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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Some journalists say they are deleting their Twitter DMs, as many scoff at the idea of an $8 verification fee and make plans to use rival social media platforms — Journalists are deleting DMs, scoffing at Musk's $8 verification fee, and even considering bolting from the platform.
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Wall Street Journal:
General Mills paused Twitter ads along with, sources say, brands such as Pfizer and Audi; Musk talked with WPP and some of its clients like Unilever and Google — Advertisers are concerned about a flurry of executive departures at Twitter and new owner Elon Musk's plans for content moderation
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Since WarnerMedia's April merger with Discovery, stock is down ~48%, debt remains higher than at other media companies, and sources say 1K+ people were let go — Merger created streaming-media giant, but leveraging company's assets has been tough in a competitive market
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Warner Bros. Discovery misses with Q3 revenue of $9.82B, vs. $10.36B est., adds 2.8M streaming customers to reach 94.9M total, and TV networks revenue fell 8% — - Warner Bros. Discovery reported third-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, missing analysts' estimates on revenue.
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@insiderunion:
[Thread] Insider's union demands that management bargain over changes in writers' metric goals and the elimination of roles, after the paywall strategy shifts — Yesterday, our @insiderunion colleagues marched on global editor-in-chief @nichcarlson to demand he and other members of @thisisinsider management bargain with us about massive proposed changes to the newsroom. How did we get here? 🧵A thread... https://twitter.com/...
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
CNBC cancels primetime general news show The News with Shepard Smith to refocus on business and market coverage; source: Smith plans to leave later in November — - CNBC has canceled “The News with Shepard Smith” after two years. — Smith is leaving the network after his show concludes later this month.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Advance Publications, owner of 24 newspapers and Condé Nast, plans to stop printing Alabama's three largest newspapers and make them digital-only in February — Advance Publications to make Birmingham News, Huntsville Times and Press-Register digital-only
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
AMC Networks and the Roku Channel expand their partnership; AMC will add 11 free channels to Roku; AMC+, Shudder, and Acorn TV remain premium subscriptions — AMC Networks is bringing 11 new free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels to the Roku Channel — including a selection of episodes from hit series like …
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Reuters:
Sources: Murdoch is pursuing the Fox/News Corp merger because combining live game broadcasts and sports coverage would help with Fox's sports betting foray — Rupert Murdoch's proposal to recombine News Corp (NWSA.O) and Fox Corp (FOXA.O) and capitalize on sports betting has yet …
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Dish raises Sling TV prices to $40/month, double the price it charged when it launched the base package seven years ago — Dish Network's streaming television service Sling TV says it is rolling out a price increase on its base plans. — The price increase comes more than a month …
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Stephanie Lai / New York Times:
Political campaigns are increasingly using influencers, a practice the FEC's campaign finance laws do not regulate, with disclosures dictated by an honor system — Campaigns are using social media influencers as a way to reach young and diverse voters, a novel and mostly unregulated strategy.
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Chloe Chaplain / The i Paper:
Source: amid free speech criticism, the UK plans to remove the Online Safety Bill's “legal but harmful” content rules, except for material targeted at children — EXCLUSIVEThe Bill is due to be brought back to Parliament later this month after it was delayed over the summer
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Facebook expands professional mode, letting all creators globally earn money from various monetization programs, including Reels Play bonuses and subscriptions — Meta has announced the global expansion of its professional mode profile setting on Facebook to all creators.
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Kate Irwin / Decrypt:
Meta lets select Instagram creators in the US test a toolkit for minting NFTs and selling them on and off the platform, and says it won't charge fees until 2024
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