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1:30 PM ET, October 4, 2023

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Ian Youngs / BBC:
GB News fires hosts Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson after concluding its internal investigations, and says its Dan Wootton investigation continues  —  Laurence Fox has been sacked by GB News after an outcry about comments he made on air about a female journalist.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
WBD hikes the price of Discovery+ without ads in the US from $6.99 to $8.99 per month and Canada from CA$6.99 to CA$8.99; ad-tier remains $4.99/month in the US  —  It's the first time Discovery+ has increased the price of a monthly subscription in the markets since launching in January 2021.
Nicholas Casey / New York Times:
A look at Monitor Michoacán, a Mexican news outlet that closed after two of its journalists reporting on drug violence and government corruption were murdered  —  Drug violence and government corruption have put the country's journalists in peril.  In one town, reporters tried to fight back.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Canva unveils AI tools to automate labor-intensive design tasks, and will pay out $200M over three years to designers for using their work to train AI models  —  As part of its 10th birthday celebrations, web-based design platform Canva is releasing Magic Studio — a new suite …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta rolls out AI features for advertisers, like using AI to create backgrounds, expand images, and generate versions of ad text based on the original copy  —  Meta announced today it's rolling out its first generative AI features for advertisers, allowing them to use AI to create backgrounds …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Patreon rolls out a slew of new features and products, including a new visual brand identity, an updated home feed, and free membership tiers  —  A decade since launching with the mission of helping creatives make money directly through fan support, Patreon is undergoing a major rebrand …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Taylor Lorenz on her new book, Extremely Online, women's role in building the internet, new media's effect on journalism, Twitter, Threads, and more  —  “The personality-driven model of news is not going away.”  —  In 2017, Taylor Lorenz predicted for Nieman Lab that selfie journalism would become “a thing.”
Samanth Subramanian / The Guardian:
A profile of Michael Lewis, as he talks about his new book, Going Infinite, why he considers SBF to be essentially genuine, The Blind Side controversy, and more  —  As author of The Big Short and Moneyball, Michael Lewis is perhaps the most celebrated journalist of his generation.
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
The RIAA: Latin recorded music revenue in the US grew 14.8% to $627M in H1 2023, compared to overall US revenue growth of 9.3%; Latin streaming revenue grew 16%  —  One of the trends in recent years has been the fact that however fast recorded-music revenues grew in the US, Latin recorded music revenues grew faster.
Discussion: RIAA, Billboard and Variety
 
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount is considering scrapping its plans to launch Paramount+ in India in 2023 in favor of selling more programming to its partner JioCinema
Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
A profile of Jimmy Lai, the owner of now closed Apple Daily and one of Hong Kong's most outspoken pro-democracy activists, as he marks 1,000 days in prison
Discussion: New York Times
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Code in the latest build of the Spotify app suggests the company is working on AI-generated playlists based on users' prompts, likely available in English only
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New York Times:
Spotify starts offering Premium subscribers 15 hours of audiobook streaming per month across 150K+ titles, first in the UK and Australia, and the US this winter
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
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian, The Mirror, Reach sites, and The National take down some stories about Dan Wootton; a source says the moves follow a warning by Wootton's lawyer
Discussion: Byline Times
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