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Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery plans to keep Discovery+ as a standalone service after launching a new service that combines content from HBO Max and Discovery — Move comes amid concerns that some Discovery+ subscribers might not want to move to upcoming pricier, bigger platform
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times reports Q4 revenue up 12.3% YoY to $667.5M, 2022 revenue up 11.3% to $2.3B, and a $347.9M operating profit, as subscribers reached 9.6M — The company said it added more than a million digital subscribers in 2022, bringing its total number of paying subscribers to 9.6 million.
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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google confirms that AI-generated content isn't against its Search guidelines, but using AI content to manipulate search results ranking violates its policies — AI is set to change the game in some big ways in the near future, and AI-generated content is one of the more controversial elements.
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A live blog of the House Oversight Committee hearing with three ex-Twitter executives on the handling of banning the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story — A congressional hearing today promises a moment of political reckoning more than two years in the making …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
More than 200 staff in the NBC News Digital Union plan to walk off the job on Thursday to protest the company laying off seven union-covered staff last month — It's the latest major labor action to strike a national news organization in recent months as the media industry faces headwinds and cut-backs.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox Corp reports Q2 revenue up 4% YoY to $4.61B, ad revenue up 4% YoY to $2.5B thanks to the World Cup, and $321M net income, up from a $73M net loss in Q2 2021 — After the Murdoch family recently dropped plans to merge Fox with News Corp, the company reported its fiscal second-quarter results.
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David Friend / Canadian Press:
Netflix begins rolling out new password sharing rules in Canada, Spain, Portugal, and New Zealand; other countries will be added in the next few months — Under new rules, premium and standard account holders will be given option to add extra members for $7.99 per month
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with authors Felix Gillette and John Koblin on their book It's Not TV, the genesis of HBO, competing with Netflix, AT&T's Time Warner deal, and more — Authors Felix Gillette and John Koblin explain how your favorite shows kept HBO afloat. — HBO started as an experiment.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Ozy, which imploded in 2021 and is facing federal investigations over a misleading pitch to investors, is raising money again, pitching itself as a “hip” brand — Ozy, the youth-focused media company that imploded in 2021 over a misleading pitch to potential investors …
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Angelina Chapin / The Cut:
Sources detail the office culture at ABC News during the 2010s, describing workplace relationships as common, after the T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach affair broke — Sascha didn't pay much attention to T.J. Holmes when he began working as an anchor for ABC News in 2014.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram expands Gifts, a monetization feature that lets fans tip Reels creators using its virtual currency Stars, to more US creators, after a test in 2022 — Instagram announced today it's expanding access to a new monetization feature called Gifts to more creators across the U.S. The feature …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Qustodio: kids aged 4 to 18 used TikTok for 107 minutes per day on average in 2022, up from 82 minutes in 2020, and 60% longer than YouTube's 67 minutes per day — For another year in a row, TikTok has found itself as the social app kids and teens are spending the most time using throughout the day, even outpacing YouTube.
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