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5:05 PM ET, November 4, 2021

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Julia Black / Insider:
Several women describe humiliating and frightening sexual experiences with Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy; two say they were filmed without advance permission  —  In the summer of 2020, Madison sent Barstool Sports' founder, Dave Portnoy, a direct message on Instagram complimenting his famous “one bite” pizza reviews.
Andrew Fedorov / Off the Record:
Frances Haugen's PR firm says an international Facebook Papers consortium is coming; non-Western outlets were excluded from the original consortium  —  The group of news outlets sharing access to a whistleblower's trove of documents shut down their Slack a day after their stories published …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at the open source tool being built to authenticate images for Adobe's Content Authenticity Initiative, which includes members AFP, BBC, NYT, and more  —  Earlier this month, a former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives sent a tweet implying that President Joe Biden's …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ViacomCBS Q3: net income fell to $538M from $615M a year ago, revenue grew 13% YoY to $6.6B, and 4.3M streaming subscribers were added for a total of nearly 47M  —  ViacomCBS said third-quarter profit declined as it invested in more content for streaming audiences, but noted that its revenue …
Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
T-Mobile to give new and existing T-Mobile and Sprint customers one free year of Paramount+ Essential, ViacomCBS' $4.99/month plan with limited ads  —  ViacomCBS reached nearly 47 million paid global subscribers combined between its streaming platforms, primarily Paramount+ …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox's Blockchain Creative Labs will introduce more NFTs and digital collectibles for shows and franchises in the coming months  —  Fox plans to double down on its investments in blockchain technology by introducing more NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and digital collectibles for its shows …
Laura Wagner / Defector:
Punchbowl News, a “membership-based news community”, still relies on advertising for most of its revenue, via sponsors including Exxon, Google, Uber, and PhRMA  —  Punchbowl, a media company launched earlier this year by a few former Politico staffers, has been the subject of some breathless media coverage lately.
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson pledges to stop using real firearms on all projects produced by his company in the wake of the Rust set death  —  “Red Notice,” which launches on the streaming service on Nov. 12, followed very careful safety protocols on-set, as most productions do.
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Paris-based music streaming company Believe buys a 25% stake in indie label Play Two and says Q3 revenue grew 26.8% YoY to €144M  —  Paris-headquartered Believe has acquired a 25% stake in Play Two, one of France's leading independent labels.  —  Believe said today (November 3) …
Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
BBC edits its story that portrayed some trans women as predatory to remove quotes from an anti-trans lesbian who has called for trans women to be lynched  —  Woman quoted in piece later described trans women as ‘vile, weak and disgusting’  —  The BBC has been forced to edit an article condemned …
 
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Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo pulls its services out of China in a largely symbolic gesture following LinkedIn, citing an “increasingly challenging business and legal environment”
Charlie Moore / Daily Mail:
Broadcaster Alan Jones says he is leaving Sky News Australia on November 30 because bosses didn't renew his contract; CEO says it was Jones' choice to leave
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Fox Corp. beats estimates with Q1 revenue of $3.05B, up 12% YoY, net income of $708M, ad revenue of $1.13B, helped by ad-supported streaming service Tubi
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Smartmatic, the voting tech company that is suing Fox News and some of its hosts for defamation, adds Newsmax and OANN to the list of defendants
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: a company led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs is nearing a deal to acquire Moonbug Entertainment, in a deal that could value the CoComelon-owner at $3B+
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