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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.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Ampere: Disney+ and Hulu combined would have more popular titles in the US than any other service and its catalog size would rank second only to Prime Video — The streamers' merged content catalog size would rank second only to Amazon Prime Video and ahead of Netflix, according to Ampere Analytics.
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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
Jasper Jolly / The Guardian:
Hipgnosis says it sold 20K “non-core” songs for $23.1M, a 14% discount to their September 30 valuation, and will use proceeds to pay back some revolving credit — London-listed music investor sells ‘non-core’ song rights at a discount to raise cash as it battles debt pile
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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.
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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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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: X generated just over $600M in ad revenue in each of 2023's first three quarters, down from $1B+ per quarter in 2022 and on track for ~$2.5B in 2023 — - X to miss internal goals for ad revenue, people familiar say — Musk's personal tweets continue to scare off advertisers
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Russian state media: in a new case, Russia accuses veteran RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, detained in October 2023, 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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Tiny News Collective:
The Tiny News Collective hires Amy L. Kovac-Ashley as its first executive director and says the nonprofit has helped launch 25 newsrooms in the US since 2021 — A Note from Kara Meyberg Guzman, Board Chair — Since 2020, the Tiny News Collective's board and staff have worked to build …
News Leaders Association:
The News Leaders Association's board approves a member vote to dissolve NLA by June 2024 and distribute assets, such as 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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Gene Park / Washington Post:
The ESA shuts down the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, after new competitors, partner withdrawals, changing audience habits, and more; E3 began in 1995 — The collapse ends years of attempts to revive the event that once dominated the industry — The Electronic Entertainment Expo …
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