Mediagazer: Philo, a live TV streaming service offering 60+ channels for $25/month, rolls out the first version of its app for Samsung smart TV models released since 2018 (Jason Gurwin/The Streamable)

11:20 AM ET, October 7, 2022

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:

Publications owned by Alden Global Capital plan to stop endorsing US candidates in presidential, senate, and gubernatorial elections in their opinion pages — The change will be announced in an editorial set to run in the company's newspapers as early as Friday.

William Turvill / Press Gazette:

Report: if Canada passes its Online News Act, digital platforms could be forced to pay ~CA$329.2M per year to news publishers, covering ~30% of editorial costs — Google and Facebook could be forced to pay out CA$329.2m a year to Canada's news publishers after the country passes its Online News Act …

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Angela Fu / Poynter:

About 80 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff in production and advertising went on strike after losing health insurance; NewsGuild members are withholding bylines — Roughly 80 staff members are on strike after losing their health coverage. Journalists at the paper are holding a byline strike in solidarity.

Discussion: @pghguild, @msantoni, @bladeguild, @clare_ansberry, @justinwmmoyer, @msantoni, @msantoni, @hallielujah18, @michaelsocolow, Communications Workers …, Greensburg Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Bloomberg:

Sources: ESPN is nearing a large new partnership with DraftKings, the sports-betting company in which Disney has had a stake since 2019 — Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN is nearing a large new partnership with sports-betting firm DraftKings Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Sportico, CNBC, KTLA, @opreport, Digital TV Europe, Front Office Sports, Awful Announcing and New York Post

Rob Salkowitz / Publishers Weekly:

Whatnot, a marketplace focused on collector communities, announces a deal with Heavy Metal to publish nearly a dozen upcoming titles starting in early 2023 — Whatnot, a startup ecommerce platform built around live-selling and collector communities, is expanding its reach into publishing …

The Hollywood Reporter:

With ad-supported tiers, Netflix, Disney+, and other streamers aim to profit from user data, moving away from third-party data due to regulatory scrutiny — Privacy and transparency issues are increasingly coming into focus as the Hollywood giants aim to profit from user info.

Discussion: @commonsense and Too Much TV Newsletter

William Turvill / Press Gazette:

An interview with Axios CEO Jim VandeHei on selling to Cox, inspiring journalists-entrepreneurs to create The Information and Puck, “smart brevity”, and more — Over nearly six years, Axios has demonstrated that start-ups grounded in quality journalism can make serious money in the digital world.

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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:

Pew: 6% of US adults regularly get news on BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram, or Truth Social, but no one site drew over 2% of those seeking news — The appeal of platforms like Parler, Truth Social and Telegram is another symptom of the partisan divide in media, according to the Pew Research Center.

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

Study: 60% of US Twitter users don't follow political elites like politicians and media; conservatives are twice as likely as liberals to share in-group content — You are weird. — It's okay — I'm weird too. But if you're reading a Nieman Lab story, chances are very good that your …

Discussion: @mwojcieszak, @richrdfletcher and @niemanfdn

Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:

Philo, a live TV streaming service offering 60+ channels for $25/month, rolls out the first version of its app for Samsung smart TV models released since 2018 — Philo, the skinny bundle streamer that includes more than 60 popular television channels for $25 per month, is becoming more accessible for Smart TV users.

Discussion: Philo Blog, Fierce Video and Next TV

Blake Brittain / Reuters:

Shopify settles a lawsuit with five major education publishers that claimed the platform ignored notices of users selling pirated textbooks and other materials — Shopify Inc has settled allegations by a group of major educational publishers that the Canadian e-commerce company enables piracy …

Bloomberg:

Sources: the Kremlin told some state media to start admitting failings in the Ukraine invasion, worried that its upbeat propaganda was fueling people's doubts — With its troops losing ground almost daily, the Kremlin has told some of its state media to start admitting some of the failings …

Discussion: The Hill, Insider, @quicktake, @gavinbwilde, @arisroussinos, @maxseddon, @jm_mcgrath, @danielpflatley, @kevinrothrock, @biannagolodryga, @pramoctavy and Truth About Threats

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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Brookfield Asset Management acquires a significant minority interest in publisher Primary Wave Music and commits $1.7B toward buying top acts' music rights

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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Former reality TV star Bethenny Frankel sues TikTok, saying the platform failed to crack down on scam ads that used her videos to promote counterfeit products

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Deadline:
Fox Entertainment names President of Alternative Entertainment and Specials Rob Wade as CEO, replacing Charlie Collier and reporting to Lachlan Murdoch

Discussion: MediaPost, The Wrap, Digital TV Europe, Adweek, The Hollywood Reporter, Next TV, Variety and IndieWire

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify cancels 11 original podcasts out of ~500 shows, aiming to focus on the biggest hits; source: ~5% of its podcasting staff will be laid off or reassigned

Discussion: Engadget, @tvgrimreaper, @aagave, @xpangler, Bloomberg, TechCrunch and The Hollywood Reporter

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount programming executive David Nevins plans to leave at the end of 2022; the former Showtime CEO also held top positions at CBS, Viacom, and Paramount+

Discussion: Variety, CNBC, @jfuentes, Deadline, Variety, The Desk, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, Next TV and The Wrap

K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Prince Harry, Elton John, and others sue the Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers for allegedly hiring people to bug homes, access bank accounts, and more

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Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Internal ByteDance report: revenue grew nearly 80% YoY to $61.7B in 2021 but operating losses more than tripled YoY from $2.14B to $7.15B due to growth spending

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John Eggerton / Next TV:
In a letter to the FCC, Nancy Pelosi and Frank Pallone raise concerns that the Standard General-Tegna merger will restrict local news access, cut jobs, and more

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter makes crowdsourced fact-checking Birdwatch notes on tweets visible to all US users, says seeing them causes 15%-35% fewer likes or retweets on average

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Chicago Sun Times:
The Chicago Sun-Times, which became a nonprofit newsroom in January 2022, drops its paywall and launches a donation-based digital membership program

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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
How media outlets harvest social media users' newsworthy images from natural disasters and more; Reuters has a Twitter account dedicated to pursuing photos

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Financial Times:
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI group G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board

Raphael Satter / Reuters:
The Open Source Security Foundation and the OpenJS Foundation say the attempt to insert a secret backdoor into XZ Utils “may not be an isolated incident”

Matthew Connatser / The Register:
Intel's Gaudi 3 white paper details the made-for-China processors HL-328 and HL-388, likely designed to comply with US sanctions by reducing performance

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