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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.
Discussion:
@cpalbi, @farnazfassihi, @drixander, @brianmannadk, @alfonslopeztena, @rebelryan77, @nytimes and @caseysjournal
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A US judge rules that Disney must face an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of inflating the cost of streaming live TV using its ownership of Hulu and ESPN — YouTube TV subscribers filed a class action lawsuit accusing Disney of essentially operating the business as a single entity …
Discussion:
PYMNTS.com and Deadline
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.
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The Desk, Deadline, The A.V. Club, Forbes, CNET, TVLine, Engadget, The Wrap, The Streamable, The Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, IGN, Media Play News and Cord Cutters News
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 — - Many media companies reconsider their international spending — Low-priced competition makes a costly launch less appealing
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.”
Discussion:
Wired, Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter, Platformer, @caseynewton@mastodon.social and The Information
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.
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.
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A with former Washington Post editor Marty Baron on his book, pressure from Trump, not sharing the Steele Dossier, journalists' free speech rights, and more — Former Washington Post editor Martin Baron joins the L.A. Times Book Club Oct. 11 to discuss “Collision of Power,” …
Discussion:
@raineytime, @raineytime, Vanity Fair and Politico
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 — He went from rags to riches before his anti-communist newspaper fell foul of security forces. Now Lai's plight tells of a city forced …
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 — Following the successful launch of Spotify's AI-powered DJ feature and, more recently, added support for AI-translated podcasts …
Discussion:
@alex193a, @chris@threads.net, @thomas_thomas_thomas …, @chris@threads.net and Music Ally, more at Techmeme »
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
Discussion:
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
MrBeast asks whether social media platforms are “ready to handle the rise of AI deepfakes” after a deepfake scam TikTok ad, since deleted, used his likeness — MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, called the rise of AI deepfakes “a serious problem” in response to a fake ad circulating online.
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Insider, Fortune, 9to5Mac, Washington Post, The Messenger, Decrypt, TechCrunch and Semafor, more at Techmeme »
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