Carpenter Media acquires 10 newspapers in Alabama and Georgia and a Georgia printing facility from Community Newspaper Holdings (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
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Chattanooga Times Free Press:
Carpenter Media acquires 10 newspapers in Alabama and Georgia and a Georgia printing facility from Community Newspaper Holdings— The Carpenter Media Group announced Thursday it has acquired the Dalton Daily Citizen in North Georgia as part of an acquisition of 10 newspapers and a Valdosta …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump says that if he's elected, Russia would release WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich; the Kremlin denies any contact between Putin and Trump on the matter— Kremlin says Russian leader isn't in contact with former U.S. president about journalist — Former President Donald Trump …
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Colby Hall /
Mediaite: Overhead Shot of Trump's Bronx Rally Tells a Different Story About Crowd Size
Patrick Svitek /
Washington Post: Trump claims he'd use relationship with Putin to free detained reporter
Richard Tofel /
@dicktofel: I hope everyone understands that this amounts to “Russia, if you're listening [which they are], please continue to hold this innocent person prisoner for another six months as a political favor to me” [image]
Michael Gold /
New York Times: Trump Plays Up His Putin Ties in Claiming He Could Get Gershkovich Released
Allison Quinn /
The Daily Beast: Putin Admits Prigozhin Was Right With Wild New Purge
Press Gazette:
UK passes the Media Bill, repealing the not-yet-enacted Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, which required publishers to pay all court costs, win or lose— The Media Bill has been passed removing the threat of state-backed press regulation and modernising broadcasting regulations for the streaming age.
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Press Gazette:
A bill strengthening the CMA, UK's competition watchdog, heads toward approval; the CMA could push tech giants to pay publishers for news linked on their sites
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AppleInsider: UK rushes through Digital Markets Act copycat to regulate mostly US big tech
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TechCrunch: ‘Pro-competition’ rules for Big Tech make it through UK's pre-election wash-up
Justin Carter /
Game Developer: New UK bill aims to make big tech play nice with third-party app stores
The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount and Charter reach a new multiyear carriage deal, adding the ad-supported versions of Paramount+ and BET+ for free to Charter subscribers later in 2024— The news comes at a critical moment for the entertainment company.
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MediaPost, Reuters, Benzinga, Los Angeles Times, The Desk, Charter Communications, Inc., Variety, Media Play News, Cord Cutters News, Deadline and The Wrap
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Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: Charter, Paramount Ink TV Carriage Deal - Including Paramount+
Jaspreet Singh /
Reuters: Paramount, Charter Communications sign new content distribution deal
Lekha Gupta /
Benzinga: Entertainment Unleashed: Charter's Spectrum To Offer Ad-Supported Paramount+ & More At No Extra Cost
Meg James /
Los Angeles Times: With new Charter Spectrum distribution deal, Paramount breathes a sigh of relief
Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Charter inks new deal with Paramount with streaming perks for Spectrum TV customers Charter Communications, Inc.: PARAMOUNT GLOBAL AND CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCE NEW MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PARAMOUNT'S LINEAR NETWORKS, CBS OWNED-AND-OPERATED STATIONS …
Todd Spangler /
Variety: Paramount Global, Charter Ink Multiyear Renewal That Will Bring Paramount+, BET+ to Spectrum TV Customers
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Media Play News: Paramount Global, Charter Expand Distribution to Include First-Time Access to Paramount+ Streaming Service
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Spectrum TV Customers Will Soon Get Free Paramount+ & BET+ As They keep Paramount Channels
Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Paramount, Charter Extend Carriage Deal With Hotly Anticipated Multiyear Agreement That Includes Paramount+
