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Paramount+ details: ad-supported tier at $5/mo has NFL games, CBSN, thousands of shows; ad-free tier at $10/mo adds live local news, more sports, live CBS shows — The rebranded, revamped and supercharged CBS All Access will launch on March 4. — For more than 100 years …
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ViacomCBS says paid streaming subs for Showtime and CBS All Access climbed to 19.2M in Q4, up from 17.9M in Q3; Pluto TV hit 43M global MAUs, up from 36M in Q3 — Ahead of the official launch of Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS announced where they stand in the world of streaming ahead of the transition.

Paramount shortens the time between theatrical and streaming releases to 45 days for some films, including Mission: Impossible 7 and Paw Patrol: The Movie — As will A Quiet Place Part II and Paw Patrol: The Movie — Paramount is dramatically shortening the space between theatrical …
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New York Times admits workplace issues, particularly around the treatment of Black and Latino employees, in a new report following an eight-month investigation — New York (CNN Business)The New York Times (NYT) is admitting its own workplace issues, particularly around the treatment of Black …
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Facebook defends its stance in Australia, says it invested $600M since 2018 to support the news industry and plans at least $1B more over the next three years — Last week, in a move that will have felt abrupt and dramatic to many, Facebook announced it was stopping the sharing of news on its service in Australia.
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Australia passes news bargaining code that will require digital platforms like Google and Facebook to pay local media outlets and publishers for their content — After a tumultous month that saw Facebook pull news from its platform in protest, Australia's government agrees to make the News Media Bargaining Code law.
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Amendments to Australia's media bargaining code will strengthen big tech and old media, with ~90% of Google money going to News Corp, Seven West Media, and Nine — The free money isn't enough to hurt the increasing revenues of big tech, but it is enough to hurt Australian journalism.
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Washington Post led all news organizations at the Polk Awards with four prizes; half of all Polk Awards were for reporting related to the pandemic — The Washington Post led all news organizations, with four prizes. The infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell, of Stat …
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Sinead Boucher, the CEO of New Zealand's largest newspaper group Stuff, says traffic has not significantly dipped since leaving Facebook and trust is higher — Caithlin Mercer — Sinead Boucher is the CEO of Stuff, New Zealand's number one-ranking news and media site.
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First Look Media says it didn't fire Laura Poitras but chose not to renew her contract because she had been “inactive” for 2+ years, amid a fight about layoffs — When Laura Poitras co-founded First Look Media with Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill in 2013, the venture had immediate prestige …
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Institute for Nonprofit News says it helped convert five newsrooms to non-profit status last year and membership grew 28% to 309 non-profit journalism groups — The trend is continuing into 2021.
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Des Moines Register reporter arrested while covering a protest last spring will stand trial starting March 8; she faces 30 days in jail if convicted — Editorial: The pending charges against a Register reporter who was arrested while covering a social justice protest last spring are a clear infringement on the freedom of the press.
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