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3:25 PM ET, October 12, 2022

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Digiday:
Sources: Apple holds early discussions with media agencies over monetizing its original video content through ads, possibly as early as 2023  —  Apple's growing designs on the ad industry are already well-documented with the iPhone maker's media unit already generating $4 billion per year on search.
TechCrunch:
Reporting by India's The Wire on Meta and India's ruling party comes under scrutiny after questions about the authenticity of a document and an email screenshot  —  Who would have the least to lose and most to gain by undermining credibility in the press?  —  Tech giants and news organisations sparring over news reporting isn't new.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
An interview with Rest of World's EIC Anup Kaphle and operations head Eli Berger on paying staff and freelancers fairly around the world and holding more events  —  Rest of World, a nonprofit newsroom covering global tech stories, now has its first editor-in-chief.
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast promotes CFO Mike Cavanagh to president, the third president in the company's 59-year history; Cavanagh will remain CFO  —  “Mike will be only the third president in the company's 59-year history.”  —  Comcast said on Wednesday that it has promoted chief financial officer Mike Cavanagh to the role of president.
Anna Merlan / VICE:
Leaked footage: Fox edited out Kanye West's bigoted and bizarre statements to Tucker Carlson about Jewish people, “fake children”, visions from God, and more  —  Motherboard obtained footage of Ye making bigoted statements about Jewish people and bizarre claims about “fake children …
Deadline:
Warner Bros. Television Group shuts down its digital short-form programming division Stage 13 and its Television Workshop for emerging writers and directors  —  Layoffs are underway at Warner Bros Television Group on Tuesday.  The cuts include the closing of digital short-form programming division Stage 13 …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Warner Bros. Television Group laid off 82 employees on October 11, or 19% of its workforce, and cut 43 vacant posts, totaling a 26% drop from ~481 positions
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Netflix joins the British ratings agency BARB as a full member, planning to publish independently audited viewing figures on individual shows for the first time  —  Streaming service's decision to sign up to independent ratings agency is world first and will give insight into its cultural power
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Gannett CEO Mike Reed announces austerity measures, including a voluntary severance offer, suspension of 401(k) match for some, and mandatory leave in December  —  New: memo from Gannett CEO Mike Reed announcing “voluntary severance” and other austerity measures at the company: https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Book excerpt: journalists need to adopt new methods after six years of covering Trump, often failing to label lies and serving as megaphones and stenographers  —  I believed in traditional reporting, but Trump changed me — and it should change the rest of the media too.  —  Perspective by Margaret Sullivan
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Italy's Corriere della Sera plans to remove two articles and pay a “substantial sum” to a British financier over accusations about a Vatican corruption scandal  —  Italy's oldest and most-read newspaper, Corriere della Sera, has paid a “substantial sum” in compensation …
Discussion: @pressgazette
Helen Pidd / The Guardian:
Profile of Alex Belfield, an ex-BBC radio presenter who was jailed for five and a half years last month for online stalking of several BBC presenters and others  —  Alex Belfield's online harassment made life misery for BBC presenters Jeremy Vine, Liz Green and many others.
Discussion: @jimwaterson
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Microsoft says Apple plans to launch desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps for Windows in 2023  —  Microsoft today announced that desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps will be available on Windows PCs next year, downloadable from the Microsoft Store.  Early beta previews of these apps will launch on the Microsoft Store soon.
 
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Netflix Studios UK, its UK-based production and content arm, reports £103.2M in revenue in 2021, up 31% YoY, and an £11.9M profit, down from £15.1M in 2020
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Around 14 family films will hit theaters in 2022, compared to 24 in 2019, as Disney+, Netflix, and other services try to fill the family-oriented content void
Discussion: The Wrap
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
News UK has always said phone hacking only happened at News of the World but eight people have pending Sun-only legal claims and three more settled with The Sun
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal partners with Meta to bring VR experiences to Quest headsets in 2023, from The Office, DreamWorks, Blumhouse, the Peacock streaming app, and more