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8:55 AM ET, October 25, 2022

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
SEC filing: Warner Bros. Discovery expects to incur $3.2B-$4.3B in post-merger restructuring charges, including $2B-$2.5B in content write-offs, through Q4 2024  —  The media company disclosed expected ranges for the charges in an SEC filing Monday.  For the third quarter of 2022 …
Guillermo Altares / El País:
An interview with Andrew Wylie, arguably the world's most powerful literary agent, about the attack on Salman Rushdie, Amazon behaving “like ISIS”, and more  —  The world's leading literary agent speaks about Salman Rushdie, Stephen King, Donald Trump and the e-commerce giant
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple raises its monthly prices for Music by $1 to $10.99 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.
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 …
Kirsten Chuba / The Hollywood Reporter:
Streamers, starting with Netflix and followed by HBO Max, Hulu, Disney+, and Peacock, are expanding into in-flight content, seeking captive, affluent audiences  —  New tech with more onboard options and upgraded seatback screens ensures captive audiences with cash to spend for streamers …
Discussion: @thr
Baranjot Kaur / Reuters:
Report: the UK's Channel 4 is exploring being acquired by a nonprofit trust as an alternative to privatization; C4 is currently state-owned but ad-funded  —  British publicly-owned broadcaster Channel 4 is exploring whether it could be acquired by a non-profit trust as an alternative …
Discussion: Telegraph
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, US political campaigns use voter-profiling companies with vast amounts of data and scores to target ads on guns, vaccines, and QAnon  —  To help campaigns target ads, voter-profiling firms score millions of Americans on issues like guns, vaccines and QAnon.
Peter Lee / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
A Hong Kong court finds Jimmy Lai, founder of the defunct Apple Daily newspaper, guilty of fraud over using the paper's HQ; Lai has been in custody since 2020  —  Jimmy Lai, the founder of defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, has been convicted of fraud after being found …
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
ABC News sources say they believe the raid on the home of investigative producer James Gordon Meek was not tied to his work and he resigned for personal reasons  —  This reporting appears as one of several scoops featured in this week's edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media.
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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Kris Holt / Engadget:
Austin-based staff at Alphabet subcontractor YouTube Music Content Operations file with the NLRB for union recognition after a supermajority signed union cards
Discussion: Polygon
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Climate change protestors interrupted ABC's The View multiple times on October 24 during an interview with Senator Ted Cruz, who was promoting his new book
Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
Court docs: former Clark County Administrator Robert Telles is indicted on a murder charge in the stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German
Alexis Akwagyiram / Semafor:
A look at the BBC's plans to reduce Africa coverage: cutting ~50 of 130 jobs, shutting down services like Somali TV and Afrique TV, and shifting to digital
Press Gazette:
BBC News takes presenter Martine Croxall off the air amid claims she showed bias during a newspaper review show after Boris Johnson pulled out of the PM race
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The Moscow Times:
RT suspends Director of Broadcasting Anton Krasovsky after he made calls on air to “drown or burn” Ukrainian children who viewed Soviet Russia as an occupier
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Daily Telegraph deletes a Boris Johnson endorsement by a politician, published exactly as Johnson quit the race, without leaving an editor's note
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
 

 
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
The US Commerce Department revokes some export licenses that let companies ship chips and other goods to Huawei; sources say the move affects Intel and Qualcomm

Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN:
Memo: Microsoft's Xbox plans to shut down multiple Bethesda studios and consolidate teams to prioritize high-impact titles and invest in Bethesda's portfolio

Reuters:
Sources: US prosecutors are examining if Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about Autopilot and Full Self-Driving
 
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