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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
In an earnings call, David Zaslav says the Trump Administration may be more merger friendly, enabling a “real positive and accelerated impact on this industry” — Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Donald Trump's re-election as president bodes well for media M&A.
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WBD report Q3 revenue down 3% YoY to $9.62B, adjusted EBITDA down 18% YoY to $2.4B, and net income of $135M, as its box offices numbers drop — Warner Bros Discovery added more than seven million net subscribers in the third quarter of 2024 as its international Max rollout gathered pace …
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Gizmodo, Benzinga, The Streamable, Front Office Sports and Adweek
Amanda Gerut / Fortune:
Streams Charts: Election Day livestreams generated nearly 84M hours watched with 80.6% on YouTube; Fox News was the top outlet with a record 1.14M+ peak viewers — A man seen watching the broadcasting of the U.S. election results at the restaurant in Bangkok.
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Tubefilter, Streams Charts and DNyuz
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Perplexity's US election hub offered helpful, real-time election insights and maps on November 5, linking to reliable resources and providing historical context
Deadline:
Nielsen: 42.3M viewers watched election night coverage across 18 US TV networks, down 25% from 2020; Amazon Prime Video was not included in the measurement
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
How conservatives nurtured and funded a vast network of online influencers and creators, and how structural disadvantages prevent the left from replicating it — Minutes after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, Dana White took the stage to thank the influencers who helped lead Trump to victory.
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Austin Fuller / Current:
How public media newsrooms in Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and Oklahoma are enhancing their statehouse journalism with funding from CPB — With a new round of CPB funding for state government coverage, public media newsrooms in seven more states are hiring reporters and building collaborations to strengthen statehouse reporting.
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TVNewsCheck, @kosuradio, @cory_gaines, @coreyhutchins and Austin Fuller on LinkedIn
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Lionsgate's CEO calls Q2 results “disappointing”, with revenue of $948.6M and a net loss of $163.3M; Starz lost 800K North American streaming subscribers QoQ — Executives at Lionsgate did not attempt to sugarcoat the company's financial results for its latest financial quarter.
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The Wrap, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and Lionsgate
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
[Thread] Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they will shift from three days a week in office to five days a week by June 2, and by February for some managers — NEWS: Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis tells staff they will be returning to the office “five days a week in the coming months.”
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@scotian.bsky.social, @juwanthecurator.bsky.social, @benmullin, @benmullin, @benmullin, Washingtonian and DNyuz, more at Techmeme »
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Richard Winfield, who worked to protect reporters' sources, convinced judges to allow cameras in court, and more as general counsel for the AP, died at age 91 — As a lawyer for The Associated Press and other news outlets, he challenged efforts to muzzle reporters and organized lawyers to promote free expression around the world.
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TVNewsCheck
Brian Stelter / CNN:
After Trump won, US journalists question what a “red wave” election says about the information environment and the media's credibility, influence, and audience — New York CNN — — Donald Trump's return to power is a hinge point for the American media - in ways big, small, and to be determined.
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@kennysmith@mstdn.social, KDFX-TV, Decider, CT Mirror and GeekWire
Reuters:
Canada orders TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national security, but says it is not blocking Canadians' access; TikTok plans to appeal — Canada on Wednesday ordered the wind up of TikTok's business in the country citing national security risks …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK-based Digitalbox buys three entertainment and lifestyle sites from GRV Media; GRV's executive chairman says his company has pivoted to sports journalism — Digitalbox wants a niche in entertainment while GRV Media doubles down on sports. — Online publisher Digitalbox has bought three sites …
WashPostPR / Washington Post:
WaPo launches Ask The Post AI, an experimental generative AI tool that gives curated article results and summary answers based on stories published since 2016 — Today, The Washington Post debuted “Ask The Post AI” a generative AI tool leveraging the publication's deeply-sourced …
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Washington Post and @kyefox.com
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Nexstar report Q3 revenue up 20.7% YoY to $1.37B, net income of $180M, up from $8M in Q3 2023, and record political ad revenue of $154M, up 16% from Q3 2020 — Nexstar ad sales were up 22% from July 1-Sept. 30 ahead of the presidential election, the TV station giant reported in its third-quarter 2024 earnings Thursday.
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