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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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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 — - Netflix is set to report earnings after the bell Tuesday. — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings — Netflix shares were up more than 2% …
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Queenie Wong / CNET:
Pinterest will release Creator Originals, a content series with over 100 creators across 10 countries, and create a $20M Creator Rewards in the US — The redesigned home feed includes two sections: browse and watch. — Pinterest said Wednesday it's revamping its home feed …
Jeff Kotuby / The Streamable:
Report: Netflix and YouTube had a combined 47% share of “connected TV time spent” in June, down just 2% from January 2020 despite growth in rival services — Netflix and YouTube may be far more dominant than we realize. — According to a report from LightShed Partners …
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William Earl / Variety:
Twitter partners with Variety to launch three Trending TV charts, ranking the most tweeted about 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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AllAccess.com:
Filing: John Malone's Liberty Media sold its entire stake in iHeartMedia, apparently ending Liberty's long-running effort to gain control of the broadcaster — What do you think? Add your comment below. — LIBERTY MEDIA CORP. has sold off its 5,941,248 shares of iHEARTMEDIA Class A Common Stock at $25.25/share.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Discovery is cutting back high-profile projects on Discovery+, 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 …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The three remaining board members of Akron's The Devil Strip launch a $75K GoFundMe campaign to try to keep the publication afloat, after its abrupt demise — Akron, Ohio's “community-owned magazine,” The Devil Strip, gained attention for its unusual business model: It claimed to be the …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
AMC Networks announces an initiative to let advertisers use programmatic ad buying for live TV inventory — AMC Networks wants to make it possible for advertisers to buy time in linear broadcasts of “The Walking Dead” or “Better Call Saul” in the same way they do digital commercial inventory.
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Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Facebook posts an odd thread attacking 30+ unnamed journalists “finishing up a coordinated series of articles based on thousands of pages of leaked documents” — The company decried the use of embargoes to coordinate a coming series of reporting on thousands of pages of leaks, despite regularly using embargoes itself.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook says the News Tab makes up 30% of its news referral traffic for participating publishers and it is testing new News Tab content like local alerts — Facebook is looking to introduce more news products for its News Tab in coming months, including more curated collections around big events …
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