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2:40 PM ET, October 18, 2024

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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B; NFLX jumps 7%+  —  LOS ANGELES — Netflix posted third-quarter earnings Thursday that beat on the top and bottom lines as its advertising business continued to grow.
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Reuters:
Netflix gained 5.1M new subscribers in Q3, vs. 4M est., and says more than 50% of signups were for its ad-supported tier in countries where it was available  —  Netflix (NFLX.O) picked up 5.1 million streaming subscribers in the third quarter, topping Wall Street estimates by more than 1 million …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix forecasts 2025 revenue of $43B-$44B, which would be 11%-13% higher than its 2024 guidance, and targets a 2025 operating margin of 28% vs. 27% in 2024  —  Netflix is expecting to keep growing revenue at double-digit percentages in 2025.  —  In reporting Q3 2024 results that beat analyst forecasts …
CNN:
A federal judge issues a restraining order against Florida's surgeon general for threatening TV stations with criminal charges for airing a pro-abortion ad  —  New York CNN —  —  “To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it's the First Amendment, stupid.”
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bloomberg launches a Weekend Edition to reduce churn; CPO Julia Beizer says the publisher has 740K subscribers, of which about 40% are from outside the US  —  The new editorial product will focus on the intersection of finance and culture, boosting weekend readership
Discussion: Bloomberg and Talking Biz News
Kirsten Eddy / Pew Research Center:
Pew: 37% of Republicans and 38% of Democrats trust information from social media; 40% of Republicans and 78% of Democrats trust national news organizations  —  Republicans are now nearly as likely to trust the information that comes from social media sites as they are to trust information …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Jennifer Smith / CommonWealth Beacon:
A look at Melrose Update Robocast, a podcast generated using Google's NotebookLM and public documents and born of frustration with a Massachusetts news desert  —  Robocast creator calls it ‘an act of desperation’ with decline in local news  —  Stay in the know.  —  A NEW LOCAL PODCAST covering Melrose debuted this month.
Marah Eakin / Wired:
Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short  —  Amazon is hosting AI filmmaking competitions.  Meta is letting directors test Movie Gen. As tech companies develop new tools …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Hobbyists post the code for Redbox kiosk software online, and tinkerers have been probing how it works, sometimes repurposing abandoned machines to run Doom  —  The code that runs Redbox DVD rental machines has been dumped online, and, in the wake of the company's bankruptcy …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A year after its launch, The Guardian's European edition generates 15% of the company's pageviews, and one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%  —  After the launch of Guardian Europe, one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%.
 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
The FCC proposed a $147K fine against Disney's ESPN after the network used Emergency Alert System tones in promotional spots in 2023; ESPN can appeal
Billy Binion / Reason:
The US Supreme Court revives the case of citizen journalist Priscilla Villarreal, who is suing Texas officials for her arrest over asking questions of police
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Google will block US election ads after the polls close on November 5 to prevent misinfo about voting, including candidates prematurely claiming victory
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Prabhakar Raghavan will leave his role overseeing Google search and ads products, to be replaced by Nick Fox; Raghavan will become Chief Technologist
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Prime Video announces a one-night special on US election results starting at 5pm Nov. 5, hosted by Brian Williams, in Amazon's first news video investment
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
In an email to staff, the BBC says it has abandoned the recruitment process for its first ever royal editor, a position announced in December 2023
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Sun begins rolling out a registration wall asking users to create an account and seems to be applying it mainly to content by its best-known writers
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Gavin Anderegg / anderegg.ca:
Bluesky is working to become fully decentralized but it could take years amid financial concerns as it makes money only by selling domains for usernames

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300B as part of a recent buyback offer, one of its highest valuations ever

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised
 
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