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Gearoid Reidy / Bloomberg:
A look at Nintendo's movie push, as the company partners with Sony to work on a Zelda live-action movie, after the huge success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie — It's dangerous to go alone, and in teaming up with Sony and the man who made Marvel successful, Nintendo shows it has learned from past mistakes.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times reports Q3 revenue up 9.3% YoY to $598.3M, an $89.8M adjusted operating profit, 10M+ subs, and subscription revenue up 15.7% YoY to $282.2M — The company reported an adjusted operating profit of $89.8 million in its latest quarter, up from $69 million a year earlier.
Brent Lang / Variety:
An interview with Chairman of Netflix Film Scott Stuber on scaling back annual film releases to focus on quality, being more selective in bidding wars, and more — In 2018, “Saturday Night Live” captured the public perception of Netflix as a ceaseless river of content.
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The Streamable, The Playlist, @nreviewed, @nreviewed, @nreviewed, @nemtastic1, @variety, The Hollywood Reporter, @brentalang and @lanceulanoff
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WBD reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to $9.9B, a $417M net loss, down from a $2.31B loss YoY, global DTC subscribers fell 0.7M to 95.1M, and ad revenue fell 12% YoY — The owner of CNN, the Warner Bros. studio and the Max streaming service said its net loss narrowed to $417 million …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Experts criticize NBC News for partnering with Salem Media, a promoter of 2020 election denialism and producer of 2000 Mules, for the third GOP primary debate — How Salem Media Group — a powerful network of pro-Trump talk-radio programming and producer of the discredited ‘2000 Mules’ documentary …
Reuters:
OCCRP co-founder Drew Sullivan says analysis shows government-tied hackers tried to plant NSO spyware on Indian journalist Anand Mangnale's iPhone on August 23 — Government-backed hackers tried to plant spyware made by NSO Group on the iPhone of an Indian journalist working for the Organized Crime …
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
Nature retracts a high-profile paper on the discovery of a superconductor, the second paper by Ranga P. Dias retracted by the journal in just over a year — It was the second paper led by Ranga P. Dias, a researcher at the University of Rochester, that the journal Nature has retracted.
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Nature, Ars Technica, @dangaristo, @ionerrea, Las Vegas Review-Journal and TechCrunch
Caitlin Huston / Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify now offers US paid subscribers 15 hours of free access to 200K+ audiobooks per month, after launching the service in the UK and Australia on October 3 — The podcast and music platform will offer U.S. paid subscribers 15 hours of free listening to audiobooks as it continues its rollout of the new offering.
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Spotify, Publishers Weekly, Billboard, The Bookseller, 9to5Mac, @yogscastlewis, @richontech, Variety, @engineering_bae, The Verge, @spotifynews and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
The Guardian:
UK publisher Reach plans to cut 450 jobs as part of proposals to trim operating costs by 5% to 6% in 2024; in January, Reach laid off 200 staff to save £30M — Reach says job losses part of plans to reduce costs by 5% to 6% in 2024 and accelerate digital-first strategy
Margi Murphy / Bloomberg:
Ahead of the 2024 US election, Microsoft plans to offer a free watermarking tool to help US politicians authenticate their videos and photos to fight deepfakes — - Tool offering comes as concerns grow over fake photos, videos — Microsoft says Russia is ‘huge’ cyber, disinformation threat
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The Wrap, The Verge and @rumtin, more at Techmeme »
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Nexstar reports Q2 net revenue down 10.8% YoY to $1.1B, adjusted EBITDA down 51.9% YoY to $236M, a $60M loss for the CW, and core ad revenue down 2.3% to $391M — Nexstar reported its third-quarter 2023 earnings Wednesday, revealing TV ad revenue was down overall 23% for the July-September quarter.
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@tvgrimreaper, Nexstar Media Group, Inc., TVNewsCheck and The Hollywood Reporter
Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Meta plans to force advertisers to disclose when they run political ads featuring media altered by AI or other tools, starting in 2024, ahead of the US election — Facebook parent said new policy to go into effect beginning next year, ahead of U.S. presidential primaries
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Financial Times, The Daily Beast, The Drum, PetaPixel, Washington Post, The Verge, @andymstone, TechCrunch, Reuters, Engadget, Search Engine Journal, The Hill, Bloomberg, CNN, New York Times, @andymstone, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Insider, Marketing Beat and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
How the Financial Times, The New York Times, Vox, The Times of India, CNN en Español, and other news publishers are using WhatsApp Channels to share news — We talked to the Financial Times, La Nación, The New York Times, Vox, Chilango, the Times of India …
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New York Times, @ishaantharoor, @niemanlab, @damianradcliffe, @hanaatameez, David Cohn on LinkedIn and Insider, more at Techmeme »
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