Variety:
Leave the World Behind was the most-watched title on Netflix globally in H2 2023, with 121M views, while One Piece was the most-watched series, with 71.6M views— Dystopian thriller “Leave the World Behind” was the most-watched film — and title overall — on Netflix globally in the second half of 2023 …
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Katie Campione /
Deadline: Netflix Releases Another Batch Of Viewership Data, Touting ‘Leave The World Behind’ & ‘One Piece’ — See The Latest Insights
Jake Kanter /
@jake_kanter: Want to gauge the UK's global creative influence? Look at the top 10 shows on Netflix: 1. Produced by ITV-owned firm 3. Courtesy of The Crown indie Left Bank 5. Filmed in Surrey 6. Shot in Wales by UK's Eleven 7. Made in Britain; about English icon 8. From kids TV giant Moonbug [image]
Matt Patches /
Polygon: Gal Gadot and Boss Baby are actually huge for Netflix
Mary /
@marypot: Shadow and Bone S1 and 2 have 3.3/3.2M views (22.5/26.4M hours) and those aren't shabby figures. What @netflix needs to realise is that YA fantasy shows with strong fan bases bring loyalty and growth potential. Not everything is mainstream. #SaveShadowAndBone #SixOfCrowsSpinoff
Josh Carpenter /
@joshacarpenter: Netflix released its second half results for 2023 today. From July-December, Season 1 of “Full Swing” had 800,000 views and 4.9 million hours watched. For the first half of 2023 (debuted in Feb.), Netflix reported 53.1 million hours viewed. It did not release total views [image]
Hayden Buckfire /
Benzinga: Netflix Releases Second Engagement Report: Everything You Need To Know
Matt Grobar /
Deadline: Animated Films Are 33 Of The Most Watched In Netflix's New Data Dump: How Streamer's Originals Stacked Up Against Licensed Titles
Lucia Moses /
Business Insider: Netflix's most-watched series and movies slumped in viewership in its latest engagement report
Amir Zonozi /
@zonozi: Why is Netflix investing more in sports? 184M Views on Sports Docs in 2023 https://about.netflix.com/... H/T @GeoffTBlosat [image]
Kasey Moore /
@kasey__moore: Well that Netflix engagement report came out of nowhere... They've changed the way they rank titles by adding views and ranking by that instead of viewing hours like in the first report. Into the bunker! @whatonnetflix: Netflix has just released the most-watched titles of the second half of 2023! 1. ONE PIECE: Season 1 (71.6M views) 2. Dear Child: Limited Series (52.5M views) 3. Who is Erin Carter? (50.1M views) 4. Lupin: Part 3 (49.7M views) 5. The Witcher: Season 3 (47.9M views) 6. Sex [image]
@whatonnetflix:
The Most Watched Movies on Netflix Globally in the Second Half of 2023 (July to December) 1. Leave the World Behind (121M Views) 2. Heart of Stone (109.6M Views) 3. Leo (96M Views) 4. Nowhere (86.2M Views) 5. The Out-Laws (83.8M Views) 6. Hidden Strike (73.3M Views) 7. Reptile [image]
Jess Golden /
@jgolden5: Netflix is out with its “What We Watched” for the second half of 2023 report. *Sports shows/series amassed a combined 184M views. *Favorites include: Beckham (44M), Untold: Johnny Football (14M), and Quarterback (13M).
Kasey Moore /
@kasey__moore: @Nina_Metz Views is Netflix's completed viewing equivalent, which takes the hours watched and divides them by the runtime. It allows you to compare titles better against each other and takes the advantage away from shows with loads of hours to watch.
Emily Horgan /
@emohorgan: Netflix just dropped their next half year worth of data! Headlines for kids... 1. Kids and family represented 15% of all viewing, with titles like Gabby's Dollhouse (90M), Family Switch (62M), and The Monkey King (43M). 2. CoComelon still reigns with nearly 200M “views”.
William Hughes /
The A.V. Club: The human race watched 62,000 years of One Piece on Netflix last year @podkatz: The latest @netflix “What We Watched” report is out. Very grateful to those who spent 40,900,000 hours on #ThePopesExorcist over this period. Awesome to see us up there among all the family movies in the non-worldwide film leaders. Highest horror title at first look as well. 🙏🛵 @shamankingnews: The Shaman King (2021) anime had 600,000 views and 12,100,000 hours streamed on Netflix between July through December 2023. It was the 2763 most popular TV series on the platform worldwide. Previously the series had 19,300,000 hours streamed between January-June 2023.
