Mediagazer: MoviePass is “exploring the possibility of relaunching soon” after a bankruptcy judge granted co-founder Stacy Spikes ownership of the company (Jason Guerrasio/Insider)

2:20 PM ET, November 11, 2021

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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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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

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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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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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.

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 …

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 …

New York Times:

Sources: the US DOJ and SEC have opened investigations into Ozy Media, and federal prosecutors have been contacting companies that have had dealings with Ozy — The Justice Department and the S.E.C. have contacted companies that discussed investing in the Silicon Valley media business.

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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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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 …

Ben Bold / CampaignUK:

UK's Channel 4 and Instagram launch You Do You, the “first real-time social reality series”, broadcast on Instagram via Channel 4's Reels, Stories, and videos — Produced by broadcaster's branded entertainment team at 4Studio. — Channel 4 and Instagram have teamed up to produce …

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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at Earth Journalism Network, which supports environmental journalism in developing countries, at COP26, to which it brought reporters from 15 countries — GLASGOW — At 2pm UK time on Monday, shortly before Barack Obama took the stage at the COP26 climate summit for a speech …

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