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4:50 PM ET, April 27, 2021

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
NPR plans to launch a podcast subscription service that will let listeners directly support their favorite podcasts and get sponsorship-free versions thereof  —  Podcasts have historically been open and freely distributed, but new subscription offerings for podcasts from Apple and Spotify aim to challenge that status quo.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches paid podcast subscriptions for creators in the US, at no cost to creators for two years and a 5% fee starting in spring 2023  —  Spotify today is officially rolling out paid podcast subscriptions, after first unveiling its new subscription platform at the company's “Stream On” event in February.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook rolls out a miniplayer that will allow Facebook users to stream music and podcasts from Spotify through the Facebook app on iOS or Android
Angela Fu / Poynter:
NewsGuild study of 14 unionized Gannett newsrooms finds ~$10K median wage gap between men and women and a ~$5K wage gap between POC journalists and white ones  —  The median salary for women of color was $15,727 less than the median salary for white men.  —  The median salaries of women …
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube ad revenue topped $6B in Q1, up 50% from the same quarter a year ago  —  That is up from $4 billion in the same quarter of last year, a 50 percent year-over-year growth rate.  —  YouTube continues to grow at a torrid pace, with any sign of pandemic slowdown seemingly behind it.
Epicurious:
Epicurious says beef will no longer appear in new recipes, articles, or newsletters as well as on its homepage and Instagram feed for climate-related reasons  —  In an effort to encourage more sustainable cooking, we won't be publishing new beef recipes on Epicurious.
New York Times:
Norton takes its Philip Roth biography out of print as the author faces claims of sexual assault; Norton also vows to donate to support sex assault survivors  —  The publisher also said it would make a donation to sexual abuse organizations equal to the advance it paid Blake Bailey, the author accused of sexual assault.
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Conviva: in Q1, streaming viewing time was up 240% YoY in South America, 149% YoY in Africa, 122% YoY in Europe; Roku dominates in US but lags in other markets  —  Roku continues to rule streaming in the U.S., but is falling behind in other markets, according to a new report from streaming media intelligence company Conviva.
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
With iPhone's privacy changes, advertisers will get more ad-performance data for ads bought through Apple than via third parties, giving its ad business an edge  —  Under the iPhone maker's new rules, advertisers will get more ad-performance data for ads bought through Apple than through third parties
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple rolls out iOS and iPadOS 14.5 with App Tracking Transparency, which requires apps to get permission to track user activity on other apps for ad purposes
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Disney will close 18 TV channels in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong on October 1, as its rollout of Disney+ continues with a Hong Kong launch coming this year  —  Disney is to close 18 TV channels in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong as the conglomerate puts a greater emphasis on direct-to-consumer streaming.
Discussion: @richlightshed and Kidscreen
Allegra Hobbs / Study Hall:
Journalists reflect on the heavy responsibility of writing obituaries now, when some deaths are inevitably connected to the larger news story of the pandemic  —  Maureen O'Donnell, obituary writer for the Chicago Sun-Times of roughly a decade, is giving me a rundown of some of her memorable work when …
Elian Peltier / New York Times:
Two Spanish journalists have been killed in Burkina Faso while filming an anti-poaching documentary; a third journalist may have been abducted and killed too  —  The journalists were filming a documentary about anti-poaching patrol in the Western African nation when their patrol was ambushed.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Variety:
Early Nielsen numbers show 2021 Oscars drew 9.85M viewers, a drop of 58.3% from last year  —  The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, broadcast live from both Union Station and the Dolby Theatre in L.A. on ABC, hit a record low.  —  Per Nielsen Live+Same Day preliminary national numbers …
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New York Times:
This year's Oscars, a TV broadcast about films mostly distributed on the internet, was a celebration of diversity as nine of 20 acting nominations went to POC
 
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, a new media research journal, launches, promising just-the-facts description, not theory or causality
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Current and ex-Insider reporters say its system for measuring metrics is like a “hamster wheel” that forces stressed reporters to cannibalize each other's work
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Turner Sports picked up NHL's second TV package as part of a deal worth up to $225M per year, after NBC pulled out of the bidding
Jack Brewster / Forbes:
Fox News apologizes for airing a graphic that baselessly suggested President Biden wanted to force Americans to eat less meat as part of his climate plan
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Kathleen Kingsbury / New York Times:
NYT says it is retiring the term “Op-Ed”; editorials will still be called editorials, but articles written by outside writers will be called “Guest Essays”
Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
SiriusXM acquires 99% Invisible, producer of the highly successful podcast by the same name with 500M+ downloads, to become a “foundational” part of Stitcher
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Roku says anti-competitive demands from Google, including requests for preferential treatment of apps like YouTube TV, may force YouTube TV off Roku's platform