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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix beats with Q3 revenue up 5.9% YoY to $7.93B, $1.4B net income, down from $1.45B YoY, 2.4M net global subscribers added, vs. 1.09M est.; stock is up 10%+ — - Netflix beat third-quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines Tuesday. — The company said it added 2.41 million …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix says its approach to “monetize account sharing” will roll out “more broadly starting in early 2023” and will include the ability to create sub-accounts — Netflix plans to crack down on password sharing beginning in 2023. After giving users the ability …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix plans to stop sharing projected subscriber numbers in its earnings starting in Q4 2022, instead stressing new revenue streams like ads and paid sharing — Netflix will no longer share projected subscriber targets in upcoming earnings reports — a closely tracked metric among investors …
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Aditi Agrawal / Newslaundry:
The Wire suspends its stories on Meta's controversial XCheck program until it carries out a “thorough review”; cited cybersecurity experts deny being consulted — Varadarajan confirmed the news site will review ‘all material and documents and sources’.
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Inside The New York Times' identity crisis, as some in its new administrative layer say their mandate is to enact radical cultural change as slowly as possible — Ben is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Semafor, coming over from the New York Times. Sign up for his media newsletter, out every Sunday night!
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Julia Felton / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom staff go on strike; union demands include ending the “illegal” halt of negotiations and reinstating the prior contract's terms — Newsroom workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, represented by the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, went on strike at noon Tuesday.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Ben Smith and Justin Smith launch Semafor, with stories in “Semaform” and sections The News, Reporter's View, Room for Disagreement, The View From, and Notable — - Semafor, a new global news company, debuted Tuesday. — The company is launching with $25 million in funding.
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Joe Reedy / Associated Press:
Amazon plans to stream an NFL game at 3pm ET on Prime Video the day after US Thanksgiving in 2023, paying between $50M and $70M per year for the additional game — The NFL will expand to Black Friday beginning next season. — The league announced Tuesday that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on the day after Thanksgiving.
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The US should spend $10B+, or ~$30 per American, on nonprofit local news outlets in every community, which are open to everyone, with transparent points of view — My vision for addressing the huge decline in local journalism involves hiring 87,000 new journalists for about 1,300 news organizations …
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Pew Research Center:
In 2021, 11% of high-circulation newspapers and 3% of high-traffic digital news outlets experienced layoffs, compared with 33% and 18%, respectively, in 2020 — The percentage of large newspapers and digital news sites that experienced layoffs fell considerably in 2021 when compared with the year prior …
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Sistrix: Google's September 2022 algorithm update affected several UK publishers, as search rankings for LADbible fell 52%, Mail Online 37%, and The Mirror 27% — Ten of the leading news websites in the UK saw their visibility in search rankings reduced as a result of Google's latest core algorithm update in September.
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Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
Xi Jinping's third term bodes ominously for China's film market; Artisan Gateway: China's 2022 box office is $3.88B so far, down 33% YoY and down 50% from 2019 — Regulators in the country have clamped down on Hollywood imports and narrowed the range of Chinese films deemed politically acceptable.
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