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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 2.7% YoY to $8.2B, vs. $8.3B est., net income up 3.3% YoY to $1.5B, 5.9M net new subs, and a Q3 forecast below est.; NFLX down 8%+ — Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) handily beat Wall Street earnings forecasts on Wednesday as a password-sharing crackdown …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Netflix brings its password-sharing crackdown to India and other markets and says an “extra member” option won't be offered in places with its new restrictions
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Peter White / Deadline:
Netflix increases its free cash flow estimate for 2023 from $3.5B to $5B, citing “lower cash content spend” due to the strikes and “timing of production starts”
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Or Goren / Cord Busters:
Netflix removes its most affordable $10/month ad-free Basic tier in the US and UK, charging new and rejoining members £10.99/month or $15.49/month for no ads
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New York Times:
Sources: Google tests an AI tool to produce news stories, pitching the service to the NYT, WaPo, News Corp, and other outlets as a helpmate for journalists — The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and News Corp …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
After scrutiny by campus newspapers, Stanford's president resigns and Northwestern fired its football coach, spotlighting the key role of student journalists — The president of Stanford and the head football coach at Northwestern left their positions after being scrutinized in campus newspapers.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google plans to begin gradually enabling Privacy Sandbox APIs for Chrome developers on July 24 after releasing Chrome 115, a milestone in phasing out cookies — The first phase of Google's long-standing plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome is nearly complete.
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Calum Jaspan / Sydney Morning Herald:
Australia launches a review to examine the funding terms of ABC and SBS and look at governance at the two broadcasters, including their boards' composition — The federal government has kicked off a review that will examine funding terms for the ABC and SBS and look at governance at the two broadcasters …
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Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch:
A look at scammers on Fiverr claiming to sell TechCrunch articles, some of whom create fake websites as “proof” and appear to be part of an organized crime — I spent $800 to try to get a scammer to post an article on TechCrunch for me — A few times per day …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Amazon and BBC Studios launch BBC Player and BBC Kids on Prime Video Channels in India for an annual add-on subscription of $7.30 or $2.42 for just BBC Kids — STREAMING — Prime Video and BBC Studios have launched BBC Player and BBC Kids on Prime Video Channels in India.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
TelevisaUnivision reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $1.2B, including 10% ad growth, after announcing in May that its free Vix streaming service passed 30M MAUs — Led by Mexico, total revenue grew 11 percent, “continuing to drive our leadership position in Spanish-language streaming with ViX …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Showtime pulled a Vice documentary episode that featured Ron DeSantis' time as a US Navy lawyer at Guantanamo over fears of political consequences — The Scoop — Showtime slated “The Guantanamo Candidate,” a 30 minute-long episode of its Vice documentary series, for May 28.
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Hibaq Farah / The Guardian:
Ofcom survey: TikTok is the top news source for 12- to 15-year-olds in the UK, followed by YouTube and Instagram; 16- to 24-year-olds prefer Instagram for news — Algorithm-driven viral video app overtakes YouTube and Instagram as most used single source of news for young teenagers
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Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Bron, the Canadian finance and production company behind films including Joker and Clint Eastwood's The Mule, files for bankruptcy — “The decision to seek creditor protection was not taken lightly and was adopted with a view to the best interests of the company and its many stakeholders," a company memo says
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Glenn Guilbeau / OutKick:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution fires Alan Judd after “errors that fell short of our standards” in a story on sex abuse claims against the UGA's football team — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution did not fully retract a recent, critical story about the University …
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