kennysmith.bsky.social and @mediaevan.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds featured notebooks to NotebookLM from publications, including The Economist and The Atlantic, as well as professors, authors, and select works — Google is transforming its popular AI-powered research and note-taking assistant, NotebookLM, into more of a destination.
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC shelves an LA wildfires documentary by Jamie Roberts amid controversy over not disclosing that the son of a Hamas minister narrated his Gaza film — Deadline revealed several months back that the broadcaster faced a dilemma over whether to push on with the show while engulfed …
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Realscreen, Variety and National Union of Journalists …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta says it has taken down around 10M Facebook profiles so far this year that were impersonating or repeatedly reusing content from large content producers — Meta announced on Monday that it will take additional measures to crack down on accounts sharing “unoriginal” content to Facebook …
Aaron Timms / The Guardian:
A profile of Pat McAfee, among the top American sports pundits with millions of followers and an ESPN show, and a sports bro culture dominated by ex-NFL players — This February, Pat McAfee was broadcasting live on ESPN, the most watched sports network in the US, when he aired a salacious rumor …
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@suzette.bsky.social and @radiatoryang.bsky.social
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