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1:25 PM ET, November 3, 2021

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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
NYT Q3 : $65M operating profit, up 15% YoY, on revenue of $509M, up 19.3% YoY; 455K new digital subs for a total of 8.4M subs, of which 1M+ are outside the US  —  After moving behind a paywall, Wirecutter added to the company's revenue stream.  —  The New York Times Company said on Wednesday …
Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
Charlie Warzel on leaving Substack, where he had 16K subscribers and 1.4K paid subs: he wasn't niche enough, didn't do enough “grievance blogging”, and more  —  (Not going to the metaverse...yet)  —  Before I get extra self-indulgent, I'll lead with the news.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic rolls out its new newsletter program, which will be free until the end of November, with nine contracted writers including Charlie Warzel
Christian Davies / Financial Times:
A look at South Korea as a cultural exporter, from K-pop to TV shows and video games, and its desire for homegrown global platforms to distribute its content  —  Having given the world K-pop, Parasite and Squid Game, it now wants to create global platforms to distribute its content
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Amazon Music for Android and iOS is rolling out auto-generated, synchronized transcripts for select podcasts in the US  —  Starting today, Amazon Music is launching auto-generated, synchronized transcripts on select podcasts for users in the United States.  Rolling out for the latest version …
James Vincent / The Verge:
Google News will return to Spain “early next year” following a change to Spain's copyright laws that will let Google negotiate fees with individual publishers  —  Spain has changed its copyright law in accordance with EU legislation  —  Who should get paid when big tech platforms aggregate news stories?
Michael Schneider / Variety:
HFPA names Florida-based educator Neil Phillips as its first chief diversity officer, marking the latest step in the organization's reform process  —  Public speaker, educator and entrepreneur Neil Phillips has been tapped by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to serve as its first-ever chief diversity officer.
Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline
Paroma Soni / Columbia Journalism Review:
How strategic PR, the public, and the priorities of US politicians influenced the reception of two Facebook whistleblowers, and what that means for the press  —  In April, several months before a Facebook employee named Frances Haugen became the most famous whistleblower in the company's history …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery Q3 net income fell 48% YoY to $156M while revenue rose 23% YoY to $3.15B; its streaming services have 20M paid subscribers  —  Discovery said its third quarter profit tumbled significantly due to higher expenses for its broadcast of the 2021 Summer Olympics and costs associated …
Reuters:
Belarus declares Belsat TV, based in Warsaw and funded by Poland, an “extremist” organization; its staff and viewers can face up to seven years in prison  —  Belarus declared the Poland-based Belsat news channel an “extremist” organisation on Wednesday, meaning its employees and viewers can face up to seven years in prison.
Discussion: @notesfrompoland
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Channel 4 News names BBC Newsnight editor Esme Wren as editor, replacing Ben de Pear who announced in August he would be stepping down after almost 10 years  —  Newsnight editor Esme Wren is leaving the BBC after three years to lead Channel 4 News.  —  Wren will succeed Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear …
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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DOJ sues to stop Penguin Random House from acquiring Simon & Schuster, citing potential harm not only to consumers but to authors too
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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