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Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Docs: Meta projected in December 2024 that 10.1% of its 2024 revenue, or $16B, came from ads for scams and banned goods, including ~$7B from “higher risk” ads — Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show.
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Craig Silverman / Wired:
A look at CollectiveMetrics.org, a new nonprofit founded by two ex-Meta ad executives that aims to bring more transparency to digital advertising to fight scams — Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Condé Nast fired four staffers who were among a group of over a dozen that confronted its HR head over the Teen Vogue closure and other recent cuts — The Scoop — Condé Nast abruptly fired four staffers who were among a group of more than a dozen employees …
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Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
ESPN announces DraftKings as the new sports betting partner for ESPN Bet, effective December 1 with a “full rollout expected in 2026” — That was a short-lived exit. — Remember when ESPN was exiting the online sports-betting business an hour ago? Not anymore.
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Sky News:
Investigation: X amplifies right-wing and extreme political content in the UK, as Elon Musk endorses fringe politicians and encourages nationalist sentiment — For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content.
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
A survey of 3,000 people in six countries: streaming viewers average 14 minutes looking for content to watch; 45% say the market is oversaturated with streamers — Streamers value the flexibility and choice that platforms like Netflix, Prime Video and Disney Plus offer them in the breadth …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate reports Q2 revenue down 21% YoY to $475.1M, net loss of $113.5M, vs. $163.3M a year earlier, $276.4M in motion picture revenue, $198.7M in TV revenue — The Hollywood major released its latest financial results as a standalone film and TV studios company after splitting from its Starz streaming platform.
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Juby Babu / Reuters:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $2.14B, above $2.1B est., Dow Jones revenue up 6% to $586M, and News Media with “strong improvement in profitability” — Media conglomerate News Corp (NWSA.O) beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday …
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Madison & Wall: US ad spending is expected to grow 8.5% this year to $435.22B and Meta, Google, and Amazon are projected to account for 56% of the US ad market — An increase in targeted ads helps fuel revenue growth, easing some concern about the technology — Big tech is spending big on artificial intelligence.
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C.J. Robinson / Columbia Journalism Review:
Tow Center identifies eight X bot accounts that use X's AI Note Writer API to write between 5% to 10% of the Community Notes visible to the public each day — Eight AI bots contribute about 10 percent of the platform's “Community Notes.” — Last month, videos of the No Kings protests circulated online among extensive news coverage.
Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Analysis: in 2025, only 17% of North America's top 100 highest-grossing films were directed by non-white filmmakers, down from 27% in 2021 and 24% in 2023 — Last week, I had the whim to take a look and see where things stood for female directors in Hollywood.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta launches Vibes, its short-form video feed of AI-generated videos, in Europe through the Meta AI app, following its US debut six weeks earlier — Meta announced on Thursday that Vibes, its short-form video feed of AI-generated videos, is launching in Europe in the Meta AI app.
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