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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Netflix COO says the company is “open to licensing large game IP”; job listings hint it may launch Fortnite-like live service games with regular content updates — Two months after launching mobile games to all of its members, Netflix is looking to double down on gaming …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $7.71B, up 16% YoY, net income of $607M, 222M paid subscribers, and $30B in 2021 revenue, up 19%; stock down 20%+ on weak guidance — Netflix ended 2021 with a slightly lower-than-expected subscriber gain in the fourth quarter, and its stock took a dive with a weak Q1 outlook.
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Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Netflix stock fell 41% from a November high as US subscriber numbers hit maturity, forcing it to rely on developing markets and verticals like gaming for growth — New York (CNN Business)Just like its comedy film “Don't Look Up,” the sky may be falling for Netflix.
John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America:
OANN owner Robert Herring Sr. releases a video acknowledging that AT&T is dropping the network and urges viewers to ask other cable providers to carry OANN — Earlier this week, my colleague Bobby Lewis looked at One America News Network's future after the deranged conspiracy theory channel was dropped by AT&T / DirecTV.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
John Harris reminisces about the early days of Politico on its 15th anniversary and argues that media institutions need to reclaim their agenda-setting power — As we approached the 15th anniversary of POLITICO, I plunged into old files expecting to find a lot that would make me cringe.
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Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Google files to dismiss state AGs' antitrust lawsuit and says in a blog post that allegations of ad auction collusion with Facebook are “more heat than light” — A lawsuit by states attorneys general fails to provide evidence of anticompetitive behavior, the company says
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BBC News has the biggest news account on Instagram, with 20M followers, which it says regularly drives 700K+ clicks weekly to its website, 5x more than in 2019 — BBC News crossed 20m followers on Instagram in December - the first news account in the world to do so.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Journalists covering the Olympics plan to use burner phones and laptops as they assume total surveillance by the government intent on controlling China's image — Journalists covering the Winter Olympics next month say they'll do their work in Beijing on brand-new cellphones and laptops.
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Andy Hall / ESPN Front Row:
ESPN, which planned to send four reporters to the Winter Olympics in China, says it won't send any personnel due to COVID-19 concerns and related restrictions
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Nielsen: in 2021, the most-viewed on-demand TV show in the US was Criminal Minds on Netflix, with CoComelon second; the most-viewed movie was Luca on Disney+ — Netflix has pumped billions of dollars into original programming — but overall, its library of older licensed TV shows far …
Reuters:
Myanmar police arrest three people working for independent news outlet Dawei Watch without giving a reason — Myanmar's military has arrested three people working for the independent news portal Dawei Watch, an editor at the publication said on Thursday, the latest detentions under …
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Ted Gioia / The Honest Broker:
MRC Data: in 2021, songs over 18 months old represented 69.8% of the US streaming market, up from 65.1% in 2020 — All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs—how did we get here, and is there a way back? — I had a hunch that old songs were taking over music streaming platforms …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Docs from Congress' January 6 committee show Sean Hannity texted advice for Trump on January 7, 2021, to then WH press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, now at Fox — The Fox News host Sean Hannity had some blunt advice for President Donald J. Trump on Jan. 7, 2021: “No more stolen election talk.”
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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Meta's content moderators seem unable to distinguish Sri Lankan outlet Tamil Guardian from the long-defunct Tamil Tigers, highlighting risks to press freedom — Facebook's Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, a vast library of secret rules limiting the online speech of billions …
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