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12:50 AM ET, October 19, 2023

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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 12%+  —  LOS ANGELES — Netflix reported earnings after the bell.  Here are the results.  — Earnings: $3.73 vs $3.49 per share, according to LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
UMG and BandLab Technologies form an AI-focused alliance to advance their commitments “to ethical use of AI and the protection of artist and songwriter rights”  —  Universal Music Group and BandLab Technologies have announced plans for a strategic relationship concentrated on protecting artists' rights in the age of AI.
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO sue Anthropic for allegedly violating their copyrights by using song lyrics to train AI models  —  Partnership will be 'centered on empowering the next generation of artists, including within BandLab's global community'.
Discussion: Decrypt and The Hollywood Reporter
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Experts say misinformation from “verified” pseudo-OSINT accounts on X, driven by profit and engagement, is destroying the Israel-Hamas war information ecosystem  —  Join the newsletter to get the latest updates.  —  Success  —  Great!  Check your inbox and click the link.  —  Error
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John Burn-Murdoch / @jburnmurdoch:
[Thread] Media outlets keep slipping up on the Israel-Hamas war because they lack in-house OSINT teams or are wary to rely on such teams for breaking news  —  Some quick thoughts on why large parts of the mainstream media keep slipping up on Gaza/Israel (and why it was the same at times with Covid): The main reason is a failure to keep pace with modern news gathering techniques, but there's more.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
How Only in Dade, started as an Instagram meme page a decade ago, inadvertently became a Miami local news source, including by using its 1.3M followers' videos  —  If it's happening in Miami, locals find out about it through Only in Dade, previously a hub for alligator sightings and nightclub antics.
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
David Ellison's Skydance Animation signs a multiyear deal with Netflix to develop and produce animated movies, and ends its distribution pact with Apple  —  Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film  — Netflix Sets Skydance Animation In Multi-Year Deal, First Up Is Alan Menken Musical ‘Spellbound;’ Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem Star
Katie Notopoulos / MIT Technology Review:
Matt Mullenweg:
While X charging users $1/year to stop bots and spam is appealing, the value of manipulating X is so high that millions are likely already being spent to do so  —  Twitter/X is testing charging users $1/year with the idea that will keep out bots and spam.  It's an appealing idea …
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Kylie Robison / Fortune:
X tests Not A Bot, requiring new, unverified users to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact, in New Zealand and the Philippines
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: with ESPN and TNT unwilling to spend $2.6B+/year on NBA rights, the league seeks deals with Amazon, Apple, and more, and offers games in local markets
Jon Porter / The Verge:
YouTube adds a news page to its mobile apps that suggests content from “authoritative sources”, and plans to spend $1.6M to promote creating Shorts news content
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