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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B — LOS ANGELES — Netflix posted third-quarter earnings Thursday that beat on the top and bottom lines as its advertising business continued to grow.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix forecasts 2025 revenue of $43B-$44B, which would be 11%-13% higher than its 2024 guidance, and targets a 2025 operating margin of 28% vs. 27% in 2024 — Netflix is expecting to keep growing revenue at double-digit percentages in 2025. — In reporting Q3 2024 results that beat analyst forecasts …
Mark K. Miller / TVNewsCheck:
Tegna and Dallas Mavericks announce that six Tegna TV stations will join eight stations owned by others to air games to ~14M people in Texas, starting Oct. 26 — Eight stations join the six owned by Tegna to create one of the largest sports franchise footprints assembled by a local broadcast group.
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A year after its launch, The Guardian's European edition generates 15% of the company's pageviews, and one-time donations from European readers increased by 45% — After the launch of Guardian Europe, one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%.
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Source: Sputnik no longer broadcasts around Washington, DC, or Kansas City, MO, after the State Department imposed new sanctions on Russian-backed broadcasters — Radio stations in two markets will be dropping their affiliation with Russia-backed programming distributor Sputnik by the end of the week, The Desk has learned.
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Billy Binion / Reason:
The US Supreme Court revives the case of citizen journalist Priscilla Villarreal, who is suing Texas officials for her arrest over asking questions of police — Priscilla Villarreal's case is about whether certain reporters have more robust free speech rights than others.
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Meta:
Meta announces first results from its work with Blumhouse Productions on a pilot program seeking creative industry feedback on Meta's AI video model Movie Gen — We recently introduced Meta Movie Gen—a suite of AI models that show how you can use simple text inputs to produce custom videos and sounds …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Google will block US election ads after the polls close on November 5 to prevent misinfo about voting, including candidates prematurely claiming victory — - Google is implementing the policy “out of an abundance of caution and to limit the potential for confusion …
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Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Prabhakar Raghavan will leave his role overseeing Google search and ads products, to be replaced by Nick Fox; Raghavan will become Chief Technologist — Prabhakar Raghavan, the most senior Google executive overseeing its search engine and ads products, is leaving the role after a four-year tenure leading …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
The FCC proposed a $147K fine against Disney's ESPN after the network used Emergency Alert System tones in promotional spots in 2023; ESPN can appeal — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a $147,000 fine against the Walt Disney Company's ESPN after the sports network …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Sun begins rolling out a registration wall asking users to create an account and seems to be applying it mainly to content by its best-known writers — The Sun has begun rolling out a registration wall asking users to sign up for free to read certain stories.
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
ByteDance's publishing imprint 8th Note Press is expanding into print and plans to release 10-15 books per year, after launching as an ebook publisher in 2023 — ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns TikTok, will focus its publisher, 8th Note Press, on popular genres such as romance, romantasy and young adult fiction.
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