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☆ Ads are coming to Netflix, and Hollywood writers are bracing for how it will affect their shows and movies on the streamer
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Writers are disappointed that ads are coming to Netflix, disrupting its longtime clean user experience. But other Hollywood TV and film writers hope the new revenue could help pay for more shows and better promotion. But for the writers and producers who make the shows and movies for the leading streamer and other platforms, feelings are mixed. TV writers and filmmakers who spoke to Insider recoiled at the idea of ad breaks in their programs. It's just that Netflix shows will now be structured more like broadcast or Hulu and less like HBO."

☆ After months of subscriber losses, Netflix is under pressure to prove its ad-supported tier can stop the bleeding. Here's why Wall Street is skeptical ahead of this week's earnings results.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Netflix will report third-quarter earnings Tuesday, and all eyes are on its new ad-supported tier. Wall Street hopes that the streamer's Basic with Ads plan will boost subscriptions and revenue — but some analysts are skeptical. Complicating matters further, analysts at Wedbush Securities warned that the streamer may report hundreds of thousands of additional subscriber losses this quarter. A recent survey conducted by Samba TV with Harris X found that nearly half of current Netflix subscribers said they'd consider simply trading down their existing membership to the forthcoming cheaper service. While the service still counts more than 220 million overall subscribers, Netflix has blamed the losses on increased competition and account sharing.

☆ The South Asian comedians who walked so Gen Z could run
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Sakshi Venkatraman | Sakshi Venkatraman Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Those kids are now young adults, and that state of South Asian comedy looks far different than it did 10 years ago. “The South Asian people I grew up with, we were all collectively embarrassed of our culture and background,” said Ayaon Yadav, 21. If not for the Indian comedians before me who did use the Indian accent, I would not be where I am today. “I don’t do the Indian accent because I feel like, in a way, the punch line becomes the accent,” she said. “But if not for the Indian comedians before me who did use the Indian accent, I would not be where I am today.

☆ Walgreens Chases Customers It Lost During Covid Focus
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Katie Deighton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is planning to reinvigorate its pharmacy business partly through a marketing push designed to regain customers that stopped spending with the chain during the Covid-19 pandemic. The program lets executives analyze where customers are shopping and what they are buying, and use that information to reach out to them with more personalized marketing, Ms. “This is primarily a digital plan.”Walgreens plans to assess data to group customers into various communities, depending on what their needs are and where they shop, according to Ms. Brown, the customer chief. But a community of “support seekers,” who may need more pharmacy support, would be targeted with marketing around a store’s pharmacy services, Ms. Brown said. Walgreens in May named former Calvin Klein executive Linh Peters as its chief marketing officer, in part because of her experience leading marketing and loyalty programs at Starbucks, Best Buy, Target and Ulta.

☆ Brandy says she’s ‘following doctors’ orders’ amid report of a health scare
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Ariana Brockington | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Brandy is speaking out after reports that she suffered a health scare. On Oct. 12, TMZ, citing anonymous law enforcement sources, reported that the 43-year-old musician had been taken to a Los Angeles hospital after emergency medical services responded to a call at her home. A few hours after the news broke, Brandy posted an update about her health on her Instagram story. “To my beloved fam, friends, and starz thank you for sending love and light my way,” the statement said. Earlier this year, Brandy channeled the late legendary singer during the NFC championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers.

☆ Netflix will charge $6.99 a month for new ad-supported tier starting Nov. 3 in U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Netflix will charge $6.99 per month for its new advertising-supported tier, which the company will roll out in the U.S. on Nov. 3. Netflix's "Basic with ads" tier will include an average of four to five minutes of commercials each hour and won't give users the ability to download movies and TV series. A limited number of TV series and movies will initially be unavailable due to licensing restrictions. To help advertisers understand reach, ratings company Nielsen will use its standard digital audience measurement, Digital Ad Ratings, in the U.S. beginning in 2023. The streaming company will have hundreds of advertisers at launch and has nearly sold out its inventory, the company said in a media conference call.

☆ Proptech startup founders and VCs dissect the overwhelming sense of doom about raising capital right now: 'Some folks are feeling that it's really, really bad'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Founders fear the worst is yet to comeNaturally, proptech founders are worried. But proptech founders say they have additional concerns. Warburg Peters and other VCs who spoke with Insider encouraged founders to find partners beyond the investor offering the biggest check. Clelia Warburg Peters. Clelia Warburg Peters"In a funny way in 2021, they would just take the best check," Warburg Peters said of founders.

