Research: Amazon Air ran 194 daily cargo flights on average in September 2022, up from 164 in August 2021 and 187 in March 2022, the slowest growth since 2020 (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Disney hit 235.7M global streaming subscribers in its Q4, above Netflix’s 223.1M in its Q3; Disney+ had 164.2M subscribers, Hulu had 47.2M, and ESPN+ had 24.3M  —  Disney reported results for the final quarter of its 2022 fiscal year today, revealing a total of 164.2 million Disney+ global subscribers …

Tracy Wang / CoinDesk:
Current and former FTX and Alameda staffers say the Bahamian operation SBF ran with housemates is full of conflicts of interest, nepotism, and lack of oversight  —  “The whole operation was run by a gang of kids in the Bahamas,” a person familiar with the matter told CoinDesk on condition of anonymity.

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch:
African e-commerce giant Jumia announces co-founders Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec have stepped down as co-CEOs, replaced by executive Francis Dufay  —  African e-commerce giant Jumia has made a new change in management as co-founders Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec step down effective today …

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Ordergroove, which offers e-commerce subscription tools for brands and retailers, raised $100M+ led by Primus Capital, bringing its total funding to ~$150M  —  Amazon has mastered the concept of subscriptions in e-commerce.  Prime-based memberships, and the ability to set up recurring purchases …

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korea’s trade ministry data shows its DRAM chip exports fell 24.7% YoY in August 2022, the biggest drop since 2019, indicating a deepening slump in demand  —  South Korea’s exports of its most lucrative memory chip fell by the most since 2019, indicating a deepening slump in technology demand central to global economic growth.

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney explores a membership program similar to Amazon Prime, bundling streaming, theme parks, and merchandise, and adding commerce features to Disney+  —  Entertainment giant looks to package streaming, parks and merchandise offerings together; aims to add commerce feature to Disney+