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11:25 AM ET, October 16, 2019

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune are creating a joint investigative reporting team of 11 people, with a 5-year commitment funded by $5.75M via Arnold Ventures  —  New York (CNN Business)ProPublica is widely thought to be the gold standard of nonprofit investigative journalism.
Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Lachlan Murdoch about post-Disney plans, Fox Nation success, infighting at Fox News: “unfortunately in the [US], there is less and less civil debate”  —  The Fox Corp. executive chairman and CEO explains his vision for a slimmed-down company, from acquisitions to sports betting as …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
On The Vergecast, Twitter Product Lead Kayvon Beykpour says they are exploring “a form of ephemerality” to avoid the risk of old stigmatizing tweets resurfacing  —  “These are some of the biggest reasons why people don't tweet.  Which is why we actually take this very seriously."
Joe Uchill / Axios:
MIT researchers show ML models aren't yet capable of effectively distinguishing false news reports and reveal flaws in a commonly used database in the field  —  Current machine learning models aren't yet up to the task of distinguishing false news reports, two new papers by MIT researchers show.
Discussion: Fast Company
Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Shari Redstone is exploring a plan to launch a Fox News competitor and has spoken with current and former Fox News personalities, including Megyn Kelly  —  The mogul, who has spoken with former Fox News star Megyn Kelly, may look to rebrand an existing Viacom linear channel to create a conservative-leaning news network.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter to restrict user interactions with world leaders' tweets that violate its rules, will let users quote-tweet, but not retweet, like, reply, or share  —  Twitter said it will restrict how users can interact with tweets from world leaders who break its rules.
Tristan Loper / News Revenue Hub:
News Revenue Hub partners with Google News Initiative to launch Audience Lab, a pilot project to help newsrooms find loyal readers, funded by a $1.5M grant  —  Here at the News Revenue Hub, we talk a lot about membership.  And for good reason: Helping news organizations achieve sustainability …
Discussion: Nieman Lab
BuzzFeed News:
As Facebook says politicians can lie in ads, so far in October it has banned 160+ ads from Trump, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Steyer for profanity and fake buttons  —  Last week, Facebook announced that it would allow political candidates to lie in ads posted to its platform …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Inside Bob Iger's risky bet on Disney Plus, set to launch with 35 originals in first year, which execs hope will have 60M to 90M global subscribers by 2024  —  Disney+ leads a wave of billion-dollar Netflix competitors that are transforming the entertainment industry and launching a new age of ambition …
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
The Sun, the most-read newsbrand in print and online in the UK, plans to expand its digital operations to the US  —  The Sun is expanding its digital operation to the US and claims to have “ambitious plans for growth”.  —  The title, which is the most-read newsbrand in print and online in the UK …
Discussion: News UK Ltd
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Based on research and 260+ surveys, the News Integrity Initiative releases the Journalists of Color Resource Guide, addressing salary, career growth, and more  —  “We pass on information person-to-person in a fashion that sometimes can feel like an elaborate game of telephone," Lam Thuy Vo …
 
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
About 20 staff members at Reach face layoffs as the UK company integrates teams after its buyout of Express and Star
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the investments made by TPG Capital, arguably the premier private investor in media and entertainment, in Vice, CAA, and STX Entertainment
Press Gazette:
Head of the marketing arm of UK national news brands: ~19M people read newspapers online daily, a 14% rise YoY, but ad spend on news brands to rise 1.1% in 2019
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Sky launches “Sky News: Brexit Free” channel on TV and YouTube in response to a study that found that 70% of news-avoiding Brits were doing so because of Brexit
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:
eMarketer: Google will take 37.2%, or $48.05B, of all US digital ad spend this year, down from 38.2% in 2018, while Amazon will take 8.8%, up from 6.8% in 2018
Discussion: Adweek and Ad Age
August Graham / Independent.ie:
UK's Telegraph Media Group reports a 61%+ fall in operating profits YoY to £8.1M in 2018 even as subscription revenue rose 10% YoY, making up 54% of revenue
 

 
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Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:
Kuo: Apple's M5 chip to use TSMC's advanced N3P node; M5 Pro, Max, and Ultra will use a new server-grade SoIC packaging featuring separate CPU and GPU designs

Financial Times:
Sources: Meta plans to add displays to its Ray-Ban glasses as soon as H2 2025 to show notifications or AI responses, and has accelerated Orion's development

Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing:
Google and OpenAI's AI product announcements over the past month have transformed the state of AI and show the breadth and pace of change

 
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