☆ Analysis: Global bonds move in lockstep, ramping up investors' risk
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Davide Barbuscia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

As a result, we’re seeing significantly elevated correlations between bond markets," said Andy Sparks, head of portfolio management research at MSCI. "The high level of correlation across global bond markets means that allocating to ex-U.S. bonds is that much less effective," said Gregory Peters, co-chief investment officer at PGIM Fixed Income. Peters doesn't expect the correlations to moderate until central banks' monetary policies diverge significantly, and he has reduced his exposure to sovereign bonds outside the U.S. "That's something that brings these global issues on U.S. investors' radars, because they are becoming first order market drivers." Martin Harvey, portfolio manager of the Hartford World Bond Fund, expects monetary policy regimes to start diverging next year.

☆ Jeffrey Dahmer is the Netflix its 'star' of the month with 'Monster' and "Conversations With a Killer'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But its current leading man, its MVP for the month, is Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial killer who died in 1994. “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” is currently Netflix’s most-watched title, according to its self-reported data released September 27, amassing more than 196 million viewing hours in the past week. And in case that hasn’t satisfied interest in all things Dahmer, that will be followed Oct. 7 by “Conversations With a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes,” the latest installment in that docuseries franchise, which in the past has featured Ted Bundy and most recently John Wayne Gacy. While “Monster” might have sought to anticipate certain criticisms, that’s one that Netflix – and indeed, the entertainment industry – hasn’t resolved. “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” is currently playing on Netflix, and “Conversations With a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes” will premiere Oct. 7.

☆ Hammerhead plans rare U.S. listing of Canadian gas producer in over $1 bln SPAC deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe Nasdaq logo is displayed at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah MoonSept 26 (Reuters) - Hammerhead Resources Inc plans to list on the Nasdaq by merging with blank check company Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV (DCRD.O) in a C$1.39 billion ($1.02 billion) deal, a rare U.S.-listing for a Canadian oil and gas producer. Its decarbonization investment campaign across its asset base is estimated to require $240 million of capital between 2023 and 2029. CIBC Capital Markets and Peters & Co. Limited are acting as financial and capital markets advisers to Hammerhead. ($1 = 1.3652 Canadian dollars)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Analysis: 'Abbott Elementary' is back in session
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Three things to watch‘Abbott Elementary’ Season 2(From left) Quinta Brunson, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Tyler James Williams, Chris Perfetti and Sheryl Lee Ralph in a scene from "Abbott Elementary." Gilles Mingasson/ABCNot enough great things can be said about “Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson. “Abbott Elementary” airs Wednesday nights on ABC; episodes will also be available to stream the following day on Hulu. ‘Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’Evan Peters stars as Jeffrey Dahmer in "Dahmer -- Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story." ‘The Kardashians’ Season 2Kim Kardashian in a scene from the second season of Hulu's "The Kardashians."

☆ Trump ally Mike Lindell being investigated in connection with alleged Colorado election security breach
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON — Mike Lindell, the My Pillow Inc chief executive and ally to former President Donald Trump, is under U.S. federal investigation for identity theft and for conspiring to damage a protected computer connected to a suspected voting equipment security breach in Colorado. Investigations into election claimsThe FBI in August 2021 confirmed it had opened a criminal investigation into a suspected security breach of voting equipment in the western Colorado county of Mesa. The equipment at issue in the election security breach investigation were furnished by Dominion Voting Systems, which has sued Trump allies and conservative television networks over baseless claims the company’s products were used to rig the election against Trump. Peters, her deputy Belinda Knisley and former elections manager Sandra Brown were indicted on state criminal charges this year in connection with the election security breach. Peters, Knisley and Brown are all named as subjects in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation, according to the warrant, along with several others.

