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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple raises its prices for Music by $1 to $10.99 per month for individuals, TV+ by $2 to $6.99, and Apple One by $2 to $16.95, citing increased licensing costs — Apple is today increasing the prices of its Apple Music and Apple TV+ subscription services. The Apple One bundle price is also rising in unison.
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Semafor:
Fox Chief Legal Officer Viet Dinh lacked a California law license for nearly four years, which may open more communications to discovery in defamation cases — Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch's top lawyer spent nearly four years without a license to practice law in California …
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James Ball / The New European:
A profile of Axel Springer CEO and Europe's leading media mogul Mathias Döpfner, as he comes under international scrutiny after buying Insider and Politico — Mathias Döpfner is Europe's leading media mogul; the most influential man you've never heard of
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@jayrosen_nyu, @jeffjarvis and @jamesrbuk
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Consolidation between TV and videogame companies seems inevitable, as pay-TV rapidly deteriorates and streaming services struggle to make up for it — We just wrapped the first week of corporate earnings season (for tech and entertainment), which means we are starting to get a glimpse …
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Forbes, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw and @lucas_shaw
Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube rolls out app design changes, including pinch-to-zoom on videos, precise seeking with a more usable preview, an ambient mode, and a darker dark mode — YouTube announced some new design changes that are rolling out now, including pinch-to-zoom for everyone and precise seeking …
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The Moscow Times:
RT suspends Anton Krasovsky, its director of broadcasting, after he called on air to “drown or burn” Ukrainian children who viewed Soviet Russia as an occupier — A host at Russia's state-funded broadcaster RT was suspended Sunday after he made calls on the air to “drown or burn” …
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The Wire:
The Wire retracts two recent stories about Meta's XCheck program and says it is using “independent external experts” to investigate its coverage — Earlier this week, The Wire announced its decision to conduct an internal review of its recent coverage of Meta, especially the sources and materials involved in our reporting.
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BBC:
The BBC says 4.3M people on average used its Sounds app every week between July and September; 54% of overall plays on BBC Sounds were for live content — There was an average 4.3 million people using BBC Sounds every week between July and September, with a record 4.53m during the week following the mini-budget
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Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
Court docs: former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles is indicted in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German — A former Las Vegas-area politician has been indicted on a murder charge — which carries the possibility of the death penalty …
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Columbia Journalism Review
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Climate change protestors disrupted ABC's The View multiple times on Monday during an interview with Senator Ted Cruz — The audience members, who were speaking out about climate change, were “escorted out by security,” per a spokesperson for the show.
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Michael Mignano / Lightspeed Venture Partners:
Whereas Creator Economy companies have mostly built infrastructure for the top 1% of creators, new AI tools will fuel businesses that democratize creativity — Creativity has become the focal point of our modern Internet economy. What was once just a means of artistic expression now powers …
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A look at Otherworld, a podcast dubbed the “paranormal This American Life” that conducts interviews and investigations into people's supernatural experiences — ‘Otherworld’ podcast has amassed fandom by tapping into a growing online fascination with the paranormal
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@taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz and After School
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