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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Internal research: Twitter has been losing “heavy tweeters”, who tweet three to four times a week, as their interest in news, sports, and entertainment wanes — “Is Twitter dying?” billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform.
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta says Apple updated its App Store rules to require IAPs for social media “boosts” to grow its business “while undercutting others in the digital economy” — Just when I thought the relationship between Apple and Meta couldn't get more hostile, here we are.
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Spotify says Apple's behavior is “choking competition” after Apple rejected its proposed audiobook purchasing process three times for breaking App Store rules — The company called Apple practices “anticompetitive” and said it was “choking competition” in a blog post published …
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: CNN CEO Chris Licht has finished a broad business review, as part of a plan to eliminate 1,000+ Warner Bros. Discovery jobs before the end of 2022 — - CNN CEO Chris Licht talked to CNBC about why he took the job, why he thinks some coverage of him has been “painfully inaccurate …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's ad revenue dropped 1.9% YoY to $7.07B in Q3, below expectations of $7.42B and representing its first year-over-year drop in at least two years — Overall, Alphabet, Google's parent company, also came in below analyst estimates. The company posted revenue of $69.1 billion and earnings per share of $1.06 for Q3.
Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 21% YoY to €3.04B, MAUs up 20% YoY to 456M vs. 448.6M est., and Premium subs up 13% YoY to 195M; stock drops 6%+ on ad growth miss — Audio streaming service Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) Tuesday surpassed Wall Street's estimates for revenue and subscriber gains …
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says US subscribers can expect price hikes in 2023, after recent increases by Apple and YouTube; Premium has cost $9.99/month since 2011
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN sells a majority stake in its 27-year-old extreme sports franchise X Games to PE firm MSP Sports; ESPN will continue as its US linear broadcast partner — Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. MSP will assume day-to-day operational control of the X Games business, which will spin off from ESPN.
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Guardians of the Galaxy filmmaker James Gunn and DC Films producer Peter Safran will co-lead DC Studios, the Warner Bros. Discovery unit set to replace DC Films — Finally, Warner Discovery Boss David Zaslav has a new head of DC studios; not one but two and it's Guardians of the Galaxy …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
UK press regulator Impress kicks out Unity News Network, which grew out of the pro-Brexit campaign group UK Unity, over its Ukraine and COVID-19 vaccine content — Press regulator Impress has kicked right-wing Unity News Network out of its regulatory scheme “with immediate effect”.
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Caleb Wilson / Food Business News:
David Chavern, News/Media Alliance's president and CEO since 2015, plans to leave to become the Consumer Brands Association's president and CEO in January 2023 — ARLINGTON, VA. — David Chavern will be the new president and chief executive officer for the Consumer Brands Association, effective Jan. 3, 2023.
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Lila Shapiro / New York Magazine:
A look at writer and filmmaker Stephen Elliott's motivations in the upcoming defamation case he has brought against Shitty Media Men list creator Moira Donegan — Moira Donegan created the “Shitty Media Men” list to address a moral injustice. Stephen Elliott says he's suing her for the same reason.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: YouTuber MrBeast is looking to raise ~$150M at a ~$1.5B valuation, to expand his video empire further into merchandise, restaurants, and consumer goods — MrBeast, the YouTube star-turned entrepreneur, is looking to raise around $150 million for his business at a roughly $1.5 billion valuation …
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