Top News:
Dawn Chmielewski / Forbes:
Profile of Reed Hastings as Netflix thrives during the pandemic, adding ~1M subscribers/month in the US and Canada and another 2M/month globally since March — The man responsible for keeping the world entertained does so, at least this day, alone in front of a computer screen, in his son's largely unadorned childhood bedroom.
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, The Streamable, Variety, @forbes, @forbes, @sherman4949 and @jbflint, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Interview with Reed Hastings, on the future of Hollywood, the US election and social media, his new book about Netflix's aggressive company culture, and more
Interview with Reed Hastings, on the future of Hollywood, the US election and social media, his new book about Netflix's aggressive company culture, and more
Discussion:
@firstadopter, @nytimes, @mwanikih, @yashar, @mjasay, @wsj, The Verge, @firstadopter, @claudferraz, @jbflint, @maureendowd and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett names Mayur Gupta to the newly created position of chief marketing and strategy officer as the newspaper chain focuses on attracting digital subscribers — Covid-19 crisis hurts advertising revenue, as challenges grow for company's local markets — Gannett Co. has named Mayur Gupta …
Discussion:
The Media Nut
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Tribune Publishing, which announced the closure of Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis last month, barred staff from holding a farewell event at the building — In Annapolis, the roots of the Annapolis Capital and Maryland Gazette newspapers date to the Gazette's founding in 1727.
Matthew Doran / ABC:
Two correspondents for Australia's ABC and Australian Financial Review rushed out of China on Monday after diplomatic standoff and police demands for interviews — The ABC and Australian Financial Review have rushed their China correspondents out of the country after police demanded interviews …
Discussion:
New York Times, The Guardian, South China Morning Post, Australian Financial Review, 2GB, @erinwatsonlynn, @luke_j_obrien, CNN, @antd, @andrewbgreene, @clairlemon, @tanvi_madan, @nadiasdaly, Financial Times, @benjaminbland, @annafifield, @louisabokchoi, @kevinkfyam, @breditor, @jamesmassola, @pjd_defstudies, @arielbogle, @janisfrayer, @conorduffynews, Axios, Reuters, Raw Story, news.com.au, The West Australian, Yahoo News, 9News, Bloomberg, Sydney Morning Herald, Associated Press and Japan Times
Tom Pritchard / Gizmodo UK:
Gizmodo UK's editor says it will cease operations on September 9 after Future Publishing decided to stop licensing the brand from G/O Media — Gizmodo UK began life towards the end of September in 2011, almost nine years ago now. That was a time when smartphones were still novelties …
Discussion:
Digiday, GameRevolution, Comic Book, Kotaku Australia, DualShockers, GamesIndustry.biz, @pressgazette, @jwhitbrook, @mikebutcher, @toadsanime, @tepritchard, @tepritchard and Kotaku UK, Thanks:@matthewkeyslive
RELATED:
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Disney faces criticism for thanking a Chinese bureau tied to Uyghur concentration camps and four other Chinese propaganda departments in the credits for Mulan — Disney's “Mulan” remake is facing scrutiny after its credits thanked the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security …
Damien Spry / The Conversation:
ACCC's proposal that Google and Facebook pay for news won't work because it misunderstands digital advertising, where content is secondary to audience targeting — Google and Facebook have threatened to limit or remove news services for Australian users, in response to the Australian Competition …
Discussion:
The Guardian, Digiday and MediaNama
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Stars and Stripes ombudsman says he reckons three years of Trump's anti-press messaging emboldened Pentagon members to cut funding for the independent outlet — For more than six months now, the future of Stars and Stripes—a military newspaper that is owned by, yet editorially independent from …
Discussion:
San Francisco Chronicle and Wall Street Journal
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's JPI Media is creating ~24 new jobs for its new central digital content team and cutting 20-30 editorial jobs as its focus shifts to online readership — Yorkshire Post and Scotsman owner JPI Media is planning to cut up to 30 jobs in its community and design teams as it shifts focus further onto content …
Discussion:
HoldtheFrontPage
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Discovery to acquire the free-to-air TV business of New Zealand's largest independent commercial broadcaster MediaWorks and its streaming service ThreeNow — The deal, financial terms of which weren't disclosed, includes streaming service ThreeNow and will boost the company's holdings in the country to eight free-to-air channels.
Discussion:
WORLD SCREEN, @thr and Digital TV Europe
Joshua Yaffa / New Yorker:
Compared to the likes of Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Donald Trump, the perceived menace of disinfo from Russian trolls far surpasses its actual reach — The spectre of foreign manipulation looms over the coming election. But in focussing on the tactics of the aggressors we overlook our weaknesses as victims.
Discussion:
@arictoler, @wiczipedia, @peterpomeranzev and @akinunver
Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. TV exec Susan Rovner to head entertainment programming at NBCUniversal, overseeing NBC, Peacock, and cable networks USA, Syfy, Bravo, Oxygen, E! — The Warner Bros. TV exec, who was considered the heir apparent to Peter Roth, will report directly to Mark Lazarus and be on equal footing …
Discussion:
MediaPost, Los Angeles Times, Variety, @snoodit and The Wrap