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4:30 PM ET, October 3, 2023

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix plans to raise the price of its ad-free service a few months after the SAG-AFTRA strike ends, likely starting with the US and Canada  —  Company to become latest streamer to lift fees; Disney weighs launching new live-sports tier abroad  —  plans to raise the price …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Meta VP of Media Partnerships Campbell Brown says she's stepping down from the role in the fall but staying as a consultant, as Meta backs away from news  —  Campbell Brown, the veteran TV anchor who led Meta's foray into news, is leaving the company, according to an internal note obtained by Axios.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
In honor of “Mean Girls” day, Paramount makes the movie available on TikTok for free in 23 clips  —  Happy “Mean Girls” day, to all who celebrate!  —  In observance of so-called Mean Girls Day, Paramount Pictures launched an official account for “Mean Girls” on TikTok …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Wattpad replaces its Paid Stories paywall with a freemium tier letting users read some chapters free and buy others; Premium+ subscribers get two stories/month  —  After launching its “Paid Stories” program in 2019, the social storytelling platform Wattpad is now replacing it with a new freemium model called …
Discussion: wattpad
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
A profile of The Examination, a new nonprofit global health outlet with 12 employees and a partnership model to work with outlets based in areas it covers  —  One of The Examination's first priorities is boosting and diversifying its funding.  —  The executive director …
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian, Mirror, Reach sites, and The National take down some stories about Dan Wootton; source: the moves follow a warning by Wootton's lawyer  —  Publishers threatened with exemplary damages and punitive costs.  —  The Guardian, Mirror, various other Reach sites and Newsquest's …
Dalya Alberge / The Guardian:
A look at County Highway, a new, $8.50 print-only newspaper published six times a year with a retro 19th-century look, no advertising, and a focus on the US  —  The retro-look County Highway costs $8.50, is published six times a year - and will never be available online
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Independent Publishers Alliance urges members to block crawling access for OpenAI and Google, as OpenAI removes ChatGPT's September 2021 training cut-off  —  Independent Publishers Alliance urges members to block GPTBot and Google Bard crawler ASAP.  —  ChatGPT's threat …
Financial Times:
Police in New Delhi raid the homes of NewsClick journalists and contributors amid Indian officials' allegations the site is an outlet for Chinese propaganda  —  NewsClick journalists and contributors say police seized phones and laptops in early morning operation
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta pitched a plan to EU regulators to charge European users a subscription fee to use Facebook and Instagram without ads starting at €10 per month  —  European users would have option to pay fee or agree to personalized ads, according to company's pitch to regulators
Associated Press:
The police chief who led the raid on the Marion County Record resigns, just days after he was suspended from his post by the mayor of Marion, Kansas  —  The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas resigned Monday, just days after he was suspended …
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The News/Media Alliance organized a lobbying blitz the week of September 25 to discuss copyright protections for journalism given the threat of AI
Discussion: News/Media Alliance
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: in a letter, DirecTV warned Warner Bros. Discovery that programming on CNN's new streaming channel on Max risks violating WBD's contract with DirecTV
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
Clix, a tech company aiming to help viewers find streaming shows to watch, debuts a streaming guide that uses AI, 70 years of movies, and expert recommendations
Discussion: Axios
Todd Spangler / Variety:
TikTok confirms the company is running a limited-scale test of an ad-free subscription plan, but only says the market is not the US and does not share the price
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav, Bob Iger, and Donna Langley are attending October 2's negotiating session at SAG-AFTRA's HQ, raising hopes for a quick deal
Ellie Rushing / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Police say freelance journalist Josh Kruger was shot and killed inside his Philadelphia home at age 39; Kruger wrote for The Philadelphia Inquirer and others
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paris Hilton and her company 11:11 Media sign a partnership with X to create four original video content programs per year to promote X's Live Shopping product