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7:19 AM ET, February 5, 2025

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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
In Q1, Disney+ and Hulu had 178M paid subscribers, up from 177.3M at the end of Q4, and streaming had a $293M profit, up from a $138M loss in Q1 2024  —  Entertainment giant tops Wall Street expectations on core metrics; streaming push continues  —  Streaming gains and a strong box office showing by …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney reports Q1 revenue up 5% YoY to $24.7B, net income up 23% YoY to $2.64B, and entertainment division revenue up 9% YoY to $10.87B  —  Disney posted fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday that beat on the top and bottom lines, but revealed the beginnings of expected streaming subscriber losses at Disney+.
Discussion: IndieWire, The Wrap, Reuters and Walt Disney
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alphabet reports YouTube Q4 ad revenue up 14% YoY to $10.47B, vs. $10.23B est., driven by the US election as both political parties almost doubled 2020 spending  —  YouTube, the internet's biggest streaming video platform, delivered a healthy 13.8% increase in global ad revenue …
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
UK news anchor Kay Burley retires from Sky News after 36 years and “over a million minutes of live TV news”; Burley was one of Sky's original presenters in 1989  —  Kay Burley, one of the UK's best-known news anchors, is retiring from Sky News after 36 years.
Jameel Jaffer / New York Times:
Each legal settlement with Trump by powerful media organizations weakens the freedoms they rely on, damages their credibility, and pressures other outlets  —  Judge Learned Hand, revered for his eloquent and consequential defense of free speech at the height of World War I, came to fear …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming box in the coming months, priced between $200 and $400, that combines content from Netflix, Max, and more  —  After the most tumultuous nine months in Sonos' history, the brand is trying to find its footing again.
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Fox plans to launch a subscription-based streaming service by year-end that will be priced “relatively low” and target those who don't pay for traditional TV  —  Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the SVOD will be priced “relatively low” and target viewers who do not pay for traditional TV
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Fox Corp reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to $5.08B, vs. $4.82B est., ad revenue up 21% to $2.4B, driven by political ads, sports, and news, and a $388M net income
Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI has spent months talking to Hollywood's largest studios about the potential of video generator Sora, but no deals have emerged yet  —  - Startup has met with Hollywood studios about commercial deals  — Studios worry about business implications of new technology
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Netflix hopes its expansion into live programming boosts its nascent ad business; Bernstein estimates its two NFL games generated up to $180M in US advertising  —  Streaming group hopes boxing, wrestling and other events can also boost nascent advertising business
more at Techmeme »
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ampere predicts streamers will outspend commercial broadcasters on content for the first time in 2025, and overall content spend will rise 0.4% YoY to $248B  —  For the first time this year the streamers will spend more on content than commercial broadcasters.
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix distances itself and its Oscar promotions for the film Emilia Pérez from Karla Sofía Gascón after controversy over her earlier posts on social media  —  The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the film's embattled best actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón …
 
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk accused an X user, who named federal staff in a post X then removed, of “a crime”, showing what actual government social media censorship looks like
Amanda Friedman / Politico:
The White House Correspondents' Association announces that Amber Ruffin, a writer at Late Night With Seth Meyers, will headline its annual dinner on April 26
Wall Street Journal:
Major US publishers and authors sue Idaho over a new law limiting minors' access to books with “harmful” material, arguing the law is unconstitutionally broad
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Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
The NMPA plans to issue 2,500 takedown notices to Spotify for podcast episodes that allegedly contain “unlicensed musical works” from 19 NMPA member publishers
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Toronto-based programmatic ad startup StackAdapt raised $235M led by Teachers' Venture Growth, after raising $300M from Summit Partners in June 2022
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Tortoise names two co-CEOs: Emma Sullivan, its managing director who helped lead the Observer deal, and Richard Furness, a former Guardian Media Group executive
Steven Levy / Wired:
TED head Chris Anderson announces his intention to step down after 25 years and hand over TED to whoever presents the best idea for its future
Leo Marchandon / Reuters:
Publicis reports FY 2024 net revenue of €13.97B, representing 5.8% organic growth vs. its 5.5% guidance, and expects organic growth of 4% to 5% in 2025
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: the Los Angeles Times is offering a voluntary buyout program to all employees who have worked at the paper for at least two years
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A closer look at the iPhone 17 “Air”, which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones

Bloomberg:
Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similarly to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5, both free

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Chetan Nayak, who leads Microsoft's Station Q team trying to build a quantum computer; source: Microsoft spends ~$300M annually on quantum research
 
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