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7:01 AM ET, November 3, 2022

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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
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
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Patreon launches a native ad-free video hosting tool for creators, expanding on support for third-party players, available to a select group in beta  —  The update marks a major shift in how creators on Patreon can share video content with fans.  Previously, creators had to upload videos …
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 …
Alex Ritman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Bradley Hope and Tom Wright, former WSJ reporters who wrote Billion Dollar Whale, created the podcast Fat Leonard, which was adapted for TV, and more  —  Bradley Hope and Tom Wright discuss their “global journalism studio and production company” and fast-tracking podcasts to scripted TV.
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 …
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 …
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.
Kate Irwin / Decrypt:
Meta lets select Instagram creators in the US 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.”
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  —  The best journalism results from being on the ground.  That's always CBC's 1st choice. … Journalism is not stenography.
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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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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”
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
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
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
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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