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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Memo: The Washington Post media critic Margaret Sullivan is retiring her column at the end of the month and will join Duke University as a visiting professor — New York (CNN Business)Media critic Margaret Sullivan is retiring her column and departing The Washington Post this month.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Spotify quietly tests Spotify Tickets, directly selling live music tickets to users in the US, instead of redirecting buyers to Ticketmaster or Eventbrite — Spotify has launched a new site to sell fans tickets to live gigs directly from its platform instead of redirecting users to partners like Ticketmaster and Eventbrite.
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Filings: Russia-backed TV Novosti and two entities are funding four news-style TV shows from US conspiracy theorist Ben Swann, covering the US, NATO, and more — Russia's state-backed media apparatus is financing four new TV programs produced by a U.S. conspiracy theorist and aimed in large part …
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Brandon Katz / The Wrap:
Fox Corp reports Q4 revenue rose 5% YoY to $3.03B, with ad revenue up 7% YoY, and net income of $308M; FY 2022 revenue was $13.97B, with $1.23B net income — Despite concerns that a looming recession would depress ad sales, Fox Corp. is bucking the trend thus far.
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Deadline, Variety, Fox Corp, The Hollywood Reporter and @great_katzby
Whip Media:
Survey: 72% of Netflix subscribers say they are unlikely to switch to an ad-supported tier, 92% of HBO Max users with ads are satisfied with the tier, and more — Spotlight on the Ad-Supported Experience whipmedia.com Introduction © 2022 Whip Media All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners.
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Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: the Golden Globe Awards will be back on NBC in 2023; the ceremony was not aired in 2022 after HFPA was criticized for its lack of diversity and ethics — The awards ceremony was not aired in 2022 as the organization behind it, the HFPA, was under fire for its lack of diversity and ethics.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Satirical feminist site Reductress says it has been acquired by Phenomenal Media, a media company focused on women and historically excluded communities — The merger combines like-minded publishers with an eye toward entertainment — The satirical publisher Reductress …
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Insider, @katienotopoulos, @katienotopoulos, The Hollywood Reporter, @markstenberg3 and @lexandrapinel
Jack Stebbins / CNBC:
SEC filing: WWE discloses $5M in payments made by former CEO Vince McMahon, in addition to the previously disclosed $14.6M, and delays its earnings report — - World Wrestling Entertainment disclosed another $5 million in payments from former CEO Vince McMahon and delayed its earnings report, according to an SEC filing Tuesday.
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Many small businesses that use personalized online ads are cutting back on marketing, in part due to Apple's ATT, as they face rising customer acquisition costs — Online brands reliant on personalised ads ramp back marketing spending — Small businesses are cutting back marketing spending due …
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@glenngabe, @nigelbarron, @1br0wn and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to $106.8M, including Complex Networks, a $23.6M net loss, vs. $0.8M YoY, and time spent down 19% YoY to 154M hours — BZFD stock has dropped roughly 50 percent in price over the past six months. — BuzzFeed brought in $106.8 million in revenue during …
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Wall Street Journal, @joshsternberg and @thr
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Meta's Head of Content Partnerships Nick Grudin plans to leave after nearly 12 years, joining NFT startup Dapper Labs as chief business officer next month — After nearly 12 years at Meta and Facebook, Nick Grudin is leaving the social-media giant. Grudin next month will join NFT digital …
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@pkafka, more at Techmeme »
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
IAC executives explain the company's decision to end the print editions of InStyle and others, saying print magazines are now seen as “a luxury good” — The commentary comes after the company cut the print editions of publications such as Entertainment Weekly.
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