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5:25 PM ET, October 5, 2023

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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Analytics firm Guideline: X's monthly US ad revenue has declined 55%+ YoY in each of the 10 months after Elon Musk's October 2022 takeover through August 2023  —  Monthly U.S. ad revenue at social media platform X has declined at least 55% year-over-year each month since billionaire Elon Musk bought …
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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  —  The platform formerly known as Twitter now only displays outside sites' featured images on its iPhone app
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 …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
How Reach uses WhatsApp Communities, where the outlet has a ~90% open rate across 80 groups, and Channels, which allow more people but notifications are opt-in  —  As Whatsapp rolls out a new service for publishers called Channels, Press Gazette found out how Reach is already driving millions …
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Facing a projected $391K year-end loss, the Society of Professional Journalists is working with the SPJ Foundation on a “reinvestment plan” to support the group  —  SPJ leaders say risks to the organization are overblown as the foundation has millions of dollars in reserves.
Discussion: @poynter
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
CNN's Jake Tapper and former Washington Post editor Marty Baron discuss Felicia Sonmez's Kobe Bryant tweet and the ongoing issues of journalists on social media  —  Jake Tapper talks to Marty Baron on Felicia Sonmez.  (CNN.) … One of the biggest challenges for media organizations …
Amanda Pampuro / Courthouse News Service:
Former Aspen Times EIC Andrew Travers sues Ogden for firing him after he published two management-shelved columns about an oligarch who had sued the newspaper  —  The Aspen Times promoted journalist Andrew Travers to editor-in-chief last June — then fired him after he published previously spiked columns …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Letterboxd's co-founders “have been prototyping” adding TV shows; their priority is to do so “without disrupting the experience” of users already rating movies  —  Matt Buchanan and Karl von Randow, the two movie mega-fans who started Letterboxd as a part-time labor of love …
Discussion: @variety
Bloomberg:
Sources: AT&T is exploring options for its 70% DirecTV stake, such as adding a new investor or selling the stake and exiting the venture as early as August 2024  —  - Telecoms giant majority owns DirecTV with private equity TPG  — Declining pay-TV customer base has cut into AT&T's cash flow
 
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The Hindu:
The actions on NewsClick by India's government, which has shown itself to be intolerant of critical journalism, smack of extreme vendetta and brazen harassment
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast-Charter joint venture Xumo launches its first streaming set-top box for new Spectrum video customers, coming to Comcast's Xfinity Internet users “soon”
Freedom of the Press Foundation:
Over 50 media and civil rights groups write to US AG Merrick Garland, demanding transparency over the FBI raiding Tim Burke's house and seizing his equipment
Peter Kafka / Vox:
Netflix and Max both offering Dune illustrates a strategic shift at Big Media companies, which Wall Street has pushed to cut spending and generate more revenue
Discussion: Collider and Decider
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Wall Street and music industry analysts see Spotify's move into audiobooks as an opportunity for the company to increase its profit margins and value for users
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Amazon is shutting down Amp, its live audio streaming app launched in March 2022 that let users act like DJs by playing music and talking alongside songs
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Cable news networks continue to hire politicians' relatives and former White House flacks as news anchors, breaking the most basic rules of ethical journalism
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Messenger hires AI company Seekr to flag clickbait, bias, and more; reporters can get a score reflecting their political lean that is visible to readers
Anna Nemtsova / The Daily Beast:
The family of award-winning Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna says she has been missing since August 3, when she returned to Russian-occupied territory