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9:15 AM ET, October 5, 2023

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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Guideline: X's monthly US ad revenue has declined 55%+ YoY in each of the 10 months since Elon Musk's Twitter takeover in October 2022 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
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
News UK and DMGT plan to combine print operations, reducing UK national newspaper printing operators to two and likely prompting a CMA investigation  —  Move by Rupert Murdoch's News UK and Lord Rothermere's DMGT could result in closure of two printing sites
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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
Discussion: Cord Cutters News and The Desk
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  —  The arrests and actions in the Newsclick case are aimed at a chilling effect  —  Even for a government that has shown itself …
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SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP met on October 4 for contract negotiations to end the strike, with studio CEOs attending, and plan to meet on October 6 and on October 9  —  SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on just wrapped their second day of renewed talks …
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  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  An FBI raid on the home newsroom of Florida journalist Tim Burke in May prompted over 50 organizations …
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  —  The service launched in March 2022 following a frenzy around live-audio services during the pandemic.
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  —  An Evercore ISI analyst expects the effort to be a higher margin business than its music offerings, while a Morgan Stanley expert highlighted …
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  —  Remember when Netflix's competitors, like Warner Bros., kept their biggest stuff on their own streaming services?  That's so 2021.
Discussion: MIT Technology Review
 
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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
Ian Youngs / BBC:
GB News fires hosts Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson after concluding its internal investigations, and says its “investigation into Dan Wootton continues”
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Patreon rolls out new features for creators and fans, like a new visual brand identity, a revamped mobile app, an updated home feed, and free membership tiers
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Nicholas Casey / New York Times:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

The Linux Foundation:
A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee labor

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Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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