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9:55 AM ET, December 13, 2023

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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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Katie Campione / Deadline:
Analysis: Netflix's H1 2023 viewership report gives an insight into its renewals and cancellations, the Top 100 list is dominated by original content, and more  —  - Netflix Viewership Data Highlights: What The New Report Does — And Doesn't — Reveal About Streamer's Performance
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
The EU Parliament decides not to ban geo-blocking for films and TV content, after 600+ companies, including sports leagues, signed a letter opposing the ban  —  Parliament opted to further assess the potential impact of a geo-blocking ban, which the audio-visual industry claims …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer signs a multiyear licensing deal with OpenAI, which will pay to use content from Politico, Business Insider, and others to train its AI models  —  Generative-AI company reaches multiyear pact with owner of Politico, Business Insider and major European properties
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Fantasy novelist Cait Corrain admits to creating fake Goodreads accounts to sabotage other novelists via negative reviews, citing a “breakdown”, and apologizes  —  Cait Corrain, a debut fantasy author, admitted to creating fake accounts on Goodreads to bolster her own book and tank the ratings of others.
Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times:
Pro-government news outlets and influencers in Bangladesh are promoting AI-generated disinformation created with cheap tools ahead of elections in January 2024  —  Ahead of South Asian nation going to the polls in January, AI-generated disinformation has become a growing problem
Ruth Michaelson / The Guardian:
A profile of Plestia Alaqad, one of several nontraditional journalists with large Instagram followings who have documented the Israel-Hamas war from inside Gaza  —  Plestia Alaqad went from Instagrammer to reporter after her footage of Israel's assault on besieged enclave went viral
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
At a UK hearing, BBC Chair Samir Shah discusses Gary Lineker's recent X posts, saying that repeated rows over them does “damage to the reputation” of the BBC  —  The BBC's incoming chairman has yet to step foot on the corporation's premises, but he has already waded into his first scandal.
David Ingram / NBC News:
Media Matters sues Texas AG Ken Paxton in federal court, saying Paxton violated the First Amendment by opening a probe into Media Matters' reporting about X  —  In a complaint filed in federal court Monday, Media Matters asked a judge to determine whether Attorney General Ken Paxton violated its constitutional rights.
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.
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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