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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Brand advertisers say they don't mind what Elon Musk says in outreach calls; they want to avoid controversy so they're concerned about what he does and tweets — Hard to solve that with a conference call. — Elon Musk held a giant conference call for advertisers and more than 100,000 other people today.
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
After Twitter labels select accounts as “Official”, Elon Musk says he “killed it” and an executive says the label “is still going out” as part of the new Blue — Update: Well, that was fast. The grey checks have begun to disappear following a tweet …
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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer:
[Thread] Elon Musk tells advertisers in a Spaces chat that Twitter plans to improve ad relevance, he will pay to verify brands if they don't want to, and more — 1/ Live tweeting @elonmusk Twitter spaces w advertisers: Q: What's biggest learning so far? —"The overarching goal here is, how can we make Twitter a force for good in civilization?" —"We want to be in rigorous pursuit of the truth, to be somewhat in the business of truth"
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
In his first email to staff, Elon Musk says he wants subscriptions to account for half of revenue — New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Rupert Murdoch shows that he prefers Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump as the GOP's leader via Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post commentary — Former Fox News anchor reveals why her same-sex marriage story never aired — Murdoch's shocking maneuver allowed him to oust a whole workforce
New York Times:
Forbes says the outlet is in advanced talks to sell itself to a group of investors; sources: Forbes was seeking $800M+, but the final price will likely be lower — The group of bidders includes investors from the United States and overseas, a company spokesman said.
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Washington Post:
A look at Birdwatch, soon to be renamed Community Notes, as Twitter scales back professional debunkings: 194 people submitted notes posted in the past month — In private chats, a cadre of volunteers is shaping a new approach to misinformation — one Elon Musk has endorsed as he scales back on professional debunkings
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Roku adds a sports hub to its homescreen, directing users to live games on DirecTV, Fox Sports, FuboTV, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, and others — Roku has never radically overhauled its simple, familiar homescreen. Instead, the company has gradually introduced new sections like …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
YouTube says Music and Premium have 80M+ paying subscribers combined, up from 50M in September 2021, and payments to creators and others since 2019 passed $50B — It's a dramatic leap, especially for a platform where so much can be had for free, and would seem to place YouTube …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Filing: Gannett Media president and USA Today publisher Maribel Perez Wadsworth will leave at year end; source: Newsquest's Henry Faure Walker will succeed her — The president of Gannett Media and publisher of USA Today has been with the company for 25 years
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney and Paramount no longer require vaccinated cast and crew on all productions; sources say Netflix has dropped vaccine mandates on new and returning shows — Disney joins Netflix and Paramount in moving from uniform policies while keeping them in place on some productions.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Nielsen: about 25.4M people watched the US midterms primetime coverage on 13 live TV networks, ~30% less than in 2018, as news engagement continues to plummet — About 25.4 million people watched midterm elections coverage across 13 live television networks Tuesday evening in primetime …
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