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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
HBO and HBO Max won 37 awards at the 74th Emmy Awards, while Netflix won 26, Hulu eight, Apple TV+ seven, NBC seven, Disney+ six, and Amazon Prime Video six — The combined HBO and HBO Max surged past rival Netflix in this year's overall Emmys tally, winning a dozen prizes tonight for a total …
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Bloomberg:
The New York Times offered branded lunchboxes to welcome workers back to the office, as 1,200+ employees work from home to protest stalled contract negotiations — Hundreds of New York Times Co. employees are working from home this week in defiance of the company's renewed return-to-office push.
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
The Verge launches a redesign with a “modern newsfeed experience”, including links to other sites, alongside a new logo, typefaces, comment system, and more — Revolutionizing the media with blog posts … We've got a whole new Verge for you today. Radically new.
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Wall Street Journal:
Internal Meta research: Instagram users spend 17.6M hours/day on Reels vs. TikTok's 197.8M hours/day; only 20% of Instagram's ~11M US creators post on Reels — Reels faces formidable competition from the leading short-video platform; creators follow the views
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Liz Schwartz / Shorenstein Center:
Brian Stelter joins the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard as the Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that Brian Stelter will join …
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Twitter begins rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab to Twitter Blue subscribers on iOS, including access to popular podcasts and themed audio stations — Twitter has begun rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab. Starting today, Twitter Blue members on iOS can check out the new interface element through …
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TechCrunch and @twitterblue, more at Techmeme »
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit, which moderates ads, and central integrity team, which moderates posts; the team will have ~3,000 people — Meta is merging its business integrity unit, the team that moderates ad content, with its central integrity team …
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@sarafischer, more at Techmeme »
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel says, as “the largest arms dealer”, he sees no content spending slowdown and “premium content is a requirement” for streaming services — “Premium content is a requirement for all of these services,” the Endeavor CEO says of the demand …
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Deadline, Too Much TV Newsletter, The Wrap and Bloomberg
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku updates its OS, adding a short-form content hub, refreshes its $30 Roku Express streaming player, and launches a $130 Roku Wireless Bass subwoofer — Roku unveiled a software update to its streaming operating system — OS 11.5 — that among other features will introduce a new section …
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Roku, @henshaw, TechCrunch, @aagave, ScreenRant, Cord Cutters News, The Streamable and The Verge
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Universal launches Virgin Music Group, including Virgin Music Label & Artist Services, Ingrooves Music Group, and the newly acquired Mtheory Artist Partnerships — Universal Music Group has announced the launch of the Virgin Music Group, a new global division comprised …
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Billboard and Music Business Worldwide
Antoinette Siu / Digiday:
WARC: global podcast advertising spend has grown from $806M in 2018 to $2.6B in 2022, and host-read ads account for the largest share of ad spend in audio — At a time when advertising across many sectors is slowing down, podcast and audio investments might remain strong in the next year.
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@digiday
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
TCG invests $100M in Night Capital, co-founded by Mr. Beast's manager Reed Duchscher, which plans to buy DTC businesses and pair them with top online creators — Reed Duchscher, the manager of the YouTube megastar “Mr. Beast,” is teaming up with the investment firm TCG to bankroll businesses led by online creators.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Activist investor Daniel Loeb backs off his proposal for Disney to sell ESPN, citing a “better understanding” of the company's “growth and innovation plans” — Activist investor Daniel S. Loeb of Third Point has backed off his proposal from last month for Disney …
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Observer, @bradsling, The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg and Deadline
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