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9:05 AM ET, November 15, 2022

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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
An interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner on expanding Politico to foreign capitals by adding 100-150 staff, advising Elon Musk on Twitter, and more  —  We are living through the twilight of the press baron.  Once, there were conquerors of newspapers, magazines …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Meta eliminated many journalism-adjacent positions as part of its 11K layoffs, including David Grant, The Meta Journalism Project Accelerator's program manager  —  “Meta had the resources at its peak to do incredible things.  Not just the dollars, but the encouragement to think of the best outcome possible …
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The New York Times' bizarre SBF profile presents the disgraced founder through a gauzy lens, fails to challenge him, and gives him the benefit of the doubt  —  FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019 …
Larry Edelman / The Boston Globe:
The Boston Globe announces NPR SVP for News Nancy Barnes will be its next editor, succeeding Brian McGrory on February 1 to become the first woman in the role  —  The Boston Globe announced Monday that Nancy Barnes would be its next editor, tapping a deeply experienced journalist …
Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Source: Michael Lewis shadowed Sam Bankman-Fried for the past six months and the CAA is pitching Lewis' yet-to-be-written book on FTX's fall to Hollywood buyers  —  Author compares Sam Bankman-Fried, Binance's CZ to ‘Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader’ in email sent by CAA  —  In this issue:
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at the New York Post under Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole, as the ex-Sun digital editor tries to attract a national audience by taking on the MailOnline  —  This summer, as the New York Post bludgeoned her reelection campaign, New York Governor Kathy Hochul sought via an aide to arrange …
Brad Stone / Bloomberg:
Sequoia deleting its 14,000-word SBF profile by journalist Adam Fischer shows VCs' media pivot isn't about informing readers but spreading corporate propaganda  —  A now-infamous profile of the fallen FTX founder illustrates the predictable dangers of corporate content creation.  But first...
Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog:
CNN's “interview” with Jeff Bezos, where he gave the broad but non-specific promise that he plans to give most of his money to charity, is shameful PR nonsense  —  CNN's ‘interview’ with Jeff Bezos was shameful PR nonsense.  —  Let's say you're a billionaire tyrant and the company you founded …
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $103.7M, a $27M net loss, vs. $3.6M YoY, time spent down 32% YoY to 151M hours, and ad revenue flat YoY at $50.4M  —  Total revenue reached $103.7 million for the quarter, representing a 15 percent year-over-year increase.
 
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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Tencent Music reports Q3 revenue down 5.6% YoY to ~$1.04B and net profit up 38.7% YoY to ~$154M; paying subscribers grew 19.8% YoY to 85.3M
Discussion: Reuters and Tencent Music
Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
Israel says the US DOJ opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, calling the probe a “grave mistake”
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube introduces a Live Q&A feature designed to help creators select and manage viewers' chat questions during livestreams
Discussion: Financial Times, ScreenRant and Insider
Malcolm Harris / New York Magazine:
A look at the rise of “influencer capital”, in which celebrities use their fame to promote and buy ownership stakes in otherwise mediocre products or services
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Affiliate fees and ads, which financed streaming efforts, are in secular decline as cable companies lose ~10% of customers yearly; TV ad sales fell 12% in 2020