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9:25 PM ET, December 12, 2023

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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix publishes its first What We Watched report, detailing the most-watched content from January to June 2023; The Night Agent was #1 with 812M+ hours viewed  —  Netflix is going to start publishing a new report twice a year that details the most popular shows and movies on the platform.
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Ampere: Disney+ and Hulu combined would have more popular titles in the US than any other service and its catalog size would rank second only to Prime Video  —  The streamers' merged content catalog size would rank second only to Amazon Prime Video and ahead of Netflix, according to Ampere Analytics.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The New York Times hires Quartz co-founder Zach Seward to work with its newsroom's leadership to establish principles around using and not using generative AI  —  Quartz co-founder Zach Seward tasked with establishing principles for how the Times will and won't use generative AI
Paresh Dave / Wired:
On November 17, YouTube removed code that said if a channel is in the YouTube Partner Program, which gives a cut of ad revenue, leaving researchers in the dark  —  YouTube removed a snippet of code that publicly disclosed whether a channel receives ad and subscription payouts, obscuring which creators benefit most from the platform.
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global may lay off 1,000+ employees in early 2024, due to a weaker-than-expected ad market, after paring down its staff since earlier in 2023  —  Shari Redstone considers sale of controlling stake in National Amusements amid pressures from Paramount's cable business, ad market
Daniel Frankel / Next TV:
Comcast starts offering its Xumo Stream Box to its nearly 30M residential internet customers; the first device is free, and each additional one costs $5/month  —  The new joint-venture gadget replaces the Xfinity Flex puck that Comcast had been giving out for free to its broadband-only subscribers
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: X generated just over $600M in ad revenue in each of 2023's first three quarters, down from $1B+ per quarter in 2022 and on track for ~$2.5B in 2023  —  - X to miss internal goals for ad revenue, people familiar say  — Musk's personal tweets continue to scare off advertisers
Tiny News Collective:
The Tiny News Collective hires Amy L. Kovac-Ashley as its first executive director and says the nonprofit has helped launch 25 newsrooms in the US since 2021  —  A Note from Kara Meyberg Guzman, Board Chair  —  Since 2020, the Tiny News Collective's board and staff have worked to build …
News Leaders Association:
The News Leaders Association's board approves a member vote to dissolve NLA by June 2024 and distribute assets, such as Sunshine Week, to journalism nonprofits  —  During its final meeting of the year, the News Leaders Association Board of Directors unanimously approved the NLA membership's November vote …
Discussion: Poynter
Gene Park / Washington Post:
The ESA shuts down the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, after new competitors, partner withdrawals, changing audience habits, and more; E3 began in 1995  —  The collapse ends years of attempts to revive the event that once dominated the industry  —  The Electronic Entertainment Expo …
 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Tubi expands its partnership with WBD to add more DC titles, offer several series on-demand, and launch 10 new FAST channels featuring Warner Bros. content
David W. Dunlap / New York Times:
As The New York Times prints its 60,000th issue, the newspaper explains how in 1999 a news assistant discovered a numbering sequence error dating back to 1898
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Anto Antony / Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney and Reliance are expected to sign a non-binding pact as early as December 18 to merge their media operations in India in a cash-and-stock deal
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
To comply with India's FDI rules, four BBC staff quit and form Collective Newsroom, which the BBC plans to commission to produce six Indian language services
Discussion: Broadband TV News and Reuters
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, banned in the UK in February 2021, appears to have set up an agency to distribute free video news packages pushing China's goals
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple redesigns Apple TV in iOS 17.2 and tvOS 17.2 with a sidebar that unifies content; iTunes now redirects users searching for shows and movies to Apple TV
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Sports Illustrated publisher The Arena Group announces the termination of CEO Ross Levinsohn and names 5-Hour Energy founder Manoj Bhargava as its interim CEO