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1:05 AM ET, November 3, 2022

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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times reports Q3 revenue up 7.6% YoY to $547.7M, operating profit up 9.3% YoY to $51M, and 9.33M total subscribers, including 180K new digital subs
 
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Brodie Fenlon / CBC News:
Canada's CBC announces plans to close its Beijing bureau, details its earlier expulsion from Moscow after 44 years, and finalizes a two-person bureau in Mumbai
Ashley Cullins / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount will pay $7.25M, on top of $14.75M, and Leslie Moonves will pay $2.5M to shareholders to resolve the NY AG's probe into Moonves misconduct allegations
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Source: Nexstar laid off 30 to 40 employees at The CW on November 1, its first staffing overhaul since acquiring the network from WBD and Paramount on October 3
New York Times:
A US judge blocking the Penguin-Simon & Schuster deal thwarts further consolidation and offers little clarity about the future of the companies or publishing
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount reports Q3 global streaming subscribers reached nearly 67M, up from 63.7M+ in Q2, and 46M Paramount+ subscribers, up from 43.3M in Q2
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Amazon VP of Music Steve Boom on running the unit, expanding benefits for Prime members, working with labels, the music industry, podcasts, and more
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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