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6:35 PM ET, January 21, 2025

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $10.2B and 301.6M global subs, adding 18.9M subs, more than doubling Wall Street estimates; NFLX jumps 13%+ after hours  —  - Netflix is raising subscription prices in its biggest market  — Report marks the end of regular quarterly customer updates
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Drew Lerner / Awful Announcing:
Nielsen: Netflix captured 8.5% of all US streaming viewership in December 2024, its highest share since July 2023, in part due to NFL games; YouTube had 11.1%  —  Netflix's Christmas Day NFL experiment seems to have paid off.  —  According to data released by Nielsen's “The Gauge” …
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
ByteDance-owned video editing app CapCut is now working in the US, but is still not in app stores, after Trump signed an EO attempting to pause the TikTok ban  —  CapCut, the ByteDance-owned video editing app that's subject to the same ban as TikTok, is working again in the US.
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Donald Trump signs an EO pausing the TikTok ban for 75 days to give ByteDance more time to reach a deal and aims to protect TikTok's providers from liability
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Philip Rucker, the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning national editor, joins CNN as senior vice president of editorial strategy and news  —  - Rucker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has been with the paper for two decades. … - He will help manage newsgathering efforts around politics …
Marta Balaga / Variety:
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Source: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has made a settlement offer to Prince Harry to avoid a trial over alleged illegal activities and coverups at its tabloids  —  LONDON — Rupert Murdoch's British publishing arm has made a substantial settlement offer to Prince Harry and a senior lawmaker …
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Reuters:
Prince Harry's case against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers over alleged wrongdoing from 1996 to 2011 goes to trial in London, set to last eight weeks
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Parrot Analytics estimates Severance season 1 earned $200M+, with ~50% coming in the year following the finale; Ted Lasso generated $609.4M from Q3'20 to Q3'24  —  Parrot came to these figures via its Content Valuation methodology, which uses a formula to correlate audience demand with subscribers and therefore revenue.
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Forbes executives detail how the outlet is drawing on a range of revenue streams, including events, online subscriptions, and direct-sold advertising  —  The senior leadership team at Forbes has explained how the business title is drawing on a range of revenue streams such as events, online subscriptions and direct-sold advertising.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta says it will offer eligible TikTok creators free verification, content deals, and up to $5,000 in bonuses to post Reels  —  Meta is luring TikTok creators over to its platforms with the promise of cash bonuses, content deals, and support to grow their communities.
 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Channel says that The Will Cain Show will carry “a signature podcast style”, marking a potential shift in how cable news delivers content to viewers
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon's IMDb says founder Col Needham will step down as CEO and move to executive chair, and appoints COO Nikki Santoro as CEO; Needham launched IMDb in 1990
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Adam Sherwin / The i Paper:
An interview with BBC North America Editor Sarah Smith, who says the BBC will not be intimidated by legal threats from Donald Trump to muzzle the media
Javed Farooqui / The Economic Times:
Sources: BBC Studios explores options for its Indian production business, including an exit, due to challenges like consolidation and reduced content budgets
Discussion: TVNewsCheck, Deadline and Variety
Csongor Körömi / Politico:
Le Monde says it will no longer post content on X, saying Donald Trump's “alliance” with social media bosses like Elon Musk “represents a global threat”
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Donald Trump signs an EO ending “federal censorship” of online platforms, and directs the AG to investigate if the Biden admin censored US citizens' free speech