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5:15 PM ET, October 13, 2022

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David Bauder / Associated Press:
NBC reporter Dasha Burns draws criticism for saying Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman was bad at small talk when his closed-captioning device was off  —  An NBC News correspondent who interviewed Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman says an on-air remark …
Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99/month in the US and debut on November 3 in 12 countries, offering most titles, at up to 720p, and without downloads  —  Starting in November, Netflix will finally roll out its new ad-supported tier for just a few bucks a month …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
How Netflix plans to fight slowing growth, including via an ad-supported tier; Netflix accounts for ~8% of all TV viewership in the US, the most of any network
Hamish McKenzie / On Substack:
Instead of other newsletter platforms, Substack should be compared to services giving creators direct relationships with fans, like Shopify, Twitch, and Patreon  —  Or the creator economy, for that matter  —  When we started Substack in 2017, we told people that we made it simple to start a paid subscription publication.
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Max Read / Read Max:
Ex-Gawker EIC Max Read reviews his Substack newsletter after a year, with no Twitter presence: 13,185 subscribers, 926 paying, and a $50K annualized revenue
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
TikTok announces Showtimes, an ad format that lets movie studios post full trailers as well as direct users to local theater information and ticketing partners  —  TikTok is kicking off its annual product event with a set of announcements, including a feature aimed at studio movie marketers called Showtimes on TikTok.
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
How negligence by Bolsonaro's government may have enabled the murder of UK journalist Dom Phillips in Brazil, including by letting poachers thrive in the Amazon  —  My friend Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira were shot dead in the Amazon.  I traveled deep into the forest to find out why.
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
AMC Networks expands AMC+ to Spain, South Korea, and India, and says the company has nearly 11M global paying customers, on track to hit 20M to 25M by 2025  —  AMC Networks has rolled out localized versions of its subscription streaming service AMC Plus to a handful of countries in Europe and Asia …
Discussion: Digital TV Europe, Thanks:@matthewkeyslive
Todd Spangler / Variety:
MoffettNathanson: Netflix released a record 1,026 original TV episodes in Q3 2022, compared to Prime Video's 223, Hulu's 194, Disney+'s 140, and WBD's 114  —  Netflix has taken peak TV to a new peak.  —  In a data point sure to fuel more quantity-versus-quality debate …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The UK's Channel 4 buys artworks by Adolf Hitler, Pablo Picasso, and others, planning to let a studio audience decide if comedian Jimmy Carr should destroy them  —  Ian Katz says new show, Art Trouble, celebrates the channel's tradition of ‘iconoclasm and irreverence’
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google over its ad business in early 2023, putting the company at risk of its fourth €1B+ fine  —  Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google could face antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, with EU regulators frustrated …
North Carolina Local News Lab Fund:
The North Carolina Local News Lab Fund announces a $1.05M gift from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust; most of the funds will go to general operating grants  —  Transformational gift positions the NC Local News Lab Fund to scale its impact and investments in an accessible news and information ecosystem in North Carolina.
 
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Chris Sutcliffe / The Drum:
World Federation of Advertisers and Ebiquity study: 29% of the world's biggest advertisers aim to cut spending in 2023 and 40% aim to maintain marketing budgets
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Spain's soccer league La Liga secures a court order to freeze millions of dollars in Qatar-owned beIN Media Group assets over unpaid broadcast-rights payments
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
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