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Twitter reached an acquisition deal with Musk; the total revenue of the broadcast and television industry exceeded 1 trillion| a week of hot discussion

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Domestic courier

1. State Administration of Radio, Film and Television: The annual paid users of Internet video exceed 700 million

2. The total revenue of the radio and television industry exceeded 1 trillion yuan for the first time, and the growth of new media advertising exceeded 100%

3. The Cyberspace Administration of China deploys the "Qinglang • Cyber violence special governance action"

4. Computerworld announced the suspension of its print media business

5. Sina Weibo announced that it is fully open to display users' "IP territory" function

6. Qutoutiao: The service and maintenance of the self-media creation platform will be stopped on June 30

Overseas Information

1. Social media platform Twitter has reached a $44 billion acquisition deal with Musk

2. The Eu's further introduction of the Digital Services Law will require tech giants to deal more aggressively with illegal content

3. CnN+ streaming media service stopped operating and was online for less than one month

Domestic courier

State Administration of Radio, Film and Television: The annual paid users of Internet video exceed 700 million

According to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, by the end of 2021, the actual number of cable TV subscribers nationwide was 204 million, down 1.45% year-on-year. There are 710 million annual paying users of Internet video, 150 million annual paid users of Internet audio, and more than 700 million users of short video uploads.

——From the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television

The total revenue of the radio and television industry exceeded 1 trillion yuan for the first time, and the growth of new media advertising exceeded 100%

Recently, the State Administration of Radio and Television released the "2021 National Radio and Television Industry Statistical Communiqué". The communiqué shows that in 2021, the revenue of the national radio and television industry exceeded one trillion yuan for the first time, of which new media advertising grew rapidly and doubled, exceeding 200 billion yuan. Among them, the actual income generated by radio and television and online audio-visual services was 967.311 billion yuan, an increase of 25.43% year-on-year; the financial subsidy income was 96.876 billion yuan, basically the same as last year; and other income was 84.694 billion yuan, an increase of 58.45% year-on-year.

——From the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television

The Cyberspace Administration of china deploys the "Qinglang Online Violence Special Governance Action"

In order to effectively prevent and solve the problem of online violence and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of netizens, the Central Cyberspace Administration recently made special arrangements for strengthening the governance of online violence, requiring website platforms to conscientiously grasp centralized rectification, establish and improve long-term mechanisms, and ensure that governance work achieves solid results. The relevant person in charge of the Central Cyberspace Administration said that the "Qinglang Online Violence Special Governance Action" mainly focused on 18 website platforms with frequent occurrences of online violence and large social influence, including Sina Weibo, Douyin, Baidu Tieba and Zhihu, etc., through the establishment and improvement of monitoring and identification, real-time protection, intervention and disposal, traceability and accountability, publicity and exposure and other measures, to carry out full-chain governance.

——From Xinhua Net

Computerworld announced the suspension of its print media business

On the evening of April 27, Computerworld announced that the paper media business would be suspended and that all paper media-related businesses under the "Computerworld" brand would be terminated.

According to public information, China ComputerWorld Publishing Service was founded in 1980, which has a history of 42 years. It is the only Sino-foreign joint venture news and publishing enterprise in China's news and publishing field so far, and it is also the largest professional media publishing group in China's information industry and one of the most influential information service providers in China.

"Computerworld" was also once ranked among the top ten newspapers in the country, but in recent years, the development of mobile Internet fast reading has also caused a huge impact on traditional media, "Computerworld" officially stopped publishing paper publications in June 2021, and announced that it will provide industrial information services through Xinhua, Renmin, Central Video and other platforms in the future, but in the end it also failed to successfully transform and regrettably withdrew.

——From the Central Broadcasting Network

Sina Weibo announced that it is fully open to display users' "IP territory" functions

Recently, Weibo administrators released an announcement on the upgrade of IP territorial functions, fully open comments to display the small tail function of IP territoriality, and launched the "personal homepage first-level page to display IP territoriality" function. This feature is designed to present the real situation to a wide range of users more transparently, and cannot be turned on or off by the user.

——From the Shanghai Securities News

Qutoutiao: The service and maintenance of the self-media creation platform will be stopped on June 30

On April 21, Qutoutiao announced that based on long-term content planning, Qutoutiao will stop the service and maintenance of the self-media creation platform on June 30, 2022. The withdrawal time of the individual account will be closed on June 28, and the author's account that is overdue and unrestricted will be deemed to have automatically abandoned the account gains, and the account balance will be automatically cleared after June 28.

——From Phoenix.com

Overseas & Information

Social media platform Twitter has reached a $44 billion acquisition deal with Musk

On April 25, local time, social media platform Twitter accepted Elon Musk's acquisition agreement. Under the deal, Musk will buy Twitter for $54.20 per share, totaling about $44 billion.

After reaching an agreement with Twitter, Musk said, "Twitter is a digital speech plaza, and things that are important to the future of humanity can be discussed here." In addition, he also proposed reducing the cost of Twitter subscription services, banning advertising, and providing the option to pay with Dogecoin.

——From China News Network

The EUROPEAN Union's further introduction of the Digital Services Law will require tech giants to deal more aggressively with illegal content

On April 23, the European Union agreed on broad provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The bill would force tech companies to take greater responsibility for the content that appears on their platforms. New obligations facing tech companies include: faster removal of illegal content and merchandise, explaining to users and outside researchers how their algorithms work, and taking stricter action to spread disinformation. Offending companies will face fines of up to 6% of their annual turnover.

——来自The Guardian、The Verge

The CNN+ streaming service ceased operations and went online for less than a month

Warner Bros Discovery announced that it will cease operations of its CNN+ streaming news service, which has been online for less than a month, on April 30. The multi-hundreds-million-dollar project, which aims to increase subscribers through streaming video and digital news, was previously highly valued by company executives.

Chris Licht, global chairman and chief executive officer of CNN, said in a statement: "CNN will be part of WBD's streaming strategy to combine news, sports, entertainment, and non-fiction content into a broader and more compelling product. CNN will then focus its resources on its core news gathering business and the establishment of CNN Digital. ”

CNN launched CNN+ at the end of last month, but the project got off to a slow start, reportedly with fewer than 10,000 daily active viewers.

— from Reuters

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