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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $7.97B, vs $8.04B est., and a 970K subscriber loss vs an estimated 2M subscriber loss; stock jumps 5%+ after hours — Netflix shares jumped 6% after the company said it lost fewer subscribers than anticipated during the second quarter.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix acquires Australian animation studio Animal Logic for an undisclosed cash price and expects the deal to close in 2022; Animal Logic has ~800 employees — Netflix is acquiring Australian animation studio Animal Logic, which is producing films for the streamer including …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Money magazine, once a prominent Time Inc. title, is profitable again in online-only form as a niche consumer finance brand, current owner Greg Powel says — Money, once a prominent business title under Time Inc., is officially a profitable business again in online-only form, its new owner Greg Powel told Axios.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix plans to launch its cheaper, ad-supported plan in “the early part of 2023”, starting in “a handful of markets where advertising spend is significant”
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Reuters:
Netflix is borrowing a page from Disney's playbook by building brands that traverse film, TV, games, and consumer products, to counter slowing subscriber growth
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Wall Street Journal:
Memo to staff: Meta is reallocating resources from Facebook's News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin, as the company focuses more on the creator economy — Senior executive tells employees that News tab and Bulletin newsletter platform will be ‘put on the backburner’
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
UK events and publishing company Informa acquires Industry Dive, a US business newsletter publisher, for $389M in cash and up to $525M depending on performance — Industry Dive, a Washington, D.C.-based business media company, has signed an agreement to be acquired by Informa …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bloomberg Media is planning a major international expansion starting in 2022, hiring in-house talent in some markets and partnering with local outlets in others — Bloomberg Media is planning a major expansion into localized coverage of different regions around the world, CEO Scott Havens told Axios.
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Tatiana Siegel / Rolling Stone:
Bots amplified the fan-led campaign to release Zack Snyder's Justice League; 13%+ of users in the conversation were deemed fake, above the typical 3% to 5% — A WarnerMedia report reveals that bots and other inauthentic users bolstered the fan-led campaign for director Zack Snyder's Justice League do-over
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC's Today show launches its first digital cover story, a look at creator and actor Issa Rae, as it eyes fans of consumer publications like People and Vogue — The people who oversee “Today” want to lure new audiences from a decidedly different competitor set.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube rolls out new shopping features, including a Shopify partnership to let eligible US creators and merchants link their Shopify store and YouTube channel — YouTube already soaks up billions of hours of the world's attention. Now the video giant also wants to hoover up a bigger piece of consumers' online purchases.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Charter, an outlet that covers the future of work, raised a $3M seed to debut Charter Pro, a membership-based insights service for HR leaders by the end of 2022 — Charter, the digital media and insights company focused on the future of work, has raised a $3 million seed round to jump-start …
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Andrew Fedorov / The Fine Print:
Three Substack Local fellows say the year-long grant program didn't provide much business support; Substack's Hamish McKenzie says success wasn't guaranteed — Last April, Substack committed $1 million to a program to give grants for local journalists to launch publications …
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
PwC: Australian households spend AU$4,500+ per year on internet access, pay TV, gaming, news subscriptions, and other media; 75%+ paid for streaming TV in 2021 — PwC expects more than 80% of households will be paying for streaming services by end 2022 — Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast
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