Mediagazer: An interview with Mishal Husain, who left the BBC's Today program to launch a Bloomberg interview series in November 2024, on her BBC exit, her book, and more (Nosheen Iqbal/Vogue UK)

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting subscriber numbers on a quarterly basis — Netflix is no longer reporting number of subscribers on a quarterly basis. But it's still motoring on a hot growth engine …

Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:

Filing: Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters saw total compensation of about $61.9M and $60.3M in 2024, up from $49.8M and $40.1M in 2023, respectively — Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters saw total compensation of, respectively, to about $61.9 million and $60.3 million in 2024, up sharply from the year before.

Discussion: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Cord Cutters News, @nick-lynx.bsky.social, Media Play News and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

Ted Sarandos says Netflix talent uses “AI tools to do set references, pre-vis, VFX sequence prep, shot planning” and AI can make movies “10% better” — Citing recent comments by James Cameron, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he hopes AI can make films “10% better,” not just “50% cheaper.”

Discussion: IndieWire, Business Insider, Fox News and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:

Ted Sarandos says “as the popularity of video podcasts grows, I suspect you'll see some of them find their way to Netflix” — “Is it premium? Well, some of it is, and we believe we have the best monetization model on the planet for premium storytelling," co-CEO Ted Sarandos said on the earnings call.

Discussion: Variety, @romitmehta.com, TVNewsCheck and Business Insider

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Netflix says co-founder Reed Hastings has left his post as executive chairman to become chairman and non-executive director of the company

Discussion: The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Variety and Media Play News

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

A federal judge declines the AP challenge to the WH eliminating wire service pool slots, calling the policy “neutral” as it does not punish the AP specifically — A federal judge who ruled that the Trump White House's ban on the Associated Press was a violation …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill, WTOP News, @jakemrosen, Baltimore Sun, New York Times, RVM News and Status

Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:

In an appeals court hearing on the AP's White House access, the DOJ argued that WH spaces are akin to private spaces to which the president can restrict access — A three-judge panel was skeptical of arguments that the administration is facing imminent harm.

Discussion: @michaelbishop.me, @gregoryaight.bsky.social, TVNewsCheck, Reuters, The Hill and Associated Press

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

Filing: an AP print reporter is expected to have a spot in the White House pool by Sunday; an AP photographer was admitted to the pool on Thursday — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich argued that the administration has been complying with Judge Trevor McFadden's order …

Discussion: The Hill, @mariopro.bsky.social, @devonheinen.bsky.social and Washington Examiner

Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr:

[Thread] Columbia University is cutting ties with Sewell Chan, Columbia Journalism Review editor since June 2024; Betsy Morais will serve as interim director — Some news: Columbia University is cutting ties with Sewell Chan, who has been the editor of Columbia Journalism Review since last year

Discussion: The Wrap, @froomkin.bsky.social, @ckrewson, @katie_robertson, @breakermedianyc and @lachcartwright

Nosheen Iqbal / Vogue UK:

An interview with Mishal Husain, who left the BBC's Today program to launch a Bloomberg interview series in November 2024, on her BBC exit, her book, and more — Last year, Mishal Husain's bold decision to swap the BBC for Bloomberg was breaking news. As the broadcaster prepares to go global …

Discussion: Penny Crook on LinkedIn, @localnotail.bsky.social and The Guardian

Committee to Protect Journalists:

CPJ issues a travel advisory warning journalists traveling to the US to anticipate increased questioning by border agents regarding coverage of sensitive topics — A stated policy goal of the Trump administration is to significantly change U.S. travel and immigration policies.

Discussion: @ianbirrell, @wolfe321, @pressfreedom.bsky.social, @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @newsjennifer.bsky.social

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:

The Wikimedia Foundation partners with Kaggle to release a dataset of “structured Wikipedia content in English and French” optimized for AI model training — Data science platform Kaggle is hosting a Wikipedia dataset that's specifically optimized for machine learning applications.

Discussion: @kaggle, @jandotai, @davewiner, @chuckreynolds, @ErikJonker@mastodon.social, Gizmodo and Engadget

Paul Hiebert / Adweek:

IAB and PWC: online ad spend hit $258.6B in 2024, up 15% YoY, with 39.8% going to search, 28.7% to display, 24% to video, and $2.4B to podcasts, up 26.4% YoY — The total marks a 15% increase compared to 2023 — Advertisers poured a recording-breaking amount of money into U.S. digital media last year.

Discussion: Search Engine Land, W Media Research, IAB, MarTech, TV Tech, Music Ally, MediaPost, Inside Radio and Barrett Media