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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Internal memo: Disney plans to institute a targeted hiring freeze except for “the most critical, business-driving positions” and make “some staff reductions” — KEY POINTS — Disney plans to freeze hiring and cut some jobs, according to an internal memo.
Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Source: Michael Lewis shadowed Sam Bankman-Fried for the past six months and CAA is pitching Lewis' yet-to-be-written book on FTX's collapse 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:
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Washington Post:
Internal note: Twitter temporarily disabled signing up for Twitter Blue to “help address impersonation issues” affecting brands, politicians, and celebrities — Twitter accounts impersonating celebrities and politicians spread on the site after the company rolled out paid check marks.
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Twitter marked a Mediaite article critical of Elon Musk as “potentially spammy” with an “unsafe” URL on November 11, but removed the warning the next morning — Twitter deemed a Mediaite article that is critical of the company's new owner Elon Musk as “potentially spammy” …
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@mattwalshblog, @verba_et_vertus, @beachwoodreport, @mediaite, Boing Boing, @paulachertok, @taliaotg, @slack2thefuture and Yahoo Entertainment
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
Twitter reactivates its gray “Official” badge for select brands and outlets, after a wave of impersonations, hoaxing, and other chaos by purchased blue checks
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Washington Post, CNET, @rosyna, @john_sipher, @zackkanter, @digiphile, @twittersupport, Stretch Four Insights, @elonmusk, Bloomberg, @senmarkey, Insider, @jason_kint, @macaesbruno, @freddyinspace, @geoffreyfowler, Reuters, @mds, @robertwrighter, @jackmlawrence, @esthercrawford, @libyaliberty, @mkbhd, @agoldmund, @esthercrawford, @elonmusk, @davidmackau, @davidmackau, @david_j_roth, The Hill, The Guardian, CBS News, Vanity Fair, Gizmodo, Ad Age, Politico, @iambrandontv, @digiphile, Bloomberg, @craigmod, @mathewi, @esthercrawford, @taylorlorenz, Livemint, Insider, Associated Press, TechCrunch and Forbes
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube introduces a Live Q&A feature designed to help creators select and manage viewers' chat questions during livestreams — YouTube is introducing a new “Live Q&A” feature that is designed to make it easier for creators to interact with viewers during livestreams.
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ScreenRant, The Podcast Host and Insider, more at Techmeme »
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 — We're doing a special edition because of the media bloodbath on Wall Street this week. Investors are freaked out about the state …
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@shiraovide, @tvgrimreaper, @lucas_shaw, AdExchanger, @francoolivera, @danamo, @hkanji and The A.V. Club
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with BBC News Digital Director Naja Nielsen on media distrust in the US, where the outlet reaches 50M per week, and doubling North American staff — BBC News believes it can be “an antidote” to disinformation and polarisation in the US news landscape.
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@pressgazette, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @janebsinger, @bbcnewspr, @arianapekary, @pressgazette, @pressgazette and @pressgazette
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 competing with Mail Online — This summer, as the New York Post bludgeoned her reelection campaign, New York Governor Kathy Hochul sought via an aide to arrange …
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@sallygold, @aaronacarr, @timothypmurphy, @markdistef, @jblumgart and @lisatozzi
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Sam Bankman-Fried invested in several nonprofit and for-profit newsrooms over the past year including Semafor, The Intercept, ProPublica, and Vox — The Bankman-Fried industrial complex is imploding, with massive turmoil brewing for the donor who was seen as the Democratic Party's next great hope.
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 — How social media, celebrity promoters, and banks looking for a quick buck transformed the markets.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Omnicom, one of the world's biggest ad firms, recommends its clients like Apple, PepsiCo, and others “pause activity on Twitter”, citing brand safety risk — Omnicom, one of the world's biggest ad firms, representing brands like McDonald's, Apple, and Pepsico …
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
NBCUniversal Ad and Partnerships Chair Linda Yaccarino says “there is no surrogate for Twitter” and Elon Musk can learn advertising: “I think we can teach him”
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Insider, Big Weirdo, @shannonzkiller, @garyblack00, @garyblack00, @mcproulx, @garettsloane, @loupas, @garyblack00, @joshtpm, @nicholasvinocur, @sarahnadav, Deadline and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Parker Herren / Ad Age:
A letter from The Media Rating Council to its clients: the audit committee voted to continue the September 2021 suspension of Nielsen's accreditation status — An MRC audit committee voted on the status of the measurement behemoth — The Media Rating Council has voted to continue …
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MediaPost, @tvgrimreaper, Next TV and Variety
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: The Washington Post Managing Editor Steven Ginsberg is leaving the newspaper to run The Athletic; Ginsberg lost out on the job to Sally Buzbee in 2021 — I grew up reading the New York Post, and have watched it transform itself into a national Republican outlet.
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