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Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Elon Musk says Twitter will soon add the ability to attach long-form text to tweets, followed by creator monetization for all forms of content — Followed by creator monetization for all forms of content
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Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
Elon Musk's focus on Twitter Blue is part of a trend in which consumer tech platforms pivot away from advertising to recurring revenue through subscriptions — Tech's marriage of convenience to the ad industry hits the rocks — Request: Please fill out this survey as I think through what a Rebooting membership plan would look like.
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Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk says Twitter suffered “a massive drop in revenue” due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, despite doing “everything” to “appease the activists” — Chief of social-media company cites activist groups pressuring advertisers, as many staffers brace to lose jobs
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Twitter lays off about half its staff, sending a “Your Role at Twitter” email to their company account for those staying and personal account for those leaving — Employees said the layoffs came across teams, as Twitter broadly reduced its workforce.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC News retracts an erroneous story about the attack on Paul Pelosi that relied on an unnamed source, saying the story did not meet its standards — People at the network said the ‘Today’ show report was based on ‘unreliable’ information from a source who was unnamed in the story.
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Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Lyra, Alison Millar's documentary film about murdered Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee, is out now in UK and Irish theaters and on Channel 4 next year — An intimate documentary on the writer, who was shot dead at a riot in Derry, is released this week - tracing her impact on those around her and the fury that followed her killing
Austin Karp / Sports Business Journal:
Average NFL game viewership through Week 8 is down 5% compared to 2021 due to Amazon's Thursday Night Football games, which average 10.3M viewers, down 16% YoY — Viewership of “Thursday Night Football” on Amazon has become a slow drag on the NFL's overall numbers through Week 8 …
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Jason Guerrasio / Insider:
The US DOJ charges two former MoviePass executives in a securities fraud case for allegedly trying to artificially inflate parent company HMNY's stock price — - Lowe and Farnsworth have been charged in a securities fraud case by the Department of Justice.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shonda Rhimes is among several creators telling Netflix that midroll ads disrupt storytelling; Netflix doesn't plan to share ad revenue with creators — - Shonda Rhimes, the high-powered producer behind “Bridgerton,” is among creators who have told Netflix they feel midroll advertising disrupts …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Hands-on with Netflix's Basic with Ads: most shows have pre-roll ads, the number of mid-roll ads is unpredictable, and many popular shows require a higher tier
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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The US DOJ seizes internet domains for Z-Library, a repository that went viral on TikTok for offering 11M+ books, including pirated textbooks, and 84M articles — Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized early this morning by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service.
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
US Thomson Reuters journalists represented by the NewsGuild vote to authorize a strike if progress isn't made in contract talks, which resume on November 14 — Thomson Reuters Corp. journalists in the US have authorized their union to call a strike against the media company …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: MSNBC decided not to renew its contract with Tiffany Cross, the weekend host of Cross Connection, after executives grew concerned about her commentary — Tiffany Cross, the MSNBC weekend host who was known for running a freewheeling commentary program, is leaving the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet.
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