Adam Bentz /
Screen Rant: Netflix's Apocalyptic Movie Was Their Most-Watched Title From 2nd Half Of 2023
Julia Alexander /
@loudmouthjulia: Not enough time to do any kind of actual analysis with this list, but it is striking to me (as it is each week) that the only show that appears five times in the Netflix ~global~ top 50 (views) only has ONE of those seasons available outside of the US. And it's a YouTube series
Ben Bowman /
The Streamable: What the New Netflix Data Dump Reveals
Daniel Frankel /
Next TV: ‘One Piece’ Wins Audience Crown in Netflix's Second Half of 2023 ‘Engagement Report’
Dan Girolamo /
Digital Trends: Leave the World Behind, One Piece top Netflix's most-watched list for second half of 2023
Nellie Andreeva /
Deadline: Netflix's Live Sports Efforts Got To Very Modest Start With The Netflix Cup, Viewership Data Shows
Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Netflix: Subscribers Consumed 183 Billion Hours of Content in 2023
Peter White /
Deadline: How German Miniseries ‘Dear Child’ Became Netflix's Second Biggest Series Of Second Half Of 2023 Bollywood: Indian series and films get over 1 billion views in 2023 as per the second edition of What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report
Bloomberg:
Sources: Alphabet and Meta have talked to Hollywood studios about licensing content for AI video generation tools; Disney and Netflix aren't willing to license— - Studios seek to harness AI's promise without losing control — Warner weighs licensing content; Disney, Netflix say no
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Benzinga, @lucas_shaw, Engadget, The Information, @loudmouthjulia, @tv-ma.bsky.social, @villagegenius.bsky.social, @framethenarrative.bsky.social, @causamdicere.bsky.social, @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social, @coachfinstock.bsky.social, @sababausa.bsky.social, @tomlommel.com, @intelwire.bsky.social and @zitron.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
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Kaustubh Bagalkote /
Benzinga: Nvidia's Stellar Turnaround To Propel Google, Meta, TSM, And ASML Amid Rapid AI Advancements, Says Gene Munster
Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: News: Alphabet and Meta have been talking to Hollywood studios about licensing their libraries (and data) for AI training. They are offering plenty of $$. No one has done a deal yet, but some are intrigued. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: News: Alphabet and Meta have been talking to Hollywood studios about licensing their libraries (and data) for AI training. They are offering plenty of $$. No one has done a deal yet, but some are intrigued. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Meta and Google want to make AI deals with Hollywood studios
Julia Alexander /
@loudmouthjulia: Grain of salt since it's early, and noting that it would be meaningful to struggling companies, if your biggest concern was the increase in time spent on YouTube, the low cost structure of YouTube's content, and advertisers -> YouTube, I wouldn't help YouTube train their AI tools @framethenarrative.bsky.social: It's almost like they know stealing other people's content is illegal. — They just think they can get away with it when they steal from normal people. [embedded post] @causamdicere.bsky.social: How soon before everyone gets cheery “welcome to the Matrix! You're gonna love it here!” videos autoplaying in their insta feeds [embedded post] @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social: looking forward to george clooney as danny ocean telling me to marinate my steak in armor all wipes [embedded post] @coachfinstock.bsky.social: Meta: Hey can we steal your stuff to make rip-offs — Netflix: No — Disney: No — David Zaslav: Tell me more [embedded post] @sababausa.bsky.social: if OpenAI is so sure training data is non-infringing fair use, why are they paying Rupert Murdoch $250 million? 🤔 [embedded post]
Tom Lommel /
@tomlommel.com: CLICK HERE to generate an Animaniacs episode from data scraped off your Instagram Reels — wheee whooo wheeee [embedded post]
J.M. Berger /
@intelwire.bsky.social: Aside from all the other million things wrong with this, what is the fucking business plan here? What is the ROI? What economic or social benefit does it create to let everyone make mid videos on Facebook for free? There's like a very narrow niche of local auto dealerships to whom this might appeal. …
Bloomberg:
Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza plan to launch Mixed Signals, a podcast about media, on May 31, sponsored by Google and available as audio-only and on YouTube— Sponsored by Google, the show will be available as an audio-only production and as a video offering on YouTube — Welcome back to Soundbite.
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@brianstelter, @mattdpearce@threads.net, @semafor@threads.net and Billboard
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Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Smart move by @semaforben to launch a new podcast about media 👇🏼 https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image] @semafor@threads.net: 🟡 Introducing Mixed Signals, a new podcast from Semafor Media presented by Think with Google. Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza pull back the curtain to reveal how money, access, culture, and politics shape everything you read, watch, and hear. Listen here: https://www.semafor.com/...
Deadline:
Media Matters lays off over a dozen staffers, citing its defense against legal action and the shifting media landscape— Media Matters for America, the progressive watchdog journalism organization, underwent a round of layoffs today, as its president cited the shifting media landscape as well as its defense against legal action.
