Mediagazer: Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 19% YoY to €3.99B, vs. €4.02B est., MAUs up 11% to 640M, and forecasts Q4 profit and MAUs above est.; SPOT jumps 8%+ (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)

10:20 AM ET, November 13, 2024

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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:

The Guardian says it will no longer post on “any official Guardian editorial accounts” on “toxic media platform” X; reporters will still use X to gather news — Platform's coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian

Jack Forrest / CNN:

President-elect Donald Trump announces he has chosen Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has chosen Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense.

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Financial Times:

Media executives say that some brands were preparing to advertise on X once again, as Elon Musk was likely to gain an influential Trump administration role — Some brands had abandoned the site over moderation concerns — Elon Musk's support for Donald Trump is set to boost X's flagging business …

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Diana Falzone / Mediaite:

Sources: Alina Habba, the lawyer who represented Trump in high-profile cases, is the front-runner to serve as press secretary in the incoming White House — Alina Habba, a lawyer who represented Donald Trump in a series of high-profile cases, has emerged as a front-runner to serve …

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Axios:

Sources: Trump's confidants are considering changes to daily press briefings in the White House that would give access to newer, MAGA-aligned voices — - Trump's first administration tried to ban outlets it saw as unfavorable from off-camera press briefings.

Discussion: @sophiacai99

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video — Amazon is officially shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported video streaming service originally launched under the IMDb brand nearly five years ago.

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Google says it will test removing news articles from EU-based publishers from Search for 1% of users in France, Poland, Greece, Belgium, and other EU countries — As Google continues to navigate its relationship with publishers, regulators, and news readers, the company is starting a pretty drastic test …

Discussion: The Keyword

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Yahoo Finance hires Anthony Galloway as head of content; he was previously the WSJ's chief content officer of editorial video, audio, and voice programming — Anthony Galloway has been hired as head of content for Yahoo Finance. — He will be responsible for leading programming …

CNBC:

Liberty Media plans to spin off most assets, besides F1 racing, into publicly traded company Liberty Live, and says CEO Greg Maffei will step down by 2024's end — Liberty Media announced Wednesday it's spinning off most assets besides Formula One auto racing into a separate publicly traded company …

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Sportico, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and KUSA-TV

Callie Holtermann / New York Times:

Bluesky says it has gained 1M+ users in the week since the US election, mostly in the US, the UK, and Canada, and now has 14.7M users in total — With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:

Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 19% YoY to €3.99B, vs. €4.02B est., MAUs up 11% to 640M, and forecasts Q4 profit and MAUs above est.; SPOT jumps 8%+ — Audio-streaming giant Spotify (SPOT.N) forecast fourth-quarter profit above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday …

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, MEDIANAMA, The Media Leader, Variety, @richlightshed, @richlightshed, Music Business Worldwide, @richlightshed, @eldsjal, The Information, CNBC, Billboard, Music Ally, Investing.com, Spotify, Bloomberg and Deadline

K.J. Yossman / Variety:

The UK's Barb: Netflix grew its ad tier from 2.78M homes in Q2 to 3.8M homes in Q3 and Disney+ from 820K homes to 1.2M homes over the same period — It looks like the industry pivot back towards ads is paying off for streaming platformers, at least in the U.K.

Discussion: Cord Cutters News, The Media Leader and Advanced Television

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