Amazon says The Rings of Power’s first two episodes drew 25M viewers globally in its first day, revealing viewership for a Prime Video series for the first time (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

Variety:
Amazon quietly introduces a 72-hour delay for all user reviews posted to Prime Video to determine whether the review is genuine or created by a bot or a troll  —  Amazon has introduced a new weapon in the battle against internet trolls: delays.  —  Starting around the time of the launch …

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen says Amazon Prime’s first Thursday NFL game averaged 13.03M viewers while Amazon says it had 15.3M viewers; Amazon guaranteed advertisers 12.5M  —  Nielsen says 13 million viewers watched the Sept. 15 contest on Prime Video and local over-the-air affiliates.

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Prosus Ventures terminates its deal to acquire Indian payments company BillDesk for $4.7B in cash, saying “certain conditions precedent” were unfulfilled  —  Prosus Ventures has called off the $4.7 billion merger of BillDesk it announced last year, saying “certain conditions precedent” …

Wall Street Journal:
Memo: Netflix told ad buyers the company expects its ad-supported tier to reach 4.4M unique viewers globally in 2022, and ~40M by Q3 2023, with 13.3M in the US  —  Streaming giant shared projections for ‘unique viewers’ across a dozen launch markets with ad buyers

The Guardian:
Representatives from the UK, Germany, the European Commission, and the United Nations raise concerns over Twitter’s suspension of US journalists  —  Pressure grows on Elon Musk as EU says social media platform could face sanctions over suspensions  —  The United Nations is “very disturbed” …

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
An in-depth look at TikTok’s rise, as US viewers spend longer there than Facebook and Instagram combined, and ongoing issues with Chinese ownership  —  The world’s most popular app has pioneered a new age of instant attention.  Can we trust it?  —  On the night Shelby Renae first went viral on TikTok …