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Justin Baragona /
The Daily Beast: Media Matters Lays Off a Dozen Staffers Amid Elon Musk Lawsuit
Bobby Lewis /
@revrrlewis: journalism milestone achieved (got laid off)
Ahmed Baba /
@ahmedbaba_: Media Matters has been instrumental in exposing and combatting the right-wing disinformation machine. That's why they were targeted. This is really unfortunate. Media orgs and people with resources should hire/fund @abughazalehkat and her brilliant colleagues. Their work is vital
Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Media Matters hit with sweeping layoffs after defamation suit by Elon Musk, federal probes
Nikki Mccann Ramírez /
@nikkimcr: Kat is one of the most brilliant researchers and commentators out there, hire her if you're not a big dummy.
Kat Abu /
@abughazalehkat: I'm going to thread any MMFA layoff announcements here. I can't recommend any of my colleagues enough — they're all incredibly talented, smart, hardworking people who you should definitely hire:
Bee /
@mount_bees: After nearly four years of working at media matters, I got laid off. So if anyone is looking for researchers with video experience, drop a line.
Jared Holt /
@jaredlholt: Layoffs at Media Matters today. Lots of smart people available for jobs now
Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: Media Matters Hit With More Than a Dozen Layoffs Amid Conservative ‘Legal Assault on Multiple Fronts’
Alex Paterson /
@alexpattyy: I got laid off from Media Matters @mmfa today, proud of the 5 years of intense work I put into fighting right-wing hatred. I'm an incredible manager with superb research skills. Please hire me!
Dylan MacNevin /
Dylan MacNevin on LinkedIn: Glory, glory hallelujah! — “We allege that Live Nation relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control …
Molly Taft /
@mollytaft: media matters getting gutted by a SLAPP lawsuit from a billionaire is far more worrisome from a media ecosystem perspective than something like the messenger or vice going under imo
Brendan Karet /
@bad_takes: got laid off, lmk who wants research done [image]
Nieman Lab:
Documented, which covers immigration in New York City, experiments with posts on Nextdoor to reach Caribbean immigrants and uses WeChat and WhatsApp for others— “We are bringing onto this platform — where people usually talk about their lost cat or that they're looking for an apartment …
Variety:
Sony India's head NP Singh plans to step down months after merger with Zee collapsed, citing age and personal reasons; Singh has been with SPNI for 25 years— NP Singh, the well-respected head of Sony's entertainment businesses in India, is to step down. — The announcement was made on Friday local time.
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate Q4: a net loss of $39.5M vs. a loss of $96.8M a year ago, overall revenue of $1.117B; Starz had 12.59M streaming subscribers, down from 12.63M in Q3— The latest quarterly earnings follows a spin of its studio business into a separately traded company, Lionsgate Studios.
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Jeremy Fuster /
The Wrap: Lionsgate Narrows Fiscal Q4 Loss to $39.5 Million on Boost in TV Production in First Post-Spinoff Earnings
Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Lionsgate Studios Ups Q4 Profit Nearly 10% to $134.8 Million
Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Lionsgate TV Sees Sales, Profit Jump On Library Sales, Post-Strike Content Deliveries In March Quarter
Variety:
Hollywood Commission, an advocacy organization chaired by Anita Hill, launches MyConnext, a website for entertainment industry workers to report workplace abuse— Since the #MeToo movement began gained momentum in Hollywood back in 2017, entertainment workers have voiced concerns …
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IndieWire, The Wrap, Rolling Stone, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times
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Brian Welk /
IndieWire: Hollywood Finally Has a Single, Central Platform to Report Harassment or Abuse
Jeremy Fuster /
The Wrap: Anita Hill's Hollywood Commission Launches Online Tool to Report On-Set Misconduct
Kory Grow /
Rolling Stone: Anita Hill Wants You to Report Misconduct in Hollywood and Launched a Service to Help
Matt Grobar /
Deadline: The Hollywood Commission Launches MyConnext Platform For Reporting Workplace Misconduct
Rebecca Sun /
The Hollywood Reporter: Hollywood Commission Launches Online Tool to Report Workplace Misconduct
New York Times:
TikTok limits the spread of videos from state-affiliated media outside their home countries and disrupted 15 influence operations in 2024, including from China— The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users' feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside …
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The Verge, Washington Post, TikTok and Bloomberg
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