Sarah Krouse
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New York, NY, United States
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Netflix revokes some staff’s access to other people’s salary information
Netflix Inc. is restricting some staff’s ability to see other employees’ salary information, people familiar with the matter said. → Read More
Netflix’s ad-supported tier was its least popular plan, analytics firm estimates
Netflix's NFLX new ad-supported plan was the least popular tier of its service in November, the first month in which the streaming giant offered it. → Read More
Disney mulls Amazon Prime-like membership program for discounts and perks
Walt Disney Co. is exploring a membership program that could offer discounts or special perks to encourage customers to spend more on its streaming... → Read More
Netflix Loses More Subscribers, Vows to Speed Up Revenue Growth
The streaming giant suffered two consecutive quarters of subscriber losses for the first time in its history as the company faces continued pressure from stepped-up competition and high penetration in major markets. Netflix estimated it would add one million net new subscribers in the current quarter. → Read More
Netflix Locked Out Advertisers for Years, but Now Brands Have Big Plans
Hyundai and Peloton hope to see their products in Netflix shows, while others are looking to reach young people who have cut the cord. Companies expect an update on the pending ad-supported tier when the streaming service reports earnings later Tuesday. → Read More
With Netflix Ad Deal, Microsoft Makes a Splash on Madison Avenue
The deal is a milestone in Microsoft’s renewed push in online advertising and a vote of confidence in the acquisitions it has pursued to bolster its standing. → Read More
Netflix Partners With Microsoft for New Advertising-Backed Option
Microsoft will supply technology and support sales efforts for Netflix’s ad-supported offering. → Read More
Americans Age 50 and Up Are Powering Streaming Growth
The group accounted for 39% of streaming watch time as of May, outpacing growth of all other demographic segments. → Read More
Netflix Interviewing Multiple External Candidates for New Senior Role Overseeing Ad-Supported Tier
Netflix is searching for an executive to lead the creation of an ad-supported tier of its service, according to people familiar with the matter, and has interviewed candidates outside the company. → Read More
NBCUniversal, Google Compete to Help Netflix Develop Ad-Backed Tier
The streaming company is seeking to sell ads around its programming to boost revenue. Partnerships could help it move faster to bring an ad-supported version of its service to market. → Read More
While Battling Musk, Twitter CEO Agrawal Shows Decisive Side
Years before Elon Musk set his sights on Twitter, Parag Agrawal, a senior engineering executive at the social media company, was asked in an all-hands meeting what his hobbies were. He nervously replied that he enjoyed growing plants in water, without soil. Now, as the brazen Tesla and SpaceX ... → Read More
Google Overhauls Performance Review System After Employee Criticism
Google is scrapping a time-consuming, twice-a-year staff performance review process in an effort to improve morale and reduce the time employees spend preparing the assessments, according to people familiar with the changes. CEO Sundar Pichai told staff Wednesday that the new program, which will ... → Read More
TikTok’s Global Marketing Chief Abruptly Departs
TikTok’s leaders have pushed out Nick Tran, the company’s head of global marketing, two people familiar with the situation told The Information. Since joining in 2020, Tran has spearheaded TikTok’s efforts to build hype by helping top video creators launch non-fungible tokens, promoting new ways ... → Read More
Facebook Hands Out Cash To Creators To Boost Clubhouse Rival
Facebook is offering to pay musicians and other celebrities tens of thousands of dollars to host sessions on its new live audio feature, as the social network beefs up its efforts to woo creators and the young people who follow them. Production companies working for Facebook, owned by Meta ... → Read More
YouTube Star Casey Neistat: TikTok Poses ‘Existential Risk’ to YouTube
TikTok is “an existential risk” to YouTube, longtime video creator Casey Neistat said, adding that he spends more time scrolling through the ByteDance-owned short-video app than he spends on Netflix and YouTube combined. The comments by Neistat at The Information’s Creator Economy Summit ... → Read More
Google’s Answer To Overheated Job Market: Demanding Proof of Rival Offers
Google has a message for job candidates who say rival companies are offering them higher pay: Prove it. In a competitive market for talent in which some technology workers are soliciting employment offers from several companies, Google recruiters increasingly take the unusual step of asking ... → Read More
Facebook Researchers Hope to Bring Together Two Foes: Encryption and Ads
Facebook is bulking up a team of artificial intelligence researchers, including a key hire from Microsoft, to study ways of analyzing encrypted data without decrypting it, the company confirmed. The research could allow Facebook to target ads based on encrypted messages on its WhatsApp ... → Read More
Revenue Surges at Google, Snap as Shift to Digital Ads Accelerates
Dell is rethinking how it spends this year’s ad budget. The computer maker is likely to shift as much as 15% of the nearly $100 million it typically spends on TV advertising in the Americas to digital ads, according to a person familiar with the plans. The company and other large brands are ... → Read More
The Information’s Tech Pay Survey Shows Power Shift to Employees
The technology-business boom is giving white-collar workers more of what they want. At tech companies, the traditional practice of allowing employees’ shares to vest only after a worker reaches a full year of employment, known as a one-year “cliff,” appears to be eroding. More than 20% of ... → Read More
Amazon Acquires Facebook’s Satellite Internet Group
Amazon has acquired a team of more than a dozen wireless internet experts from Facebook in an effort to boost its multibillion-dollar effort to launch thousands of satellites and offer broadband service in the U.S. and abroad, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed. The Facebook employees moved to ... → Read More