Mediagazer: Turner launches FilmStruck, a streaming video service with indie, foreign, classic, and cult films; plans cost from $7/month but service limited to US for now (Todd Spangler/Variety)

11:05 PM ET, November 1, 2016

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Turner launches FilmStruck, a streaming video service with indie, foreign, classic, and cult films; plans cost from $7/month but service limited to US for now — Turner on Tuesday launched FilmStruck, its subscription video-on-demand service with hundreds of indie, foreign …

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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:

Thomson Reuters plans to cut 2K jobs, or 4% of workforce but none from newsrooms, as it beats targets with Q3 net income of $286M, down from $293M in Q3 2015 — Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.N) (TRI.TO) third-quarter earnings beat analyst expectations on Tuesday and the company said it would cut jobs worldwide …

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Lauren Johnson / Adweek:

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti says Tasty reaches more people than BuzzFeed site alone, claims BuzzFeed would be much bigger if comScore tracked its mobile stats — Ten years ago, BuzzFeed pioneered viral news and branded content with popular listicles and quizzes.

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Discovery Communications and MLB's BAMTech form streaming video technology provider, BAMTech Europe, to cater to the continent's broadcasters and OTT providers — Discovery Communications has linked arms with Major League Baseball's BAMTech in a pact under which they are forming BAMTech Europe …

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David Lieberman / Deadline:
Discovery reports Q3 earnings with net income of $219M, down 21.5% YoY, on revenues of $1.56B and EPS of $0.36, falling below Wall Street expectations

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