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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Disney CEO Bob Chapek discusses eventually making ESPN a DTC streaming offering, but gives no specifics yet, noting linear networks are “cash generators” — Disney isn't ready to ‘pull the trigger’ on its linear cable network — On an earnings call earlier today …
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Deadline, The Streamable, MediaPost, The Hollywood Reporter and Awful Announcing
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney reports Q2 revenue of $19.25B, up 23% YoY, missing financial estimates due to several one-time charges, but beats Disney+ subscriber growth estimates — Disney's flagship streamer gained 7.9 million customers in the first three months of 2022, to stand at 137.7 million, up 33% year over year.
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Axios, Digiday, Axios, CNBC, @herbscribner, The Walt Disney Company, CNBC, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @xpangler, @xpangler, MediaPost, Protocol, TechCrunch, New York Post, SlashFilm, The Verge, The Wrap, Radio & Television …, Deadline, Yahoo Finance and Adweek
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's streaming subscribers hit 205.6M globally in Q2: Disney+ added 7.9M subscribers to reach 137.7M, Hulu added 300K to 45.6M, and ESPN+ added 1M to 22.3M — Hulu added 300,000 subscribers to reach 45.6 million subs and ESPN+ added 1 million subscribers to reach 22.3 million.
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The Week, @pabl0hidalgo, Billboard and IndieWire, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Bloomberg Media launches Bloomberg UK with a website, video series, podcast, and a summit in 2022, to compete with The Financial Times and The Sunday Times — A new venture, Bloomberg UK, is the first inkling of a new international strategy for the business news giant. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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@msh200, @bgrueskin and @benmullin
Bevin Fletcher / Fierce Video:
Marcien Jenckes, president of advertising for Comcast Cable, will lead the Comcast-Charter joint venture building a streaming platform on 4K devices and TVs — Charter and Comcast have tapped advertising executive Marcien Jenckes to head up the partners' recently announced streaming platform joint venture.
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Variety, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter and Media Play News
Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
A study finds that reliable news consumption increases among US participants who tended to spend time on unreliable news after installing NewsGuard's extension — As more companies and platforms adopt ways to figure out whether fact-checking, flagging questionable content …
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@andyguess, @niemanlab and @csmap_nyu
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
[Thread] Source: Insider founder Henry Blodget tells staff the company is pulling back on making new hires — Insider founder Henry Blodget just told staffers the company is pulling back on making new hires, according to a person familiar with the matter. His remarks came during a quarterly update meeting.
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@benmullin
Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
Spotify promotes Bill Simmons to oversee global sports strategy and names Parcast founder Max Cutler as head of creator content and partnerships — He will lead a new global sports push for the streamer — Spotify has lost a number of top executives in the past month …
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Deadline, more at Techmeme »
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Sky CEO says the company will invest £500M in 2022 to create 200 UK originals, triple its 2019 production — Pay TV operator Sky is continuing to invest big in the U.K. — The Comcast owned outfit has trebled its output of U.K.-originated content from 2019 to 200 originals in 2022 …
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Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Dan Stone:
Analysis: ~20% of NYT articles have bylines crediting more than one reporter in 2022, up from 2% in 2000, as newsroom collaboration and live reporting grow — A few years ago, I found myself looking at New York Times bylines a lot more. I couldn't help it really.
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CNN:
Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head while covering an Israeli raid in the West Bank; three eyewitnesses said Israeli troops killed her — Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank Wednesday, the network said.
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
BT and Warner Bros. Discovery announce a joint venture for sports coverage in the UK and Ireland, including Champions League soccer; BT to get £93M+ in the deal — The planned 50-50 joint venture will see BT Sport transferred to Warner Bros. Discovery, meaning that BT Sport and Eurosport U.K. are operated together.
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City A.M., @stuarthiggs, PR Newswire, @eurosport, Daily Mail, @graceonfootball, @graceonfootball, Telegraph, Broadband TV News, Deadline, @robharris, @graceonfootball, Media Play News, City A.M., Financial Times, Engadget, @robharris, Digital TV Europe, The Guardian, Eurosport UK and Hollywood Reporter
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Newsrooms traditionally urge journalists to keep their abortion views private, but Rolling Stone top editor tells staff: “you don't have to stifle your beliefs” — With the Supreme Court poised to eliminate a constitutional right, several media outlets have fallen …
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American Press Institute, @mlcalderone, @elmcitytree, @elmcitytree, @noahshachtman, @couriernewsroom, @sorayamcdonald, @sorayamcdonald, @sorayamcdonald, @alisonturkos, @sorayamcdonald, @annehelen, @seanspicer, @jayrosen_nyu, @thrasherxy, @noahshachtman, @jessicavalenti, @gaufre, @coreypein, Defector, @hbcompass, @mattdpearce, @owillis, Breitbart and @jeremymbarr
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