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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify reports Q3 revenue of $2.9B, up 27% YoY; MAUs rose 19% YoY to 381M as Premium users rose 19% YoY to 172M; ad sales rose 75% YoY to $374M; stock up 6%+ — Spotify posted double-digit gains for overall monthly users and paid subscribers for the third quarter of 2021, in line with expectations …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify cites Edison Research and its own internal data to claim it “recently became” the most-used podcast platform in the US and says it has 3.2M podcasts — In September, analysts at eMarketer predicted Spotify was poised to overtake Apple Podcasts in U.S. listenership sometime this year.
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Washington Post:
Internal docs show Facebook staffers agonized over whether the company was nudging news organizations to produce “darker, more divisive content” — In November 2018, the staff of Facebook's fledgling Civic Integrity department got a look at some eye-opening internal research …
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CNET, @jeffjarvis, @oliverdarcy, @cat_zakrzewski, @justinhendrix and @donlday, more at Techmeme »
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Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
Sources say Facebook Papers have no sharing restrictions, so media outlets should model transparency and make them publicly accessible
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Google reimburses Mail Online after blaming human error for disabling ads on Mail's US homepage for four hours on July 30 due to “perceived derogatory content” — Google reimbursed Mail Online after turning off advertising on its US homepage for several hours over the …
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USA Today:
USA Today launches an SMS text chat service, letting digital subscribers connect with its fact checkers — We're living in an age of misinformation. From coronavirus to climate change, via TikTok trends and Facebook memes, being certain about the truth is more important than ever - and more difficult to distinguish.
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@jayrosen_nyu and @dpfunke
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Internal docs show Netflix tried to minimize public backlash to the film Cuties by stopping it from appearing in some search results and recommendations — In September 2020, Netflix was in turmoil as the company battled its most significant PR scandal to date.
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The Wrap, CNET, @zoeschiffer, Variety and IndieWire, more at Techmeme »
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
BBC, Bloomberg, FT, Group Nine, and the Economist say they're receiving increased advertiser requests around sustainability and climate coverage — As publishers invest in more climate coverage this year, the question remains whether or not this content category is also drawing interest from advertisers.
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American Press Institute
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox's Blockchain Creative Labs, launched earlier this year with $100M in seed funding, partners with WWE to launch a marketplace to sell NFTs based on WWE IP — Fox's Blockchain Creative Labs has found its first external NFT partner in the wrestling giant.
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nexttv.com, Variety and Light Reading
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Biden names Jessica Rosenworcel to officially lead the FCC, nominates Gigi Sohn as third Democratic commissioner, but it's unclear if Senate will confirm soon — And progressive Gigi Sohn as a third Democratic commissioner — President Joe Biden named acting Federal Communications …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Snap says it has 100M MAUs in India and partners with entertainment TV channels Sony and Zee TV for curated content in Snapchat's Discover section — Snap said today it has amassed 100 million monthly active users in India, an impressive feat in the key overseas market where Facebook …
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The Economic Times, more at Techmeme »
Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Variety:
UCLA Hollywood Diversity study: in 2019-2020, women almost reached parity with men in casts and writers' rooms; Latinx still underrepresented across the board — People who identify as Hispanic or Latinx make up 18.5% of the United States' population, but as a Hollywood Diversity Report TV analysis …
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UCLA, @edokeefe, @melissafumero, @angeliqueivette, The Wrap and Los Angeles Times
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
Sources: images in thousands of BuzzFeed posts were taken down in 2020 to ward off copyright claims; staffers can restore images if they're credited or licensed — In 2013, BuzzFeed ran a story about Bradley Cooper wearing a knit beanie so large it hid his entire hairline and fell down his neck …
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