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9:25 AM ET, February 2, 2022

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The New York Times Company:
NYT reports 375,000 net new digital subscriptions in Q4, $2B in annual revenue in 2021 for the first time since 2012, and targets 15M+ subscribers by 2027  —  The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today fourth- quarter 2021 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The New York Times Company reaches its 10M subscriber goal three years ahead of schedule, aided by The Athletic's 1.2M; acquisition of The Athletic has closed  —  The deal for the sports site, which was finalized on Tuesday, helped the company reach that goal a couple of years early.
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify's Joe Rogan controversy shows the cost for podcast platforms that adopt high-profile exclusive deals over open RSS distribution  —  Every platform should be worried  —  This story originally ran in Hot Pod, The Verge's preeminent audio industry newsletter.
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Zack Sharf / Variety:
Graham Nash and India Arie also pull their music from Spotify to protest content on Joe Rogan's podcast; Arie calls out Rogan's “language about race”  —  Nash said in a statement that he “completely agrees” with his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate Neil Young after …
Los Angeles Times:
Apptopia: Tidal app installs rose nearly 23% in the January 26-31 period over January 20-25; installs of tiny Qobuz, recommended by Neil Young, rose 64%  —  When folk-rock musician Neil Young chose to cut ties with Spotify over concerns about misinformation on Joe Rogan's podcast …
New York Times:
ABC suspends The View host Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks after she repeatedly said the Holocaust wasn't about race during an episode; Goldberg has apologized  —  Ms. Goldberg's comments, on Monday's episode of “The View,” came amid growing ignorance about the Holocaust and rising antisemitism.
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
As Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio quietly departs and the company merges with Automattic, a look at its plans and enormous impact on the modern social web  —  The CEO of Tumblr—a social platform that was once worth more than $1 billion, and in its time was among the internet's most popular …
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
Belgium's data watchdog fines IAB Europe €250K after finding its ad-targeting tool violated GDPR and orders changes within two months  —  IAB Europe, an association for online advertising companies, was fined 250,000 euros ($282,690) and handed an ultimatum by Belgium's data watchdog …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The TV weather reporter job is changing as extreme weather events, worsened by climate change, give meteorologists a more visceral presence in viewers' lives  —  Once considered comic relief to anchors, television meteorologists are making it clear to viewers that they are covering a crisis in real time.
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Pictures reports Q3 profits rose 129% YoY to $1.3B as revenue reached $4B, up from $1.67B YoY, driven by Spider-Man and licensing Seinfeld to Netflix  —  The smash success of ‘Spiderman: No Way Home’ and ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ gave the studio's theatrical earnings a big boost in the quarter.
Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
The Telegraph's director of product explains how its new app strategy, combining its Live and Edition apps, might help it reach 1M subscribers by 2023  —  The Telegraph's director of product has said the title's new app strategy has been a “key enabler” in the company hitting its 2021 subscriber goals.
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
The NYT's internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz moves to The Washington Post as a columnist covering technology, online life, influencers, business, and more  —  The star reporter with a massive online following thinks the Post gets the internet in ways other outlets don't.
 
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
YouTube rolls out a new interface for its full-screen player on Android and iOS, making it easier to like or dislike a video, view comments, and share
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Google's Q4 ad revenue increased 33% YoY to $61.24B; YouTube's ad revenue rose 25.4% YoY to $8.63B
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
SiriusXM rolls out AudioID to track its audience across its apps Pandora and Stitcher and its satellite radio service, offering first-party ad targeting
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
After a disappointing IPO, Jonah Peretti tells staff BuzzFeed is limiting hiring to critical positions and projects a high-teens increase in commerce sales YoY
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Vice Media secretly organized a music festival in Saudi Arabia; staff have raised concerns about its work in the country after Jamal Khashoggi's murder
Claudia Morell / WBEZ Chicago:
Chicago Public Media completes its Chicago Sun-Times acquisition, after raising $61M in support for the deal; the funding is mostly pledged over five years
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T structures its WarnerMedia split as a spinoff, giving shareholders an estimated 0.24 shares of WarnerMedia-Discovery stock for each share of AT&T stock