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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B; NFLX jumps 7%+ — LOS ANGELES — Netflix posted third-quarter earnings Thursday that beat on the top and bottom lines as its advertising business continued to grow.
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Netflix gained 5.1M new subscribers in Q3, vs. 4M est., and says more than 50% of signups were for its ad-supported tier in countries where it was available — Netflix (NFLX.O) picked up 5.1 million streaming subscribers in the third quarter, topping Wall Street estimates by more than 1 million …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix forecasts 2025 revenue of $43B-$44B, which would be 11%-13% higher than its 2024 guidance, and targets a 2025 operating margin of 28% vs. 27% in 2024 — Netflix is expecting to keep growing revenue at double-digit percentages in 2025. — In reporting Q3 2024 results that beat analyst forecasts …
Sahil Patel / The Information:
LinkedIn woos publishers, testing a “News Banner” on its mobile app feed and a video ad program that sources say will earn Bloomberg and WSJ $2M+ each in 2024 — As Facebook owner Meta Platforms has backed away from news, Microsoft's LinkedIn has leaned into it.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bloomberg launches a Weekend Edition to reduce churn; CPO Julia Beizer says the publisher has 740K subscribers, of which about 40% are from outside the US — The new editorial product will focus on the intersection of finance and culture, boosting weekend readership
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Marah Eakin / Wired:
Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short — Amazon is hosting AI filmmaking competitions. Meta is letting directors test Movie Gen. As tech companies develop new tools …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Hobbyists post the code for Redbox kiosk software online, and tinkerers have been probing how it works, sometimes repurposing abandoned machines to run Doom — The code that runs Redbox DVD rental machines has been dumped online, and, in the wake of the company's bankruptcy …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Jon Steinberg, CEO of UK magazine publisher Future, announces plans to step down in 2025 after a 12-month notice period; Steinberg joined in April 2023 — Steinberg was in the role for approximately a year and a half. — Shares in magazine publisher Future plc dropped more than 10% …
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London Stock Exchange, The Times and The Media Leader
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A year after its launch, The Guardian's European edition generates 15% of the company's pageviews, and one-time donations from European readers increased by 45% — After the launch of Guardian Europe, one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%.
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American Press Institute
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Google will block US election ads after the polls close on November 5 to prevent misinfo about voting, including candidates prematurely claiming victory — - Google is implementing the policy “out of an abundance of caution and to limit the potential for confusion …
Mark K. Miller / TVNewsCheck:
Tegna and Dallas Mavericks announce that six Tegna TV stations will join eight stations owned by others to air games to ~14M people in Texas, starting Oct. 26 — Eight stations join the six owned by Tegna to create one of the largest sports franchise footprints assembled by a local broadcast group.
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Source: Sputnik no longer broadcasts around Washington, DC, or Kansas City, MO, after the State Department imposed new sanctions on Russian-backed broadcasters — Radio stations in two markets will be dropping their affiliation with Russia-backed programming distributor Sputnik by the end of the week, The Desk has learned.
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Voice of America, Radio & Television … and Inside Radio
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