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Adam Mosseri says Instagram will roll back some recent changes after a week of mounting criticism, including temporarily reducing the number of recommendations — Say goodbye to the full-screen feed, and at least some of those recommendations — for now. Adam Mosseri explains why
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As advertisers struggle with Reels, Meta tries to ease them into the format, including, sources say, by encouraging them to test their video ads on TikTok first — Reels — the short videos that Facebook and Instagram are pushing — are getting more popular, parent company Meta Platforms Inc. says.
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Brian Welk / The Wrap:
The HFPA plans to sell the Golden Globes to CEO Todd Boehly's Eldridge Industries, which will create a company to manage the assets; the charities stay separate — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has shed its non-profit status and agreed to sell the Golden Globes …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube rolls out a new tool that lets creators select up to 60 seconds of any video they posted and turn it into Shorts content, available on Android and iOS — YouTube wants to quickly ramp up the number of short-form “Shorts” videos available on its platform in order to better compete with TikTok.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku misses with Q2 revenue up 18% YoY to $764M, vs. $805.2M est., 200M fewer streaming hours at 20.7B, and 1.8M active accounts added to 63.1M; stock down 25%+ — Roku fell short of Wall Street financial forecasts for the second quarter — and the streaming platform saw the number of hours streamed by customers drop from Q1.
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Kate Aurthur / Variety:
Over 400 TV creators and showrunners demand that Netflix, Disney, WBD, NBCU, Apple, and others publish policies to protect employees in abortion-banning states — On Thursday morning, a collective of more than 400 television creators and showrunners sent a letter to top-level executives at Netflix …
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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Twitter says it received 326 legal demands from governments globally on 349 accounts of verified journalists and news outlets in H2 2021, up 103% from H1 2021 — WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter warned Thursday that governments around the globe are asking the company to remove content or snoop …
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Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Pictures reports Q1 revenue up 41% YoY to $2.64B and profit up 70% YoY to $394M, driven by TV series, licensing, home entertainment, and streaming services — Sony Corp. reported its latest financial results in Tokyo Friday, with revenue at the pictures division soaring 41 percent to $2.64 billion.
The Guardian:
Russia's media watchdog asks a court to cancel the media license of Novaya Gazeta's website for “not providing its editorial statute” within a timeframe — Russia's media watchdog demands registration be declared invalid as independent newspaper vows legal fight
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Nathan Grayson / Washington Post:
As inflation rises and a recession looms, some Twitch streamers in the US are losing promotional deals, forcing them to rely on meager earnings from the service — Listen — Gift Article — Khairi Harris, who goes by the handle “KDotDaGawd” on Twitch, is hanging onto his career as a full-time streamer by a thread.
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple reports Services revenue grew 12% YoY to $19.6B in Q3 2022 and 860M paying subscribers globally across all its services, up from 825M in Q2 2022 — - Apple reported fiscal third-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations for sales and profit but showed slowing growth for the iPhone maker.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Meta begins telling its ~50 US news partners that the company will not renew its three-year deals from 2019 to pay for content in Facebook's News Tab — Meta on Tuesday began telling its news partners in the U.S. that the company no longer plans to pay publishers for their content …
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