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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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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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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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@drfrancesryan, The Guardian and @rasmus_kleis
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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@jenp, @sarahrosen, @variety and Adweek
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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Insider and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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.
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 …
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Superplastic, which owns an animated collab house of “synthetic superstars” on social media, raises a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $38M — A company from the creator of Ello and Kidrobot is announcing a new $20 million funding round to build out an imagined virtual world populated …
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Fast Company and VentureBeat
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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@newsynick and @lucas_shaw
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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Spiegel Online:
Sources: the sacking of Bild EIC Julian Reichelt came after years of questionable conduct and Axel Springer showed no interest in disciplining him — The sacking of Julian Reichelt, the editor-in-chief of Germany's top tabloid, only came after years of questionable conduct.
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@ddiamond, @heathermallick, Columbia Journalism Review, @danieldrepper, @markdistef, @benyt, @benyt and @benyt
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