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3:05 AM ET, October 6, 2023

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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 …
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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
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 …
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
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 …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Legal drama Suits, which streams on Netflix and Peacock, hits 12 weeks at No. 1 on Nielsen's rankings, setting a streaming record for the most weeks at the top  —  Netflix's ‘Virgin River’ and the debut of ‘The Little Mermaid’ on Disney+ also rack up strong numbers.
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Source: Meta is paying several top creators millions of dollars each over multiple years for nonexclusive use of their likeness in its text-based AI characters  —  Meta Platforms' decision to create artificial intelligence characters based on the likeness of some of the most famous people …
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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: @davidclinchnews and @poynter
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 …
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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 …
 
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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”
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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
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
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
 

 
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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

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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