Top News:
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The BBC reports 2024-25 revenue up 9% YoY to £5.9B and a £132M operating deficit, down from £263M in 2023-24; DG Tim Davie admits BBC “mistakes” after scandals — National broadcaster's deficit almost halved to £132mn last year
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Sky News, The Guardian, BBC, The Hollywood Reporter, Daily Mail, Mirror, Variety and Deadline
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
The BBC reports 23.8M licenses at the end of 2024-25, down from 24.1M in 2023-24, and license fee income of £3.8B after an inflationary fee rise, up from £3.7B — Annual report says pace of change amid battle with streaming rivals is ‘a moment of real jeopardy for the sector’
Advanced Television:
BBC Commercial reports 2024-25 revenue of £2.2B, up from £1.9B in 2023-24, with BBC Studios EBITDA up 11% YoY to £225M and media and streaming revenues up 43%
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Broadband TV News, @bbcstudiospress, Broadcast, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
In 2024-25, 50 on-air BBC journalists earned above £178K, up from 46 in 2023-24; Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce were the top-paid following Huw Edwards' exit
In 2024-25, 50 on-air BBC journalists earned above £178K, up from 46 in 2023-24; Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce were the top-paid following Huw Edwards' exit
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SPORTbible, BBC, The Independent, Sky News, The Sun, Radio Times, Mirror, Deadline, Telegraph, BBC, BBC, Mirror, BBC, GB News and GB News
Peter White / Deadline:
HBO and HBO Max tops Emmy nominations with 142, a record for HBO, Disney gets 128 across all its platforms, Netflix lands 121, and Apple scores 79 — The Warner Bros. Discovery network scored 142 Emmy nominations, compared to 121 for Netflix. — This marks the most Emmy nominations HBO …
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Forbes, Variety, Extra, InDaily, Inside Queensland, IGN, IndieWire, The A.V. Club, The Hollywood Reporter, Gold Derby, Collider, The Wrap, Vulture, CNN, BGR, About Amazon, Associated Press, Teen Vogue, Full Feed, Axios, MacTech.com and Justin Stockman on LinkedIn
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Nextdoor unveils a redesign and a partnership with 3,500+ local news providers across the US, the UK, and Canada that will contribute material to the app — Nextdoor, the social media site that aims to create connections among neighbors, is trying to shake off an uneven past and a nagging sense it is being underutilized.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
In an internal memo, NYT's culture editor says four critics, including long-time music critic Jon Pareles, will be reassigned as the section seeks new voices — The New York Times is revamping its lineup of arts and entertainment critics — replacing four of the paper's TV, music and theater critics …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox News will license the Ruthless podcast, hosted by veteran Republican staffers, and creates a “new media” division to house its opinion and non-news podcasts — Fox News has reached a business and editorial licensing deal with the “Ruthless” podcast, a variety program hosted by veteran Republican staffers.
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Inside Radio, Variety, Mediaite, TheDesk.net, Fox News, The Wrap and Barrett Media
ITV News:
The UK lifts an unprecedented two-year superinjunction that prevented media from revealing a data breach containing the names of Afghans applying for relocation — An unprecedented superinjunction prevented the public from finding out thousands of Afghans were being relocated to the UK …
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Reuters, GOV.UK, LBC, Breitbart, Politico, @jonsopel, PodcastingToday, Sky News, Washington Examiner, The News Agents on YouTube, Financial Times, Metro.co.uk and The Times
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
SiriusXM launches SiriusXM Play, its first ad-supported subscription plan, currently available on a limited basis for less than $7 per month — SiriusXM, the audio entertainment company that's long been known as a commercial-free option for in-car radios, is betting on advertising to propel its business.
Melanie Goodfellow / Deadline:
CNN's Jeremy Diamond says Israeli settlers in the West Bank attacked the car he was in while on assignment; a Deutsche Welle team was attacked there on July 4 — CNN Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond has reported that Israeli settlers attacked the car that he and his crew were traveling …
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New York Times, Jerusalem Post, CNN, @jdiamond1, Al Jazeera and Reuters
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Roblox launches a licensing platform to help IP rights holders collaborate with creators, with Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega, and Kodansha as founding partners — Roblox is launching a new licensing platform to streamline the process for IP rights holders to partner with creators on the gaming platform.
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The Verge, MediaPost, Roblox Corporate, Gameranx, Simply Wall St, Reuters, Game File, Deadline, Benzinga and Tubefilter, more at Techmeme »
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
Cloudflare starts blocking access to pirate sites in the UK; previously, blocking was almost entirely done by local ISPs — Cloudflare has become the first internet intermediary beyond local residential ISPs, to block access to pirate sites in the UK. Users attempting to access certain pirate sites …
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ISPreview UK, more at Techmeme »
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Lee Enterprises adds a $4.99-per-month “temporary” surcharge to its newspaper subscriptions, citing inflation and global tariffs — Lee Enterprises, one of the last remaining independent local newspaper companies, has added a $4.99 per month “temporary” surcharge to its newspaper subscriptions …
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@kennysmith.bsky.social, New Republic and CBS News
