Mediagazer: Netflix UK reports revenue of £172M in 2020, up 43% YoY, and pre-tax profits of £19.4M, up 50% YoY, and ~2M new subscribers, for an estimated total of 13M (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)

2:25 PM ET, October 15, 2021

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Missouri's governor vows to prosecute a reporter he labeled a hacker after the reporter alerted the state to a website flaw that exposed teachers' SSNs — On Tuesday, a reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch alerted the state that Social Security numbers of school teachers and administrators …

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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:

Alden's treatment of outlets is utterly predatory; rivals like Stewart Bainum's all-digital Baltimore Banner, to launch next year, could provide an alternative — The Tribune Tower rises above the streets of downtown Chicago in a majestic snarl of Gothic spires and flying buttresses that were designed to exude power and prestige.

Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft is shutting down the Chinese version of LinkedIn and replacing it with a job board stripped of social media features or news — LinkedIn cites challenging operating environment, as retreat marks the biggest departure from China by a major tech company in years

David Bauder / Associated Press:

News Leaders Association extends deadline for its newsroom staff diversity survey to October 31, after receiving less than 250 responses when it wants 1,500 — NEW YORK (AP) — More than a year after George Floyd's killing focused attention on efforts to diversify newsrooms, the ability to measure real progress is proving elusive.

Discussion: @ap, @marissaaevans, @alexanderrusso, @webjournalist, @niemanlab, @kmtorralva, @delanomassey, @emmacarew, @rasmus_kleis, @sciwrialicia, @kaitwells, @laelaps and @devishastri

Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:

Axios HQ, Axios' SaaS tools to teach companies to write in its short style, has earned $1M from licensing, $2M from professional services, and has 150 clients — Axios has spun up a seven-figure software licensing business in less than a year. — In February, Axios launched Axios HQ …

Brent Lang / Variety:

IATSE, the union representing backstage movie and TV workers, says that unless an agreement is reached, its 60K members will go on strike starting October 18 — Negotiations to prevent a strike that could bring the film and television production business to its knees are going down to the wire.

Discussion: The Wrap, @theryank, @ashleyn1cole, Vulture, @iatse, The Guardian and Hollywood Reporter

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

A look at OneLog, which lets readers use a single login across some of the largest Swiss media websites and expects to reach 2M active accounts by 2022 — OneLog brings together some of the largest and most trusted Swiss media companies. Their single sign-on solution will reach 2 million active accounts …

Discussion: @joonian, @niemanlab, What's New in Publishing, @risj_oxford, @jayrosen_nyu and @pilhofer

Nikki Usher / Nieman Lab:

With two-thirds of NPR's stations licensed to colleges, which are vulnerable to culture wars, stronger walls between license-holders and newsrooms are needed — For many who are concerned about declines in local news, shoring up the existing journalism infrastructure for public media in communities seems like a no-duh solution.

Discussion: @nikkiusher, @nicdawes, @laurahazardowen, @brockewturner, @laurahazardowen, @laurahazardowen, @charlesornstein, @nikkiusher, @davidfolkenflik, @nikkiusher and @laurahazardowen

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

Netflix UK reports revenue of £172M in 2020, up 43% YoY, and pre-tax profits of £19.4M, up 50% YoY, and ~2M new subscribers, for an estimated total of 13M — Streaming company adds 2 million UK subscribers in 2020 and vows to pay more tax — Netflix paid just £4m …

Discussion: @m_paulmcnamara, @clairemilleruk and @jimwaterson, more at Techmeme »

Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter:

Netflix to launch the Netflix Book Club on November 16 featuring Facebook and YouTube videos highlighting books it is adapting — Netflix has unveiled a virtual book club that will highlight titles it's adapting into series and films. — Netflix Book Club content will be hosted by Orange …

Discussion: @simonowens

Ian Mohr / Page Six:

NYT's Michael Grynbaum sells Empire of the Elite, a book on the history of Condé Nast, to Simon & Schuster — The New York Times' Michael Grynbaum has sold a book on the history of Condé Nast to Simon & Schuster, Page Six has exclusively learned. — The tome will be called “Empire of the Elite.”

Discussion: @grynbaum

Ax Sharma / Ars Technica:

A US hacker says he built a network of “news” sites and Facebook Groups in 2015 to push bogus stories after a company hired him to “stop Hillary Clinton” — He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. — This is the story of the mastermind behind …

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