10:00 PM ET, May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
6:05 PM
Antoinette Siu / The Wrap:
BuzzFeed, which bought Complex Networks and HuffPost in 2021, reports Q1 revenue up 26% YoY to $91.6M and a net loss up 295% YoY to $44.6M; stock falls 10%+
5:05 PM
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Two fact-checking organizations, Argentina's Chequeado and Spain's Maldita.es, launch Factchequeado to address misinformation in Spanish-speaking US communities
4:45 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Snap head of originals Vanessa Guthrie plans to leave at the end of June 2022, to be replaced by Snap Originals production head Anjuli Millan
4:25 PM
Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter:
Writers Guild's CBS News Union ratifies a new three-year agreement, with 2% minimum wage increases for staffers, more severance pay for long-term staffers, more
2:55 PM
New York Times:
Paradise Media sells literary magazine The Believer to its original owner McSweeney's at a “meaningful” loss, after a fan backlash over clickbait content
2:40 PM
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Washingtonian names executive editor Sherri Dalphonse as its new editor, the first woman to edit the city magazine and its fifth editor in its 57-year history
1:40 PM
Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Deadline says it won't publish an interview with Cannes head Thierry Frémaux, after the festival demanded copy approval and removed answers about diversity
1:05 PM
Selome Hailu / Variety:
In a memo to staff, CEO David Zaslav elaborates on Warner Bros. Discovery's priorities, including combining HBO Max and Discovery+, bolstering CNN, and more
12:15 PM
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Source: Netflix executives met with major theater chains to test releasing movies with a longer window, likely 45 days, in thousands of theaters later in 2022
11:20 AM
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple enables support for annual podcast subscriptions and will debut a distribution system in the fall to let podcast creators upload from 3rd-party providers
10:15 AM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount appoints Marco Nobili as international general manager of Paramount+ and plans to expand Paramount+ and SkyShowtime to 60 markets by the end of 2022
10:05 AM
New York Times:
As the TV industry prepares to pitch upfronts to advertisers in-person for the first time in three years, a look at how the entertainment industry has changed
9:20 AM
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Spotify confirms it is testing a feature that lets select artists promote “third-party NFT offerings” on their profiles, visible to Android users in the US
8:50 AM
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Marriott launches the Marriott Media Network in partnership with Yahoo to help advertisers target consumers on its hotel websites and the TVs in their rooms
8:35 AM
Columbia Journalism Review:
The Knight Institute has created a “reading room” to make the DOJ's OLC memos, which contain legal opinions shaping government policies, publicly accessible
May 15, 2022
6:15 PM
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
A look at C-SPAN's social media and monetization efforts as its cable fee revenue, 98% of its budget, has fallen from a $70M peak to an estimated <$50M in 2022
May 14, 2022
9:00 PM
New York Times:
Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest, as European viewers and juries delivered an endorsement of solidarity, after organizers banned Russia this year
May 13, 2022
9:45 PM
Peter White / Deadline:
Sources: Netflix is exploring live streaming for its unscripted shows and stand-up specials, alongside live voting for competition series and talent contests
7:15 PM
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
A district judge lets a defamation suit filed by a former Dominion Voting exec advance to trial against OANN, The Gateway Pundit, Trump's campaign, and others
5:35 PM
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jen Psaki held her last briefing as White House press secretary on May 13, her 224th in ~16 months, more than all of Donald Trump's press secretaries combined
2:56 PM
Lee C. Bollinger / Columbia University:
Columbia University appoints Jelani Cobb as the next journalism school dean, as of August 1; Cobb, a professor at the school, is also a New Yorker staff writer
2:45 PM
Center for Journalism and Liberty:
A case study of Illinois public health messaging during the pandemic: decimated local news and distrust of the media means officials must rely on Facebook
1:50 PM
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff announces that she plans to step down at the end of 2022; source: Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett are expected to succeed her
11:45 AM
Media Development Foundation:
Survey of 39 Ukrainian outlets: 81.6% have applied for grants from international organizations since Russia's invasion and 31.6% tried to get reader funding
9:45 AM
Ron Cassie / Baltimore Magazine:
After shutting down in 2020, alt-weekly Baltimore Beat is relaunching as a bi-monthly, Black-led print newspaper and website thanks to a $1M gift from a charity
8:40 AM
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The UK's Ministry of Justice publishes a “reporters' charter” listing journalists' rights covering court cases, including remote access and social media posts
May 12, 2022
9:30 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix updates its corporate culture policy to say it doesn't “censor specific artists or voices” and that staff should “use good judgment” when spending money
8:00 PM
John Bartlett / The Guardian:
Francisca Sandoval dies after getting shot in the head while reporting on Workers' Day marches in Santiago, Chile; police arrested a suspect two days later
6:10 PM
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
The US DOJ secretly subpoenaed a Guardian reporter's phone info in 2020, as part of a leak investigation into stories about Trump's child separation policy
5:05 PM
Christian Hetrick / dot.LA:
Snap names advertising veteran Colleen DeCourcy as CCO, reporting to CMO Kenny Mitchell; DeCourcy spent nearly a decade at independent ad agency Wieden+Kennedy
4:30 PM
Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
The Chainsmokers partner with NFT music platform Royal to release 5K NFTs, giving holders a cut of streaming royalties, priority access for tickets, and more
2:20 PM
Bevin Fletcher / Fierce Video:
Comcast Cable president of advertising Marcien Jenckes will lead the Comcast-Charter joint venture to build a streaming service on 4K devices and smart TVs
1:25 PM
Dan Stone:
Analysis: ~20% of New York Times articles in 2022 have bylines with multiple reporters, up from <2% in 2000, as newsroom collaboration and live reporting grow
12:10 PM
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
[Thread] Source: Insider founder Henry Blodget told staff the company is pulling back on making new hires; spokesperson: Insider is slowing down its growth plan
11:35 AM
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
9:25 AM
Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
A study finds that installing NewsGuard's extension increased reliable news consumption among US participants who tended to spend time on unreliable news sites
7:20 AM
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
CEO Dana Strong says Sky plans to invest £500M in 2022 to create 200 UK originals, tripling its 2019 production, and promises “thousands of jobs opportunities”
May 11, 2022