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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs — It says it will give other companies plenty of time to adapt to changes to its Android software. Similar changes made by Apple affected big internet companies.
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Interviews with 30+ people about CNN tumult reveal a new claim of sexual assault against Chris Cuomo while at ABC and details about Jeff Zucker's power collapse — The network's top-rated host and its president both were forced out, following ethical lapses, an office romance and a letter from a lawyer for “Jane Doe.”
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar says CNN CMO Allison Gollust has resigned after a company probe found violations of policies by her, Jeff Zucker, and Chris Cuomo
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Jane Croft / Financial Times:
UK Supreme Court rules that suspects in a criminal investigation have the right not to be named by the media until charged, rejecting Bloomberg's appeal — Supreme Court decision will have far-reaching implications for British media — Bloomberg has lost a privacy case at the UK's highest court …
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Sources: several jurors in Palin's lawsuit told the judge's clerk after ending deliberations that they couldn't avoid learning that the judge had already ruled — Several jurors tasked with deciding Sarah Palin's defamation case against the New York Times knew that the judge presiding …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Source: News UK is considering selling its classic front pages and exclusive photos as NFTs — Sun publisher examining whether classic front pages and exclusive photos can have lucrative second life — Rupert Murdoch's publishing arm is considering making a move into the frothy market …
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Spotter, which licenses YouTubers' back catalogs, raises a $200M Series D at a $1.7B valuation led by Vision Fund 2, bringing its total funding to $755M — How do YouTubers make a living? Usually, through a mixture of merch sales, membership programs or maybe even a custom product.
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Shauna Lewis / CampaignUK:
Discovery launches an “ad-lite” version of Discovery+ in UK and Ireland for £3.99 per month, claiming it is the first offering with limited ads in the UK — The platform will offers a cheaper subscription for limited ads. — Discovery UK has launched an “Ad-lite” …
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A Russia-controlled court in Crimea sentences RFE/RL freelancer Vladyslav Yesypenko to six years in prison for allegedly possessing and transporting explosives — SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — A Russia-imposed court in Ukraine's Crimea has sentenced RFE/RL freelance correspondent Vladyslav Yesypenko …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
AMC Networks ended 2021 with 9M+ subscribers and forecasts 20-25M by 2025; revenue rose 9% to a record $3.1B in 2021 as operating income rose 11% to $490M — AMC Networks reported its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings Wednesday, revealing it had reached more than 9 million paid streaming subscribers by the end of 2021.
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Mason Walker / Pew Research Center:
Survey finds 23% of US adults get news from podcasts at least sometimes and 56% never do; 33% of adults ages 18 to 29 at least sometimes get news from podcasts — The controversy around Spotify and its podcaster Joe Rogan has drawn new attention to the medium at a time when podcasting …
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Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
SoundCloud's 2020 fiscal report shows €193.5M revenue, up 31% YoY, with gross profit rising 53% to €61.1M and operating losses dropping 41% to €15.4M — SoundCloud's last 12 months have been nothing short of transformative. — In March 2021, the company launched its pioneering …
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Ken Kurson, former NY Observer editor, pleads guilty to cyberstalking in a deal that could see the case dropped; Trump pardoned him for related federal charges — NEW YORK (AP) — A former newspaper editor who received a pardon from former President Donald Trump pleaded guilty Wednesday …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
ViacomCBS reports Q4 revenue of $8B, up 16% YoY; global streaming revenue rose 48% YoY, and global streaming customers rose 9.4M for a total of 56M subscribers — ViacomCBS missed Wall Street forecasts for earnings per share in the fourth quarter, but added a record 9.4 million streaming subscribers and smashed revenue projections.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Staff memo: ViacomCBS renames itself as Paramount; shares will trade on Nasdaq starting Thursday as PARAA, PARA, and PARAP
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