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The case could reshape the rules of how other businesses can make money on the Android operating system.

Netflix today has revealed viewership data for 99% of its entire catalog, or about 18,000 titles around the world. It published the numbers in a report, What We Watched, capturing viewing from January to June of 2023. It is the first edition of a planned semi-annual look at viewership on the leading streaming service. The initiative is to document the highs, lows and in-betweens of the platform instead of delivering the customary lists of only the top-performing programming.

Tubi has expanded its partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery to stream many of its DC titles. Fox’s free, ad-supported streamer will also offer series on-demand including Batwoman, Gotham, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, as well as Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Green Lantern and Wonder Woman 1984. As part of the expanded deal, Tubi also launched 10 new FAST channels featuring Warner Bros. content.

A founding editor of Quarta, he will build a small team in the newsroom to experiment with generative AI tools and prototype ideas. He will help design training programs for curious journalists and will partner with colleagues across the company to determine where to incorporate generative AI tools into our publishing tools and digital products.

Democratic candidates, including Elon Musk’s most vocal critics, have spent over a million dollars to run thousands of political ads on X.

On Monday, a federal judge advanced a lawsuit from investors who say they suffered losses when they sold their shares in Twitter, now known as X, because of posts from Musk claiming the platform has a major issue with fake accounts and that he could wiggle out of the deal because of it. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that several of Musk’s statements were false or misleading, in part, because he waived due diligence.

Altice USA is in talks to sell the financial news streaming service Cheddar News to Los Angeles-based private equity firm Regent LP, according to people familiar with the matter. No deal is assured and discussions around structure are still fluid, said the people, who asked not to be named because the talks are private.

Amazon is asking a federal judge to throw out Federal Trade Commission charges that the company illegally hindered competition in the “online superstore” market, to the detriment of third-party sellers that use the platform as well as consumers. In a motion filed with U.S. District Court Judge John Chun in Seattle, Amazon argues that FTC’s allegations concern “common retail practices that presumptively benefit consumers.”

Consulting firm Magid today offered predictions for the entertainment industry, and streaming in particular, in 2024. It predicted increased churn among the major streamers as FAST channels proliferate and the monthly price for a subscription to a premium streaming network goes up.

Showtime‘s linear network, which launched more than four decades ago during the early days of cable, will officially get a new name on Jan. 8, 2024. The network will be rebranded Paramount+ with Showtime. Parent company Paaramount Global had announced the rebrand earlier this year, combining the previously separate Paramount+ and Showtime streaming apps into a single service under the new name.

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

X Corp. owner Elon Musk on Thursday told the Supreme Court that a restriction on his ability to tweet about Tesla violates the First Amendment. The restriction, which he agreed to as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, prohibits Musk from tweeting about his car company without first obtaining approval from its lawyers. Such a restriction “is a quintessential prior restraint that the law forbids,” his lawyers say in a petition urging the Supreme Court to review the restriction.

Tucker Carlson‘s new streaming site has launched, offering an array of different media products, all featuring Carlson. They include the self-explanatory Tucker Carlson Interview, After the Tucker Carlson Interview, Ask Tucker, TC Shorts, The Tucker Carlson Encounter and Tucker Carlson Films.

Netflix said it expects to pay its co-CEOs, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, $40 million each in 2024, the same target as in 2023. Both executives get a compensation package of $3 million in base salary, $6 million in bonuses, $15.5 million in restricted stock units and $15.5 million in performance-based restricted stock units, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive chairman Reed Hastings is expected to get total compensation of $1 million.

Beginning today, each day will feature a different social media message, ranging from thank you notes from grant recipients to positive statements about radio, television and charitable giving designed to raise funds and awareness of the organization’s mission to aid broadcasters in need.

A religious broadcaster says new federal rules are needed for it to obtain carriage on streaming services like YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV. One Ministries Inc. is turning to the FCC for help, claiming so-called virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs) are neglecting its Christian-formatted KQSL San Francisco.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a customer success specialist to work remotely for Megaphone TV, an interactive sponsorship platform for broadcasters. Other current jobs posted on TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for two general managers, key accounts manager and director of sales.

The social media platform has had preliminary talks with Amazon to sell ads through the e-commerce giant’s ad-buying software.

The wrestling-based streaming service launches Jan. 5 on Android TV, Fire TV and Roku.

X boss Elon Musk called on Disney to “immediately” fire CEO Bob Iger on Thursday for allowing Mouse House ads to run on rival social media platforms that allegedly allowed child predators to target underage users. Musk’s escalated his feud with Iger — whom he told to “go f–k yourself” last week after Disney pulled its advertising from X — following a disputed report that its ads were running next to antisemitic content on the site formerly known as Twitter.

Etsy, eBay and Yelp have joined a growing list of companies and organizations urging the Supreme Court to strike down laws in Florida and Texas that prevent tech platforms from moderating content. “It ought to be fundamental to the First Amendment that a marketplace for handmade T-shirts and coffee mugs should not be forced by a state’s ‘free speech’ regulations to carry ‘I ♥ Hitler’ paraphernalia out of ‘fairness’ to all viewpoints,” Etsy, eBay and others say in a friend-of-the-court brief filed Thursday. “This case should be that simple as a First Amendment matter.”

Disney+’s Loki ascended to the top of Nielsen’s U.S. ranking of streaming originals for the week of Nov. 6, amassing 753 million minutes viewed across 12 total episodes. Netflix’s All the Light We Cannot See dipped to a close second, with 744 million minutes viewed/four episodes.

Britta Merwin, a Fox Weather meteorologist and co-host of its morning block, says the network’s success so far stems from its unique distribution strategy. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s new media company has begun building its base of paying subscribers as it moves toward launch, its chief executive told Reuters. “We’ve opened our site for membership pre-sales,” said Neil Patel, co-founder and CEO of the new venture. “Once we are comfortable that all of the systems are running well, launch and brand release will follow.” Patel said those paying subscribers will have access to members-only content and behind-the-scenes footage. He declined to comment on the pricing.

Bruce Dixon (l), formerly the co-CEO alongside Lokhandwala (r), will be the sole CEO.