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IATSE and AMPTP reach a deal, avoiding a strike that would have shut film and TV production; new contract needs to be ratified by IATSE members — EXCLUSIVE: With Hollywood on edge and picket signs at the ready, IATSE and the AMPTP have reached an agreement on a new film and TV contract, averting a threatened nationwide strike.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Internal document: Netflix estimates Squid Game will create almost $900M in value for the company; 87M viewers finished the series in the first 23 days — More than 130 million people have watched the Korean show — Netflix estimates that its latest megahit, “Squid Game,” …
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Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Netflix fires a leader of the trans employee resource group who was organizing a walkout, for allegedly leaking metrics related to the Dave Chappelle special — The company suspects they leaked metrics about the Dave Chappelle special to the press — Netflix has fired a leader …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Leaked Netflix documents of metrics evaluating shows indicate $24.1M spent on Chappelle's The Closer vs. $21.4M on Squid Game
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Docs show Axel Springer faced claims that Bild's workplace culture mixed sex, journalism, and company cash; Axios' Jim VandeHei says merger talks were sneaky — A high-flying German media giant is ahead on digital media but seems stuck in the past when it comes to the workplace and deal-making.
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Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer CEO details plans for Politico, including expanding staff from 900 to 1,000, publishing in several languages, and eventually adding a paywall — Axel Springer, whose $1 billion acquisition of Politico is expected to close next week, also eyes foreign-language editions
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@mattdpearce, @jimwaterson, @armandondk, @lisamccray, @laurawags, @kendrawrites, @tomwrightasia, The Future of Media …, @laurawags, @mcbyrne, @adriana_lacy, @timmarchman, @tysonbrody, @keitholbermann, @jamespindell, @drewsav, @evanasmith, @jonbernhardt, @mattdpearce, @evale72, @sewellchan, @richardgrenell and @mikertrice
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Analysis: Apple Search Ads now account for 58% of iOS app installs from an ad click, up from 17% a year ago; Apple to earn $5B from its ads business in FY 2021 — iPhone maker's share of mobile app advertising market has tripled in six months — Apple's advertising business has more than tripled …
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Priyanjana Bengani / Columbia Journalism Review:
Metric Media, a pink slime operation of 1,200+ local US “news” sites, has ties to founders of the Tea Party movement, Donors Trust, and other right-wing groups — This is the first part of a two-part investigation. The second piece can be found here.
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@cjr, @dangillmor, @kevinloker, @emilybell, @anelsona, @emilybell and Columbia Journalism Review
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
TV broadcasts for Sinclair-owned channels were disrupted on Sunday; stations blame technical issues, while sources say there was a ransomware attack — TV broadcasts for Sinclair-owned channels have gone down today across the US in what the stations have described as technical issues …
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Awful Announcing and @sarafischer
Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal:
A look at YouTube's in-house creator partnerships team, which has over 1,000 employees across 45 countries offering advice and guidance to about 12,000 creators — The site has spent more than a decade building an in-house agency for digital superstars, drawing ad sales, sponsorships and other revenue
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@rkyncl, @djtgallagher, @susanwojcicki, @jfest, @tarawlevy, @anthony and Tubefilter
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Disney shares briefly rose ~3% on Friday after a Puck report said the company might spin off ESPN; a Disney source later said the story was inaccurate — Shares of Disney jumped as much as 3 percent Friday after a report said the company was considering a spinoff of its ESPN sports networks.
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Netflix leases LA's historic Bay Theater, which closed for the pandemic, and will reopen it starting October 22 for special events and screenings of its films — The deal expands the streamer's ability to screen its movies on the big screen during awards season, as well as helping struggling cinemas to stay open.
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Joshua Dudley / Inverse:
A look at the early days of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim from the creators of its first four shows, and how the idea for a late-night animated block got started — Twenty years ago, it changed animation forever. Here's the unlikely true story. — The story of how voice actor Dana Synder got …
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