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Brian Witte / Associated Press:
A Baltimore judge orders the release of Adnan Syed, whose 1999 murder trial gained widespread attention via the Serial podcast, after overturning his conviction — A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee …
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify launches an audiobooks service in the US with 300,000 titles, letting users purchase and download individual books to play in its app — The audio giant, which is offering 300,000 audiobooks for purchase at launch, is positioning its books service as separate from its Premium subscription for music and podcasts.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Internal email: Bustle Digital Group is shuttering its tech title Input and laying off 19 staffers, including 10 at pop culture outlet Mic, mostly in editorial — The downturn in the digital advertising market has affected yet another publisher, marking at least the third official round of layoffs prompted by the slowdown since May.
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Cordilia James / Wall Street Journal:
Closed captions on videos are used widely by people under 40 years old, going beyond accessibility and translation to improve understanding and aid multitasking — As automatic captioning on TikTok and creative audio descriptions on Netflix go mainstream, so does accessibility — Closed captions are cool now.
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Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC plans to air the Golden Globes ceremony in January 2023 as part of a one-year agreement to “allow” the HFPA to “explore new opportunities” for distribution — The TV network announced on Tuesday that it is bringing the awards ceremony back to its airwaves on Tuesday …
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Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
Future says CEO Zillah Byng-Thorne has “informally indicated” that she plans to step down by the end of 2023, after a report caused Future stock to drop 15%+ — FTSE 250 group's stock falls 15% after news Zillah Byng-Thorne intends to step down
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
After crypto prices crashed, Spotify and other media companies abandoned plans to make podcasts, TV shows, and movies based on NFTs — Good afternoon from Los Angeles, the home of the best team in Major League Baseball. You can scroll down for some news about the next CEO of Warner Music, but first...
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Complete Music Update, @michellemanafy and @shiraovide
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Time launches CO2 by Time, a sustainability division that aims to help companies tackle climate change, featuring portfolios of climate action projects — Time is launching a sustainability division called “CO2 by Time” that will offer companies tools that go beyond just offsetting their carbon emissions.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic's first two film and TV projects are airing soon on Peacock, part of a wider licensing push; it has 12 other projects optioned or in production — The Atlantic is pushing aggressively into film and TV projects as part of a wider licensing revenue push.
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@pressgazette, @sarafischer, @joshsternberg, @simonowens and @nxthompson
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan on growth, content, and more, as the service launches in the Nordics today and the Netherlands and Portugal on October 25 — “We are launching with really attractive price points” and offering “a minimum of 30 movies a year,” Monty Sarhan says in an interview …
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@thr, Broadband TV News, C21Media and Advanced Television
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
YouTube plans to expand its Partners Program to give a 45% cut of Shorts ad revenue to creators that have 10M views on Shorts within a 90-day period — YouTube just made a major change to its Partner Program that will allow its short-form video creators to make a lot more money from its platform.
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Knight Foundation:
The Knight Foundation announces $4.75M for the Institute for Nonprofit News, $2.85M for LION Publishers, and $2.01M for CUNY's Center for Community Media — Knight commits more than $9 million to uplift vital networks for nonprofit, for-profit, diverse local news publishers
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