Mediagazer: TiVo announces plans to split its product division and its intellectual property licensing businesses to increase odds of finding a buyer (Daniel Frankel/Multichannel News)

Reuters Institute for Journalism survey finds that the average price for paywalled news is about €14.09 per month in six European countries and the US — Where we saw little to no change was among broadcasters and digital-born news outlets. Just as in 2017, all broadcasters …

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Daniel Frankel / Multichannel News:

TiVo announces plans to split its product division and its intellectual property licensing businesses to increase odds of finding a buyer — Company says separating units will help odds of finding a buyer — As expected, TiVo has announced plans to split its IP licensing and video products businesses …

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Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:

A look at The Prepared, a year-old site with reviews and advice for preppers, which makes money from affiliate links and has attracted some angel funding — A little over two years ago, The New Yorker ran a story about the survivalism craze sweeping Silicon Valley.

Conan O'Brien / Variety:

Conan O'Brien, accused of stealing jokes from Robert Kaseberg's Twitter account and blog, says he stands by his writers but settled to avoid an expensive trial — “Conan” host Conan O'Brien was sued in July 2015 by Robert Alexander Kaseberg, who accused O'Brien and others on the TBS show …

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox Corporation COO says the company has no plans to launch direct-to-consumer services beyond FoxNation; Lachlan Murdoch says Fox won't reunite with News Corp — The company, slimmed down following the Murdochs' sale of large parts of 21st Century Fox to Disney, holds an investor day to share …

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Fox to invest $236M in Canadian gambling company The Stars Group for ~5% equity, marking the first time a big media company puts its name behind sports betting

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Rob Wijnberg / The Correspondent:

De Correspondent hires Eliza Anyangwe as managing editor of its English-language platform, The Correspondent, following the departure of Zainab Shah — As Managing Editor, Eliza will be vital in building our editorial team, helping correspondents determine and improve their journalistic agenda …

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Mariam Cheik-Hussein / AdNews:

News Corp posts Q3 profit of $23M versus $1.1B net loss in Q3 2018; WSJ digital-only subscriptions rose 19% YoY to 1.8M with 68% of subscribers digital-only — News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson — News Corp says the success of its digital strategy and book publishing …

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James Walker / Press Gazette:

Brazil's president signs decree allowing crime reporters, among other professions, to carry guns for protection — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree allowing certain journalists to carry guns for protection. — The move has been criticised by press freedom group …

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Anna Merlan / Splinter:

Chuck Johnson's GotNews, which went offline in September 2018, has filed a petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, listing total liabilities between $500,000 and $1M — The far-right news site GotNews filed a petition for federal Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 24, court records show.

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Estizer Smith / Democracy Fund:

Democracy Fund announces a new fund to support university legal clinics that focus on defending the First Amendment, media access, and transparency — Most of the coverage of struggles in local news has focused on their revenue and changing business model.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix acquires children's media brand StoryBots, its third-ever acquisition, from the founders of JibJab Media for an undisclosed sum — Netflix announced that it has acquired StoryBots, the children's media brand created by brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, the founders of JibJab Media.

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Greg Dool / Folio:

Penske Media confirms that Rolling Stone and Andrew Budkofsky, publisher and chief revenue officer, “have agreed on a mutual separation” — Publisher and chief revenue officer Andrew Budkofsky is out at Rolling Stone after just one year in the role, parent company Penske Media Corp. (PMC) has confirmed.

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