Mediagazer: Jeff Bezos should donate The Washington Post to a public charity that maintains its quality and independence, as he is too financially compromised to own it (Steven Waldman/Columbia Journalism Review)

Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Jeff Bezos should donate The Washington Post to a public charity that maintains its quality and independence, as he is too financially compromised to own it — His conflicts of interests are insurmountable. He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism.

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

A broad group of news outlets attracted new subscribers after WaPo's lack of an endorsement for president; The Philadelphia Inquirer gained 4,200+ subscribers — The Philadelphia Inquirer had its best week for new subscriptions ever and The Guardian U.S. broke its single-day fundraising record — twice.

Discussion: Washington Post, Just Security, Poynter, Evan Benn on LinkedIn, Digiday, Associated Press, The Free Press, CNN, @davidakin@mstdn.ca, One America News Network, New York Post, Press Gazette and NPR

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

In its Q3 earnings call, Comcast CEO Mike Cavanagh says the company is weighing spinning off its cable networks and open to “partnerships in streaming” — Comcast President Mike Cavanagh delivered an eye-opening update to investors on this morning's third-quarter earnings call …

Discussion: MediaPost, The Desk, New York Times, Advanced Television, Adweek, Variety, TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter, WORLD SCREEN and CNBC

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:

Comcast reports Peacock's Q3 losses fell to $436M, down from $565M in Q3 2023, revenue rose 82% YoY to $1.5B, and subscribers rose 3M from June to 36M — Third-quarter revenue in the conglomerate's studios segment was driven by the strong box office performances of ‘Despicable Me 4’ and ‘Twisters.’

Discussion: Sportico, TVNewsCheck, Deadline, The Wrap, The Streamable, IndieWire, Benzinga and Media Play News

Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:

Comcast reports Q3 net income down 10% YoY to $3.63B and revenue up 6.5% YoY to $32.07B; revenue for media, mainly composed of NBCU, rose 37% YoY to $8.23B — Comcast reports its third-quarter earnings before the bell Thursday. Wall Street will once again be focused on subscriber numbers …

Discussion: The Streamable, Variety, The Information, Reuters, Tv Technology, Cord Cutters News, Front Office Sports, Bloomberg and Barron's Online

John O'Nolan:

Ghost's CEO details the organization's governance structure and says the open-source CMS generates ~$7.5M in annual revenue and has been profitable for 12 years — Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.

Discussion: @markjaquith, Erik Enge on LinkedIn, @johnonolan, @quillmatiq@threads.net, @drdevroy, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @prschulz@threads.net, @duanestorey, @ianb@mastodon.well.com, @dvdwinden@threads.net and @ben@werd.social

Kali Hays / Fortune:

Internal memo: Block CEO Jack Dorsey says Tidal is in for another mass layoff; insiders say as many as 100 people could be laid off, or ~25% of Tidal's staff — Block CEO and founder Jack Dorsey wants streaming music app Tidal to operate like a startup again - and that means layoffs

Discussion: Billboard, Music Ally, Entrepreneur, Engadget, @kalihays1@threads.net, Digital Music News, San Francisco Chronicle and Benzinga, more at Techmeme »

ProPublica:

An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's platforms that collectively controlled 340+ Pages and placed 160K ads to collect users' information — Co-published with Tow Center for Digital Journalism — Deceptive Political Ads: Eight deceptive advertising networks …

Discussion: Marketing Dive, Forbes, AdExchanger and Tech Transparency Project, more at Techmeme »

Andrew Webster / The Verge:

Disney+ rolls out a top 10 list on the app's home screen, in line with Netflix, Max, Apple TV+, and Prime Video — As Disney Plus has grown, finding things to watch has become increasingly challenging. So the streaming service is rolling out a top 10 list featured on the home screen in hopes of improving discoverability.

Discussion: Decider, BGR and The Walt Disney Company

Meta Investor Relations:

Meta reports Q3 revenue up 19% YoY to $40.59B, net income up 35% to $15.69B, and family daily active people up 5% to 3.29B on average for September 2024 — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Discussion: Music Ally, Quartz, The Media Leader, Associated Press, @munster_gene, @rpn@threads.net, @lanceulanoff@threads.net, @mikeisaac, @lexnfx, @firstadopter, New York Times, Reuters, Fortune, The Times, The Information and Deadline, more at Techmeme »

Ben Strauss / Washington Post:

A look at the feud over NFL reporters talking to players in locker rooms, after the players union cut off long-accepted access, calling the practice “outdated” — Journalists say locker-room access is critical to covering the league. Some players want to take the conversation outside.

Discussion: Awful Announcing, @benjstrauss and Associated Press

Mia Sato / The Verge:

Fox, ABC, and others are broadcasting graphic and hateful ads paid for by political candidates during the World Series; the FCC requires stations accept the ads — The World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is in full swing, and millions of people in the US …

Discussion: FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV

Andrew Webster / The Verge:

Nintendo launches Nintendo Music, an iOS and Android app that lets Switch Online subscribers stream or download gaming tunes from Nintendo titles — This time, it's a mobile app called Nintendo Music, which lets users listen to classic gaming tunes from Nintendo games spanning the last few decades …

Discussion: Screen Rant, Music Ally, SamMobile, Gizmodo, Engadget, Digital Music News, 9to5Google, Variety, BGR and Comic Book, more at Techmeme »

Alexandra Canal / Yahoo Finance:

Roku reports Q3 revenue up 16% YoY to $1.06B, vs. $1.02B est., 85.5M streaming households, up 2M QoQ, and Q4 guidance below est.; ROKU drops 11%+ — Roku (ROKU) stock fell more than 10% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company's Q4 guidance disappointed, despite the media player reporting …

Discussion: Streaming Better and Media Play News

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Starting in Q1 2025, Roku plans to stop giving quarterly updates on the number of streaming households and average revenue per user, following Netflix

Discussion: StreamTV Insider, Cord Cutters News, Roku Inc., YourStory.com, Advanced Television, Motley Fool, Benzinga, Barron's Online, Reuters, Variety, Deadline, The Wrap and Bloomberg