Top News:


Trevor Noah is leaving Paramount's The Daily Show; the news was announced to his audience on Thursday and was a surprise to staff — Trevor Noah, who began on The Daily Show as a recurring contributor in 2014 and was elevated to host, taking over from Jon Stewart in 2015, is leaving the series, a source tells Decider.


Maggie Haberman's book details Trump berating George Stephanopoulos over interview questions about Russia, Murdoch revealing his successor to Trump, and more — Maggie Haberman's highly anticipated magnum opus on Donald Trump is less than a week away — and the book is already making waves.
Discussion:
emptywheel, Washington Post, @maggienyt, @dandrezner, @eugene_scott, @jesseltaylor, Mediaite, @daviddtss, Politico, @jayrosen_nyu, New York Magazine, @daviddark, @owillis, The Week, @kdrum, @maggienyt, @wajahatali, @rlocker12, @mehdirhasan, Insider, Drezner's World, Vanity Fair and The Daily Beast


Substack announces new features to help newsletters increase subscribers, including web prompts and a referral program, and acquires email marketing startup Yem — Substack has acquired Yem, a small startup that helps newsletter writers grow their email lists through email marketing campaigns …
Discussion:
MediaPost, On Substack, @reidtandy and Substack


BBC World Service plans to close or make some stations digital-only and relocate some staff away from the UK, leading to ~382 jobs lost, as part of a £30M cut — UPDATE 03:46 a.m PT: The BBC has confirmed the relocation of some of its World Service journalists away from the UK …
Discussion:
The Guardian, @jimwaterson, The Desk, MediaPost, @samiraahmeduk, @jonnelledge, Press Gazette, @avasantina, @finnertymike, @johnlappin, @ianmartin, @blackamazon, @pdkmitchell, @zoe_flood, @philippachilds, @davidjhendy, @davidhundeyin, @dangillmor, @alexseale, @elizaeaston, @asadabukhalil, @emclew, @musanov_8, @radioanis, @rasmus_kleis, @worldwidewebb1, @mrchrisaddison, @_richardblack, @damian_barr, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety


Former eBay execs Jim Baugh and David Harville get 57 and 24 months in prison for a 2019 cyberstalking campaign against the producers of a critical newsletter — Two former eBay Inc (EBAY.O) security executives were sentenced to prison on Thursday for carrying out a campaign to harass …


A look at the possible reasons for 2022's slow ad sales: the economy, the decline of annual ad buys, Apple's ATT rules, and a normalization after the 2021 boom — Four theories on why ad sales are plummeting even as the economy is doing fine. — Not every truism is true …
Discussion:
The Rebooting, @ryanbarwick, @pkafka, @pkafka, @pkafka, @joshsternberg, @pkafka, @modestproposal1, The 21 Hats Morning Report, Ad Age, MediaPost and Inside Radio


An investigation shows how self-publishing platform Wattpad's lack of moderation, age verification, and safety features helps sexual predators exploit teens — For many teenagers, the reading and writing platform is a creative and educational outlet. But a Forbes investigation found …
Discussion:
@forbes, @lkherman and @rashishrivast18, more at Techmeme »


Memo: Recurrent Ventures, which shut down MEL Magazine in July 2022, lays off staff across editorial and other teams; it is not clear how many were affected — - Layoffs have hit Recurrent Ventures, the private-equity-backed owner of digital media properties including Popular Science and The Drive.
Discussion:
@mediaevan, @perlberg, @cragcrest and @simonowens


Roku signs up to use Nielsen One, which launches in December 2022, for four-screen measurement across desktop, mobile, connected TV, and traditional TV — Today, Nielsen announced that Roku plans to enable four-screen measurement across desktop, mobile, connected TV, and traditional TV.
Discussion:
Adweek, Nielsen Holdings plc, The Wrap, @tvgrimreaper, Next TV, Media Play News, Yahoo News, Ad Age and MediaPost


Crooked Media hires Lucinda Treat, formerly chief legal officer at Vice Media Group, as CEO and announces that Soros Fund Management has taken a minority stake — Crooked Media is looking to take its progressive-politics podcast empire to the next level. — The L.A.-based media company …


An advocacy group and 300+ authors demand publishers and trade groups stop undermining libraries, after a lawsuit against the Internet Archive's lending program — A group of authors has teamed up with advocacy group Fight for the Future to publish an open letter demanding that publishers …
Discussion:
@fightfortheftr, Fight for the Future, AAP, @tc221bee, @amandapalmer, @fightfortheftr, @mariannedh, @baratunde, MediaPost, @dangillmor, @ntnsndr, @bostonjoan, @fightfortheftr, @fightfortheftr, @moonalice, @fightfortheftr, @kateo, @brewster_kahle, @erinisaway, @fightfortheftr, @senficon, @alysiareiner, The Authors Guild, The Hill and Deadline


Bill Plante, who covered the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and four presidencies as a CBS News correspondent for more than half a century, dies at 84 — He became a fixture of American television sets, covering the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and four presidencies
Discussion:
Adweek, CBS News, HuffPost, @joetrippi, @joshgerstein, @bretbaier, @joiechen, @tomcrann, @johnkingcnn, @arifleischer, @brithume, @davidaxelrod, @mckonomy, @harrispolitico, The Hollywood Reporter, @nprkelly, @danaperino, @tvietor08, @edokeefe, @edokeefe, @edokeefe, @edokeefe, @edokeefe, @tonyfratto, @ejdionne, @zevshalev, @cbctom, @dpotternews, @ruralj, @djjudd, @jimsciutto, @phil_mattingly, The Wrap, @jimrutenberg, @sarah_boxer, @kevinmaddendc, CBS News, New York Times and Deadline