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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: Netflix suspended three employees, including a trans employee who criticized Dave Chappelle in a viral tweet, for crashing a top executive meeting — Terra Field, a senior software engineer for the streamer based in San Francisco, was among those suspended late last week for attending the …
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Memo: Ted Sarandos defends Dave Chappelle, saying he is “one of the most popular” comedians and “artistic freedom” is a “different standard” to workplace speech — Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has addressed staff members on the streamer's controversial …
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
RISJ launches the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, which will provide access to experts and professional forums to help newsrooms with climate coverage — The project, funded by the European Climate Foundation, will provide members with unique access to leading experts, forums, and research
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
NYT is testing NYT Audio, an app for its podcasts and audio versions of its articles plus those from other outlets available on NYT-owned Audm — ‘New York Times Audio’ will feature stories from the Times and others in bid to create new destination for listeners
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Politico:
Draft EU Commission proposals, set to be unveiled on Nov. 23, would compel Google and Facebook to share data on how political groups target ads or face fines — Social media companies could face hefty fines if they don't publish detailed information on political ad buyers, according to an EU internal document.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fandango says Facebook has made Vudu the official movie and TV store for Oculus VR headsets — In the mood to watch a movie or binge a TV series via a headset strapped to your face? You're in luck! — Vudu, Fandango's TV and movie digital storefront, is now available in an app …
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The Daily Beast:
ShotSpotter, which detects potential gunshots and alerts police, sues Vice for $300M for defamation over articles questioning its practices and effectiveness — SpotShooter alleged in a new complaint that Vice “deliberately” misrepresented the efficacy and implications of their hidden microphone surveillance systems.
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Patreon's Memberful, which helps manage subscriptions, debuts a newsletter feature that takes a 4.9% cut plus $25/month or $100/month depending on pricing plan — Between Facebook outages and Twitch data breaches, last week was bumpy for social platforms and the creators who build businesses on them.
Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:
Over the past year, three Disney movies, designed to attract Chinese audiences, became embroiled in political controversies in the country — Three films including ‘Shang-Chi’ and ‘Mulan’ have been embroiled in political controversy. Marvel's ‘Eternals’ is the latest.
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Wall Street Journal:
Analysis of leaked data from 4.9M Twitch accounts: the top 1% of streamers made over half of the money paid out in 2021, 3/4 made under $120, and more — The top 1% of paid streamers so far this year got over half of all revenue … Twitch streamer earnings this year
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Diane Haithman / The Wrap:
Alan Horn, chief creative officer and former chairman of Disney Studios Content, announces his retirement effective Dec. 31, after nine years with the company — Disney Studios chief creative officer Alan Horn will retire from the post effective Dec. 31 after nine years with the company, Horn announced Monday.
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Netflix projects a “steady pace” of programming through 2022, after blaming COVID-related production delays for subscriber growth slowdown in H1 — Video streamer blamed first-half drop in subscriber growth on Covid-related production delays — Netflix is on track to deliver a …
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