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A Connecticut jury awards $965M+ in damages to Sandy Hook families of children and staff members in the second defamation trial against Alex Jones and Infowars — A Connecticut jury has reached a damages verdict in a case to decide how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay families …
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Sources: Apple held separate exploratory discussions with media agencies about 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.
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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/...
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
An interview with Rest of World 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.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Book excerpt: journalists must adopt new tactics after six years of covering Trump, often failing to label lies and acting as his 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
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Netflix is the top bidder for nearly 300 acres of a former US Army base in New Jersey, where the company would build its second-biggest production complex — The company was the top bidder for land occupied by a former Army base. — Netflix is inching closer to building a huge production studio on the Jersey Shore.
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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.
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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.
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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
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 — Warner Bros. Television Group handed out pink slips to 82 staffers on Tuesday, representing 19% of the studio's workforce …
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Warner Bros. Television Group shuts down its digital short-form programming division Stage 13 and its Television Workshop for emerging writers and directors
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming service globally, starting with over a dozen markets but not the US, and integrate it into TikTok — Company is negotiating with labels as it seeks more than a dozen new global markets — TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. has begun talks …
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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 …
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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.
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