Mediagazer: Sources: Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music team up to sue online radio company TuneIn in the UK for breach of copyright (Music Business Worldwide)

2:40 PM ET, November 9, 2017

Top News:

Despite Jack Dorsey's pledges to remove hate symbols and violent groups, Twitter verifies creator of white supremacist rally in Charlottesville — On Tuesday, Twitter gave its preferred status, a verified check mark, to Jason Kessler, the creator of the white supremacist Charlottesville rally in August that left one dead.

Discussion: @twittersupport, Ad Age, Forbes, Mediaite, Fast Company, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, Variety, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Wrap, miamiherald, New York Daily News, Gizmodo, The Verge, Axios and Mashable

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Twitter says it has temporarily paused “all general verifications” to work on clarifying policy, after verifying white supremacist Jason Kessler — Twitter today announced it's pausing all account verifications - the process that gives public figures on Twitter a blue checkmark next …

Discussion: @jack, The Wrap, Mashable, The Hill, @evepeyser, @muslimiq, @tomgara, @oneunderscore__, @cernovich and @mtracey, more at Techmeme »

Peter Kafka / Recode:

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says DoJ did not ask him to sell CNN as a condition of acquiring Time Warner, despite report, reiterates he does not intend to sell — That contradicts reports from yesterday. — AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says no one from the Department of Justice has asked …

Discussion: @joepompeo, Mediawire, CNNMoney, CNBC and @mikeisaac, more at Techmeme »

Tae Kim / CNBC:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says company has “no intention” of selling CNN amid AT&T-TW merger and has not offered to sell it during process despite DoJ demand

Discussion: Financial Times, The Wrap, Variety, Forbes, @brianstelter, Bloomberg, MediaFile, Quartz, @mattfwood, @mattyglesias, NBC News, Multichannel News and Variety, more at Techmeme »

Peter Kafka / Recode:
When Trump's DoJ threatens to scuttle AT&T-Time Warner deal unless CNN is sold, business leaders feel the chill as well as journalists

Financial Times:
Sources: US DoJ tells AT&T it needs to sell CNN to get Time Warner merger approval; source says “It's all about CNN”; source says AT&T plans to sue DoJ

Discussion: CNBC, Vanity Fair, Fortune, Slate, The Wrap, FierceCable, Axios, Newser, The Atlantic, @richbtig, @brianstelter, New York Times, Recode, @srabil, @claireatki, Reuters and Fast Company

Ajit V. Pai / New York Times:

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai argues for repeal of broadcast-newspaper cross-ownership rule, sees cross-ownership as source of revenue for struggling print media — Do you check your Twitter feed to get the latest news? Monitor trending topics on your Facebook page to see what's making headlines?

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Hulu comes to the Nintendo Switch in the US today, becoming the first major video streaming app available on the console — Nintendo has released a list of the new releases for its Switch console eShop available today, and North Americans will be able to download Hulu, according to the list.

Discussion: Hulu, Multichannel News, Forbes, Polygon, Business Insider, FierceCable, The Verge, Polygon and Mashable, more at Techmeme »

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

YouTube rapid-response pundits have climbed in search results, exposing legions of viewers to far-fetched theories after big news events like the Texas shooting — On Sunday afternoon, when Elmer T. Williams's wife told him that a mass shooting had taken place at a church in Texas, he leapt into action.

Discussion: HuffPost and Talking New Media

Jon Lafayette / Multichannel News:

Nielsen to include data from Comcast's set-top boxes in local TV ratings; Nielsen now has access to viewing information four major cable and satellite providers — Viewing info added to local TV measurement — Nielsen said it reached an agreement to use data from Comcast's set-top boxes in its local TV ratings service.

Discussion: TVSpy and Radio & Television …

Music Business Worldwide:

Sources: Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music team up to sue online radio company TuneIn in the UK for breach of copyright — MBW understands that Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group are teaming up for a legal case against streaming radio service TuneIn in the UK market.

Discussion: RAIN News, TorrentFreak, gizmodo and Plagiarism Today

Joseph Cox / The Daily Beast:

Facebook says a human will review uncensored images from revenge porn prevention test in Australia, where users upload sensitive pics by messaging themselves — This week, multiple outlets reported on a Facebook pilot scheme that aims to combat revenge porn.

Discussion: The Mission, The A.V. Club, BetaNews, @clarajeffery, @jordanuhl, Ars Technica, Gizmodo and UPROXX, more at Techmeme »

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Sean Hannity announces that former White House aide Sebastian Gorka has joined Fox News as a national security analyst — Sean Hannity announced on his radio show today that Sebastian Gorka has officially joined Fox News. — Gorka appeared on Hannity's radio show today and …

Discussion: @yashar, Media Matters for America and TVNewser

Erin Millar / Discourse:

Canada's Discourse Media is hoping to raise $1M to expand nationally with a revamped digital site and a membership model in spring 2018 — After months of researching, listening, planning, seeking advice, and making hard decisions, on Nov. 7, I stood in front of a packed room in Toronto …

Discussion: @erinmillar, @discoursemedia, @erinmillar and The Conversation, Thanks:@jayneely

Paul Mozur / New York Times:

Source: Chinese state media agencies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each quarter on Facebook ads to spread a positive message about China — A propaganda video produced by Xinhua, China's state news agency, and targeted to English-speaking audiences was published on Facebook.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @jimspellmantv, @propublica and @paulmozur

Joe Mayes / Bloomberg:

Murdoch ally Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the princes arrested by Saudi authorities, has sold all of his remaining voting stock in 21st Century Fox — Saudi billionaire's Fox holding fell to zero since September — Murdoch faces fresh attack on Fox control at annual meeting

Discussion: The New York Observer, The Wrap, Deadline, The Guardian and Crikey