Mediagazer: Rotten Tomatoes says 55% of the 600 critics it added in the past 12 months are women, after changing critics criteria to focus on individual qualifications (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)

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Ashley Carman / The Verge:

Podcasts are being review-bombed in coordinated campaigns aimed at putting thousands of one-star reviews on their Apple Podcasts pages; hosts have no recourse — Justin Drown's true crime podcast, Obscura, always seemed to garner positive reviews. For the first year he hosted the show …

Discussion: @ashleyrcarman, @katienotopoulos, @taylorlorenz, @caseynewton and @noupside

Lucinda Southern / Digiday:

Vice says it grew its video ad revenue by 120% globally after launching Video Everywhere, to sell video ads across multiple platforms, in September — Over the last year, Vice Media began selling video ads against its content across multiple platforms by pitching itself to agencies as a place …

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

Sources: News Corp is considering sale of Unruly, the video advertising platform it acquired for ~£115M in 2015 that now handles all of its digital ad inventory — The owner of The Sun and The Times is working with bankers on a sale of the adtech business it bought in 2015, Sky News learns.

Discussion: The Drum, @mediavoicespod, @markkleinmansky and AdNews

Editor & Publisher:

Newspaper industry magazine Editor and Publisher has been sold to media consultant Mike Blinder for an undisclosed sum — Duncan McIntosh, president and group publisher of the Duncan McIntosh Co., Inc. and owner of Editor and Publisher (E&P), has announced today the sale of the trade magazine …

Discussion: @rafat and Fortune

Hilary Russ / Reuters:

Fox becomes the first major media company in North America to become the face of a sports gambling platform with the launch of FOX Bet, now live in New Jersey — NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp (FOXA.O) launches the FOX Bet sports betting platform on Monday …

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

UBS survey of 1K US consumers: 43% plan on subscribing to Disney+, of which 57% say they'll cancel another sub; 67% of respondents would add it to existing subs — The number of American customers intending to subscribe to Disney+, the streaming service launching November 12 …

Discussion: The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, @jonnajarian, thedisinsider.com, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Comic Book, epicstream.com, TheStreet, FierceVideo, The Streamable, Motley Fool, CBR, Cord Cutters News and Fox Business

Brian Barrett / Wired:

A grand jury indicts eight people for allegedly running two of the largest US illegal streaming sites, Jetflicks and iStreamItAll, that touted 37,000+ paid subs — In a sweeping indictment, the feds came down hard on Jetflicks and iStreamItAll, which allegedly crossed a very important line.

Discussion: @wired and @neilturkewitz

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:

Rotten Tomatoes says 55% of the 600 critics it added in the past 12 months are women, after changing critics criteria to focus on individual qualifications — Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes announced on Wednesday that it will renew its grant program to help critics from underrepresented groups …

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Filings show FT had pre-tax profits of £8.15M in 2018, up 68% from £4.65M in 2017, revenue of £323.6M, while digital subscriptions grew 11% YoY to 796K — Pre-tax profits at the Financial Times grew by three-quarters in 2018 as digital subscription revenues continued to rise.

Discussion: @corinne_podger and @sarafischer

Zainab Sultan / Columbia Journalism Review:

Coverage in Yemen has been sporadic as local reporters are smeared and foreigners require visas from Saudis, though access has improved since Khashoggi's murder — In the wake of 9/11, when the US invaded Afghanistan, journalists flew into the country with American troops and filed stories on America's war against terrorism.

Bloomberg:

Fox's political-ad spending reports show robust spending on programs that figure in Trump's viewing, like Fox & Friends, as advertisers buy ads aimed at Trump — - Commercials offer outreach that competitors can't match — Political foes have also run advertisements to reach president

Discussion: @jendlouhyhc, @appcpenn and @michaelroddan

Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's feud with Fox News mirrors pro wrestling's “kayfabe”, or the illusion of a real fight; Fox looks independent and credible, and Trump stays in spotlight

Discussion: New York Times, @theplumlinegs, @badfoxgraphics, @badfoxgraphics, @connieschultz, CNN, Washington Post, @ichotiner, @michaelarnovitz, @marcacaputo, @politico and @karaswisher

Rainesford Stauffer / Teen Vogue:

How teens are closing the news gap for young people through outlets like the text and email newsletter theCramm and the Instagram account dailydoseofwokeness — Teens care about the news. They just don't like traditional media. — In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election …

Discussion: @anxious_maria, @lmoses, @millie, @spj_tweets, @terrellwrites, @wblau, @elanazak, @atlantic57, @bri_sacks, @lauraelizdavis and @alansoon