Top News:
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
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
Discussion:
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, The Messenger, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today and The Drum, more at Techmeme »
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
Discussion:
Variety, The Desk, Jessica Toonkel on LinkedIn, The Wrap, Bloomberg, Madison and Wall, The Messenger and New York Post
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
Discussion:
The Desk, Light Reading, Comcast, Cord Cutters News and Media Play News
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 …
Discussion:
Agence France-Presse, The Straits Times, The Moscow Times and Meduza.io
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 …
Discussion:
Poynter
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 …
Discussion:
Tiny News Collective, @terabithia4, Tiny News Collective, @terabithia4 and Chris Krewson on LinkedIn
David W. Dunlap / New York Times:
As The New York Times prints its 60,000th issue, the newspaper explains how in 1999 a news assistant discovered 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.”
Discussion:
Billboard, Inside Radio, RADIO ONLINE, Radio Ink, Radio & Television … and Cord Cutters News
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
Discussion:
The Register, New York Post, The Guardian, CBS News, @kellenbecoats, @davidfolkenflik, The Messenger, The Hill, @tomgara, @jbenton, @kendallbaker, @scottnover, @kimmasters, @cdgoldstein, @weareyourfek, @benjstrauss, Boing Boing, Futurism, Awful Announcing, MediaPost, MediaPost, CNN, The Wrap, @2xaught7.bsky.social and The Arena Group
International Economics Reporter, DC — 
Director of Audience Development, NY — 
Deputy Editor - Playbook, VA — 
Senior Health Reporter/Editor, CA — 
Midlands Correspondent, London — 
China Autos Correspondent, Beijing — 
Outdoors Editor, ME — 
Moving Writer, Remote US — 
Reporter, MI — 
Managing Editor, Remote US — 
Public Policy Editor, London — 
Stock Picks Writer, NY — 
Business Reporter/Editor, Toronto — 
Assistant Producer, NY — 
Executive Editor, CA — 
Sr. Reporter, Singapore — 
Food Reporter, CA — 
Commercial Real Estate Reporter, NY — 
Senior Science & Health Writer, NY — 
Data Journalist, MN — 
DeFi Correspondent, Remote — 
Breaking News Ed. - Markets, NY — 
Healthcare Business Reporter, MA — 
Senior Consumer Tech Reporter, NY — 
Longform Non-Fiction Writer — 
Editorial Director - Audio & Video, NY — 
Local Editor - Morris County, Remote NJ — 
AI Columnist - Weekend, CA/NY — 
Washington Correspondent, DC — 
Deputy Managing Editor, IA — 
Senior Editor - News, NC — 
Breaking News Editor - Weekend, HK — 
Reporter - National, Remote NY — 
