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Netflix lays off roughly 300 people out of its ~11,000 global employees, with the bulk of the jobs lost in the US, after initial job cuts of 150+ in May 2022 — Layoffs have hit Netflix again, with the streamer letting go of roughly 300 staffers on Thursday, Variety has learned exclusively.
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Sarandos confirms Netflix is talking with potential partners to help launch an ad-supported tier and says the company might build its own ad business later — Streaming giant's Co-CEO Sarandos says the company wants a ‘pretty easy entry to the market’ — CANNES, France …
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The Streamable, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Adweek, The A.V. Club, MacRumors, UPROXX and 9to5Mac
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast and Google have emerged as the top contenders to help Netflix develop an ad-supported tier, and Netflix has discussed ad partnerships with Roku
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@asharma, Slashdot, Search Engine Land, Fast Company, Digital TV Europe, @digitalshields, CNBC, @matt_cochrane7, Adweek, Tubefilter and The Streamable
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Semafor will be ad-supported for “six, 12, maybe 18 months”, add a paywall for most articles, and use talent agents to pair journalists with products and events — - Media executives are hopeful they've learned lessons and streamlined their businesses to weather a potential recession.
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@sherman4949, @hshaban, @ashleevance, @taylorlorenz, bookforum.com and @emilybell
Brian Stelter / CNN:
A look at the 20-year-old SCOTUSblog, founded by husband-and-wife team Tom Goldstein and Amy Howe, who see it as a public service and say it loses ~$400K/year — New York CNN Business — … Where will you be at 10am ET on Thursday? Like tens of thousands of other people …
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@sarahscire, Bloomberg and @brianstelter
Washington Post:
A look at the techniques used in the live broadcasts presenting the House January 6 committee's evidence, produced by former ABC News president James Goldston — The panel probing the Capitol attack is trying to turn its investigative grind into must-see television
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Vanity Fair, @ebboyd, @ebboyd, @ebboyd, @ebboyd, @ebboyd, TMZ.com, The Guardian, @oliverdarcy, NPR, @washingtonpost, @ericuman and CBS News
Peter Kafka / Vox:
Traditional media companies, especially TV, as well as streamers, face a serious threat from TikTok, and seem to be doing little so far to counter or respond — Facebook knows it has a TikTok problem. TV and streamers do, too. — The people who bring you video entertainment …
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@niemanlab, @mattnavarra, Bloomberg, @alexweprin, @sportstvratings, @pkafka, @pkafka, @mattgertz, @joshuaogundu, @ryanlcooper and @rmc031
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Spotify replaces Concert Hub with a Live Events Feed, populated by Ticketmaster, AXS, DICE, Eventbrite, See Tickets, and other partners, for finding tour dates — Spotify has expanded its old Concert Hub and added more features to make it easier to find information and tickets for live events in your location.
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Deadline:
Warner Bros. Discovery acquired the Unprecedented three-part docuseries subpoenaed by the January 6 Committee, set to air on Discovery+ later in summer 2022 — UPDATE: Discovery+ released a trailer for the documentary Unprecedented, featuring footage of Donald Trump and his family …
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The Wrap, New York Times, Variety, CBS News, Variety, Insider, @ntarnopolsky, @sollenbergerrc, Vanity Fair, The A.V. Club and Hollywood Reporter
Politico:
Books by Kellyanne Conway, Bill Barr, and other Trump administration aides are underperforming as they don't have news nuggets and don't appeal to MAGA circles — A year after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows released a tell-all book about his 10 months …
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@owillis, @niubi, @meridithmcgraw, @thekarami, Insider, @dlippman, @michaelkruse, @sarah_boxer and @dlippman
Michael Stahl / TVNewsCheck:
Sources: a staff exodus at Altice's News 12 New Jersey, serving seven Tri-State markets, is due to a toxic workplace and sponsored content overtaking local news — Mass resignations have rocked the editorial staff at News 12 New Jersey. According to three sources close to the situation …
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@tvnewscheck and @michaelrstahl
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
A look at efforts to reduce online advertising's carbon footprint, which, according to a 2018 study, accounts for roughly 10% of the internet's energy usage — Digital ads require a lot of computing power, but the exact amount of electricity they consume is hard to pin down
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@nalanpog, @openx, @ad_association and @raju
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Barb: 19.57M UK households, or 68.5%, had a streaming service subscription in Q1 2022, up almost 500K from Q4 2021; 6.53M had Disney+ and 1.57M had Apple TV+ — STREAMING … BARB's establishment survey for the first quarter of the year reports that the number of U.K. households with access …
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