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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
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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
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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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