☆ Man United set financial goals for year after quarterly loss narrows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Net debt, a bone of contention for the fan base, grew nearly 23% to 514.9 million pounds, hurt by a weaker sterling. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe 20-time English champions have seen several changes this year, including welcoming CEO Richard Arnold, who effectively replaced Executive Vice-chairman Ed Woodward. The club forecast total revenue for the 2022-23 period to be between 580 million and 600 million pounds and is targeting adjusted core profit between 100 million to 110 million pounds. The English Premier League soccer club reported a net loss of 70.7 million pounds for the three months to June 30, compared with a loss of 107.7 million pounds a year earlier. ($1 = 0.8855 pounds)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Yadarisa Shabong and Chris Peters in Bengaluru Editing by Keith Weir and Toby ChopraOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ An appeals court decision against Donald Trump came back to bite MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in a separate case
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A judge rejected MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's request for DOJ to return his seized cellphone. The judge cited an appeals court decision against Trump in his lawsuit over the Mar-a-Lago search. Trump appointed Judge Eric Tostrud, who denied Lindell's bid to get his phone back. Ruling against Lindell, Tostrud did not have to look far to find legal precedent backing up his conclusion that the phone should remain in the Justice Department's hands. Rarely does an appeals court decision so rapidly grow legs that it is cited in a separate case within 24 hours.

Ron DeSantis overpowered his own Legislature to pass a map that adds an additional four GOP seats. Nationally, Republicans are likely to net three to four House seats from new maps alone — most of the five seats they need to regain the majority. There are 36 House Democrats not running for re-election, mostly because many opted to retire rather than risk serving in the wilderness of the minority. And there’s state Sen. Jen Kiggans, a nurse practitioner and former Navy pilot challenging Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria in Virginia Beach. MAGA primary takeoversIn a handful of races, Republicans have nominated hardcore pro-Trump candidates who could jeopardize their ability to win swing seats.

REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File PhotoSept 20 (Reuters) - My Pillow Inc's chief executive, Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump, sued the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday seeking the return of his cellphone, which FBI agents seized last week. In addition to the return of his phone, Lindell wants to stop the Justice Department from accessing any data collected from the device, the filing showed. The FBI and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment late on Tuesday. Lindell told the media last week that FBI agents had asked him about Tina Peters, a Mesa County, Colorado clerk. "Not only do I run five businesses off of it, I don't use a laptop, I don't use a computer, everything was on that phone," Lindell said.

☆ ‘Dahmer’ gets away with murder in new trailer
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The final trailer for the dramatization of the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer focuses on how authorities let him get away. “Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” stars Emmy winning actor Evan Peters as the famous serial killer. Netflix released a new trailer Tuesday which shows how some in the Black community where Dahmer lived tried to sound the alarm. Niecy Nash stars as Glenda Cleveland, a neighbor of Dahmer’s who tries to alert police to the fact that there’s something wrong happening in his apartment. Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story."

read moreLindell is the latest person to be swept into federal criminal investigations surrounding Trump and his allies over their failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election results based on false claims of voter fraud. INVESTIGATIONS INTO ELECTION CLAIMSThe FBI in August 2021 confirmed it had opened a criminal investigation into a suspected security breach of voting equipment in the western Colorado county of Mesa. The equipment at issue in the election security breach investigation were furnished by Dominion Voting Systems, which has sued Trump allies and conservative television networks over baseless claims the company's products were used to rig the election against Trump. Peters, her deputy Belinda Knisley and former elections manager Sandra Brown were indicted on state criminal charges this year in connection with the election security breach. Peters, Knisley and Brown are all named as subjects in the Justice Department's criminal investigation, according to the warrant, along with several others.

☆ Mike Lindell is suing the FBI, saying they violated his 'First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment' rights by seizing his phone
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is suing the FBI and DOJ for seizing his phone. Lindell says the FBI and DOJ violated his First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights. Represented by a legal team including conservative lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Lindell's suit claims the FBI violated his "First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment" rights. he told Insider. Lindell told Insider that had the FBI approached him at night, he would have "bashed" his way through their cars with his pickup truck.

☆ Mike Lindell says vendors are bailing on his MyStore platform because they don't want to be associated with an FBI investigation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says four vendors have bailed on his MyStore e-commerce platform. Lindell told Insider these businesses "don't want to deal with MyStore" for fear of an FBI probe. Speaking to Insider, Lindell said that after the FBI seized his phone at a Hardee's drive-thru last week, at least four businesses have told him that they "don't want to deal" with his MyStore platform. "This money was already earmarked for one of these vendors, one of these entrepreneurs, so that they would have enough products and be listed up on MyStore," Lindell said. Separately, Lindell told Insider on Tuesday that he had been having trouble accessing his cash and wiring money to his businesses without his phone.

