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5:20 PM ET, October 17, 2022

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Jon Porter / The Verge:
Parler agrees to be acquired by Ye, formerly Kanye West, to create “an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome”; the deal is set 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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Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
After defamation lawsuits against Alex Jones, Fox News, and others, new regulations are needed to make it harder and 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 …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Comcast's Spectacor division shuts down its video game-centric network G4, a year after its relaunch; Spectacor CEO Dave Scott told staff revival efforts failed  —  EXCLUSIVE: Comcast's Spectacor division is pulling the plug on video game-centric network G4 TV, whose early incarnation …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Kantar: the 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  —  Exclusive: total number of homes with at least one subscription fell by 937,000 from January to September
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Baz Bamigboye / Deadline:
Source: Netflix, “rattled” by negative front-page stories about The Crown, postponed its Harry and Meghan documentary, unofficially slated for December 2022  —  EXCLUSIVE: Rattled after attacks on Season 5 of The Crown, Netflix has decided to postpone its documentary series featuring Harry …
Discussion: New York Post and The A.V. Club
 
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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
Suranjana Tewari / BBC:
Current and ex-Al Jazeera staff allege their complaints of harassment, sexism, bullying, and racism by journalist Kamahl Santamaria and others went 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
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