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Matt Binder / Mashable:
X appears to be rolling out a new mobile ad format that can't be reported or blocked, lacks an ad label and user profile, and doesn't disclose the advertiser — The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads. — X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Reliable Sources review: ads by Amazon, Samsung, Cox, Starz, Ad Age, and others appeared on white supremacist outlet VDare's X account; Starz ends X advertising — The Elon-Musk owned social media platform, X, confidently claims that it harnesses industry-leading brand safety tools to ensure …
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Source: Linda Yaccarino told the banks that funded Elon Musk's Twitter takeover that X is testing three premium service tiers that vary how many ads are shown — - CEO Linda Yaccarino discusses plan in briefing to lenders — X advertisers have been returning, but with smaller budgets
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Wall Street Journal:
How advertisers are responding to X's Community Notes, which is impacting political ads and the trust of major brands, including Apple, Samsung, and Uber
How advertisers are responding to X's Community Notes, which is impacting political ads and the trust of major brands, including Apple, Samsung, and Uber
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Newser, The Wrap and @db@bla.daanberg.net
Natalie Korach / The Wrap:
X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023
X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023
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Financial Times:
Sources: major Hipgnosis shareholders plan to try to block a $440M music rights sale to a private Blackstone fund; one source says the price is too low — Some investors believe the sale of music rights to a private sister fund owned by Blackstone undervalues the assets
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Rolling Stone and Reuters
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Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone:
Hipgnosis Songs Group's CEO is placed on leave after an ex-colleague says he sexually assaulted her in 2005; the group is a subsidiary of Hipgnosis Songs Fund — MacPherson was accused of sexually assaulting a colleague 15 years ago while he was the president of the music publishing company Chrysalis
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Billboard, New Model Adviser, NME, CMU, Digital Music News and Variety
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Athletic has canceled many local podcasts or left them dormant, telling writers they are free to relaunch them elsewhere and monetize them as they see fit — The sports news site built its model around comprehensive beat reporting. But in recent months, The Athletic has pulled back from dedicated coverage of professional teams.
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Awful Announcing, @tvgrimreaper, @bryancurtis, @sarahscire, @imbadatlife and @rbillsimmonspod
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Candle Media expects 2023 profit to come in at ~$140M-$170M; Hello Sunshine is expected to deliver less than $10M and Moonbug about $150M in profit — - Former Disney executives spent freely at top of the market — Hollywood strikes, industry cutbacks have crimped profits
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The Wrap, The Information and New York Post
Australian Financial Review:
News Corp sold its shares in Australian gambling startup Betr, after investing more than $70M in 2022, but will continue carrying Betr ads — News Corp quietly sold its shares in Betr, the wagering start-up run by wealthy bookmaker Matthew Tripp, just four months after it launched despite injecting …
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The Guardian
Financial Times:
How concert films by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are providing a much-needed boost for cinemas facing a sparse winter film slate due to Hollywood strikes — Movies of two blockbuster tours provide a much-needed boost in a difficult year of Hollywood strikes
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
EIC Emma Tucker makes speedy Wall Street Journal changes: 15+ veteran editors and writers have left in recent months, and she ousted the chief enterprise editor — Emma Tucker, the top editor, is moving away from some of the organization's traditions. — Last month, Emma Tucker …
Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
The US BLS September report finds the motion picture and sound recording industries has lost 45K jobs since May, including 7K jobs just in September — The film and TV sector lost 7,000 jobs in September alone — A September report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has found …
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Cord Cutters News, The Hollywood Reporter and The Hill
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Getty Images' Craig Peters on the company's generative AI tool, copyright issues, attribution for rights holders, deepfakes, disinformation, and more — Getty's entire brand is built on authenticity. CEO Craig Peters sat down with us at Code to talk about how the company is dealing with AI and disinformation.
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