Mediagazer: Walmart's Vudu is launching family-friendly features, like Family Play, which lets viewers automatically skip or mute “objectionable” content, and a kids' mode (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Richard Gingras / The Keyword:

Google says it changed how it ranks stories and updated guidelines for evaluation of search results to help better identify and surface original news reporting — Google Search was built to provide everyone access to information on the web—and with tens of thousands of web pages …

Frank Pallotta / CNN:

AT&T's WarnerMedia formally announces its deal with J.J. Abrams and his production company Bad Robot, for TV, film, and streaming projects running through 2024 — New York (CNN Business)J.J. Abrams has closed a wide-ranging deal that would make WarnerMedia the exclusive home of his production company, Bad Robot.

Discussion: Variety, Deadline, Fast Company, Business Insider and The Streamable

Monika Bickert / Facebook:

Facebook lays out four values that guide its Community Standards, in order to promote freedom of expression: authenticity, safety, privacy, and dignity — Today, we're expanding the values that serve as the basis for our Community Standards — the guidepost for what is and isn't allowed on Facebook.

Discussion: Adweek, CNET and @kurtwagner8, more at Techmeme »

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Walmart's Vudu is launching family-friendly features, like Family Play, which lets viewers automatically skip or mute “objectionable” content, and a kids' mode — Vudu, Walmart's video-streaming unit, is promising parents new tools to evaluate and control what their kids watch …

Discussion: TechCrunch, The Verge and The Streamable, more at Techmeme »

Denise Petski / Deadline:

BBC News will produce an international news show for short-form video startup Quibi, to be filmed in London five days a week and launching in April 2020 — Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's short-form video platform, has announced a partnership with BBC News to produce …

Discussion: Variety and TechCrunch

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

Lauren Petterson named president of Fox Business Network, replacing Brian Jones — Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott on Thursday announced a major change at the top of Fox Business Network: Lauren Petterson is replacing Brian Jones as president. — Petterson will continue to oversee talent development at Fox News Channel.

Discussion: TVNewser, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap and Multichannel News

Alex Burness / The Colorado Independent:

As part of its $50K settlement with the Colorado Independent editor for wrongfully detaining her, Denver PD agrees to strengthen First Amendment training — Denver's Police Department has agreed to a $50,000 settlement with Colorado Independent Editor Susan Greene, whose …

Discussion: @tinagriego

Edward Felsenthal / TIME:

Time magazine devotes entire issue to climate change: “what you will not find in this issue are climate-change skeptics,” writes EIC — This issue, if civilization can get its act together, might just mark a midpoint in TIME's coverage of the biggest crisis facing our planet.

Discussion: @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone and @jayrosen_nyu

Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:

Audible will limit its Captions program, which shows text alongside narration, to public domain works until the copyright lawsuit filed by seven publishers ends — IBPA CEO Angela Bole said IBPA “sees benefit in something like the Audible Captions program, but not without proper permission …

Discussion: Bookseller News

Sarah Rankin / Associated Press:

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax files a $400M suit against CBS alleging defamation for broadcast interviews with women he says falsely accused him of assault — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax has filed a $400 million lawsuit against CBS, alleging the company defamed …

Discussion: TVNewser, Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Wrap

Doris Truong / Poynter:

ASNE survey: people of color make up 22% of staff in legacy print newsrooms; at online-only outlets, journalists of color make up about a third of staff — Fewer people of color are employed in America's newsrooms than organizers of a well-known newsroom diversity survey had hoped.

Discussion: American Press Institute, @toddlighty and @poynter

TechCrunch:

Spotify acquires SoundBetter, a music production marketplace for artists, producers, and musicians to connect on specific projects, for an undisclosed sum — Spotify today took another step in its efforts to build out services for artists to help diversify itself away from a business model predicated …

Discussion: Music Business Worldwide, Engadget, FinSMEs, Variety and Reuters

Caysey Welton / Folio:

Lacking ad buy figures, a comparison of the weight of the September issues of five fashion magazines shows significant declines since 2016, notably for Elle — The story of shrinking magazines and fewer ad pages is anything but new. However, the lack of transparency in data reporting …

Discussion: bookforum.com

Emily Tamkin / Columbia Journalism Review:

Interview with CNN's Daniel Dale, who says it's important to correct Trump falsehoods, intentional or unintentional, because he's consistently wrong on details — In June, CNN hired Daniel Dale, a reporter who had become—to the extent possible for reporters—famous, specifically for fact-checking.

Discussion: Politico, @ddale8, @brendannyhan, @brendannyhan, @jayrosen_nyu, @owillis, @ajentleson, @brendannyhan, @ddale8, @cjr, @mlcalderone and @emilyctamkin