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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Netflix plans to test a 48-hour free weekend in India, dubbed StreamFest and scheduled for Dec. 4, and may bring the promotion to other countries later — The streaming service is looking to first test a free weekend in India. — Netflix is looking to promote its service …
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $6.44B, up 22.7% YoY, vs $6.38B est., and 2.2M paid net adds in Q3 vs 6.8M in Q3'19 and 10.1M in Q2'20; stock down ~5% after hours — - It's the first report since longtime Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos was promoted to co-CEO.
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Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed; Katzenberg told others he may shut down the company — Jeffrey Katzenberg may be nearing the end of the road with his mobile video streaming service Quibi.
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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:
Variety EIC Claudia Eller returns after a 5-month leave and will hold that role through summer 2022; Cynthia Littleton, her successor, to be co-editor-in-chief — Variety Editor in Chief Claudia Eller will resume her role on Oct. 26 following an almost five-month leave …
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Steven Perlberg / Digiday:
The Atlantic has new NY offices and had record subscriptions but is stuck in a long CEO selection process and has been posting losses since its staff expansion — During a rambling press conference last month, U.S. president Donald Trump blasted the Atlantic as “a second-rate magazine,” …
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@ckrewson, @ron_fournier, @perlberg, @scottnover, @bgrueskin and @raju
Thornton McEnery / New York Post:
Sources: Mike Bloomberg discussed a SPAC deal with Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings to take Bloomberg LP public; Bloomberg spokesman denies talks — Michael Bloomberg has been in talks to take his media empire public through an entity controlled by billionaire Bill Ackman, The Post has learned.
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Hamilton Nolan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Elite news outlets like WaPo are the most vulnerable orgs when powerful people no longer care how they get covered, a shift that threatens democracy — This month we learned that Tesla, a $400 billion public company run by one of the richest people in the world, has done away …
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Alana Wise / NPR:
Debate commission announces new rule where only the candidate with the floor will have an open mic during new two minute sessions of uninterrupted speaking time — The Commission on Presidential Debates announced changes to the debate rules ahead of Thursday's final presidential debate.
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Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request:
Elite news media outlets in the US are being torn apart by their own squabbles and destined to abandon the century-long tradition of non-partisan journalism — In what's becoming a Pull Request tradition, this is a companion piece to an interview of Martin Gurri, the great prophet of the media revolt.
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Pinterest adds Salaam Coleman Smith, former top exec of Disney's ABC Family and president of NBCUniversal's Style Media, to its board of directors — - Former Disney executive Salaam Coleman Smith joins board — Pinterest Inc. has added media industry veteran Salaam Coleman Smith …
Mike Madarasz / Digiday:
Jim Cooper named editor-in-chief of Digiday, which he joined in June as managing editor — Quality over quantity is a core value at Digiday Media. We're relentlessly focused on making sure that comes through in everything that we do and oftentimes, that starts with our editorial coverage and design.
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Talking Biz News, @joshsternberg, @nickfriese, @jasonlynch and @jcoopernyc
Jasper Craven / Battle Borne:
After it shut down last week, a look back at NYT's At War, which launched in 2009 as a successor to Baghdad Bureau blog, as pubs scale back coverage of US wars — When The New York Times established “At War” as a blog in 2009, it represented a radical new approach to reporting on conflict, and what comes after it.
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@peternickeas, @halbritz, @valerieinsinna, @carolinecbaxter, @jimgolby, @cjchivers and @wesleysmorgan
John Eggerton / Multichannel News:
With affiliate fees falling, C-SPAN is allowing ads on its YouTube channel, podcasts, and website, and is considering launching ad-supported virtual channels — Multichannel News is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.
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@pdad, The Desk and The Streamable
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ViacomCBS promotes Pluto TV CEO Tom Ryan to president and CEO of ViacomCBS Streaming, overseeing the future Paramount+ and Pluto TV — ViacomCBS has restructured its streaming operations with a global lens: Tom Ryan, currently CEO of Pluto TV, will assume the role of president and CEO …
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Quibi is now available to stream natively on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV devices, but not on Roku or gaming consoles — After debuting exclusively on iPhone and Android, Quibi has slowly expanded to more platforms. In May, the company added AirPlay and then Cast support …
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