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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: WBD forecasts 2023 adjusted EBITDA down by $300M-$500M to $10.5B-$11B, citing strikes, and $1.7B+ in Q3 2023 free cash flow due to Barbie and strikes — “The company now expects to exceed $1.7 billion in free cash flow for the third quarter of 2023, in part due to the strong performance …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Wall Street analysts say the Disney-Charter dispute could be a tipping point for cable TV and adds uncertainty to the industry even if it's resolved quickly — Wall Street analysts debate whether the standoff between the studio and the cable giant is “the end of the end,” …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
NPR President and CEO John Lansing, who has led the organization since 2019, plans to retire at the end of 2023; NPR plans a national search for his successor — - U.S. Economy Adds 187,000 Jobs In August, Entertainment Employment Continues To Decline Amid Strikes
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Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk threatens to file a defamation lawsuit against the ADL for “falsely accusing” X and him of antisemitism and blames the ADL for X's falling US ad sales — In the newest uproar you might have missed, Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League.
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Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Sean “Diddy” Combs returns the music publishing rights from his label Bad Boy Records to artists, including the Notorious B.I.G.'s estate, Mase, and Faith Evans — In an “unprecedented” move, the estate of Notorious B.I.G. is among those to reclaim songs from the iconic label's catalog
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Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple acquires Sweden-based BIS Records, founded in 1973, and plans to fold the classical music label into Apple Music Classical and Apple's A&R label Platoon — Apple will acquire the major Swedish classical music record label BIS Records, intending to fold it into Apple Music Classical and Platoon.
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
WMG launches a joint venture with 10K Projects, a record label founded by the son of UMG CEO Lucian Grainge; 10K will be a standalone label in WMG's ecosystem — After weeks of rumors, it's official: Elliot Grainge's 10K Projects, home to releases by Trippie Redd, Ice Spice, Iann Dior and more …
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Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
Allen Media Group's Local Now streaming service adds Washington Post Television, which offers breaking news, interviews, and in-depth reporting, to its lineup — Newspaper started channel in May — Allen Media Group said its Local Now digital platform had added Washington Post Television to its channel lineup.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
OANN and one of its on-air personalities, Chanel Rion, settle a defamation suit by a Dominion Voting executive over false claims he helped rig the 2020 election — - Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison For Role In January 6th Conspiracy
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney plans to run a Disney+ deal until September 20 offering its ad tier for $1.99/month for three months, down from $7.99, for new and existing subscribers — Disney will offer Disney+ for $1.99 per month as it prepares to debut ‘Elemental’ on Sept. 13 and the live-action ‘Little Mermaid’ on its streaming service.
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Financial Times:
eMarketer expects US podcast ad spending to hit $2.2B in 2023, up from $1.7B in 2022, or ~10% of radio; Edison: 80%+ of Americans listen to radio weekly — The rise of podcasts has not fully cannibalised other forms of entertainment — The audience for podcasts is younger …
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Wall Street Journal:
How Spotify's $1B+ bet on podcasts has not paid off: most shows aren't profitable and the company has considered an ad revenue-sharing model akin to YouTube's — The prospect of podcast riches led to aggressive investments in celebrity deals and original programming for what appeared a sky's-the-limit media frontier
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