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📰 AI makes its way to Billboard, FINNEAS goes vibrant with Apple TV, and we disclose maybe the most shocking salary in Entertainment.
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1) Netflix claims it has now has 190M active monthly viewers (they are no longer counting users)
Instead of reporting how many people subscribe i.e. “users",” Netflix now reports how many people watch ads, a convenient pivot when you don’t want to say how many people actually pay.
Back in May they reported 94M MAU (monthly active users). Now they’re counting 190M monthly active viewers, which includes anyone who’s watched one minute of ads, multiplied by however many people Netflix thinks are in your household.
Translation: streamers can still flex growth without ever revealing who’s footing the bill.
2) Netflix is also in talks to license video podcasts from iHeartMedia
3) Xania Monet is the first AI artist ever (and hopefully but definitely not the last) to debut on a Billboard airplay chart
Xania signed a multi-million-dollar deal earlier with Neil Jacobson’s independent label Hallwood Media reportedly worth up to $3 million. This situation is everything that is wrong with the music industry right now. Gross.
4) Paramount plans to “reinvent” MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
Random insight: MTV has cancelled Ridiculousness after 46 seasons and 1,700 episodes. In the bankruptcy filings, it was revealed Rob Dyrdek was making an absurd $32M a year, and was set for a $45M salary if the show was extended. WIld.
5) Apple TV debuts their FINNEAS-produced ‘vibrant’ logo and intro that they promised when they dropped the ‘+’ from the platform’s title
6) Spotify passed 700 million users in Q3 of 2025
Facing backlash from the public for a variety of reasons, they still managed to add 5 million paid subscribers (+12% YoY) to 281 million, and an overall growth of 17 million user (+11% YoY) to 713 million total. Read more.
7) Disney is losing $5M per day due to the YouTube TV lock out
Our new job board features 120+ early career roles in Entertainment, including:
💼 Assistant to EVP (Music) - Wasserman - Apply Here
💼 Partner Operations Manager (Music Publishing) - Google - Apply Here
💼 Motion Pictures & Television Assistant - CAA - Apply Here
💼 Associate Account Executive - The Walt Disney Company - Apply Here
💼 Brand Licensing & Comms Publicist - BBC - Apply Here
💼 Distribution Operations Coordinator - Paramount - Apply Here
💼 Development Trainee (Spring 2026) - Sony Pictures - Apply Here
💼 On-Site Content Creation (Project Employee) - NBA - Apply Here
💼 Account Coordinator - Roku - Apply Here
💼 Jr. Creative Strategist - Roc Nation - Apply Here
💼 Production Trainee - Atlanta Braves - Apply Here
💼 Entertainment Coordinator - NBCUniversal - Apply Here
💼 Promotions Event Support - iHeartMedia - Apply Here
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