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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: tech news website Protocol, launched by former Politico owner Robert Allbritton in February 2020, will close later this week and lay off its ~60 staff — New York CNN Business — Protocol, the upstart technology news website launched by former Politico owner …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Meta reminds Facebook fact-checking partners that “political speech is ineligible for fact-checking”, ahead of Donald Trump potentially announcing a 2024 run — Facebook's fact-checkers will need to stop fact-checking former President Donald Trump if he announces that he is running …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
WBD CEO David Zaslav says the ad market is weaker than in 2020 and that HBO went from making $2B+ in 2019 to losing ~$3B in 2021 as content spending surged — - Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav spoke Tuesday at RBC's 2022 Global TIMT Conference in New York.
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Jeff Kotuby / The Streamable:
WBD CEO David Zaslav says the company will be “very disciplined” when its NBA contract expires after the 2024-2025 season: “We don't have to have the NBA” — In less than one year as CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav has made some “interesting” comments …
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The New York Times' bizarre SBF profile presents the founder through a gauzy lens, doesn't contextualize his assertions, 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 …
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Axios:
Sources: the consortium in exclusive talks to buy Forbes includes investment firms GSV Ventures and SUN Group, in a deal that values Forbes at ~$800M — After a chaotic path ended in a failed SPAC IPO earlier this year, Forbes Media is now in exclusive talks to sell to a consortium of investors …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Techdirt will no longer use Twitter's embed feature, due to Twitter's “unpredictable situation”; it will instead use screenshots and the text of the tweets — I sent this notice around internally here at Techdirt, but figured it might be useful to state this publicly.
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Netflix launches Manage Access and Devices, which lets account owners identify and remotely log out of devices they do not recognize or no longer want signed in — Want to kick your ex off your Netflix account without having to change your password? A new Netflix feature will make that possible.
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
A Writers' Guild of Great Britain survey finds that 55% of 250+ writers say that rising energy and food costs are affecting their ability to sustain careers — The Writers' Guild of Great Britain has warned that its members are set to face the sharp edges of the U.K.'s cost-of-living crisis this winter …
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Financial Times:
YouTube introduces Shorts shopping features, letting users buy products while scrolling through videos, diversifying its revenue streams during a weak ad market — World's biggest online videos platform seeks new forms of revenue — YouTube is ramping up its push into ecommerce …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: European PE firm CVC and media collective Group Black are pursuing a joint bid to buy Vox Media, though Vox is not looking to sell — CVC Capital Partners and Group Black are pursuing a joint bid to buy Vox Media, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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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” — Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Monday the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation …
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