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Jason Guerrasio / Insider:
MoviePass is “exploring the possibility of relaunching soon” after a bankruptcy judge granted co-founder Stacy Spikes ownership of the company — - MoviePass cofounder Stacy Spikes has bought back the company. — His bid was approved by a Southern District of New York bankruptcy court judge on Monday.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Universal Music Group says it is creating a “band” called Kingship out of four Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs and plans to feature them in video games, VR, and more — Kingship, consisting of four virtual apes, reimagines the idea of a band — and a brand
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the service is building native video hosting, which would reduce creators' reliance on YouTube — CEO Jack Conte: 'We're building a video product' — This story is part of a group of stories called — Patreon is building a video hosting solution and native player.
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Engadget, @theryanford, @backlon and hotpodnews.com, more at Techmeme »
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
YouTube starts hiding public dislike counts on videos to keep smaller creators from being targeted by dislike attacks, following a test in March
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YouTube Official Blog, @timothyjgraham, @dylanreeve, @carnage4life, @tomwarren, @richleigh, @fivepointsvids, @charlesarthur, @keleftheriou, @ethicalsid, @adamconwayie, @cheevoguides, @tomwarren, @sarahdanielstv, @ericrayweather, @retroity, @brandonbutch, TechCrunch, @tha_rami, The Information, ScreenRant, Waivly, Bloomberg and 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS says viewers watched 166.7B minutes of its programming since September, using the metric associated with streamers to show broadcast TV's continued strength — CBS touts its strength in the metric most associated with streamers, so THR decided to check the network's claims.
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@rickporter and Variety
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
The history of torrent site The Pirate Bay will be made into a six-part TV drama for Swedish public broadcaster SVT, with production starting in fall 2022 — The inception and early years of The Pirate Bay are an intriguing chapter of the Internet's history.
Austin Smith / Alley:
The Alley Group spins out Lede, offering revenue-sharing subscription, newsletter, podcast, and ad tools for journalist-led publishers, with Burt Herman as CEO — Journalist, entrepreneur, and leading thinker on the future of journalism, Burt Herman, driving the vision for new company.
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@ckrewson, @pilhofer, @digidave, @arctictony, @burtherman and @alleyco
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean K-pop management agency Hybe partners with crypto exchange Dunamu to create a US platform for NFTs, including of BTS members, launching next year — Hybe Co., which last week announced a new blockchain business offering digital assets, is already contemplating expanding …
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South China Morning Post, Blockchain News, allkpop and NME
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Streamers are seeking out unscripted TV, including documentaries and reality TV, as a cheaper and popular alternative to the prestige shows they first produced — Netflix has grown into the world's biggest buyer of unscripted programming. Its competitors are following suit.
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@hoff and @lucas_shaw
Lara O'Reilly / Insider:
Sources: the CEO and finance director of Finecast, GroupM's connected-TV ad network, have left the company after an investigation of a whistleblower complaint — - The CEO and finance director at WPP ad agency Finecast have left the company. — The pair had recently been suspended …
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@larakiara
CNBC:
Disney misses Q4 estimates, reporting net income of $160M and revenue of $18.53B, up 26% YoY, and 2.1M new Disney+ subscribers for a total of 118.1M — - Disney reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday after-the-bell. — The company missed Wall Street estimates across the board …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Minute Media, owner of Players' Tribune, acquires Israeli publishing tech company Wazimo, which helps media companies obtain and monetize first-party data — Minute Media, a holding group that owns digital sports and entertainment websites like Players' Tribune and The Big Lead …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Vice suspends Max Clark, a fashion editor at UK's i-D magazine, following accusations by more than a dozen women that he sent sexually inappropriate messages — Exclusive: Max Clark accused of sending inappropriate messages to more than a dozen women — A top executive at one of the UK's …
BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed names Cate Sevilla as HuffPost UK's editor-in-chief; she was previously EIC of the Pool and worked for Google and BuzzFeed UK — Sevilla will oversee HuffPost's entire UK operation comprising lifestyle, entertainment and politics as well as a new shopping team.
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@sambaker, Press Gazette and @catesevilla
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