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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: Trump has told friends he wants to start an online media channel, which would be cheaper than cable, to undermine Fox News — President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios.
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Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable:
Disney says Disney+ had 73M+ paid subscribers at the end of September, up from 57.5M at end of June and 60.5M in early August — Disney+ reported today that they have now reached 73.7 million subscribers at the end of September. This is a 16.2 million climb from last quarter …
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Disney reports a loss of $710M on $14.71B in revenue, slightly beating revenue estimates of $14.2B; stock up 5%+ after hours — Disney reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results. — Loss per share: 20 cents, vs 71 cents expected, according to Refinitiv survey of analysts
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
YouTube defends choice to leave up election misinformation videos, saying such videos are “not being surfaced or recommended in any prominent way” — The company says its most popular videos are from ‘authoritative’ sources — YouTube is pushing back against claims its platform …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
A district court judge dismisses a Trump campaign libel suit against CNN over a 2019 opinion piece about the Mueller probe — The suit fails because Trump hasn't shown actual malice on the part of an author who wrote that Trump's campaign was soliciting Russia's help in 2020.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News has parted ways with contributor John Solomon, the pro-Trump columnist formerly of The Hill, who helped fuel Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine work against Biden — The pro-Trump writer became a paid contributor as he was a fixture on Fox's right-wing opinion programming …
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Kansas City Star:
Kansas City Star will vacate its downtown office by the end of 2021 and look for smaller premises; printing will move to the Des Moines Register — The Kansas City Star will leave its glass building at 1601 McGee St. in downtown Kansas City. The Kansas City Star will leave …
Ayaz Gul / Voice of America:
A bomb in Afghanistan's Helmand province has killed Elyas Dayee, a reporter working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Afghan service, Radio Azadi — ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - A bomb explosion in Afghanistan's volatile southern Helmand province Thursday killed a reporter working …
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Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Sonos launches Sonos Radio HD, an ad-free lossless-quality tier of its radio service for $7.99 per month, available today in the US and UK — There's no shortage of streaming music options in the world, but the fine folks at Sonos decided we can all do with one more.
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Wall Street Journal:
Q&A with Kevin Mayer, formerly of Disney and TikTok and now advising the parent of Warner Music Group and Deezer, on the future of streaming entertainment — The industry veteran is now adviser to Warner Music parent after leaving TikTok in August and Disney in March
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Despite settling multiple pay disparity cases, BBC is cleared of unlawful pay discrimination by UK equality watchdog investigation focused on 10 pay complaints — Carrie Gracie has described an investigation into pay discrimination at the BBC as a “whitewash”, after it cleared the broadcaster of wrongdoing.
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Silvia Higuera / LatAm Journalism Review:
In Mexico, three journalists have been killed in the last ten days and one is missing, as journalist murders continue with impunity in the country — Violence against journalists in Mexico is not new. For years, the country has been identified as one of the most dangerous places to practice journalism.
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