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Hamish McKenzie / On Substack:
Substack co-founder says it's time for a “real alternative” to Twitter, and plans features to let writers and readers “hang out”, show their status, and more — It's time you had your own private social network — If you're into writing and reading …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Facebook expands its Professional Mode, giving all creators globally a chance to earn money with various tools, including Reels Play bonuses and subscriptions — Meta has announced the global expansion of its professional mode profile setting on Facebook to all creators.
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Facebook, @helnzhou, 9to5Mac, Meta and Search Engine Journal, more at Techmeme »
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Source: Puck has nearly 200K subscribers, a ~72% paid subscriber open rate, and its ad revenue grew 500% over 2021, when the outlet operated for three months — The newsletter publisher aims to bring premium ads to the inbox — Since launching last August, the news and entertainment publisher Puck …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $761.4M, vs. $694M est., 21.9B streaming hours, and 2.3M active accounts added; the stock drops 18%+ on weak Q4 guidance — Roku handily topped Wall Street estimates for the third quarter of 2022, as the streaming platform and media company packed …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
CNN confirms Jake Tapper will return to his 4pm weekday time slot with his show, The Lead, after anchoring the 9pm slot through the US 2022 midterm elections — The network had said he would host the show through the midterms, but there was speculation he could have held the slot permanently.
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Adweek, Semafor, New York Post, Mediaite, The Wrap, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, The Hill, The Daily Wire and The Post Millennial
Washington Post:
Internal email: Twitter appears to be rushing out a “high”-risk “Paywalled Video” feature, letting users charge to view their videos, with Twitter taking a cut — The tool would let video creators charge users for access. The team working on it flagged big potential pitfalls.
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
How The Washington Post, NBC News, and SmartNews are preparing for the 2022 US midterms with personalized local news, better content packages, visuals, and more — News apps and aggregators are gearing up for the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8 by rolling out new features to help readers …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
NPR launches NPR+, a paid podcast bundle offering bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks, starting at $8 per month or $96 per year in 34 US locations — NPR launched a paid podcast bundle on Tuesday, giving subscribers access to bonus content, ad-free episodes …
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@gbrumfiel, @robenfarzad, @sarahscire and @jljacobson
Kate Irwin / Decrypt:
Meta is letting select Instagram US creators test a toolkit for minting NFTs and selling them on and off the platform, and says it won't charge fees until 2024 — Instagram will soon have NFT creation and trading tools built in, but in-app purchases will be “subject to applicable app store fees.”
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Crypto Blurt, The Verge, Search Engine Journal, @dangillmor, Engadget, @pbump, TechCrunch and CoinDesk, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast and Charter say their streaming joint venture will be called Xumo, using the name of the free, ad-supported streaming service Comcast acquired in 2020 — Comcast and Charter Communications have settled on Xumo as the name of their streaming platform joint venture …
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CNBC, Engadget, The Streamable, The Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, CNET, Deadline, Next TV, Light Reading and Media Play News
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter Chief Customer Officer Sarah Personette “resigned” after over four years and told ad partners the new administration is committed to brand safety — Sarah Personette, Twitter's chief customer officer who's been with the company for more than four years, is leaving the company …
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New York Times:
Sources: ad holding company IPG has issued a recommendation through its media agencies for clients to pause spending on Twitter because of moderation concerns
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The Guardian:
As digital ad revenue declines, Evgeny Lebedev's The Independent puts 52 roles at risk of redundancy in the UK, 30 of which are in editorial, out of ~240 staff — The online-only publisher saw a fifth consecutive year of profitability in 2021, but said it now needs to cut costs
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@lorumipsum, @frasermatthew, @kierang77 and @adampayne26
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at which media companies are complying with New York City's “good faith” salary transparency law, as some post useless ranges like “$15/hour to $125,000” — Starting Tuesday, New York City employers are required by law to include “a good faith salary range” for every job they post.
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times reports $24.1M in Q3 revenue for The Athletic on a $9.6M loss; the sports outlet has lost nearly $29M in the three quarters post acquisition — NEW YORK, November 2, 2022 - The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today third- quarter 2022 diluted earnings per share …
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@tvgrimreaper, @peterbakernyt, Poynter, @randomblackrain and AdExchanger
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