☆ Netflix has an elite 'Lstaff' team of 25 execs who help make the company's biggest decisions. Here are its members, from the streamer's content chief to partnership leads.
▼ + stars: | 2021-09-09 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Netflix has a special team of business leaders who debate and drive the company's biggest decisions. This "Lstaff" helped shape moves like the decisions to open a Canada office and invest capital in Black-led banks. Meet the 25 Netflix execs who make up the Lstaff below. When Netflix is faced with a big, agenda-setting decision, it convenes a special team of business heads to debate the issue at hand. Scroll down to read about the people on Netflix's Lstaff, listed in alphabetical order, and the perspective each brings.

Persons: Netflix execs, —, Ted Sarandos, Greg Peters, Reed Hastings, Bela Bajaria, Scott Stuber, Kim —, Vernā Myers, Jeremi Gorman, Mike Verdu, Spencer Wang Organizations: Netflix, New Zealand Locations: Canada, Black, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, New

Netflix has overhauled key leadership, naming a co-CEO, talent chief, and heads of TV and marketing. Insider identified 71 of the most powerful execs at the streamer, in an interactive org chart. Insider identified the 71 of the most powerful executives now at Netflix, following the recent executive changes. Netflix has many leaders — not all of whom are included here — but the chart below gives an inside look at who to watch in 2021. The executive shuffle came as Netflix's global audience reached 209 million paid subscribers in March, driven mainly by international viewers.

☆ Turismul internaţional nu îşi va reveni până în 2023, arată un raport al ONU
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: wikipedia.orgTurismul internaţional nu îşi va reveni până în 2023, arată un raport al ONUTurismul internațional va stagna în acest an, ceea ce va provoca pierderi de până la 2.400 de miliarde de dolari, arată un studiu publicat miercuri de ONU. Potrivit raportului, sectorul nu îşi va reveni complet până în 2023, relatează Reuters. Primele trei luni ale anului au fost din nou proaste, nu am avut prea multe călătorii", a spus Ralf Peters, directorul diviziei de analiză de la UNCTAD. "Pe termen lung, ne uităm la atingerea cifrelor din 2019 undeva după 2023", a spus Zoritsa Urosevic. La rândul său, Sandra Carvao, directorul diviziei de analiză a pieţei de la UNWTO, va avea loc o "revenire foarte diversă", care va varia de la o regiune la alta şi de la o ţară la alta.

Persons: îşi, Reuters, Ralf Peters, Sandra Carvao Organizations: ONU, Turismului, Agerpres, Uniunea Europeană Locations: America de Nord, Europa

☆ „Sosirile de turiști au scăzut cu 73 %.” Turismul internațional nu își va reveni până în 2023
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

„Sosirile de turiști au scăzut cu 73 %.” Turismul internațional nu își va reveni până în 2023Potrivit Reuters , turismul internațional va stagna în acest an, ceea ce va provoca pierderi de până la 2.400 de miliarde de dolari, arată un studiu publicat miercuri de ONU. Potrivit raportului, sectorul nu își va reveni complet până în 2023. În 2020, sosirile de turiști internaționale au scăzut cu 73 %, comparativ cu nivelul din 2019, provocând pierderi de 2 400 miliarde de dolari turismului și sectoarelor asociate, se arată în raportul citat. „În turismul internațional suntem la nivelul din urmă cu 30 de ani, deci practic ne-am întors în anii 80…Multe locuri de muncă sunt în pericol”, a apreciat Zoritsa Urosevic, reprezentantul UNWTO. „Pe termen lung, ne uităm la atingerea cifrelor din 2019 undeva după 2023”, a spus Zoritsa Urosevic.

Persons: Reuters, Ralf Peters, Sandra Carvao Organizations: ONU, Organizația Mondială a Turismului, AGERPRES, Uniunea Europeană Locations: America de Nord, Europa

„Perspectivele pentru acest an nu sunt mult mai bune. Primele trei luni ale anului au fost din nou proaste, nu am avut prea multe călătorii”, a spus Ralf Peters, directorul diviziei de analiză de la UNCTAD. „Există aşteptări referitoare la o anumită revenire în a două jumătate a anului, cel puţîn pentru America de Nord şi Europa într-o anumită măsură”, a adăugat Ralf Peters, care a spus că meritul pentru această relansare revine vaccinării. Potrivit raportului, sectorul nu îşi va reveni complet până în 2023.

Persons: Ralf Peters Locations: America de Nord, Europa

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