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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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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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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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@mhbergen, @mhbergen, @kevinroose, @youtubeinsider, Columbia Journalism Review, @caseynewton, @jesselehrich and VICE, more at Techmeme »


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.


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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@katz_mum, @danielchaitin7, @jasonscampbell, @thedailybeast, @jaredlholt and @justinbaragona

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 …


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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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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AppleInsider, Protocol, Music Business Worldwide, The Verge and SlashGear, more at Techmeme »


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


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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@jimwaterson, @danfinn95, @imajsaclaimant, Press Gazette, @shoaibmkhan and Variety


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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