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Valerie Ettenhofer / SlashFilm:
Nicolas Cage says his cameo in The Flash was not at all what he filmed, which calls to mind debates about performances being co-opted without actors' consent — If Nicholas Cage's surprise cameo in “The Flash” felt strange to you, you're not alone: it also caught the actor himself off guard.
Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
AMC Networks reports Q3 revenue down 7% YoY to $636.95M, net income of $67.9M; streaming revenue rose 9% YoY to $142M, and 11.1M subscribers, up 4% YoY — The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.85 and added 100,000 streaming subscribers — AMC Networks missed Wall Street …
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
FuboTV reports a record 1.477M paid subscribers in North America in Q3; North American revenue rose 43% YoY to $313M and ad revenue rose 34% YoY to $30.3M — The company also saw improvements in revenue and raised its full-year guidance. — Streaming platform FuboTV reported 1.477 million paid subscribers …
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Next TV, The Streamable and Advanced Television
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Dashtoon, which lets writers turn their work into comics using gen AI tools and lets them publish comics as daily episodes, raised a $5M seed — Dashtoon wants to make anyone with a story to tell into a comics artist, even if they can't draw. It provides aspiring comics creator with a suite …
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Amogh Vaishampayan on LinkedIn and Sanidhya Narain on LinkedIn
Andrew Donohue / Voice of San Diego:
A look at The San Diego Union-Tribune's future under new owners Alden Global Capital: employees estimate Alden cut ~30% of the newsroom after buying the outlet — As the Fourth of July approached last year, The San Diego Union-Tribune prepared to do something it'd never done in its 154 years of existence …
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@1eaguilera, @rumorsandrants, @stevenjduffield, @mgafni, @nhanson_reports, @vosdscott, @add, @add and Andy Donohue on LinkedIn
The Dial:
Interviews with five journalists on continuing to cover their nations from exile, the reasons and conditions of their departures, and navigating life abroad — Journalists forced out of their home countries reflect on how displacement has affected their work. — OCTOBER 31, 2023
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@emilyfishbein11, @mmschwartz, @emilyfishbein11 and @emilyfishbein11
Joseph Hoppe / Wall Street Journal:
The UK CMA says Meta pledged to let Facebook Marketplace users opt out of Meta using their data and limit how the company uses ad data for product development — Meta has signed commitments to not use its advertising customers' data — The U.K. competition regulator said Meta Platforms …
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The Guardian, TechCrunch, GOV.UK and Bloomberg Law, more at Techmeme »
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Max tells HBO Max's old ad-free plan customers they will lose 4K streaming access on or after December 5, unless they switch to the $19.99/month “ultimate” tier — When HBO Max transformed into Max back in May, Warner Bros. Discovery said that existing subscribers on the ad-free plan …
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9to5Mac, Engadget, @2xaught7.bsky.social, BGR, Variety and Droid Life
John Sharp / al.com:
The lawyer for an Alabama newspaper publisher and reporter charged with disclosing grand jury secrets says his clients are victims of a vindictive prosecutor — The attorney representing a newspaper publisher and reporter arrested and indicted on charges they disclosed grand jury secrets …
CNN:
The apparent role of automation and AI in amplifying bogus stories on Microsoft Start raises questions about the new technology and its effects on journalism — False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire.
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Search Engine Land, Tom Eck on LinkedIn, Mark Talkington on LinkedIn, Mignon Fogarty on LinkedIn, Donie O'Sullivan on LinkedIn, @w7voa@journa.host, @jeridansky@sfba.social, @grammargirl@zirk.us, New York Times, @KOKEdit@mastodon.social, @EverMama8_@mastodon.social and @srol@mellified.men
Business Wire:
BuzzFeed reports Q3 revenue down 29% YoY to $73.3M, ad revenue down 35% YoY to $32.6M, net loss of $13.9M, less than Q3 2022, and projects $99M-$110M Q4 revenue — BuzzFeed, Inc. ("BuzzFeed" or the “Company") (Nasdaq: BZFD), a premier digital media company for the most diverse, most online …
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@stevenkane, @tomaxwell, @hankgreen, @pkafka and The Information
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple's Q4 revenue for its Services segment, which includes Apple TV+, Apple Music, and Apple Arcade, rose 16% YoY to a record $22.31B, vs. $21.35B expected — Overall, Apple posted revenue of $89.50 billion (down 1%) and net income of $22.96 billion (up 11%), translating to earnings per share of $1.46, for the quarter ended Sept. 30.
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