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5:55 PM ET, November 8, 2022

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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Journalists reassess their use of Twitter as uncertainty surrounds identity verification and its utility for reporting beyond its small ability to drive traffic  —  The complaints, fears and angst surrounding changes at troubled tech giant Twitter began unraveling on its own platform …
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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Bloomberg says it won't pay for staff's Twitter verification and CNN says it's “highly unlikely”; Puck says the cost is an extension of its marketing budget  —  - Twitter is planning to require users to pay to keep their verification.  — Insider asked 14 newsrooms whether …
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney misses on Q4 revenue, up 9% YoY to $20.15B vs. $21.24B est., but adds 12.1M Disney+ subscriptions for a total of 164.2M, vs. 160.45M est.; stock down 6%+  —  - Disney reports earnings after the market closes on Tuesday.  — The company will hold an earnings conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Disney hit 235.7M global streaming subscribers in its Q4, above Netflix's 223.1M in its Q3; Disney+ had 164.2M subscribers, Hulu had 47.2M, and ESPN+ had 24.3M  —  Disney reported results for the final quarter of its 2022 fiscal year today, revealing a total of 164.2 million Disney+ global subscribers …
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Research: Disney+ overtook Hulu as Japan's third largest streamer in Q3, with 3.6M subscribers; Amazon Prime Video has 16.5M subscribers there and Netflix 7M  —  Disney+ was the biggest component of the growth in the Japanese streaming market in the July to September quarter.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix bid on some ATP tennis tour streaming rights but dropped out and has mulled bidding on other sports events or buying low-profile leagues  —  Streaming giant eyes sports like tennis and surfing; Co-CEO Reed Hastings has been wary of rising costs for rights
Jon Keegan / The Markup:
A look at data brokers selling campaigns “comprehensive” profiles on potential voters, including phone geolocation data gleaned from real-time ad auctions  —  Before you got in line on Election Day, the emerging and largely unregulated political tracking industry was able to trace your movements
Yuvraj Malik / Reuters:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue down 1% YoY to $2.48B vs. $2.5B expected, with its Dow Jones unit driving subscription sales, helping partially offset ad weakness  —  News Corp (NWSA.O) missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Tuesday, as a prolonged weakness …
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Robert P. Baird / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of liberal magazine The American Prospect and David Dayen, who helped grow its readership by nearly 50% since taking over as executive editor in 2019  —  How The American Prospect became the magazine of the moment  —  At the end of the eighties, the left wing of the Democratic Party was in bad shape.
 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Live programming from NBC and local TV stations will begin streaming on Peacock Premium Plus on November 30, with all 210 local NBC affiliates on board
Bloomberg:
Sources: with their TikTok contracts expiring soon, UMG, Sony, and Warner Music Group are negotiating for a share of ad revenue and increased royalties
A.J. Katz / Adweek:
Paramount names Megan Marcus as its VP of podcast editorial, where she will oversee CBS News' slate of podcasts
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
An interview with former White House press secretary Jen Psaki about shifting her career into TV news, launching her own show on Peacock in 2023, and more
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