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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
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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
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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
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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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The Verge, Gizmodo and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
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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