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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix publishes its first What We Watched report, detailing the most-watched content from January to June 2023; The Night Agent was #1 with 812M+ hours viewed — Netflix is going to start publishing a new report twice a year that details the most popular shows and movies on the platform.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The New York Times hires Quartz co-founder Zach Seward to work with its newsroom's leadership to establish principles around using and not using generative AI — Quartz co-founder Zach Seward tasked with establishing principles for how the Times will and won't use generative AI
Paresh Dave / Wired:
On November 17, YouTube removed code that said if a channel is in the YouTube Partner Program, which gives a cut of ad revenue, leaving researchers in the dark — YouTube removed a snippet of code that publicly disclosed whether a channel receives ad and subscription payouts, obscuring which creators benefit most from the platform.
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global may lay off 1,000+ employees in early 2024, due to a weaker-than-expected ad market, after paring down its staff since earlier in 2023 — Shari Redstone considers sale of controlling stake in National Amusements amid pressures from Paramount's cable business, ad market
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Daniel Frankel / Next TV:
Comcast starts offering its Xumo Stream Box to its nearly 30M residential internet customers; the first device is free, and each additional one costs $5/month — The new joint-venture gadget replaces the Xfinity Flex puck that Comcast had been giving out for free to its broadband-only subscribers
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Russian state media: in a new case, Russia accuses RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, in Russian custody since October, of spreading fake news about its army — Russian investigators have reportedly filed another case against veteran RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who is already being held …
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News Leaders Association:
The News Leaders Association's board approves members' vote to dissolve by June 2024 and distribute assets, including Sunshine Week, to journalism nonprofits — During its final meeting of the year, the News Leaders Association Board of Directors unanimously approved the NLA membership's November vote …
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Tiny News Collective:
The Tiny News Collective announces the hiring of Amy L. Kovac-Ashley as its first executive director and says it has helped launch 25 newsrooms since 2021 — A Note from Kara Meyberg Guzman, Board Chair — Since 2020, the Tiny News Collective's board and staff have worked to build …
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David W. Dunlap / New York Times:
As The New York Times prints its 60,000th issue, the newspaper explains how a news assistant discovered in 1999 a numbering sequence error dating back to 1898 — In 1999, a news assistant's number crunching revealed that The Times had gotten ahead of itself.
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Liberty Media's LSXM combines with SiriusXM to form a new public company, called New SiriusXM, which will continue to operate under the SiriusXM brand — “This combination will create value for all stockholders by eliminating the tracking stock structure” and “enhancing liquidity.”
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Sports Illustrated publisher The Arena Group announces the termination of CEO Ross Levinsohn and names 5-Hour Energy founder Manoj Bhargava as its interim CEO — - Anderson Cooper And Andy Cohen To Return For CNN's New Year's Eve Special; Sara Sidner and Cari Champion Tapped As Co-Hosts
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Financial Times:
Sources: RedBird IMI is in advanced talks with Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global to acquire UK TV and film producer All3Media in a deal worth ~£1B — Zucker-Cardinale investment group leads rivals circling the ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Call the Midwife’ producer
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