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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Ahead of a walkout by Netflix staff, Ted Sarandos says he “screwed up” internal messaging and acknowledges that “storytelling has real impact in the real world” — Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos s speaking out over continued criticism of the Dave Chappelle comedy special “The Closer.”
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Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
Transgender Netflix employees and allies rallied in Los Angeles to protest Dave Chappelle's new show and to push for trans rights; Chappelle fans showed up too — Transgender Netflix employees and their allies gathered Wednesday morning on Vine Street in Los Angeles to protest …
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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $7.48B, up 16% YoY, operating income of $1.76B, up 33% YoY, and 214M paid subs, adding 4.4M YoY and beating estimates of 3.84M
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Ian Burrell / New Statesman:
NYT's London newsroom expands to 70 editorial staff, rivaling small UK national titles in scale, as some local papers deride its UK coverage as “delusional” — As it rapidly expands its British newsroom, the US newspaper now rivals smaller UK national titles.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify partners with Shopify to let artists list merch on profiles for $29/month to $299/month, starting in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — Spotify on Wednesday announced a new partnership with ecommerce provider Shopify to let artists list merchandise directly on their profiles …
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Aisha Counts / Protocol:
Since May, Google says it has blocked 1.6M messages and restored ~4,000 YouTube influencer accounts affected by a phishing campaign offering fake collaborations — A network of Russian-speaking hackers are phishing YouTube influencers with fake collaboration offers in order to hijack their accounts …
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Brian Ng / Nieman Lab:
A look at free Substack newsletter Dirt, which covers online habits and sells NFTs to fund itself and give token owners a say in coverage — “NFTs are the newest form of digital content. Structurally, that fits with Dirt's scope.” — Writers Daisy Alioto and Kyle Chayka are known …
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Robert Sawyer / Press Gazette:
The Guardian appoints deputy opinion editor and columnist Joseph Harker to the newly created role of senior executive for diversity and development — The Guardian has appointed deputy opinion editor and columnist Joseph Harker as its new senior executive for diversity and development.
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William Earl / Variety:
Twitter partners with Variety to launch three Trending TV charts, ranking the most tweeted TV shows across network TV and streaming — Variety and Twitter have partnered on a unique, first-of-its-kind chart that ranks the most tweeted about TV shows across network television and streaming.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Discovery is cutting back high-profile Discovery+ projects, including an NYT doc on Louis CK; source says the cuts amount to $25M-$35M in costs — - Louis C.K. documentary is among $35 million in cancellations — CEO Zaslav has yet to detail online video plans after merger
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Mubi, a streaming service offering art house movies, launches Mubi Go, which gives US subscribers theater passes to one selected movie per week, starting in NYC — EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi is launching a U.S. in-theater offering this month letting members see one film …
William Turton / Bloomberg:
Sources: the recent ransomware attack against Sinclair is linked to Russian group Evil Corp., which changed names to avoid 2019 US sanctions — - Evil Corp. said to change names to avoid 2019 U.S. sanctions — Broadcaster hit with new ransomware strain called Macaw
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Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
Sources: Thomas Chatterton Williams, who organized “the Harper's Letter” is leaving Harper's and is in talks for a contributing role at The Atlantic — Free speech advocate Thomas Chatterton Williams is leaving Harper's Magazine after the next issue, sources have confirmed to Gawker.
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