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1:35 PM ET, November 1, 2022

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James Ball / New Statesman:
Elon Musk's plan to monetize Twitter verification risks alienating creators and advertisers while helping accounts spread fake news  —  Elon Musk's latest brainwave risks alienating the users Twitter depends on and would expose it to lawsuits.  —  Let us start with a confession …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter's Chief Customer Officer Sarah Personette has “resigned” after over four years and says she believes the new administration is committed to brand safety  —  Sarah Personette, Twitter's chief customer officer who's been with the company for more than four years …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Twitter is planning to end the ability of Twitter Blue subscribers to access ad-free articles from hundreds of publishers  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  Twitter Inc. is ending the ability of subscribers of its paid Twitter Blue product to access ad-free articles from publishers, according to people familiar with the matter
Axios:
Sources: Elon Musk told Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that may be ready by the end of 2022; Twitter acquired Vine in 2012 and shut it down in 2016
New York Times:
A US federal judge blocks Penguin Random House's bid to acquire Simon & Schuster, saying the DOJ demonstrated the merger might “substantially” harm competition  —  The government's case blocked the merger of two of the United States' largest publishers and reflected a more aggressive approach to curbing consolidation.
David Pierce / The Verge:
YouTube rolls out Primetime Channels in the US, with shows and movies from 35 partners, including Paramount+ and Epix, and plans to add NBA League Pass soon  —  Streaming services are coming to YouTube.  The company is rolling out a new feature called Primetime Channels that will bring shows …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners looks to partner with Group Black on its bid to buy BDG Media, providing equity; Blackstone also eyes a role in the acquisition  —  CVC Capital Partners is looking to partner with Group Black on its bid to buy BDG Media, according to sources.
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
A look at video site Rumble, which has been on an upward trajectory since H2 2020, when right-wing star Dan Bongino moved from YouTube and took an equity stake  —  When Donald Trump was banned from Twitter in January 2021, it was obvious that he would have to find somewhere else to post.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Parrot Analytics plans to unveil a system that predicts the monetary value of streaming titles; Squid Game is on track to become Netflix's most lucrative series  —  Parrot Analytics, a firm used by many major Hollywood studios to understand audience demand for streaming content …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Instagram is paying millennial-focused media company ATTN: six figures to create content to fight Spanish-language misinformation ahead of the US midterms  —  - ATTN: is known for making viral videos featuring politicians and celebrities discussing social causes.
 
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon expands Music for Prime members, offering ad-free podcast listening and increasing its music library from 2M to 100M songs, available on shuffle mode
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM reports its satellite radio unit added 187K self-pay subscribers in Q3 and lost 49K promotional subscribers; Pandora lost 52K net self-pay subscribers
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Kevin Rawlinson / The Guardian:
A UK high court judge dismisses a libel claim brought by James Dyson against Channel 4 over allegations of worker exploitation at Dyson suppliers' factories
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Hearst plans to launch its commerce marketplace FirstFinds on November 1 after its beta launch on October 24 with 1,000+ products picked by a five-person team
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: ProPublica is scrambling to verify Chinese Communist Party memoranda, after criticism that its expose about a Wuhan lab was based on a mistranslation
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Amazon plans to launch a 12-hour daily lineup of sports talk shows, with seven shows available for free on Prime Video and its other audio and visual platforms
Daniel Rosney / BBC:
The BBC plans to cut 48 jobs in local radio, causing 39 networks in England to share programs from 2PM to 6AM, as the broadcaster prioritizes digital content
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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