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2:45 PM ET, October 17, 2022

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Jon Porter / The Verge:
Parler says it has agreed to be acquired by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to create an “uncancelable ecosystem”, with the deal expected to close in Q4 2022  —  Kanye West, the musician also known as Ye, is buying Parler, a social media platform that styles itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Comcast's Spectacor division is shutting down its video game-centric network G4 TV, just a year after its relaunch  —  EXCLUSIVE: Comcast's Spectacor division is pulling the plug on video game-centric network G4 TV, whose early incarnation in the 2000s remains a cultural touchstone for many millennials, just a year after its relaunch.
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
Despite defamation lawsuits against Alex Jones, Fox News, and others, new regulations should be explored to make it less lucrative to lie to huge audiences  —  Alex Jones achieved the epitome of despicability and now has been ordered to pay for it.  His lies — that parents of children killed …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Kantar: number of UK homes with at least one paid video streaming service fell by 937K to ~16M from January to September 2022, driven by the need to save money  —  Exclusive: total number of homes with at least one subscription fell by 937,000 from January to September
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Forbes says it's on pace to increase its events revenue by 60%, with 80+ events, in 2022; event partnerships represent 35% of Forbes' total advertising revenue  —  Sponsorships now account for 35% of its advertising revenue  —  The business news publisher Forbes has seen revenue …
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Shanti Das / The Guardian:
Qatar's government imposes strict restrictions on broadcasters covering the FIFA World Cup, including banning filming at migrant workers' accommodation sites  —  Conditions restrict where international broadcasters, including BBC and ITV, are permitted to film
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Netflix rolls out a feature globally to let users transfer all of their personalized viewing data to a new account, ahead of a crackdown on account sharing  —  Netflix is making it easier for people to disentangle their personal viewing data: The streaming service is rolling out a new feature worldwide …
 
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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
MUSO: visits to pirate sites from January to August 2022 grew 21.9% YoY to 141.7B; 46.6% of traffic went to TV content, 27.8% to publishing, and 12.4% to film
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Suranjana Tewari / BBC:
Former and current Al Jazeera staff allege that their complaints of harassment and bullying by journalist Kamahl Santamaria and others went largely unaddressed
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
In a lawsuit, former WSJ reporter Jay Solomon accuses law firm Dechert LLP of working with hackers from India to sabotage his career; Dechert disputes the claim
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
The NFL's Sunday Ticket broadcast rights have yet to be awarded, as Apple wants to partner with sports leagues rather than act as a standard rental conduit
Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter:
A look at Spotify's podcast exclusivity strategy, which led to 75% audience drops for some Gimlet shows and caused others, like the Obamas, not to renew deals