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Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Twitter Blue will soon cost $8/month, with half the ads, ability to post long video and audio, priority in replies, paywall bypass for some publishers, and more — Twitter's current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.
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James Ball / New Statesman:
Elon Musk's plan to monetize Twitter verification risks alienating creators and advertisers while helping accounts spread fake news
Elon Musk's plan to monetize Twitter verification risks alienating creators and advertisers while helping accounts spread fake news
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Twitter is planning to end letting Twitter Blue subscribers access ad-free articles from hundreds of publishers
Sources: Twitter is planning to end letting Twitter Blue subscribers access ad-free articles from hundreds of publishers
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Insider EIC Nicholas Carlson plans to bring the stories of ~60 writers in front of the outlet's paywall, to bring in more traffic against which to sell ads — Insider is planning to restructure its newsroom to bring more content in front of its paywall, Nicholas Carlson, global editor-in-chief of Insider, told Axios.
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The New York Times Company:
The NYT reports The Athletic generated $24.1M in Q3 revenue on a $9.6M loss; the sports outlet has lost nearly $29M in the three quarters since it was acquired — 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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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports Q3 revenue up 7.6% YoY to $547.7M, operating profit up 9.3% YoY to $51M, and reaches 9.3M total subscribers, including 180K new digital subs — The Times recorded an adjusted operating profit of $69 million for the third quarter, up from $65 million in the same period last year.
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 — At least three Twitter executives have left in recent days, as one of the world's largest ad companies said clients should pause spending on the social media platform.
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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
Twitter Chief Customer Officer Sarah Personette “resigned” after over four years and told ad partners the new administration is committed to brand safety
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount reports Q3 global streaming subscribers reached ~67M, up from 63.7M+ in Q2, and 46M+ Paramount+ subscribers, up from 43.3M in Q2 — The Hollywood giant, led by CEO Bob Bakish, reports its third-quarter results. — Paramount Global reached nearly 67 million streaming subscribers worldwide …
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The Streamable, @sherman4949, @sherman4949 and Paramount
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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New York Times:
Julie Powell, who blogged about trying to cook every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, dies at 49; her blog became a book and a movie — She documented her attempt to cook every recipe in Julia Child's “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in a popular blog that became a best-selling book and a hit movie.
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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 — Apple Music raised its rates. Will Amazon Music follow suit? … Steve Boom is the VP of Amazon Music, and he has a great name for the music business.
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Music Ally, @kyweise, @scottlincicome and Music Industry Blog
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Channel 4 renames its VOD service All4 to Channel 4 and plans to bring all its products under the Channel 4 brand, including E4, More4, and 4seven — Channel 4 has decided to rename its VoD player All4 to ... Channel 4. — The 40-year-old network, which has its birthday today …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Dish reports adding 30,000 net pay TV subscribers in Q3, for 10.02M total, down from 10.98M YoY, and gained 214,000 Sling TV subscribers, for a total of 2.41M — The company, led by CEO Erik Carlson and chairman Charlie Ergen, reported its third-quarter results.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Source: Meta plans to end human curation of its UK Facebook News tab, contracted to a team of ~15 journalists at Upday, and switch to an AI system in early 2023 — Meta plans to end human curation of the UK Facebook News tab, turning it into a fully automated product, Press Gazette has learned.
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