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Elon Musk says Twitter suffered “a massive drop in revenue” due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, despite doing “everything” to “appease the activists” — Chief of social-media company cites activist groups pressuring advertisers, as many staffers brace to lose jobs
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Twitter lays off about half its staff, sending a “Your Role at Twitter” email to their company account for those staying and personal account for those leaving — Employees said the layoffs came across teams, as Twitter broadly reduced its workforce.
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Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
Elon Musk's focus on Twitter Blue is part of a trend in which consumer tech platforms pivot from advertising in favor of recurring revenue through subscriptions — Tech's marriage of convenience to the ad industry hits the rocks — Request: Please fill out this survey as I think through …
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Jason Guerrasio / Insider:
The US DOJ charges two former MoviePass executives in a securities fraud case for allegedly trying to artificially inflate parent company HMNY's stock price — - Lowe and Farnsworth have been charged in a securities fraud case by the Department of Justice.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shonda Rhimes is among several creators telling Netflix that midroll ads disrupt storytelling; Netflix doesn't plan to share ad revenue with creators — - Shonda Rhimes, the high-powered producer behind “Bridgerton,” is among creators who have told Netflix they feel midroll advertising disrupts …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Hands-on with Netflix's Basic with Ads: most shows have pre-roll ads, the number of mid-roll ads is unpredictable, and many popular shows require a higher tier — Clicking into something on Netflix's new ads tier is a roll of the dice: you never know how many ads you might have to sit through.
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
US Thomson Reuters journalists represented by the NewsGuild vote to authorize a strike if progress isn't made in contract talks, which resume on November 14 — Thomson Reuters Corp. journalists in the US have authorized their union to call a strike against the media company …
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@josheidelson, nyguild.org and Talking Biz News
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: MSNBC decided not to renew its contract with Tiffany Cross, the weekend host of Cross Connection, after executives grew concerned about her commentary — Tiffany Cross, the MSNBC weekend host who was known for running a freewheeling commentary program, is leaving the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet.
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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
Institutional investors like the Knight Foundation should give grants directly to news nonprofits rather than going through intermediaries like the INN and LION — Given limited resources, shouldn't more money go to news orgs directly, even if that means making hard choices?
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: Chris Licht was asked in October to cut $100M, ~10% of CNN's overall budget; proposals for jobs, shows, and other cuts are now under review — A brutal $100 million financial engineering effort begins at CNN. — When Chris Licht became chairman and chief executive of CNN …
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New York Times:
How a Los Angeles police captain helped suppress details of a 2017 police report with sexual assault claims from the 1980s against former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves — A captain in the department, who had moonlighted as a security guard for CBS, disclosed to the network information …
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Fox wins 10-year right to buy an 18.6% stake for $3.72B in sports betting company FanDuel at a $20B valuation, settling a dispute with majority owner Flutter — An arbitrator on Friday reaffirmed Fox Corp's (FOXA.O) right to acquire a nearly one-fifth stake in FanDuel …
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