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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO but plans to stay on as executive chair; the company promotes COO Greg Peters to co-CEO with Ted Sarandos — Streaming company names new leadership as it looks to reset after ‘tough year’ in 2022 — Reed Hastings is stepping …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q4 revenue up 1.9% YoY to $7.85B, $55M net income, down from $607M YoY, 231M paid memberships, adding 7.66M subscribers vs. 4.57M expected — - Netflix is scheduled to report fourth quarter earnings after the bell. — The streaming service's new ad-supported service will be in focus.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Netflix's ad-supported tier is off to a “solid” start, says new co-CEO Greg Peters; CFO Spence Neumann estimates the ad tier will be about 10% of future revenue — Netflix's landmark entry into ad-supported streaming, which began last November, is off to a “solid” …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix plans to roll out paid password sharing “more broadly” in Q1 2023 and expects some “cancel reaction” before an improvement in overall company revenue
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The Verge:
Source: CNET owner Red Ventures has used AI tools like Wordsmith to write stories for at least a year and a half, causing unease amid layoffs and restructuring — Fake bylines. Content farming. Affiliate fees. What happens when private equity takes over a storied news site and milks it for clicks?
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder, who has 5.94M subscribers on the platform, feuds with Ben Shapiro's The Daily Wire, which offered him a $50M four-year deal — Right-wing blowhard Steven Crowder is accusing Ben Shapiro's media empire of being in bed with Big Tech—fighting words that have ignited a heated public dispute.
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Horowitz Research:
Horowitz Research: 71% of password sharers would pay full price for Netflix, 51% for HBO Max, 49% for Amazon Prime Video, 47% for Disney+, and 46% for Hulu — As Netflix cracks down on password sharing, a new study by Horowitz Research suggests that the decision may not spell doom and gloom for the service.
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Chris Stokel-Walker / Nature:
Journal editors, researchers, and publishers are debating the place of AI tools like ChatGPT in published literature and whether they should be cited as authors — Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance journalist in Newcastle, UK. — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
New Mexico prosecutors charge Alec Baldwin and the armorer of the movie “Rust” with involuntary manslaughter for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' on-set death — New Mexico prosecutors said they are filing felony criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin and the armorer …
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CNBC:
Sources: Vice Media restarts its sale process, after bidders balked at the initial price tag, and is likely to fetch under $1B; Vice was valued at $5.7B in 2017 — - Vice Media is restarting its sale process after earlier interested bidders balked at the initial price tag, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Amazon plans to hike Music Unlimited's monthly prices by $1 and £1 to $10.99 and £10.99 in the US and UK on February 21, matching Apple Music's October increase — Prices will rise to $10.99/10.99 pounds per month for individual plans and $5.99/5.99 pounds per month for students.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fandom cuts jobs at GameSpot, Giant Bomb, Metacritic, and TV Guide, four months after their ~$50M acquisition from Red Ventures; source: under 10% are impacted — Fandom has made an unspecified number of layoffs at GameSpot, Giant Bomb, Metacritic and TV Guide — four months after buying …
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