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Angela Watercutter / Wired:
Climate scientists are using a Fortnite channel on Twitch to discuss and disseminate information about climate change to a young audience — I KNOW VERY little about climate change. I know even less about Fortnite. And Twitch. (Yes, I know; I should be fired.)
Hadas Gold / CNN:
After Khashoggi's disappearance, FT, CNBC, NYT, CNN, Bloomberg have withdrawn from Saudi Arabia conference; Fox Business, Nikkei, and Saudi's Al Arabiya remain — London (CNN Business)Most of the news outlets that had agreed to sponsor a high-profile business conference in Saudi Arabia …
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Esther Wang / Jezebel:
Writer Stephen Elliott sues Moira Donegan, creator of the Shitty Media Men list, saying his inclusion on the list made him depressed and hurt his book sales — On Wednesday, Stephen Elliott filed a lawsuit against Moira Donegan, the creator of the Shitty Media Men list …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
News cycle intensity in the Trump era has led cable news channels to refocus their morning and afternoon programming on hard news instead of lighter fare — Jim Sciutto hasn't been known as much of a morning person at CNN. Since joining the network in 2013, the national security reporter …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
New Yorker says its subscriptions are up, with digital only subs hitting ~167K, up 10% YoY, and the site saw 22.5M unique visitors in September, up 27% YoY — When past presidents and other luminaries of a more civil time in Washington turned John McCain's funeral a month ago into an elegy …
New York Post:
Sources: McClatchy has approached Apollo Management to help finance its Tribune bid, concerned that Patrick Soon-Shiong will back out as its bidding partner — Billionaire Leon Black is weighing yet another opportunity to invest in the newspaper business. — Print empire McClatchy …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sensor Tower: Netflix app revenue was up ~90% YoY to ~$243.7M in Q3 across both App Store and Google Play, the highest grossing non-game mobile app worldwide — App spending across Apple App Store and Google Play increased 23% in third quarter, per Sensor Tower
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Thrillist writers and editors win a minimum starting salary of $50K after 15 months of union negotiations with owner Group Nine Media — Thrillist writers and editors came away from the negotiating table with a raise and more in labor talks that took more than a year and included a work stoppage.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tencent Music is postponing its IPO until at least November because of the selloff in global markets — Music streamer and underwriters worried global market selloff would hurt pricing — Tencent Music Entertainment Group is postponing its initial public offering until …
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Evan Hensleigh / Economist:
The Economist to publish the data behind its stories on GitHub to allow researchers and journalists to check and build upon reporting — How the Economist is opening the data behind our reporting — Journalists at The Economist have worked with data since our very first issue in 1843.
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Washington Post:
Facebook removes 800+ US-based accounts and pages, some with 100K+ followers, that were spamming people with political messages for profit — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday it has purged more than 800 U.S publishers and accounts for flooding users with politically-oriented content …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Like WaPo with Arc, Vox is licensing its publishing platform, Chorus, starting with the Chicago Sun-Times, including access to Concert, Vox's ad marketplace — “The joke in the industry is everybody doesn't like the CMS or they write in some other tool.” Vox Media aims to change that punchline for other publishers.
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Doug Ferguson / Associated Press:
The PGA Championship will remain with CBS Sports in 2020 and pick up ESPN and ESPN+ as partners for weekday rounds, in an 11-year agreement — The PGA Championship will remain with CBS Sports and pick up a powerful partner in ESPN for weekday rounds as part of an 11-year agreement …
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