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11:50 AM ET, November 2, 2021

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Sources: FanDuel and DraftKings are among the companies that submitted bids to buy The Athletic, which is seeking a $750M+ valuation  —  Fantasy and sports betting providers, FanDuel and DraftKings, are among a number of companies that have submitted bids to buy sports news site The Athletic …
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Sports publishers make millions on deals with sports betting companies but should remain cautious, as sportsbooks turn into competitors and consolidation looms  —  The relationships between sports publishers and sports betting companies are increasingly common and the outcome for media companies …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic is rolling out its new newsletter program with nine contracted writers, including Charlie Warzel, which will be free until the end of the month  —  The Atlantic on Tuesday will roll out its new newsletter program with nine contracted writers, including Charlie Warzel, Molly Jong-Fast and Nicole Chung.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Established news outlets compete for talent from Substack, Facebook Bulletin, and more as they build out newsletters, digital audio, and video  —  Substack, Facebook Bulletin pursue high-profile reporters and commentators, creating tension within news organizations
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The Information's Jessica Lessin analyzes tensions between tech execs including Zuckerberg and legacy media outlets, which execs associate with staff activism  —  Journalists and tech executives seem to be fighting each other to a draw in a battle that has no end in sight.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Amazon says TikTok's app is now available on Fire TV in the US and Canada and is coming soon to Echo Show devices  —  Amazon announced today that a TikTok app is now available on its Amazon Fire TV for users in the U.S. and Canada.  The app is also coming soon to Echo Show devices.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Pinterest to launch a Pinterest TV shoppable live series on November 8, with weekday episodes airing in its app, featuring some of its top creators  —  The series will feature creators and celebrities, like Olympic athlete Tom Daley and popular makeup artist Manny MUA
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ, RSF, and FPU establish the People's Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists, a six-month initiative that starts today and will feature three case hearings  —  In an unprecedented effort to achieve justice in the killing of journalists, three leading press freedom groups have launched …
Brodie Fenlon / CBC News:
CBC says it will keep Facebook comments closed on news posts, after turning them off in June and finding it improved the well-being of staff  —  We hope to make online spaces safer by minimizing harassment and abuse of our story subjects, commenters  —  Earlier this week …
Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Source: The Rothermere family is close to taking Daily Mail-owner DMGT private via a deal that involves injecting £400M+ into DMGT's three pension schemes  —  An agreement that would involve more than £400m being injected into the company's three pension schemes …
Discussion: @markkleinmansky
David Agren / The Guardian:
Two journalists have been killed in Mexico since Thursday, bringing this year's death toll for media workers in the country to nine  —  Mexican journalists have expressed alarm after two veteran reporters were attacked in their own homes in less than 24 hours, bringing this year's death toll …
Discussion: @mccarthyryanj and Reuters
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
Permutive, whose ad platform allows publishers to deliver personalized ads in a privacy-safe manner, raises a $75M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2  —  London's Permutive has raised $75 million in a Series C round.  The eight-year-old company specialises in providing publishers …
 
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Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Foreign Correspondents Club of China calls for transparency from China's Olympics committee, saying reporters have been denied access, followed, and harassed
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
With Spotify on pace to cross $1B in ad sales this year, a look at its growing ambitions in advertising and its plans to become the YouTube of podcasting
John Koblin / New York Times:
Viewership for Impeachment: American Crime Story, not on streaming services due to a 2016 Netflix deal, shows how cord cutting changed the cultural conversation
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
UK relaunches the Ofcom chair recruitment process after tweaking the job description and interviewer lineup to favor a confrontational candidate like Paul Dacre
David Bloom / Forbes:
Tubular Labs launches Gross Ratings Points metrics of creators with 1M+ views/month on YouTube and Facebook, in the US, UK, Brazil, France, Mexico, and Germany
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BBC:
BBC rejects complaints that its article “We're being pressured into sex by some trans women” is transphobic and poorly evidenced
Axios:
NewsWhip: interest in Facebook, measured by social media interactions per article, declined over 2021, with little mainstream attention for “Facebook Papers”
Press Gazette:
RT loses UK's Court of Appeal challenge over a £200K Ofcom fine for breaching impartiality rules in broadcasts about the Salisbury poisoning and the Syrian war
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy has cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube almost $10B in combined ad revenue in H2 2021
Ross Barkan / New York Magazine:
Profile of Matt Taibbi, the polarizing journalist that critics say turned into a “red-pilled culture warrior” on Substack, where he has 30K paying subs
 

 
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024 that, under specific conditions, let users log in with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Intel scraps forecast of selling $500M+ worth of Gaudi AI accelerator chips in 2024, with CEO Pat Gelsinger citing chip transition and slower uptake to software

 
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