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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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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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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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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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Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
India releases rules on social media influencers and virtual avatars promoting content without disclosing payment, adding an up to ~$12.3K fine for violations — As the market of social media influencers is getting bigger in India, the South Asian nation has introduced endorsement guidelines …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Twitter is testing a new feature for verified journalists that adds a logo representing their publication next to their blue check — Twitter reached out to the Mirror offering it the chance to take part in the beta test. — Twitter is testing a new feature that sees verified journalists …
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
News media should've sent a signal to Twitter by not tweeting after the site suspended some journalists' accounts; Fox News once boycotted Twitter for 16 months
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Vox Media is laying off 7% of staff, or roughly 140 people, across editorial, revenue, operations, and core services departments — Vox Media is laying off 7% of its staff, according to a memo sent internally from CEO Jim Bankoff, obtained by Axios. Roughly 2,000 people work at the company …
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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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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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Ayenat Mersie / Reuters:
Rwandan journalist and government critic John Williams Ntwali died on January 18 in a traffic accident, but activists raise questions about the cause of death — John Williams Ntwali, one of Rwanda's few journalists who published stories critical of the government, has died, his newspaper The Chronicles reported.
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
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