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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Comcast reports Q4 revenue up 2% YoY to $31.92B and media revenue, including its TV networks, up 3.5% to $7.22B; Comcast lost 311K cable TV customers — Comcast topped Wall Street's fourth-quarter estimates on Thursday as revenue from the company's broadband business gave it a boost despite losing customers.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast reports Peacock's Q4 losses fell to $372M from an $825M loss in Q4 2023 and revenue rose 28% YoY to $1.3B; subscribers stood at 36M, unchanged from Q3
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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon sues Washington state to limit the release of public records to The Washington Post about Jeff Bezos' Amazon Project Kuiper satellite facility in Seattle — In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant's hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Court filing: Elon Musk, seeking to dismiss Don Lemon's lawsuit, blames an “invasive and charged interview” for canceling Lemon's $1.5M partnership with X — - Former CNN star is suing Musk over failed $1.5 million deal — X owner says journalist's interview led to ‘sour’ relationship
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Yasmin Rufo / BBC:
The BBC apologizes to staff after an internal review found employees felt unable to raise concerns about Russell Brand's misconduct during his tenure at BBC — The BBC has apologised to staff who felt they could not speak up with concerns about Russell Brand's behaviour because he was seen as …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon hikes prices of Amazon Music Unlimited for Prime and non-Prime members by $1 to $10.99 and $11.99 per month, and Unlimited Family Plan by $3 to $19.99 — The higher prices come just a few months after market leader Spotify adjusted subscription prices of its own.
Wall Street Journal:
Meta agrees to pay ~$25M to settle Trump's 2021 lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg after the company suspended his accounts following the January 6 riot — The president had sued the social-media company after his accounts were suspended following Jan. 6 riot
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Washington Post:
The Washington Post names Peter Spiegel as its new managing editor; Spiegel most recently was the Financial Times' US managing editor for nearly six years — The veteran, award-winning journalist will oversee the National and Local newsroom departments, including coverage of politics, national security and immigration
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The Authors Guild launches a project for writers to certify their books as human-authored and not AI generated, initially for members and single-author books — Books not created by AI will be listed in a US Authors Guild database that anyone can access. — Books not created by AI …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Threads adds a dedicated media tab globally for photos and video, days after X and Bluesky added video tabs, and will let users tag people in photos — Meta's newer social network Threads announced on Thursday that it's introducing a dedicated “media” tab for both photos and videos …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK magazine publisher Future names its EVP of B2C Kevin Li Ying as its next CEO, succeeding Jon Steinberg, effective from March 31 2025 — Future has named its executive vice president of business-to-consumer operations and former chief technology officer, Kevin Li Ying, as its next CEO.
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon says social media platforms in the UK should promote content from trusted sources to avoid “a slide into an American news swamp” — UK's Channel 4 chief Alex Mahon calls for regulated providers to be given priority on social media
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Lily Meier / Bloomberg:
How Barnes & Noble made an unlikely comeback due to BookTok's viral book recommendations driving up sales, which have risen by “mid-single digits” since 2021 — BookTok readers are flocking to physical stores to snag a copy of the latest viral hit—and helping the once-struggling chain turn a corner.
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