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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: BDG Media CEO Bryan Goldberg says the company is laying off 8% of its staff and “suspending operations” at Gawker after a “surprisingly difficult” Q1 2023 — BDG Media is suspending Gawker and will lay off 8% of full-time staff, according to an internal memo …
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David Satin / The Streamable:
Netflix details its password sharing rules; the company won't block “trusted devices” that connect to the “primary location” Wi-Fi at least once every 31 days — After months of warning subscribers that anti-password sharing measures were coming to Netflix, the company appears to be finally set to unleash them.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
The DOJ charges James Gordon Meek, an ex-ABC News foreign correspondent, with the alleged transportation of child pornography; the FBI raided his home in April — The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the arrest of an award-winning investigative reporter on charges related to child pornography.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg renames its Quicktake streaming channel to Bloomberg Originals and adds more documentaries and talk shows, as it sees growth in ad-supported video — News publisher to launch climate, science and sports shows on rebranded streaming platform — Bloomberg Media is adding …
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Bloomberg:
TikTok is limiting the number of songs some users in Australia can post on its app, as part of a test to assess how much they value music in their videos — TikTok is limiting the number of songs that users can post on its app, an experiment to assess how much they value music in their videos.
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Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Netflix told advertisers that new sign-ups for its ad tier doubled in January over December 2022; Netflix predicted 1.75M ad-tier subs by end of Q1 — Netflix is making progress in its plunge into advertising—slowly. — The streaming firm told advertisers in the past 10 days …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix adds spatial audio to its $20 per month Premium plan, available on 700+ of its most-watched titles; Standard and Basic plans will get limited support — Listen to this: Netflix is hoping audiophiles will upgrade to the $20-per-month Premium tier to gain access to the streamer's full collection …
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Brian Veseling / WAN-IFRA:
The Seattle Times President Alan Fisco says 70% of the paper's revenue now comes from readers, and 70% of that comes from print; ads represents 24% of revenue — 2023-01-25. “You can have the most sophisticated funnel, the best retention tools on the planet, spend a fortune on your tech stack …
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone's ad joint venture, to take on Meta and Google, is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval — Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and Vodafone's (VOD.L) plan to take on Big Tech …
Karl Brauer / Forbes:
Cars & Bids, a car auction site founded by Doug DeMuro, an automotive YouTuber who has amassed 4.5M+ subscribers since 2013, raised $37M from The Chernin Group — Doug DeMuro is arguably the most successful automotive YouTuber in the relatively short history of that young medium.
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@rochoy, @gregbettinelli, @dougdemuro, The Drive and Robb Report, more at Techmeme »
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Pakistan “degrades” Wikipedia in the country for 48 hours for not removing “sacrilegious contents” and warns of a full block if the nonprofit fails to comply — Pakistan has “degraded” Wikipedia in the country for 48 hours for not removing “sacrilegious contents” …
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@ptaofficialpk, Poynter, @usamakhilji, @anayankhan and @usmanahmad_iam, more at Techmeme »
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Sources: publishers' Q1 ad revenue faces a rocky start, with January pacing 10% to 25% off forecasts and fewer clients paying for full-year deals — The first quarter is off to a rocky start for publishers' advertising businesses, and while that might not come as a surprise given the state of the economy …
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