Mediagazer: Former AP reporter Kathryn Johnson, whose coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories like My Lai led to notable scoops, has died at 93 (Allen G. Breed/Associated Press)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter misses Q3 estimates with revenue of $823.7M, up 9% YoY; ad revenue of $702M, up 8% YoY; 145M monetizable DAUs, up 17% YoY — Twitter today reported its earnings for the quarter that ended September 30, and the numbers delivered a big surprise, falling on both sales and earnings per share.

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

NBCU's Steve Burke says Peacock will be bundled into Comcast's streaming platform Flex and that NBC will continue to license its content, unlike Disney — NBCUniversal chief Steve Burke predicts that things are going to get even more intense among the media and tech giants launching streaming platforms …

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Profile of Storyful's 11-member investigative team, which has worked with NYT, WSJ, and others to mine social media for stories about the 2020 election — In some cases, newsrooms have specific ideas or topics they need researched. In other cases, Storyful has an idea that it looks to find a home for.

Discussion: Fast Company, @cijournalism, @janebsinger and Editor & Publisher Magazine

Allen G. Breed / Associated Press:

Former AP reporter Kathryn Johnson, whose coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories like My Lai led to notable scoops, has died at 93 — Kathryn Johnson, a trailblazing reporter for The Associated Press whose intrepid coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories led …

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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:

Facebook to unveil news tab at an event Friday with News Corp's Robert Thomson; sources: direct payments to 200 publishers will go up to millions of dollars — Facebook plans to launch a “News” tab on Friday that will offer stories from hundreds of news organizations, some of which will be paid fees …

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Sarah Lacy / Pando:

Sarah Lacy and Paul Carr sell Pando to ad-tech company BuySellAds, which bought Digg in 2018; Lacy announces she is leaving journalism — If there is a single moment when it seemed like my journalism career suddenly caught fire, it was the 2006 Business Week cover story I wrote about the rise of Web 2.0 companies.

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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox Business, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, NYT, and FT say they will not serve as media partners at Saudi Arabia's Future of Investment Initiative event this year — Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin are attending, but major media firms are still a no-go at the Saudi conference following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Discussion: Axios, @teddyschleifer, @peter_tl, @p_brady, @jeremymbarr and Axios

Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter:

US-based Triller, a TikTok rival, raises $28M Series B led by Proxima, following an $11.5M Series A in 2018; company says it has 13M MAUs and 60M downloads — Triller, an AI-powered platform that enables creators to make music videos using licensed songs, has raised $28 million in Series B funding …

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Brent Lang / Variety:

Simon Sutton, former president and chief revenue office of HBO, named CEO of podcast service Luminary — Simon Sutton has joined Luminary Media and will serve as chief executive officer of the newly launched podcast subscription service. He joins the company after a stint as president and chief revenue officer of HBO.

Discussion: @pkafka, Business Wire, @pkafka and @pkafka

Neha Malara / Reuters:

Comcast Q3: $26.8B in revenue with net loss of 238K video subscribers; NBCU had earnings of $2.09B, up 1.6% YoY, on $8.3B in revenue; Sky had revenue of $4.55B — (Reuters) - Media and communications company Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday …

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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple TV app launches on Amazon Fire TV devices starting with the Fire TV Stick 4K and HD models, with support for other devices and models coming soon — Apple today released the Apple TV app for Amazon TV devices, starting with the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and the older HD model.

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Peter Rubin / Wired:

A behind-the-scenes look at Ron Moore's For All Mankind, launching on Apple TV+ on November 1, for which Moore pitched Apple a detailed map of seven seasons — With Ron Moore's space-race drama For All Mankind, Apple is betting on marquee names and lush production to get its TV+ service off the ground.