Mediagazer: Sources: The Messenger employees push to unionize amid concerns, including its AI partnership with Seekr and its president suggesting the site is “out of money” (The Daily Beast)

4:40 PM ET, October 24, 2023

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

YouTube Q3 ad revenue rose 12.5% YoY to $7.95B, vs. $7.81B est.; the results come after YouTube fell short of expectations a year ago, when ad revenue fell 1.9% — Internet video giant YouTube larded its coffers with $7.95 billion in ad revenue for third quarter of 2023 …

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:

Snap reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $1.19B, vs. $1.11B est., net loss up 2% YoY to $368M, and DAUs up 12% YoY to 406M, vs. 405.7M est. — - As part of Snap's “internal forecast,” the company said that it expects sales in its fourth quarter to fall in the range of $1.32 billion to $1.38 billion …

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple will update tvOS with a redesigned TV app around December and remove some of its dedicated apps on the Apple TV to steer more users to the TV app — - Company envisions one place for customers to find video — Dedicated apps for buying movies and shows will be phased out

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Wall Street Journal:

The entertainment industry grapples with the same debates over the Israel-Hamas war that are playing out on college campuses, in offices, and among friends — Dave Chappelle spars with a fan; writers union members criticize leaders over silence — A midshow spat between comedian Dave Chappelle and a fan.

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Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
WGA East explains that it hasn't released a public statement about the Israel-Hamas war to protect its journalist members, which make up 40% of the guild

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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:

Tucker Carlson's Last Country signed its first advertising deal, worth at least $1M, with conservative-friendly shopping app Public Square, on October 20 — - Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's new media company signed its first advertising deal. — The agreement is with conservative …

Discussion: The Hill, The Wrap, @pogue.bsky.social and Michael Seifert on LinkedIn

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review:

A look at Nightshade and Glaze, UChicago researchers' tools that help artists “mask” or even “poison” their work to break AI models later trained on the data — A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online …

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CNN:

Asked about their coverage of the hospital blast in Gaza, the WSJ declines to comment, the AP and Al Jazeera ignore inquiries, Reuters and CNN admit no fault — Most news organizations seem eager to sweep last week's negligent coverage of the Gaza hospital explosion under the rug …

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Anja Karadeglija / National Post:

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters urges the government to also regulate services beyond Google's and Meta's, like Apple News, under the Online News Act — The association said only Google and Meta are covered by the Online News Act, ‘even though there are other platforms that benefit from the distribution of news content’

Discussion: @jbenton and @jbenton

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Crunchyroll launches its streaming service on Amazon's Prime Video Channels in the US for $7.99+ per month, and coming to Canada, Sweden, and the UK this week — If you're a Prime Video subscriber, beginning today, you can start streaming Crunchyroll, the popular anime service, right from inside the Prime Video app.

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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:

A dozen female former Rolling Stone employees describe Jann Wenner's office culture as “a dictatorship” with “palpable fear” and “a horrible place for women” — “The men were very angry all the time, and some of them would have full on fits—like, full-on toddler-like tantrums."

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Elvira Pollina / Reuters:

DAZN and Sky retain the rights to screen live Serie A matches in Italy for the next five seasons, after 17 of 20 Italian soccer clubs approved bids worth €4.5B+ — DAZN and Sky will keep the rights to screen live Serie A matches in Italy for the next five seasons after Italian clubs …

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

Spotify Q3: revenue up 11% YoY to €3.4B, MAUs up 26% to 574M, subscribers up 16% YoY to 226M, and €32M operating income, vs. a €44.6M loss est.; SPOT jumps 9%+ — Spotify Technology SA rose the most since January after the music-streaming giant reported third-quarter results …

Discussion: Yahoo Finance, The Information, The Wrap, The Verge, Deadline, Billboard, Digital Music News, Music Ally, @richlightshed, The Hollywood Reporter and Spotify, more at Techmeme »

The Daily Beast:

Sources: The Messenger employees push to unionize amid concerns, including its AI partnership with Seekr and its president suggesting the site is “out of money” — Staffers at the struggling media start-up are pushing to unionize as they deal with a slew of new woes …

Discussion: Defector, Mediaite, The Wrap, @jbenton, @jayrosen_nyu, @mediaevan, @jayrosen_nyu, @jbenton and @paleofuture.bsky.social

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