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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Netflix 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 subscribers, vs. 1.9M est., and a Q3 forecast below est. — Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) handily beat Wall Street earnings forecasts on Wednesday as a password-sharing crackdown …
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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 — Breaking: In a major shakeup of its pricing model, Netflix, the global streaming giant, has abandoned its low-cost ‘Basic’ tier …
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Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Netflix told advertisers in the past two weeks that its ad-supported tier has ~1.5M US subscribers; Hulu's 15-year-old ad tier has ~30M US subscribers — Around 1.5 million people in the U.S. have signed up to pay for Netflix's tier of service that carries ads …
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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” — Netflix has found itself with cash to spend thanks to the writers and actors strike.
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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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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.
Financial Times:
Sources: Threads uses a largely replicated Instagram algorithm, prioritizing creators' and friends' posts over hard news, and relies on Instagram moderators — Facebook's parent company downgrades current affairs on Threads app and refuses to engage with Canadian law designed to fund media groups
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a 23-0 vote, the US House Judiciary Committee clears a new PRESS Act that stops the government from compelling reporters to disclose their sources or notes — A bill to protect journalists from revealing their sources amid pressure from the federal government cleared the House Judiciary Committee in a unanimous vote on Thursday.
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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Bloomberg:
Researchers say hate speech and misinformation on Twitter are up; CEO Linda Yaccarino says that's “incorrect” and touts improvements, like ad placement controls — Since Musk's takeover, a number of researchers see a rise in hate speech, violent content
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Associated Press:
Belarus authorities arrest Ihar Karnei, a prominent journalist who has written for RFE/RL, and raid his apartment; 36 journalists are behind bars in Belarus — Ihar Karnei was detained and his apartment raided with police seizing phones and computers, according to his daughter
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Tony Maglio / IndieWire:
NBC and CBS retool their fall TV schedules, delaying new seasons of Law & Order, Young Sheldon, and more; a source blames the WGA's strike more than SAG-AFTRA's — Bad news, dads of America: the five Dick Wolf shows previously set for NBC's fall schedule are all being removed due to the ongoing Hollywood strikes.
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